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A-2506
Open for Applications

Treating Complex Trauma & Dissociative Symptoms: Navigating Parts of Self Using EMDR Therapy

with special guest Roger Solomon, Ph.D.

The heart of EMDR therapy is about the transformation of painful and confusing memories, promoting psychological health and healing. Guided by the Adaptive Information Processing Model (AIP), EMDR successfully treats a broad range of disorders, to include more severe forms of complex trauma and dissociation. Clients who live further out on the continuum of trauma can be better understood by integrating the theory of The Structural Dissociation of the Personality (TDSP) into an EMDR framework. This phase-oriented approach will enable you to safely approach the client's internal system, while encouraging cooperation and collaboration among parts throughout the process. You’ll walk away with a conceptual map as well as specific clinical strategies to help you navigate this enigmatic territory of the human psyche.
Working with Dissociation
Dates
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Location
Online
Treating Complex Trauma & Dissociative Symptoms
Tuition
$450
Application fee
$0
$450
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Treating Complex Trauma & Dissociative Symptoms
Tuition
$485
Application fee
$0
$485
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Treating Complex Trauma & Dissociative Symptoms
Tuition
$540
Application fee
$0
$540
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Training Program Schedule
June 20, 2025 9:30 am - 2:00 pm ET
June 21, 2025 9:30 am - 3:30 pm ET
June 22, 2025 9:30 am - 2:00 pm ET
Trainer / Trainers
Roger Solomon, Ph.D.
Training Coordinator
Loralee Bowen
Lisa Ferrel
admin@emdrtherapy.com
Continuing Education Credits
13.5

Travel in Trauma Time

This training will integrate a phase-oriented approach, using the precepts of The Theory of Structural dissociation to enable the EMDR therapist to effectively navigate working with parts of self within an AIP framework. Learning objectives will be clearly outlined and illustrated by client videotape footage of actual sessions. Through lecture, discussion, videotape review, and a small practice segment, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the components of a phase-oriented approach and how to integrate it into an EMDR framework
  • Describe the precepts of The Theory of Structural Dissociation (TTSD) and how it informs AIP case conceptualization
  • Implement at least two clinical interventions with parts of self to increase integrative capacity
  • Apply at least two specific strategies to facilitate reprocessing and help manage the client's Window of Tolerance
  • Apply resourcing and Meeting Place strategies to promote cooperation and collaboration between parts of self
  • Modify some of the procedures of the Standard Protocol of EMDR as indicated with clients who exhibit dissociative symptoms

Meet Your Trainer

Roger Solomon, Ph.D., is a psychologist specializing in trauma and grief. He is the Program Director and Senior Faculty with the EMDR Institute of Francine Shapiro, an EMDR Europe approved trainer, and teaches EMDR therapy internationally. He is a consultant with the US Senate, and has provided services to numerous agencies following traumatic incidents, including the FBI, Secret Service, NASA, and US military. Dr. Solomon has authored or coauthored 54 articles and book chapters and has authored a book, EMDR Treatment for Grief and Mourning: Transforming the Connection to the Deceased Loved One (2024, Oxford Press)

Roger Solomon