The demanding and fast-paced environment that mental health professionals operate within often leads to high levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and burnout. The constant pressure to perform, coupled with the emotional toll of patient care, can create an unsustainable pace that severely impacts mental and physical well-being. Recognizing these challenges, this workshop is designed to provide a comprehensive approach to help healthcare professionals reconnect with themselves, manage stress, and foster long-term resilience.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be equipped with a set of powerful techniques and skills that they can immediately apply in their professional lives. The combination of EMD and Embodied Movement practices offers a holistic approach to stress management, one that addresses both the mind and body. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of how to regulate their nervous system, maintain emotional equilibrium, and ultimately cultivate a more balanced, resilient approach to their demanding work environment. This workshop aims to not only enhance the well-being of healthcare professionals but also improve their ability to provide compassionate, effective care to their patients. Cost will include 5 CEUs for mental health professionals.
Key Modalities:
EMDR: Through the use of EMDR concepts and skills, retreat participants will learn how the nervous system can become dysregulated through internal and external influences that, over time, can further disrupt the individual’s nervous system resulting in more serious mental health conditions like burnout, anxiety and depression. Retreat participants will go through the experience of creating a Recent Distressing Experience timeline of moments in the recent past that felt overwhelming while on the job and/or outside life experiences. Then, they will create a Calm/Safe Place to help create a mental coping skill for the EMD work and for their daily work-life. Following the process of EMD, retreat participants will select one of those experiences from the timeline and desensitize to it using EMD protocol. In order to ground, participants will engage in the Calm/Safe Place skill. They will also learn about different tactile bilateral stimulation techniques that will continue the work outside of the clinical setting and provide a foundation for more advanced EMDR clinical work if the retreat participants determine the need.
Embodied Movement: Through the use of mindful somatic principles and techniques paired with Restorative Yoga, participants will experience the positive effects of grounding our awareness into the present moment through our sensory and physical movements. Allowing the participants’ nervous systems to further the work of EMD by grounding into the present moment, rather than worry about the past or future. Participants will leave the session with tools on how to incorporate grounding somatic skills into their daily lives.
What you can expect:
Rejuvenation and Replenishment: Gain opportunities to rejuvenate and replenish through engagement with creative therapeutic modalities.
Understanding Nervous System Dysregulation:
EMDR Techniques:
Embodied Movement:
Experiential Learning:
Schedule:
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Introduction/What EMDR is/BLS Explanation/Phases of EMDR
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM (Phase 1 of EMDR) Create Recent Distressing Experience Timeline through art therapy
11:00 – 12:00 PM (Phase 2 of EMDR) Claycie resources the safe/calm place/Container/Butterfly Hug
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Taylor showing equipment/side effects and Lunch (bring your own)
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Caitlin facilitates EMD
2:15 – 3:15 PM Break
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Andrew does somatic grounding (restorative yoga) with Calm/Safe place.
Christine Elder is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Art Therapist at the Center for Mindfulness and CBT. She provides services for children, adolescents, and adults with anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, and trauma-related issues.
Andrew is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) specializing in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Mindfulness/Meditation techniques. He offers skill-based behavioral support and assists clients in processing emotionally charged memories. Andrew provides therapeutic services to older adolescents and adults, addressing concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and various life challenges.
Taylor Oberhelman is a Provisionally Licensed Professional Counselor (PLPC), supervised by Andrew Jovanovic, LPC. She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Psychodynamic therapy. Taylor provides counseling services to individuals 17 and older who experience trauma, anxiety, perinatal mental health, and navigating difficult life transitions.
Caitlin Adolphsen is a Provisionally Licensed Professional Counselor (PLPC), supervised by Amanda Fondow, LPC, R-DMT, and is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. She provides therapy services for adults who have experienced trauma and are looking to heal emotional wounds.
Claycie Gerlt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and specializes in working with those experiencing trauma, grief and loss, difficult life transitions, and adoption issues. She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and is a Certified Trauma Professional.
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