AMDR For Trauma Healing and Release: Module 1

Date: 27th & 28th Jan 2024

Location: Regents University

Cost: £425

A Gentle and Powerful Approach to Working with Trauma.

In AMDR module 1 you will learn the importance of resourcing traumatised clients and how to help them create a sense of safety. You will learn how to work safely with low levels of trauma and be able to start using the basic elements  of trauma repair, through EMDR-based bilateral stimulation and other tools.

AMDR Module 1 is designed to deepen your understanding of the neuroscience of trauma and its impact on the human nervous system. This course is suitable for experienced Therapists, Coaches, and Counsellors, whatever the area of training.

In completing this AMDR module, you will acquire new and original resourcing techniques for working with trauma, including our adapted version of EMDR. It will change how you work with clients by expanding your knowledge and skills as a therapist.

Together, Joshua Isaac Smith and Gill Wood have combined elements of EMDR and Cognitive Hypnotherapy with mindfulness and somatic psychology to create a powerful, structured, and safe approach to working with trauma. 

This is AMDR: safe, effective, and neuroscience based.

You will learn in Module 1:

•  The importance of building resilience and WHY resourcing helps clients feel safe:

•  The neuroscience behind trauma reactions and what happens in the brain and body.

•  Methods to use “psycho-education” to help clients understand what is happening in a traumatic reaction.

•  The neuroscience of how memories are formed, stored and why trauma memories are difficult to change.

•  Many new resourcing techniques to help clients stablise and feel calmer.

•  The role of therapist as a resource while working with trauma (a relational approach)

•  How, and when to apply bilateral brain stimulation (eye movements/tapping) to help clients desensitise and reconsolidate traumatic memories and events.

•  How to install and reinforce positive changes and new beliefs.

•  How to help clients create a new future as a “mismatch” to a difficult past.

By the end of this module, you will be able to work with low level trauma and other complex presenting issues. You will understand how to apply core EMDR-based tools to client challenges. You’ll also experience AMDR’s unique and creative techniques which are built into the structure of our trauma-focussed approach.

What our graduates are saying

Module 1 Testimonials

“I cannot recommend Gill and Joshua’s AMDR highly enough. It’s really helpful to learn about why the processes work i.e. the neuroscience. The process itself is useful as a ‘stand alone’ and parts of it can also be integrated into your work generally, there’s lots of great material. Alongside the high level of knowledge and experience that Gill and Joshua have the thing that makes this course really stand out is the presence that they both bring to the room. This course is outstanding- go and do it!” R.S

“I would highly recommend this training. I feel much better prepared for working with trauma and I know I will serve my clients better. I will be using what I have learnt immediately which speaks for the effective way this information is delivered and time given for practice.” J.E.

“Go on this course! It’s not just another set of techniques for the toolbox. It’s an up to date understanding of the neuroscience behind memory and trauma. It has really changed the way I work for the better.” D.B.

“Having attended Module 1 I was excited to experience Module 2 and it didn’t let me down. Congratulations to Joshua and Gill for all your hard work in creating such a great course. I will be able to use this with my clients in a very powerful way.” S.A.

“I have learned so much this weekend and will definitely include AMDR in my practice. I can’t wait for Module 2 now” H.C.

“An amazingly useful course that powerfully helps us work with clients. AMDR is a flexible and powerful technique. I think it is the most powerful course I have ever done. I can’t wait to see the change it brings my clients over the next few years.” M.B.

Secure Your Place

This module is now sold out. Please contact Margie Kinsella id you would like to be put on our waiting list.

Cancellation Policy and Refunds 

In the event of cancellation more than 6 weeks before the course, we will refund your fee  minus £150 (which is a non refundable deposit).

Fees are not refundable where cancellation is within 6 weeks of the module, but can be transferred for a later module.

Attending both modules of our course will increase your skills and confidence in working safely with trauma repair. It is essential to attend both modules to gain a complete understanding of the AMDR approach to trauma and attain the level of competence necessary to work safely with traumatised individuals.

 

As AMDR 1 is the first of two modules of the AMDR practitioner course, attendance and completion of this module is required before attending module 2.

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