Workshop Description

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This workshop will focus on a collection of creative protocols and clinical strategies developed by Dr. Carvalho. It will enable the EMDR therapist to expand their toolkit and options when working with their clients. Dr. Carvalho taps into her Psychodrama experience and integrates it into the traditional EMDR protocols. 

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During this workshop, Dr. Carvalho will present and explain EMDR protocols to target the following:

1. Processing Dreams and Nightmares: how to reach an adaptive resolution.

2. EMDR, Insomnia and Metaphors: how the use of Metaphors can help heal sleep issues.

3. Heal Your Brain, Heal Your Body: creative clinical strategies used in the application of EMDR therapy to heal the body.

4. The Museum Protocol: When a client has repetitive traumas of the same kind.

Dream Protocol:

This protocol is an adaptation of the Recent Events Protocol taught in Basic Training and applied to dream work. Cognitive Interweaves are taught as closure techniques for dreams as well as future templates to help clients reach an adaptive resolution.

 

EMDR, Insomnia and Metaphors:

Sleep metaphors are presented to clients in order to help them process through EMDR phases 3-7, regarding what keeps them awake during periods of insomnia. The strategies presented are often integrated with the EMDR Adult Drawing Protocol (Carvalho). Included is the use of metaphors and exercises for a future template to improve sleep prognosis, taken from the Dream Protocol (Carvalho).

Two case studies will be presented as illustrations and a video (role-playing demo).

Heal Your Brain, Heal Your Body:
Creative clinical strategies used in the application of EMDR therapy to physical pain, surgeries, and medical interventions. It includes suggestions for "antidotes" as resource measures to help deal with diseases, their consequences, treatment and prevention. A short discussion about the ACE study will help make the connection between adverse childhood experiences and adult illnesses, underlining the importance of healing trauma.
 

The Museum Protocol:

​The Museum Protocol that Esly Regina Carvalho, Ph.D. developed is to help clients who have gone through the same or similar traumas repeatedly. This protocol is therefore useful for multiple experiences of the same kind, such as experiences that have been repeated in a person’s life (ex: experiences of physical and/or sexual abuse or assaults). The “paintings” in the Museum are the difficult scenes in the client’s life. This is a protocol that requires special care in its application because it is an intensive form of working, but it allows to resolve repeated trauma in a faster and more efficient manner.

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Learning Objectives 

Participants will be able to:

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1. Explain the use of Metaphors Interweaves for appropriate treatment of insomnia and sleep issues.

2. Use adaptation of the EMDR protocol to process dreams and nightmares.

3. Demonstrate adaptation of the Recent Events Protocol to dream work.

4. Use Cognitive Interweaves for appropriate closure to dreams. 

5. Explain how the future template can improve sleep prognosis.

6. Use the Dream Protocol as a future template.

7. Explain how the Adult Drawing Protocol can be used to create the pain image/target for desensitization and reprocessing. 

8. Explain the Museum Protocol

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The Envision Difference

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100 % online:  Develop your skills from the comfort of your home or office via Zoom.

Live Q & A:  Ask questions during the live Q & A with the presenter and participants.

1 YEAR access:  Can't attend live?  Watch later - 1 YEAR of access to the workshop recording and materials and receive a certificate with CEs for home study learning. *Exception applies, see CE section below