Led by Roy Kiessling, LISW
DATE: Monday, September 18 – Friday, September 22, 2023
LOCATION:
Best Western Plus Chocolate Lake Hotel
250 St. Margaret’s Bay Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3N 1J4
TIME: 8:00 am to 5:30 pm daily
(see agenda for more details)
EMDR Halifax 5-Day Training
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Described as an “indispensable modality of treatment” by Bessel van der Kolk, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) offers your clients a way to safely process traumatic experiences.
Roy Kiessling’s EMDR Toronto training course is renowned for its flexibility and for providing clinical pearls of wisdom that will allow you to integrate EMDR effectively into your practice immediately. With an emphasis on attunement, attachment and clinical judgement, this EMDRIA-approved 5-day intensive will provide the essentials for implementing EMDR, including an overview on how to customize treatments for children, recent events, couples, grief, pain, phobias, addictions and dissociation.
Drawing a sharp distinction from research-oriented approaches to EMDR training, Roy focuses on the interpersonal aspects of EMDR work. You will undergo a multimedia learning experience designed to optimize skill acquisition. Through lecture, videos, and practice opportunities, you will first listen, then observe and then implement new concepts and skills.
This EMDR Toronto training updates the original procedures developed by Francine Shapiro in 1995 by expanding treatment planning, preparation and processing interventions. Supplemented with over 43 videos, downloadable training materials and free access to a community-wide listserv, it also provides support before, during and after the course, so that you will be confident every step of the way as you implement EMDR in your clinical practice.
TRAINING MATERIALS INCLUDED:
- Along with the 40-hour lecture/practicum portion of the training provided during this EMDR Toronto training week with Roy, you will also receive 10 hours of consultation after the training with approved consultants via small-group phone/online video conferencing, to help you integrate and fine-tune your understanding and skills.
- Advanced instructional materials including a pdf of the manual and links to videos to help prepare you for the workshop will be sent to you prior to the beginning of the training.
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You will learn —
- The foundational EMDR concepts and procedures (the Adaptive Information Processing approach, the 8 phases and 3 prongs of standard EMDR treatment)
- 13 interventions to help prepare your clients for EMDR (through grounding, stabilization and behavioural change)
- Strategies to prepare your client for processing
- 7 treatment planning approaches
- How to customize the pace of treatment through deploying the Processing Continuum
- About interventions to facilitate safe, effective and efficient processing
- How to work with children
- How to treat acute stress: CIIC (Critical Incident Intervention Continuum)
Roy Kiessling, LISW, is an EMDRIA-certified trainer and the founder of EMDR Consulting. Trained in EMDR in 1995, Roy grew professionally as one of Francine Shapiro’s training facilitators (1997-2001), then as a senior trainer for her humanitarian organization (2001-2013) and finally as a senior trainer for Francine’s EMDR Institute (2006-2013). Through EMDR Consulting, Roy and his team of trainers and coaches have conducted hundreds of EMDRIA-Approved basic EMDR trainings, educated over 10,000 clinicians in the Belief Focused Neurological Approach to EMDR, and taught innovative approaches including extended resourcing and neurological target planning and processing, using his EMDR Processing Continuum: EMD^, EMDr, EMDR.
Day 1
- 7:30–8:00 – Registration
- 8:00–8:15 – Introduction
- 8:15 – 9:30 am – Crisis Intervention Desensitization Protocols
- 9:30 – 9:45 – BREAK
- 9:45 – 11:00 – Practice #1: CID & A-TIP (break between roles)
- 11:00 – 11:30 – AIP
- 11:30 – 12:30 – Lunch
- 12:30 – 1:00 – What is EMDR
- 1:00–2:45 – Case Conceptualization
- 2:45–3:00 – BREAK
- 3:00–3:45 – Preparation
- 3:45–5:15 – Practice #2: Phase 2: Preparation
- 5:15–5:30 – Day 1 Wrap-up
Day 2
- 8:00–8:15 – Day 1 review
- 8:15–10:15 – Belief Focused Target Planning
- 10:15–10:30 – BREAK
- 10:30–11:30 – Belief Focused Target Planning
- 11:30–12:30 – Lunch
- 12:30–2:45 – Practice #3: Phase 1: Target Sequence Planning
- 2:45–3:00 – BREAK
- 4:00–5:15 – Resource Strengthening
- 5:15–5:30 – Day 2 Wrap-up
Day 3
- 8:00–8:15 – Day 2 Review
- 8:15–10:30 – Practice #4: Resource Strengthening
- 10:30–10:45 – BREAK
- 10:45–11:30 – The Processing Continuum: EMD^
- 11:30–12:30 – Lunch
- 12:30–3:00 – The Processing Continuum: EMDr, EMDR
- 3:00–3:15 – BREAK
- 3:15–5:15 – Practice #5: Processing
- 5:15–5:30 – Day 3 Wrap-up
Day 4
- 8:00–8:15 – Day 3 Review
- 8:15–9:15 – Clinical Interventions
- 9:15–10:00 – Processing Emotions
- 10:00–10:15 – BREAK
- 10:15–11:30 – Reevaluation
- 11:30–12:30 – Lunch
- 1:00–3:00 – Reevaluation
- 3:00–3:15 – BREAK
- 3:15–5:15 – Practice #6: Reevaluation and Processing
- 5:15–5:30 – Day 4 Wrap-up
Day 5
- 8:00–9:00 – Training review: Days 1-4
- 9:00–10:15 – Practice #7: Reevaluation and Closure
- 10:15–10:30 – BREAK
- 10:30–11:30 – Additional Client Presentations
- 11:30–12:30 – Lunch
- 12:30–3:00 – Additional Client Presentations
- 3:00–3:15 – BREAK
- 3:15–4:30 – Additional Client Presentations
- 4:30–5:15 – What’s next
- 5:15–5:30 – Wrap-up; Evaluations
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
In order to take part in this training, all participants must have:
- A completed master’s degree or higher in an established mental health discipline or proof of current enrollment in a post-graduate program leading to a master’s degree or higher in an established mental health discipline.
