Institute for Creative Mindfulness

This is a hybrid, self-paced distance learning course, comprised of reading material and video content. This is an intermediate level course. Completion of all modules, a course evaluation, and post-test is required to receive a Certificate of Completion.  The post-test is comprised of true/false and multiple choice questions that requires a passing mark of 75%. Upon passing the post-test, participants are able to download their certificate of completion.

This course was first published April, 2020.

Please contact us with any questions or concerns at [email protected].

This course is 3 Hours

This course is no longer offered with any official CE approvals (eg. APA, NBCC, ASWB). You will receive a certificate of completion through Thinkific for completing the modules and passing the posttest with a score of 75% or higher. The certificate will reflect the specified hours of the course and will include the Institute for Creative Mindfulness logo. In some US states, countries outside the US, and in certain specialty programs (eg. Advanced Certificate Program in Dissociation Studies for EMDR Therapists offered by ICM), you may be able to count these hours. Please check your state to see if there are any preprogram or program approval requirements. You would be responsible for completing these to possibly count this course for CE credit in your state.

This course is free!

This course was developed as part of Dr. Jamie Marich and the Institute for Creative Mindfulness's response to demand for distance based resources for mental health professionals during the COVID-19 crisis. We are pleased to offer it for free in order to meet these demands. 

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The global COVID-19 crisis has thrust mental health therapists into a new reality of needing to provide services via telehealth and other remote platforms. While this can be challenging for any therapy, especially since training in this area of service has traditionally been scarce, there are special challenges for EMDR therapists. In this course, Dr. Jamie Marich (author and founder of The Institute for Creative Mindfulness) speaks to Mark Brayne from the U.K. about his clinical experiences offering EMDR therapy virtually. Mark is seasoned at offering EMDR via telehealth and remote platforms, and has a wealth of clinical insight to share on adapting EMDR therapy. A former BBC journalist whose service in that realm exposed him to humanitarian needs in times of crisis, Mark’s global perspective is invaluable. Mark also offers a clinical demonstration of remote EMDR therapy with Jamie offering an issue from her present life. In the final module, an interview with Paul Miller, MD, a practitioner, researcher, and member of the EMDR Council of Scholars offers his experience with online EMDR therapy and highlights some main considerations related to EMDR therapy’s mechanisms of action. Implications for case conceptualization are discussed in both the Brayne and Miller interviews.

The views expressed in the course content do NOT reflect those of any EMDR therapy organizations (e.g., EMDRIA, EMDR UK-Ireland, EMDR Europe) although we will be discussing and commenting on the newly released EMDRIA guidelines on telehealth and EMDR.