EMDR Therapy with Persons with a Disability: A Healing Journey from Trauma to Resiliency

IMPORTANT: Course is provided through Harmonyhearth Center for Widsdom, Kriss Jarecki, LCSW-R. CEs, registration, and customer support are being offered through the UB School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education. ADA requests go to HarmonyHearth Center for Wisdom. Please see customer service information at the bottom of the description for contact information. Discounts and reward points can not be used on this course.

Eligibility: Participants must have completed EMDR Basic Training Level I and II or the Complete Course prior to registering. You will not be able to receive EMDRIA credits if you have not met the eligibility requirements. 

Description:

Did you know that 20% of people have a significant disability whether it’s developmental, cognitive, physical, or mental and many have co-occurring diagnosis and are 4 times more likely to experience trauma than persons who do not. This makes the use of trauma treatment and resilience building methods such as EMDR a critical component in healing. One of the wonderful things about EMDR adaptive memory reprocessing is that it does not discriminate as it empowers all individuals to adaptively face their realities and heal via such processes as neurogenesis and cross neural plasticity. 

This training includes didactic lecture, handouts, guided activities, multiple case examples and client videos. The workshop compares the similarities in how trauma and disability is defined, reviews the Adaptive Information Processing Model (AIP) as it relates to persons who have a disability, familiarizes participants with cultural terminology, describes adaptations of EMDR methods that accommodate disabilities, and highlights the benefits of helping persons with disabilities to find and build community.

Objectives:

1.    Describe similarities in how we define and understand trauma and disability.

2.    Review AIP as it applies to persons with a disability.

3.    Utilize the Positive Cultural Experiences Resource.

4.    Apply at least 3 ways to make EMDR phases 1-8 more accessible to clients with a disability.

5.    Discuss the Accessibility Protocol

We are happy to respond to any concerns or questions you may have. Please contact us at by email at sw-ce@buffalo.edu or by phone at 716-829-5841.

ADA Accommodations: If you require any support for your ADA needs in the United States, please contact Kriss Jarecki by email at least 3 weeks prior to the at harmonyhearth64@gmail.com or call at 716-913-2832.