This 1-day online workshop will introduce EMDR therapists to addiction-specific frameworks and protocols (Popky 2001, Knipe 2005) and will include:

• Looking at addiction through the EMDR Therapy lens

• Addiction and the 8 Phases of EMDR Therapy

• Possibilities for recovery with EMDR Therapy

• Addiction and the 3-Pronged Protocol (EMDR Matrix – Past, Present, Future)

• When to use Standard Protocol and when to use Addiction Protocols

• What can go wrong and how to manage it

• DeTUR protocol – Desensitisation of Triggers and Urges

• LOU – Level of Urge - Jim Knipe, 2005

• LOPA – Level of Positive Affect (associated with addictive behaviours)

• LOUA – Level of Urge to Avoid

• Positive Goal State Resource (day in the future), and

• Most Powerful Trigger (desensitisation)

This is an interactive workshop that will include live demonstrations, videos, practicum exercises, and live Q&A.

Examples of ‘other compulsive behaviours’ can include issues and dependency regarding:

• Self-harming behaviours

• Disordered eating

• Body-focused repetitive behaviours

• Relationships and/or co-dependency

• Sex and porn

• Gaming

• Social media and internet use

• Gambling

• Spending and shopping

• ‘Workaholism’

• Prescription pill dependency

• OCD behaviours

To attend this workshop you must have completed Weekend 1 Training in EMDR Therapy.

$374 inc. GST per person