Discovered by Dr. Francine Shapiro, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy is one of the most researched and utilized methods in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other forms of human distress connected to trauma and adverse life experiences. Whether your goal is to become an EMDR therapist as a specialty, or to integrate EMDR into your existing practice, our mindfulness-infused training program will help you meet your goals. 

Mindful Journey Center’s  EMDR Therapy Training Program is offered through a special license from the Institute for Creative Mindfulness with a curriculum designed by Dr. Jamie Marich. The Institute for Creative Mindfulness curriculum equips you to work with real-world clinical presentations from day one, including how to handle complex and developmental trauma, addressing dissociation, and implementing EMDR into your current setting.

This EMDR Therapy Basic/Foundational Training program curriculum and the instructor Irene M. Rodriguez, LMHC, REAT are approved by the EMDR International Association, the standards of which require that trainees engage in:
22 hours of lecture
20 hours of demonstration/practicum
10 hours of consultation
Required reading and completing an open-book learner assessment 

Part II Overview:
Day 4 of the training focuses on ethical practice, learning about interweaves, and working with abreaction and dissociation in more complex scenarios. By the end of Day 4, participants will have had a chance to practice supervised implementation of some of these techniques. Day 5 instructs participants on specific protocols/targeting sequences, best practices with special populations and clinical situations, where to access specialty resources and protocols for variously noted populations, and appropriate use of adaptations (in accordance with the EMDRIA definition of EMDR). By the end of Day 5, participants will experience supervised practice of targeting sequence planning and protocols for identified special populations/situations. In Day 6 participants will review the neurobiology of trauma, present a clinical case study through the EMDR Therapy/AIP framework, complete supervised practicum of practice elements, discuss the characteristics of a strong EMDR therapist, and develop a plan for completing the required 10 hours of consultation.

Presenter Bio:
Irene M. Rodriguez, M.S., LMHC, REAT (EMDRIA-Approved Consultant and Trainer) is the founder and director of Mindful Journey Center. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT), and a member of the Network Faculty at the Institute for Creative Mindfulness, which she joined in 2015. Irene is among the few EMDR Therapy trainers offering Spanish-language EMDR training in the U.S. and the Caribbean. With over 15 years of clinical experience, Irene specializes in trauma-related stress, attachment wounds, developmental trauma, and dissociative experiences. She has presented at the EMDR International Association Conference, most recently in 2025 on Therapeutic Humor and EMDR Therapy. Irene is also a Certified Laughter Yoga and Meditation Facilitator and co-authored a chapter on EMDR Therapy and Expressive Arts Therapy with Dr. Jamie Marich in the book EMDR Therapy and Creative Arts

Timeline:

Day 4:Advanced Work with the Standard Protocol—Interweaves & Ethics
9:00 am-9:30 am: Introduction & Orientation to Second Half of Course
9:30 am-10:45 am: Issues for the Advanced EMDR Practitioner: Ethics & Interweaves
10:45 am-11:00 am: Break
11:00 am-1:00 pm: Supervised Practicum: Working with Interweaves
1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Lunch Break
2:00 pm-3:30 pm: Issues for the Advanced EMDR Practitioner: Abreaction and Dissociation
3:30 pm-3:45 pm: Break
3:45 pm-5:30 pm: Supervised Practicum (cont.)
Day 5: Special Populations and Situations in EMDR Therapy
9:00 am-9:30 am: Questions and Discussion from Day 4
9:30 am-10:45 am: Working with Special Populations
10:45 am-11:00 am: Break
11:00 am-1:00 pm: Supervised Practicum
1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Lunch Break
2:00 pm-3:30 pm: Working with Special Populations (cont.) Case Conceptualization Exercise Part I Phase 8: Re-Evaluation- Enhanced Logistics. Explaining EMDR to a Client
3:30 pm-3:45 pm: Break
3:45 pm-5:30pm: Supervised Practicum (cont.)
Day 6: The Art of EMDR Therapy and Case Conceptualization
9:00am-9:30am: Questions and Discussion from Day 5
9:30am-10:45am: The Neurobiology of Trauma: Implications for EMDR Therapy & AIP Review
10:45am-11:00am: Break
11:00am-1:00pm: Supervised Practicum
1:00pm-2:00pm: Lunch Break
2:00pm-3:30pm: Case Conceptualization Exercise Part II; Blocking Beliefs & Treatment Planning; Final Wrap-Up: The Art of EMDR Therapy & Continuing Consultation and Training
3:30pm-3:45pm: Break
3:45pm-5:15pm: Supervised Practicum
5:15-pm-5:30pm: Reflection, Feedback, and Closing

Learning Objectives:

Part II, Day 4
1. Discuss, in general, what it means to be an ethical EMDR Therapist and list three safeguards for ensuring safe and ethical practice
2. Explain, in a general sense, the policy of the EMDR International Association condemning the use of EMDR therapy for Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE)
3. Define interweaves and describe at least three situations where using interweaves are useful in EMDR therapy
4. Apply three different styles of interweaves and articulate at least three examples for implementation within these styles
5. List examples of situations within EMDR therapy where making modifications may be necessary, especially when addressing abreaction and dissociation in the various phases of EMDR therapy
6. Describe the types of modifications that might be necessary and appropriate in addressing dissociation within the clinical setting
7. Implement the EMDR 8-Phase protocol under supervised practice and receive necessary instruction about interweaves and modifications (implementing accordingly).
Part II, Day 5
1. List the specific protocols/targeting sequences that Shapiro overviews in her seminal text and be able to set them up (e.g., recent events, anxiety and phobia, illnesses and somatic disorders, grief, self-use)
2. Discuss the best practices for conducting EMDR therapy with the following groups of people/clinical situations: Children, couples and families, addictions, survivors of sexual abuse, complex PTSD and developmental trauma, military and public safety personnel
3. Discuss, in greater detail and clinical competence, best practices for the specific groups of people/clinical situations that participants are likely to see in their clinical settings
4. Explain the meaning of anti-oppression in psychotherapy and discuss the role of the EMDR therapist and EMDR therapy is advancing anti-oppression work
5. Access resources for obtaining specialty resources and “protocols” for these variously noted populations
6. Cultivate the quality of empathy for clients struggling with trauma-related presenting issues as a necessary first skill in building a case conceptualization treatment plan
7. Complete, under supervised practice, a future template targeting sequence.
8. Implement Phase 8 Re-Evaluation strategies at both a micro-level and macro-level, including (but not limited to): Future template; rechecking Phase 1 Client History; assessing for blocking beliefs; treatment plan review
Part II, Day 6
1. Discuss the neurobiology of trauma covered on Day 1 of the course in the context of EMDR Therapy and working hypotheses about mechanisms o faction
2. Present a clinical case study for the participant’s clinical practice through the EMDR Therapy/AIP framework
3. Complete, under supervised practice, any remaining practice elements that a participant may need to attend to using EMDR therapy.
4. Explain EMDR therapy to a client in a general sense and provide clients with adequate informed consent for EMDR therapy
5. Discuss the characteristics of strong EMDR therapists
6. Evaluate any issues that a participant may need to address to better capture these qualities of strong EMDR therapists
7. Develop a plan for continued consultation and formation as an EMDR therapist after the completion of the training course.

To register for this course please visit: https://mindfuljourneycenter.thinkific.com/bundles/online-emdria-approved-emdr-therapy-training-with-expressive-arts-therapy-focus-part-i-13-15-feb-2026-part-ii-17-19-2026

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