Upcoming Events

Kathy Steele, MN, CS, APRN Healing the Divided Mind: Practical Approaches to Working With the Dissociative Client Sponsored by Jill Strunk Kathy is one of the authors of The Haunted Self, the textbook on Structural Dissociation, which has become a very popular approach among EMDR clinicians. She is also co-author of Coping With Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training For Patients and Therapists, an invaluable handbook for anyone working with clients high on the Dissociative Spectrum. Her presentation is very practical, including demos where she invites audience members to role play their difficult clients and she shows how her approach can be applied effectively to challenging situations. February 27-28, 2016 Location and Time to be announced later. Contact: jillstrunk1@gmail.com

Marc Davis, Psy.D.D Augmenting The Therapeutic Toolbox with Focused Mindful Approaches;  Applicable to Preparation Phase in EMDR Therapy Sponsored by Jill Strunk Course Description: You will learn about mindfulness approaches, including “Guided Mindfulness Meditation,” which can also be thought of as Hypnosis.  Marc Davis, an Adlerian and EMDR Therapist and a Hypnotherapist, completed his dissertation on Mindful Approaches, with comparison to Hypnosis.  He will teach techniques for facilitating a trance state in clients, with demos and practice opportunities.  You will also learn ways to deepen the trance state. He will then discuss many applications of mindfulness/hypnotic techniques, with examples and demos.  This tool can be used very powerfully in the Preparation Phase of EMDR Therapy. You will become familiar with: hypnotic language; use of metaphor and story; age regression and age progression; quick, effective techniques for relief from stress and anxiety; d…

Carol Forgash, LCSW, BCD The EMDR Treatment Of Health Related Problems Some types of client issues you will learn to address are: • Chronic pain, • Stress related symptoms, • Fear, pain and trauma before and after medical interventions, • Dealing with serious/life threatening diagnoses, • Fertility issues and anxiety during pregnancy, • Guilt/self punishment issues which manifest somatically, • Shame and low self-esteem related to physical symptoms, • Hopelessness/meaningless due to illness/physical limitations. Seminars are held at the Minnetonka Community Center 14600 Minnetonka Boulevard Minnetonka, MN 55345 July 25-26, 2015, 9:00-5:30 PM Click here to register and more information

Michael J. Maley, Ph.D. LP The 'Brief Look' Seminars The 'Brief Look' seminars are three-hour sessions in which the fundamentals of the topic are presented through slide presentations, discussions, and experiential exercises. Anyone can attend, although the material is directed toward therapists who are being trained in EMDR. Seminars are held at the Minnetonka Community Center 14600 Minnetonka Boulevard Minnetonka, MN 55345 Seminar 1: A Brief Look at EMDR and SHAME Monday March 9, 2015 6:30 – 9:30 PM Click here to register

Mark Nickerson LICSW Breaking the Cycle: EMDR Solutions for Problematic Anger, Acting Out and Addictive Behaviors September 25th and 26th, 2015     8:30 AM-5:30 PM      14 EMDRIA CEUS

Contact: midwestcenteremdr.com

Sponsor: Sue Evans MA, LP

Dr. Jim Knipe LP The EMDR Toolbox: AIP Methods for Treating Complex PTSD and Dissociative Personality Structure April 10th and 11th, 2015    8:30 AM-5:30 PM      14 EMDRIA CEUs

Contact: midwestcenteremdr.com

Sponsor: Sue Evans MA, LP

Sue Evans MA, LP & Dr. Susan Schaefer LP Spring Training for Basic EMDR Therapy March 20th-21st, 2015 8:30 AM-5:30 PM 47 EMDRIA CEUs

Contact: midwestcenteremdr.com

Dr. Philip Manfield Dyadic Resourcing in Preparation for EMDR Therapy Trauma Reprocessing Community building plus DVD. (Recorded during EMDRIA 2010 and 2011 Conferences) Saturday, February 7, 2015, 12:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Minnetonka Community Center 14600 Minnetonka Blvd. Minnetonka, MN 55345 Click here to register

Sandra Paulsen, Ph.D. When there are no words: Reprocessing early trauma & neglect held in implicit memory May 16-17, 2015 9:00 – 5:30 Crowne Plaza Hotel 5401 Green Valley Drive Bloomington, MN 55437 Click here to register

“Treatment of Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders,  with EMDR and Without”

November 15-16, 2014, 9:00 – 5:30        

Minnetonka Community Center

14600 Minnetonka Boulevard, Minnetonka, MN 55345

EMDR Joanne Twombly Dissociation Workshop 2014