EMDR Advanced Training
EMDR For Recent Events and Early Interventions
REP, R-TEP, and PRECI Protocols for Trauma Therapists
Trainer: Rebecca Kase
On-Demand: Available with lifetime access for asynchronous learning. This course was recorded on July 24, 2025.
When a client walks in days or weeks after a traumatic event, the standard EMDR protocol is not always the right first move. You need a different clinical framework, and you need it to be practical.
EMDR for Recent Events and Early Interventions is a focused on-demand training with Rebecca Kase, LCSW, that consolidates the most current and clinically relevant techniques for working with recent trauma into one place. You will learn how to assess client readiness, choose the right intervention, apply five stabilization techniques, and work confidently with the three most widely used recent event protocols: REP, R-TEP, and PRECI.
This course includes lecture, case vignettes, and experiential practice. It is built for EMDR therapists who want a to-the-point, clinically grounded resource for early intervention work, without having to piece it together from multiple sources.
Practical Interventions You Will Learn
This training gives you a complete clinical toolkit for EMDR early intervention work, from initial assessment through protocol selection and application. Every technique is taught with direct application to recent traumatic event presentations.
In this EMDR early intervention training, you'll learn how to:
- Assess client readiness for EMDR phases following a recent traumatic event, and make confident decisions about when to resource, when to use constricted processing, and when a full protocol is appropriate
- Apply five stabilization and resourcing techniques for distress management and dual awareness in the acute phase following trauma
- Use EMD and EMDr as constricted processing strategies with recent event presentations, including how to apply them for stabilization before moving to a full protocol
- Implement REP, R-TEP, and PRECI, the three most commonly used EMDR protocols for recent traumatic events, so you can choose the right one for each client and situation
- Build a treatment plan for recent events that accounts for case conceptualization, client readiness, and the differences between early intervention and standard EMDR protocol
What You’ll Learn in This EMDRIA-Approved Advanced Training
This EMDRIA-approved training gives you a research-informed framework for EMDR early intervention, from client readiness assessment through protocol selection and application. By the end of this course, you will be able to:
By the end of this training, you will be able to:
- Investigate the research on EMDR with early trauma intervention, including recommendations and contraindications for when to proceed and when to wait
- Assess client readiness across all EMDR phases when working with recent traumatic events, including how to read presentations that are still in acute distress
- Differentiate between resourcing, constricted processing, and full protocol options for recent events, and develop the clinical judgment to choose between them in real time
- Apply at least two techniques for distress management and at least two for increasing dual awareness, drawn from the stabilization toolkit covered in the course
Formulate an EMDR treatment plan for recent traumatic events and articulate how it differs from the standard protocol
Who Is This Training For
This training is for EMDR-trained therapists who work with clients in the acute or subacute aftermath of traumatic events. Whether you work in community mental health, private practice, crisis settings, or disaster response, this course gives you a clear, research-supported framework for early EMDR intervention.
You will get the most out of this training if you are:
- Seeing clients in the days, weeks, or first few months after a traumatic event, and unsure which EMDR intervention fits the presentation
- Familiar with EMD and EMDr but wanting a clearer framework for when and how to apply them in early intervention contexts
- Looking to learn the REP, R-TEP, and PRECI protocols in one focused, clinically grounded training
- Working in crisis response, disaster mental health, first responder support, or community settings where recent trauma is common
- Wanting a practical, consolidating course that brings together early intervention research and protocol application without the scatter
- Seeking EMDRIA, NBCC, or ASWB continuing education in a focused, on-demand format with experiential practice included
About Your Trainer, Rebecca Kase
Trauma Therapist Institute Founder Rebecca Kase is recognized as one of the foremost EMDR trainers in the U.S. An LCSW, professional EMDR consultant and trainer, and a registered yoga teacher, Rebecca has been practicing in the field of trauma counseling since 2006. She’s an expert in working with complex trauma and dissociation and has practiced in both nonprofit and private settings. In her own therapy practice, Rebecca incorporates yoga therapy, ego states, somatic approaches, Polyvagal Theory, and EMDR into her work with clients, which includes veterans and adults with Complex PTSD. Rebecca is known as a skillful, clear, and enthusiastic teacher. She’ll keep you engaged and make you giggle, even in an online trauma training course!
