We will spend the day considering the following:
· What is “trauma”?
· How do we know it’s trauma – and what is a ‘trauma-informed’ therapy?
· A brief introduction to Polyvagal Theory and how it helps our thinking in EMDR.
· What is EMDR?
How it can help?
To EMDR, or not to EMDR: safe delivery, the EMDR Standard Protocol
and it’s many adaptations.
How to apply AIP (Adapted Information Processing) Theory in EMDR.
The workshop will include dyadic teaching, small group discussion, practice-based conversation and case examples.
*This is not EMDR Standard Protocol Training (please speak with our Clinical Director if you are interested in EMDR training) – this is an opportunity to come together and think about EMDR as a trauma-informed therapy, and to explore therapists’ interests in the training and/or practice of EMDR.
Bio: Jo Bromley began her working life as a Family Therapist in 1994 and later trained as an EMDR Therapist (1998 onwards).
She has worked in the NHS for almost 30 years as a Family Therapist and an EMDR Therapist - in various NHS specialist services, and across adult and child/adolescent services delivery.
She undertook the MSC in EMDR at The University of Worcester (2018-2020) – and developed an interest in early-intervention (EI) EMDR as both a tool of assessment and as an early intervention approach.
Jo is an accredited Child and Adolescent Consultant with EMDR UK and has a special interest in delivering trauma-informed therapies with families and couples, in addition to her individually based practice.
She joined Somerset Counselling Centre in 2021 to support the My Family Talking Gateway Project, later took on EMDR Supervision within our newly trained EMDR team and has generally hung around since!