- Membership in a College or professional regulatory body that oversees the practice of psychotherapy. Download a list of designations and regulatory bodies recognized by EMDR Canada.
- Professional liability insurance.
If you meet these requirements, COMPLETE THIS FORM.
REFRESHER COURSE PARTICIPANTS
Have you previously taken an EMDR training but would like a refresher course to boost your skills and confidence?
A limited number of spaces are available for participants who have completed previous EMDR training and need a refresher course. The Refresher Rate including the 10 hours of post-training consultation is CAD$2,100 / USD$1,680 by the Early Bird deadline of August 18, 2023, and CAD$2,200 / USD$1,760 after August 18, 2023. If you would prefer to have just the materials and 40 hours of lecture/practicum, the rate will be CAD$1,500 / USD1,200 before the Early Bird deadline of August 18, 2023, and CAD$1,600 / USD$1,280 after August 18, 2023.
To apply for an Refresher spot in Roy’s EMDR training, COMPLETE THIS FORM and confirm in the form that you are applying as a ‘Refresher’. Please also send a scan of proof of completion/certificate of your previous EMDR training.
Questions? Email emily@leadingedgeseminars.org.
STUDENT PARTICIPANTS
Interested in taking this EMDR training but do not yet meet the requirements?
A limited number of spaces are available for Student EMDR trainees. This is ideal for students who are currently enrolled in a Master’s level program with at least 2 years’ focus on a mental health discipline and have completed all course work in the program and will be enrolled in the practicum portion of their training by the time this EMDR training begins. The Student Rate will be CAD$2,100 / USD$1,680 before the Early Bird deadline of August 18, 2023, and CAD$2,200 / USD$1,760 after August 18, 2023. The Student Rate includes advance training materials, 40 hours of lecture/practicum, and 10 hours of post-training consultation.
As a student, you will also need to have a signed MOU between you and a designated supervisor who will agree to oversee your EMDR practice throughout the duration of this EMDR training. See a sample MOU here. Note: The designated supervisor does not need to be trained in EMDR.
To apply for a Student spot in Roy’s EMDR training, COMPLETE THIS FORM, answering ‘N/A’ to any mandatory questions that are not applicable) and confirming that you are applying as a ‘Student’.
Questions? Email emily@leadingedgeseminars.org.
This EMDR training will take place at:
Best Western Plus Chocolate Lake Hotel
250 St. Margaret’s Bay Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3N 1J4
Hotel accommodation options coming soon….
FEES:
Early Bird Rate: CAD$2,500 / USD $2,000
Regular Rate: CAD$2,600** / USD$2,080**
Rate for Refresher course participants: CAD$1,500 / USD$1,200** (Note: the 10 hours of post-training consultation sessions are not included in the Refresher rate. If you would like to participate in the 10 hours of post-training consultation sessions, the additional cost is CAD$600 / USD$480.
Student Rate: CAD$2,100 / USD$1,680** (includes 10 hours of post-training consultation)
You can choose to pay in full or in 3 equal installments. (Installments must be completed 30 days prior to the start of your training.)
*Early Bird deadline is August 18, 2023.
**Plus applicable HST tax depending on your Canadian province or territory. No tax for attendees outside of Canada.
To register, please complete steps 1 and 2 outlined below.
Questions? Email emily@leadingedgeseminars.org
To estimate workshop rate before taxes in your local currency, click here.
We are pleased to offer a special accommodation rate to our EMDR Halifax participants at the Chocolate Lake Hotel where the training is held.
They are offering our participants the special rate of $179/night for single and double occupancy between Sunday September 17 and Saturday, September 23. This rate will be available until August 17, 2023.
Complimentary features to enjoy during your stay:
- Parking
- wireless high-speed internet
- swimming pool and fitness centre
- microwave and mini fridge in each room
To book, you can call the hotel directly at 902-477-5611 x 0 and mention group name Leading Edge Seminars.
Register for EMDR Halifax
Just 2 easy steps!
- Complete your EMDR Registration Payment below. You can choose to pay in full or in 3 equal installments. (Installments must be completed 30 days prior to the start of your training.)
- Complete the EMDR Registration Form here
Once you complete steps 1 and 2, we will confirm your registration.
If you are not eligible for this training, we will issue you a complete refund.
