What You’ll Learn
By the end of this training, you will be able to:
- Describe how childhood emotional neglect and attachment injury impact neurodevelopment, memory systems, and trauma symptom presentation in the absence of discrete Criterion A events.
- Apply the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model to attachment‑informed EMDR case conceptualization for clients with histories of emotional neglect and relational trauma.
- Demonstrate EMDR target selection and sequencing strategies using developmental, relational, and attachment‑based targets within the AIP framework.
- Implement EMDR protocol adaptations for clients presenting with low affect, blocked processing, dissociation, or limited access to explicit memory.
- Utilize EMDR cognitive interweaves to address core belief themes associated with emotional neglect, including earned worth, shame, emotional deprivation, and fear of dependency.
- Evaluate EMDR’s role among evidence‑based trauma treatments, and explain how individualized case conceptualization influences treatment selection and sequencing for complex trauma presentations.
Throughout the day, Cassidy will walk you through case examples that illustrate common stuck points and breakthroughs, showing you how to explain emotional neglect and EMDR to clients in language that supports buy‑in and reduces shame.