Join us for a complete EMDR Basic Training Course in NYC. Includes Part I, Part II, and 10 hours of consultation required for completion.
The Integrative Trauma Program of the National Institute for the Psychotherapies Presents:
EMDR BASIC TRAINING COURSE
Trainer:
Hope Payson LCSW
Consultants & Facilitators:
Christeli Brunner LCSW, Hope Payson, LCSW, and Sarah St. Onge, Ph.D.
Description
Karen Alter-Reid, Ph.D, & Big Oak Psychotherapy Training Institute are now offering Winter 2022-2023 EMDRIA* Approved EMDR Basic Training and consultation for the integration of this highly effective approach into clinical practice. Please link to: to review eligibility requirements for taking EMDR Training. As an EMDR Institute Regional Basic Trainer, Dr. Alter-Reid uses the EMDR Institute curriculum to provide clinicians with the knowledge and skills to use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy with a broad range of clients and clinical presentations. The training is a six day, two-weekend program, plus two 2 hour consultation groups, extended over approximately seven weeks. Training includes the traditional Weekends 1 and 2, as well as all ten required hours of consultation. Extending the training format helps participants integrated the lecture material, conceptualize where to begin with specific clients and incorporate the standardized protocol into their practice. Each of the two weekends will include lecture, consultation, and experiential components.
Training Dates:
December 9-11, 2022 and February 3-5, 2023
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Fridays & Saturdays
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Sundays
*Consultation Dates and Times:
Friday, January 13th, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Friday, March 10th, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
*6 of the 10 consultation hours will occur during the training dates. The remaining 4 hours will be held in these two zoom groups between training dates.
In keeping with NIP's commitment to diversity and inclusion, we are offering 2 scholarships in the amount of $1,000 (1/2 fee) to clinicians from groups historically underrepresented in the mental health field, who will use their EMDR skills to treat clients traumatized for their race, culture and/or identity. Kindly contact Dr. Alter-Reid at karen.alterreid for more information on the scholarship application process.
Continuing Education: 40 Professional CE's are provided upon completion of the training.
Attendance to all sessions are mandatory for CE credits.
* The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education credits for psychologists. The National Institute for the Psychotherapies maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
* The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts #Psyan-0004.
* The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0018.
* National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0059.
ABOUT BIG OAK PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING INSTITUTE FACULTY:
Dr. Karen Alter-Reid is an EMDR Institute Regional Trainer, an EMDRIA Approved Provider of EMDR Basic Training and a Specialty Presenter. She is an EMDR HAP Trainer, facilitator, consultant, and special topics presenter. She is the Senior EMDR Consultant & Trainer for the Integrative Trauma Program at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies.
She is recognized for her post-Katrina 'Therapy for Therapists" project which provided EMDR to therapists who were themselves survivors of Hurricane Katrina. She has also coordinated efforts by the Fairfield County Trauma Response Team, a group of EMDR professionals who have responded to the training and clinical needs of first responders and healthcare professionals since the pandemic and to the Newtown/Sandy Hook community after the mass shooting, She has been in practice for 32 years with 20 years of providing EMDR treatment. To learn more about Dr. Alter-Reid, go to: www.alter-reid.com.
Christeli Brunner, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and EMDRIA Approved Consultant. She is the Director of a Connecticut Outpatient DMHAS facility where she specializes in agency based mental health and addiction services for individual struggling with severe and persistent mental health illnesses and addictions. She also has a private practice specializing in the use of EMDR to address PTSD and other trauma related disorders. Christeli is a Consultant and Facilitator for Big Oak Psychotherapy Training Institute.
Hope Payson, LCSW, LADC is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Addictions Counselor, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, and EMDRIA Specialty Presenter. She specializes in the use of EMDR to address PTSD, complex trauma and behavioral and substance addictions. Hope is a Consultant and Facilitator for Big Oak Psychotherapy Training Institute.
Sarah St. Onge, Ph.D. is the Director of the Integrative Trauma Program at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) and Chair of the Certificate Program in Integrative Trauma Studies at NIP. An EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Sarah is also a Somatic Experiencing practitioner (SEP, and a Music and Imagery Therapist (MIT).