Thematic Client History in EMDR Therapy: Enhancing Your Clinical Effectiveness with Complex Trauma & Dissociation (Online)
Presented by Jamie Marich, Ph.D., LPCC-S, REAT
August 14, 2025
9:00am-4:30pm ET Each Day
Dr. Francine Shapiro, the founder of EMDR Therapy, indicated that there are many ways to conduct Phase 1 Client History. For clients who experiences complex trauma and clinically significant dissociation, engaging in a history taking process that is too chronological or too list-oriented might be overwhelming or impractical. In this workshop, Dr. Jamie Marich brings in her experience as a phenomenological researcher to assist EMDR therapists in thinking more thematically. Thematic thinking begins in Phase 1 Client History, which is the focus of the workshop, and it can also expanding to more complex trauma-focused case conceptualization in the other phases of EMDR Therapy. Participants are oriented to the phenomenological principles of theme. They will then learn how to conduct a client history thematically for optimally target selection and case conceptualization, with opportunities for practice and discussion.
Cost of workshop:
- $125.00: Thriving organizations or private practices
- $95.00: Private practice clinicians or professionals in need of assistance at this time
- $65.00: Public agency or organization professionals in extra need of assistance at this time; students at any level of graduate or undergraduate education
The course (6 CEs) counts as an elective towards the Institute for Creative Mindfulness’ Advanced Certificate in Dissociation Studies for EMDR Therapists.
See the breakdown of the objectives below.
Attendance at all live sessions is required. No partial credit can be awarded.
Objectives:
After this workshop participants will be able to:
(a) To explain the principles of phenomenology and its connection to the word theme and the term lived experience
(b) To list and critically evaluate three major approaches in the EMDR Therapy community other than thematic client history for conducting Phase 1 Client History
(c) To conceptualize a client case in the EMDR approach to psychotherapy using the thematic client history approach
(d) To select targets for EMDR Therapy reprocessing and develop an ideal “order of operations” in a client-centered manner
The Forgotten Phase: Making the Most Out of Phase 8 in EMDR Therapy (Online)
Presented by Jamie Marich, Ph.D., LPCC-S, REAT
August 15, 2025
9:00am-4:30pm ET Each Day
Phase 8 Re-Evaluation often gets glossed over in EMDR Therapy Basic Trainings, or students find that they don’t get sufficient time to practice it and grasp the full power of the phase. In this advanced topics training we will approach Phase 8 as the art of checking back in and organically planning your next steps in EMDR Therapy. Skills like target rechecks, future templates, and treatment planning with a special attention to the unique needs of people with complex trauma and those navigating dissociation.
Steeped in the teachings of Dr. Francine Shapiro’s (2018) core text, this training will review a variety of ways to approach Phase 8 more thematically and holistically. Improve your understanding of case conceptualization by weaving together the principles of Phase 1 and Phase 8 which learning to redefining your usage of a treatment plan to guide EMDR Therapy with more complex cases.
Cost of workshop:
- $125.00: Thriving organizations or private practices
- $95.00: Private practice clinicians or professionals in need of assistance at this time
- $65.00: Public agency or organization professionals in extra need of assistance at this time; students at any level of graduate or undergraduate education
The course (6 CEs) counts as an elective towards the Institute for Creative Mindfulness’ Advanced Certificate in Dissociation Studies for EMDR Therapists.
See the breakdown of the objectives below.
Attendance at all live sessions is required. No partial credit can be awarded.
Objectives:
After this workshop participants will be able to:
(a) To articulate the main functions of Phase 8 in EMDR Therapy
(b) To implement three major ways to recheck targets (for completed sessions and incomplete reprocessing sessions) that are aligned with the standard protocol and allow for variations in individual lived experience
(c) To implement the Future Template strategy throughout the course of EMDR Therapy treatment
(d) To conceptualize a client case in the EMDR approach to psychotherapy in a more thematic way that allows for more informed treatment plan reviews
(e) To select targets for EMDR Therapy reprocessing and develop an ideal “order of operations” that is informed by ongoing EMDR Phase 8 work
(f) To contextualize how EMDR Therapy Phase 8 corresponds with and complements other forms of therapy (e.g., client-centered, DBT, CBT, 12-step facilitation, IFS or other forms of parts work) that you may use