About this course

Learning Objectives

• Explain the AIP Model for understanding trauma.
• State the 8 phases of EMDR.
• Identify different client populations and presenting symptoms that would benefit from EMDR.

Learning Levels

• Beginner

Target Audience

Course Instructor(s)

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  Amanda Good

  Clinical Director, The Sibley Group

  Amanda Good, LICSW, EMDR-C, is the Clinical Director at The Sibley Group in Washington DC, where she has been a psychotherapist for adolescent and adult clients for 15 years. She specializes in treating stress, anxiety, and trauma related symptoms, and is certified in Eye Movement and Desensitization Therapy (EMDR).

  Amanda writes, teaches, and consults on a variety of topics relating to trauma treatment, and is passionate about making mental health concepts and treatment easily understandable for clinicians and clients alike. Using a blend of evidence-based treatments including EMDR, IFS, EFFT, CBT, and DBT, as well as a deeply grounded and relational approach, Amanda provides therapy and teaches therapists to go beyond symptom management to healing root problems and achieving lasting change.

References

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• Hase, M. (2021). The structure of EMDR therapy: A guide for the therapist. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 660753. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.660753
• Knipe, J. (2019). EMDR toolbox : theory and treatment of complex PTSD and dissociation -- Eye movement desensitization reprocessing toolbox (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
• Shapiro, F. (2018). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures (3rd ed.). New York, NY: The Guilford Press
• De Jongh, A., Amann, B., Hofmann, A., Farrell, D., & Lee, C. (2019). The Status of EMDR Therapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 30 Years After Its Introduction. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research (13), 261-269.
• Maxfield, L. (2019). A clinician’s guide to the efficacy of EMDR therapy. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 13(4), 239–246.
• Laliotis, D., Luber, M., Oren, U., Shapiro, E., Ichii, M., Hase, M., La Rosa, L., Alter-Reid, K., & Tortes St. Jammes, J. (2021). What is EMDR Therapy? Past, Present, and Future Directions. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 15(4), 186-201. DOI: 10.1891/EMDR-D-21-00029
• Van der Kolk, B.A., Spinazzola, J., Blaustein, M.E., Hopper, J.W., Hopper, E.K., Korn, D. L., & Simpson, W.B. (2007). A randomized clinical trial of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), fluoxetine, and pill placebo in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: treatment effects and long-term maintenance. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 68(1), 37-46.