EMDR for Kids and Teens

This fun and engaging course teaches important and developmentally appropriate skills for integrating the 8 phases of EMDR into child and adolescent therapy.

About the course

Start date

Immediate access

Time

12 hours | 12 months access

Who this course is for

For EMDR Trained Therapists | Advanced Level

Accreditation

12 CE/CME Credits + 12 EMDRIA Points

EMDR therapy with children and adolescents can profoundly impact the trajectory of their lives by healing trauma, building resiliency, and addressing distress early. This six-week child and adolescent-oriented course focuses on basic and advanced applications of EMDR therapy with this delightful, yet vulnerable population.

Join Carolyn Settle, a respected researcher, author, and trainer as she teaches developmentally appropriate skills to integrate the 8 Phases of EMDR into child and adolescent therapy (0 to 18-years-old).

Through engaging video demonstrations featuring a range of client presentations, you will learn creative and powerful tools designed to address the specific needs and complex issues children, teens and their families face today.

As a psychotherapist for over 40 years, Carolyn Settle shares her personal experiences of translating EMDR therapy into kid-friendly language through play, art, and expressive therapies. Develop the ability to conceptualize and address a wide range of child and teen issues including trauma, abuse, and neglect. You will also be able to understand the unique ways young people communicate during reprocessing, as well as methods to adapt the protocol when processing appears stuck or the client is avoidant.

This course will expand your expertise and assist in understanding the remarkable healing which can occur when using EMDR therapy with children and teens.

Provider Responsibility Psychwire Australia Pty Ltd maintains responsibility for this program and its content in accordance with EMDRIA requirements. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) The program site is ADA compliant. Please contact our support team (support@psychwire.org) if special accommodations are required.

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What you'll learn

Course Goals

Demonstrate the 8 Phases of EMDR therapy using developmentally appropriate language and approaches for infants through adolescents
Assess emotional, physical, and social issues for targeting, as well as identifying internal and external resources for strengthening
Implement Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning Phase regarding pacing and timing of EMDR in outpatient/inpatient settings

Practice Mapping as a way of identifying targets and developing a Treatment Plan
Apply creative, child and teen-friendly resource development and cognitive interweaves techniques
Apply Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) for emotional regulation
Utilize EMDR therapy in the specialty areas of (but not limited to); attachment, anxiety, dissociation, and preverbal trauma