Healing the Healer: A Mind-Body Weekend for EMDR Therapists
Join EMDR therapy trainer and consultant, psychotherapist, and Kripalu yoga teacher Erika Tsoukanelis to honor the demands of this work and take time to attend to yourself as a healer. While developing your skills as an EMDR therapist by learning how to create a future vision, you will also give yourself the gift of a weekend to connect, unwind, and move mindfully. Doing a piece of personal work in the company of your dedicated peers, you will have the opportunity to release any blocks that may be in the way of self-attendance and self-care.
During this retreat, you will:
- Identify seven core qualities of the mindful EMDR therapist
- Practice gentle yoga postures and breath to foster somatic presence and flexibility
- Identify three themes of yoga practice that can contribute to care of the self
- Learn EMDR therapy’s future vision, developed by Deany Laliotis, and create a roadmap of self-care
- Identify at least one obstacle to actualizing your future vision and reprocess it, using EMDR therapy
- Learn how to apply one or more of these strategies into your clinical practice to promote self-care with your clients
- You will leave this weekend feeling refreshed and inspired in your continued commitment to your work and to yourself as a psychotherapist and healer
Meet Your Trainer
Erika Tsoukanelis
Erika Tsoukanelis, LCSW is an EMDRIA-certified Therapist, Consultant and Trainer, and is a senior faculty at The Center. Erika is the owner of Heart of Inquiry, a private practice in Westport, Connecticut, and specializes in PTSD, complex trauma, anxiety, grief and loss, and chronic illness. Erika received her master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of Social Work in 1996. Erika has worked in various mental health settings before opening Heart of Inquiry in 2011. She has trained with Deany Laliotis in Relational EMDR Therapy®️ and is a Master Consultant in the Master Certification program at The Center. Erika takes an integrative approach to EMDR and applies principles from psychodynamic, structural dissociation, Integrative Restoration (iRest), Dynamic Attachment Repatterning experience (DARe), and neurobiology. As a certified holistic health counselor and Kripalu yoga teacher, Erika naturally incorporates somatic awareness and mindfulness skills into her work. She partners with clients and consultees to collaborate on the course of the work, ever-respectful of each person’s individuality as a mental, emotional, physical and spiritual being.