Inside EMDR Chicago Basic Training (Al Larson Cultural Center)
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Inside EMDR Chicago Basic Training (Al Larson Cultural Center)
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Just finished your EMDR basic training and wondering, “Now what?” This one-day workshop is exactly for you. Bridging the Gap: From EMDR Basic Training to Complex Trauma & Dissociation is designed to take everything you learned in basic training and connect it to the real work of treating complex PTSD. We’ll explore what dissociation really looks like in complex trauma and how to work with the parts that hold and protect it. You’ll get practical tools for understanding Polyvagal states, modificat
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Just finished your EMDR basic training and wondering, “Now what?” This one-day workshop is exactly for you. Bridging the Gap: From EMDR Basic Training to Complex Trauma & Dissociation is designed to take everything you learned in basic training and connect it to the real work of treating complex PTSD. We’ll explore what dissociation really looks like in complex trauma and how to work with the parts that hold and protect it. You’ll get practical tools for understanding Polyvagal states, modificat
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Phase four of EMDR is where the real transformation happens, and the beauty is how adaptable it is to each client’s needs. From the original EMD that shifts visual memories to “little r” EMDR that gently guides reprocessing, these tools let us meet people exactly where they are. This flexibility means we can help someone stay grounded while still processing the memories that need attention. Having these options isn’t just convenient—it’s what makes EMDR so powerful and precise in helping people
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Phase four of EMDR is where the real transformation happens, and the beauty is how adaptable it is to each client’s needs. From the original EMD that shifts visual memories to “little r” EMDR that gently guides reprocessing, these tools let us meet people exactly where they are. This flexibility means we can help someone stay grounded while still processing the memories that need attention. Having these options isn’t just convenient—it’s what makes EMDR so powerful and precise in helping people
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The two-hand interweave is one of those interventions that seems so simple but completely changes the session. Robin Shapiro introduced it in Easy Ego States, and it’s become one of my favorites for working with polarized parts. You can literally have one part in each hand, add bilateral stimulation, and let the process unfold. The parts begin to communicate, and the prefrontal cortex comes online - that’s where the integration starts happening. It’s such a powerful way to move stuck material an
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The two-hand interweave is one of those interventions that seems so simple but completely changes the session. Robin Shapiro introduced it in Easy Ego States, and it’s become one of my favorites for working with polarized parts. You can literally have one part in each hand, add bilateral stimulation, and let the process unfold. The parts begin to communicate, and the prefrontal cortex comes online - that’s where the integration starts happening. It’s such a powerful way to move stuck material an
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Here is a quick breakdown of the 8 phases of EMDR…and why they matter. These phases are vital for treating our clients’ trauma. They help us, as therapists, gradually access trauma, work through it, and guide clients toward real integration without getting overwhelmed. Our EMDR basic training isn’t just simply gaining another tool, but it will completely transform you as a therapist. You’re not just becoming EMDR trained, you will also leave trauma-informed, with a deep understanding of the neur
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Here is a quick breakdown of the 8 phases of EMDR…and why they matter. These phases are vital for treating our clients’ trauma. They help us, as therapists, gradually access trauma, work through it, and guide clients toward real integration without getting overwhelmed. Our EMDR basic training isn’t just simply gaining another tool, but it will completely transform you as a therapist. You’re not just becoming EMDR trained, you will also leave trauma-informed, with a deep understanding of the neur
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You can have the perfect target, the right protocol, and a motivated client… and still hit a wall when protector parts step in. The shutdown. The anger. The talking around the issue. The “I don’t want to come back.” None of that is resistance. It’s protection. When we slow down enough to notice the polyvagal energy those parts are holding, everything shifts. Sympathetic activation might be ready for desensitization. Ventral vagal presence gives you dual attention and connection. But dorsal shutd
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You can have the perfect target, the right protocol, and a motivated client… and still hit a wall when protector parts step in. The shutdown. The anger. The talking around the issue. The “I don’t want to come back.” None of that is resistance. It’s protection. When we slow down enough to notice the polyvagal energy those parts are holding, everything shifts. Sympathetic activation might be ready for desensitization. Ventral vagal presence gives you dual attention and connection. But dorsal shutd
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Most stuck clients are not resisting change. They are being protected from it. The two handed interweave flips the whole dynamic. Instead of trying to get past protection, it brings the part that wants change and the part that says absolutely not into the same space. When those two parts are allowed to exist together, something shifts. The fight drops, the system relaxes, and suddenly there is room for real movement! That is why this work can be so powerful. #EMDR #PartsWork #TraumaTherapy #Ther
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Most stuck clients are not resisting change. They are being protected from it. The two handed interweave flips the whole dynamic. Instead of trying to get past protection, it brings the part that wants change and the part that says absolutely not into the same space. When those two parts are allowed to exist together, something shifts. The fight drops, the system relaxes, and suddenly there is room for real movement! That is why this work can be so powerful. #EMDR #PartsWork #TraumaTherapy #Ther
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One of the biggest shifts in my EMDR work was letting go of rigid protocols and paying closer attention to the client’s nervous system in front of me. The Processing Continuum allows us to move fluidly. We can deepen when the system is open, contain when things start to feel shaky, and support processing when regulation or time matters. None of that means the work is off track. It means the therapist is attuned 🧠✨ #EMDR #EMDRtraining #traumatherapy #complextrauma #dissociation | EMDR Chicago Pa
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When EMDR suddenly gets stuck, it’s rarely about technique. What we’re seeing over and over in consultation is nervous systems doing exactly what they’re designed to do protect. Sympathetic avoidance and dorsal vagal shutdown are not the same thing, and if we don’t know which one we’re working with, we end up pushing when the system is actually asking for safety. This year we’re slowing down and learning how to recognize dorsal vagal parts in the moment, befriend the shutdown, and work with the
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Dissociation can feel mysterious until you realize your client is the expert sitting right in front of you. You don’t have to guess what out of body means or assume what derealization feels like. When you let your client guide you, dissociation stops being this abstract clinical idea and becomes something you can actually understand, track, and work with. Tools like the color coded DES aren’t just worksheets, they’re a doorway into your client’s world. When they hand it back to you, you’re holdi
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Working with polarized parts is fascinating... here we’ve got anxiety, all fired up and ready to act, and ennui, that shutdown energy that just wants to hide on the couch 😴. They feel completely opposite, but both are your body’s way of trying to protect you. Understanding which polyvagal state your parts are in is key because you can’t help one until you recognize what’s happening in the other. Start with the dorsal vagal shutdown first and everything else starts to make sense. Therapy isn’t j
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A screening tool is only as helpful as the conversation that follows… the Dissociative Experiences Scale isn’t a shortcut to diagnosis or a score that determines who is “appropriate” for treatment. It’s an invitation to get curious. When we slow down and interview the experiences behind the answers, we create space to understand the full picture - whether that includes ADHD, autism, complex trauma, dissociation, or something else entirely. Our job isn’t to label quickly. It’s to listen well enou
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