COURSE INFORMATION

Course: EMDR Treatment for Complex Trauma – A Psychophysiological Approach

Continuing Education: Approved for 8 EMDRIA Credits through The Mental Health Co-Op; 8 NBCC Credits available via EMDR Restorative Consulting

Date: July 25, 2025

Time: 7 am – 4 pm Alaska (10 am- 7 pm Central; 11 am-8 pm Eastern)

Location: Live Webinar

Fee: $250

Presenter: Carolina Hernandez Powers, LCSW, LPC-S, CFRC EMDRIA Approved Consultant

Provider Responsibility: The Mental Health Co-Op maintains responsibility for this program and its content in accordance with EMDRIA requirements. Participants are responsible for checking with their state licensure board to ensure that the CE credits are accepted. EC Program Approval Number: 25037-01; EC Provider Number: 25037

Target audience: This training is open to mental health professionals (i.e. Psychologists, SocialWorkers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Professional Counselors) trained in EMDR.

EMDR training level: partial EMDR Training Required; it is recommended that clinicians have completed both “weekends” of EMDRIA Approved Basic EMDR Training and are working toward completion of consultation hours. You are eligible to receive EMDRIA Credits only if you have completed EMDRIA Approved Basic EMDR Training in its entirety.

Program Description: This live training introduces clinicians to a psychophysiological framework for treating complex trauma with EMDR, integrating Polyvagal Theory, structural dissociation, and tri phasic oriented treatment. Emphasis is placed on client safety, self-compassion, and stabilization techniques such as the Loving Eyes Procedure and CIPOS, with hands-on practice and clinical readiness tools.

Learning Objectives:

1. Specify three symptoms that help differentiate between PTSD and complex PTSD.
2. Summarize the effects of complex trauma from a psychophysiological perspective, including impact on physical health, cognitive health, social health, emotional regulation, and other areas of functioning.
3. Outline three ways in which chronic stress and fear in the “fight-or-flight” responses of the autonomic nervous system affect body functioning.
4. Demonstrate understanding of the three pathways in the Polyvagal Ladder to assess autonomic states in complex trauma clients.
5. Integrate understanding of primary and secondary structural dissociation of the personality in EMDR case conceptualization.
6. Design phase-oriented EMDR treatment plans that incorporate psychophysiological principles in treatment of complex trauma.
7. Have the ability to utilize Loving Eyes Procedure to increase sense of safety, connection, and self-compassion.
8. Assess readiness for reprocessing in complex trauma cases.
9. Implement Constant Installation of Present Orientation to Safety (CIPOS) to stabilize clients with high levels of dissociation.

Audio/Video Disclosure: this program will be recorded. Your privacy will be respected and your name/identity, interactions, materials submitted, and video of you will remain confidential.

Policies

Refunds: A $100 administrative fee will be charged for all refunds. Refunds for course fees (minus the administrative fee) will be issued for requests made up to 14 calendar days prior to the start date of the course. Refunds are not available for requests made within 13 days of the training. Thank you for your understanding.

Attendance: You are required to attend the workshop in full in order to receive credit toward continuing education or receive a certificate of attendance. CE credit will not be issued to attendees who miss/are not present for 15 or more minutes of instruction. Partial credit is not available. To be considered present your camera will need to be on and you will need to be visible in real time during instruction time.

Accessibility: To request reasonable accommodations for this training, please contact Carolina at carolina@tmhc-ak.com or 907-390-0542. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. Requests must be submitted by July 15, 2025.

Concerns: If a participant or potential participant would like to express a concern about a continuing education program provided by The Mental Health Co-Op, the individual may call 907- 531-0585 or email theresa@tmhc-ak.com. Although we do not guarantee a particular outcome, The Mental Health Co-Op will consider the complaint, make any necessary decisions, and respond within 45 days.

Contact: Carolina Hernandez Powers, carolina@tmhc-ak.com, 907-390-0542; PO Box 3731, Palmer, AK 99645