ISSTD is thrilled to announce our 2024 EMDR Virtual Seminar, “The Complexities of Complex Trauma, Dissociation and EMDR Therapy,” which will take place on July 12 and 13, 2024. The Seminar will feature presenters Jennifer Madere, D. Michael Coy and Marilyn Korzekwa!

This two-day, virtual seminar will explore rarely covered terrain in the treatment of complex trauma and dissociation using EMDR therapy. On Day One, for the first time ever—anywhere—Jennifer Madere and D. Michael Coy will devote a full day to a critical examination and discussion of standards of practice and ethical considerations specific to using EMDR therapy with more complex clients, with illustrative case examples.

Day two will feature a (re)introduction to Maureen Kitchur’s Strategic Developmental Model, an invaluable but oft-overlooked brief-treatment framework for employing EMDR therapy with clients with complex trauma, presented by psychiatrist and longtime EMDR therapy practitioner and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Marilyn Korzekwa, MD. Day Two will continue with a discussion of critical ‘gaps’ in knowledge, understanding, and skills that EMDR practitioners frequently discover only after they have completed basic training in EMDR therapy, but which can have a profound impact on treatment outcomes. The seminar will conclude with an ‘episode’ of ISSTD’s well-received Ask the Expert series, featuring participant questions explored in depth by the weekend’s presenters.

Important: All participants must have completed or be currently enrolled in an EMDRIA-approved Basic Training (or international equivalent) to participate in this seminar. All participants will be asked to provide the dates of their training, training instructor and location of training during the registration process.

Schedule

Day One: Friday, July 12 – 10:00 AM US Eastern Time to 6:00 PM US Eastern Time

• 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Standards of Care and Ethical Challenges for Using EMDR Therapy in the Treatment of Complex Trauma and Dissociation
• 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Break
• 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Standards of Care and Ethical Challenges for Using EMDR Therapy in the Treatment of Complex Trauma and Dissociation (continued)
• 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM: Meal Break
• 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Standards of Care and Ethical Challenges for Using EMDR Therapy in the Treatment of Complex Trauma and Dissociation (continued)
• 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Break
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM: Standards of Care and Ethical Challenges for Using EMDR Therapy in the Treatment of Complex Trauma and Dissociation (continued)

Saturday, July 13 – 10:00 AM US Eastern Time to 6:00 PM US Eastern Time

• 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Strategic Developmental Model for EMDR
• 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Break
• 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Strategic Developmental Model for EMDR (continued)
• 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM: Meal Break
• 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Filling the Gaps: What Got Missed in EMDR Basic Training
• 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Break
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM: Ask the Experts

Registration includes live access to presentations on the days selected and exclusive access to recordings from those days for at least 80 days following the conference. Conference recordings will be available within two weeks of the conclusion of the conference.

Early bird registration will run through May 31, 2024 at 5:00pm US Eastern Time, so be sure to register soon! Please email cfas@isst-d.org with any questions, and we hope to see you online on July 12!