Sometimes EMDR alone isn’t enough to heal entrenched traumas, particularly when clients struggle with early attachment issues. Attachment-Focused Eye Movement and Desensitisation Reprocessing (AF-EMDR) combines multiple approaches to support attachment-wounded clients through their trauma healing process. In this introductory workshop, you’ll learn about resourcing and developmental repair, including how to modify the EMDR protocol can be so that it flows more easily. You’ll be introduced to new ways of combining powerful protocols—EMDR, Resource Tapping, and talk therapy—with principles of attachment theory to provide a more client-centred, reparative treatment that support client safety, maintain the therapeutic connection, and enhance attunement. You’ll explore:
This course is not affiliated with EMDRIA and does not qualify toward EMDRIA credits or training.
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All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.
PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 2.75 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Introduction to Attachment-Focused EMDR (4.4 MB) | 51 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Introduction to Attachment-Focused EMDR - French (4.4 MB) | 51 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Introduction to Attachment-Focused EMDR - Italian (4.4 MB) | 51 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Introduction to Attachment-Focused EMDR - German (4.4 MB) | 51 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Introduction to Attachment-Focused EMDR - Spanish (4.4 MB) | 51 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Laurel Parnell, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, EMDR trainer, and executive director of the Parnell Institute. She’s also the co-director of the non-profit Trauma Assistance Program International (TAP-IN) and the originator of the EMDR-related therapies Attachment-Focused EMDR and Resource Tapping. Her books include Attachment-Focused EMDR: Healing Relational Trauma, A Therapist’s Guide to EMDR, Rewiring the Addicted Brain with EMDR-Based Treatment, and Tapping In.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Laurel Parnell maintains a private practice and is the director of the Parnell Institute, LLC. She receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Parnell receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Laurel Parnell has no relevant non-financial relationships.
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The basic principles of Attachment-focused EMDR.
EMDR and Resource Tapping
Resource Tapping
Developmental repair and the “ideal mother”
Risks and limitations
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