LIVE WEBINAR WORKSHOP:
Once Upon a Time:
EMDR & Story-Writing
WHEN: 1&2 August 2025 (Friday-Saturday)
9:00 am to 4:00 pm MDT
WHERE: Virtually on MS Teams
"Once Upon a Time: EMDR & Story-Writing" is a live webinar and training exploring the integration of story-writing techniques with EMDR to enhance therapeutic outcomes. Participants will learn how to guide the caregivers of their clients in creating personal narratives that facilitate healing and transformation. Through a combination of lectures, hands-on exercises, and case studies, clinicians will gain practical skills to incorporate story-writing into their EMDR practice, helping clients to process trauma and build resilience.
Story-writing through EMDR therapy involves the creation of structured narratives that reflect clients' experiences and traumas. This technique leverages the therapeutic power of storytelling to help clients externalize and reframe their traumatic memories, as well as strengthen adaptive memories. By writing stories about their past, clients can gain a sense of control and coherence over their experiences, which is crucial for emotional healing. The process of story-writing allows clients to explore and articulate their feelings, identify patterns, and develop new perspectives, thereby facilitating cognitive and emotional processing.
Story-writing through EMDR therapy involves the creation of structured narratives that reflect clients' experiences and traumas. This technique leverages the therapeutic power of storytelling to help clients externalize and reframe their traumatic memories, as well as strengthen adaptive memories. By writing stories about their past, clients can gain a sense of control and coherence over their experiences, which is crucial for emotional healing. The process of story-writing allows clients to explore and articulate their feelings, identify patterns, and develop new perspectives, thereby facilitating cognitive and emotional processing.
Learning Objectives:
Explore the power of story in participant's own life
Understand how stories facilitate mirror neurons and oxytocin
Identify 6 different ways that stories impact the brain
Understand how a story can facilitate therapist's ability to do EMDR with children
Identify the components of a story for use with EMDR
Gather information in order to write a story
Construct a story with and evaluate a caregiver's ability to process story with a client using EMDR
Practice follow-up interview to gather more information
Practice writing a second draft with additional information
Practice EMDR processing (phases 3-7) with the story-writing method
Utilize the trauma narrative in TF-CBT with EMDR
Continuing Education Credits: 12 CEU Approved by The CE Company and pending EMDRIA approval
Eligibility
This training is available to anyone who has completed the EMDR Basic Training
Schedule
Friday and Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mountain time, with lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
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Cancellation of your registration with full refund can be done up to 14 days before the event. Please email info@sweetpeaceperinatal.com to request your cancellation.
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We seek to ensure equitable treatment of every person and to make every attempt to resolve grievances in a fair manner. Please email Tory@sweetpeaceperinatal.com with your written grievance. Grievances will receive, to the best of our ability, corrective action in order to prevent further problems.
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This program adheres to the standards of the Americans Disabilities Act. Please contact Tory@sweetpeaceperinatal.com if special accommodation is required.
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The CE Company is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The CE Company maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
The CE Company has sponsored Once Upon a Time: EMDR & Story-Writing to provide 12 continuing education (CE) credits to Psychologists, Social Workers, Nurses, Professional Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists in the following states:*
Social Workers
AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Mental Health Counselors
AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Marriage and Family Therapists
AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Nurses
AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Professional Counselors
AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
