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[Mod 1 & 2] Interview, Formulation and Plan (3 CE Credits) (EC #15002-DL24, #15002-DL25)
CourseThis course shows how to conduct a structured intake where appropriate, gathering information across numerous domains. This is the basis for case formulation and treatment planning, and how much preparation is needed.
$110
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[Mod 3] N is for Neuroaffective: Working Under the Floorboards (3 CE Credits) (EC #15002-DL26)
CourseIn this Phase II Preparation workshop, we will examine how devices and interventions that work on a neuroaffective basis enhance preparation for (and expand the efficacy of) EMDR, which is itself neuroaffective and interruptive.
$110
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[Mod 4] E is for Embodiment: Resolving Somatic Dissociation (3 CE Credits) (EC #15002-DL38)
CourseIn this workshop, the basic techniques that EMDR therapists need to know about somatic therapy are emphasized, in contrast to somatic trainings where the method stands alone.
$110
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[Mod 5] S is for the Self-System: Using Ego State Therapy (3 CE Credits) (EC #15002-DL39)
CourseIn this classic ego state workshop, updated with more sample scripts, the emphasis is on the critical ego state interventions that enable efficient Phase II Preparation and, later, Phase IV Desensitization to resolve traumatic sequelae.
$110
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[Mod 6] Looking Through the Eyes of Trauma and Dissociation Revisited (3 CE Credits) (EC #15002-DL39)
CourseContinuing on the springboard of the Ego-State section of Mod 5: "S for Self System...", this module discusses why and how one fractionates an abreactive process for highly structurally dissociative clients.
$110
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[Mod 7] When There Are No Words: The Basic Procedure for Temporal Integration from the Beginning of Life (3 CE Credits) (EC #15002-DL45)
CourseThis module is a review of the basics of how to conduct the Early Trauma protocol in a step-wise procedural way, it lays the foundation for the fancy foot work presented in the subsequent modules 8 and 9.
$110
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[Mod 8] How the Untold Unheard Story Tells Itself Nonverbally (3 CE Credits) (EC #15002-DL50)
CourseThis is an advanced Temporal Integration module, revealing the mysteries of the client’s unheard untold story as it reveals itself in the non-verbals, and the verbal statements in the therapy office.
$110
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[Mod 9] Hearing the Untold Unheard Story to Dismantle the Symptom Shrine (3 CE Credits) (EC #15002-DL53)
CourseIn this workshop, specific developmental milestones will be discussed as they relate to symptoms that the client carries as well as how to help the client ultimately dismantle their symptom shrine.
$110
Our Presenters
EMDR
Sandra Paulsen, Ph.D.
Sandra Paulsen, Ph.D., is an international instructor, author and illustrator of principles and procedures for using EMDR with complex trauma including structural and somatic dissociation and trauma held in implicit memory. Her books include:
- + Coeditor of The Neurobiology and Treatment of Traumatic Dissociation: Toward an Embodied Self.
- + Author and illustrator of Looking Through the Eyes of Trauma: An Illustrated Guide for EMDR Therapists and Clients
- + Author and illustrator of When There Are No Words: EMDR for Very Early Trauma in Implicit Memory
- + Coauthor of We’re Listening Body: Integrating EMDR, Somatic and Ego State Therapies.
2024 publications included: The Beauty and Burden of Autism: An Illustrated Guide and Workbook, and Indigenous Trauma and Dissociation: Healers, Psychotherapies and the Drum, with Shelley Spear Chief. She also coauthored and illustrated a childrens book that is also useful for dissociative adults called All the Colors of Me: My First Book on Dissociation. Sandra is a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.
She developed the first protocol for the use of EMDR with highly dissociative individuals, publishing cautions about EMDR with dissociation, and for first urging the screening of every client for dissociation before administering EMDR. She has trained thousands of mental health professionals in these special procedures since 1993. Sandra has numerous online workshops available through the Steve Frankel Group. For additional information see Sandra’s vitae at paulsenpsychology.com. She lives in a log house in the forest on Bainbridge Island, near Seattle, Washington, USA where she does intensive treatment in the three-day format.
A full list of Dr. Paulsen's publications can be found on and purchased from her website.
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