Course Description

This course is designed for intentional anti-oppression clinicians to apply decolonizing practices to EMDR’s 8 phase standard protocol.  Be prepared to learn and collaboratively discuss ways we can best support our clients who have been intentionally marginalized and oppressed by multiple systems.  We will explore oppression traumas and how they impact clients and their internalized beliefs about self.  We will walk through each phase and discussion how to tailor to each clients needs.  We will acknowledge and identify ancestral practices that can be incorporated throughout the 8 phases. This will be an interactive training with small group and large group discussions, along with expressive art reflection.  



Bring your expressive arts materials as we go on this journey together to decolonize our EMDR mental health practices.


Registration Deadline: February 21, 2025

This course takes place live on Zoom. Check out this link for Zoom requirements.

For more information on our work at The Touchstone Institute, visit our website.


Course Overview

  • Live Interactive Workshop on Zoom

    February 23rd-24th, 2025 from 12pm - 7:30pm EST

  • Prerequisites

    EMDR Basic Training

  • CE Credits

    Participants are eligible to receive 12 CE credits for this training. (see more details below)

The Prerequisite:

Get EMDR Trained

Join Dr. Mara Tesler Stein and other perinatal mental health practitioners for Foundational EMDR Therapy Training utilizing The Touchstone Institute's EMDRIA-Approved curriculum.
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Instructor

Jasmine Adams, LCSW, PMH-C

Instructor

Jasmine Adams, LCSW (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Long Beach, California. She has practiced in a variety of settings: outpatient clinics, school setting, wraparound services, and substance abuse facilities. She has held a private practice since 2014, and is a Certified EMDR therapist through the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) and an Approved Consultant. Jasmine’s case conceptualization is through the anti-oppression lens and is client-centered, empowering her clients to choose the healing process that works best for their specific needs. Furthermore, she strives to provide her clients with self-empowerment tools and strategies, along with holding space for clients to notice and better understand themselves. She believes the client is the expert to their system. She has experience working with clients who are seeking to heal from trauma with specialized expertise in pregnancy loss and other Perinatal Mental Health traumas. She also has 20 years of experience in working with clients who have complex trauma and oppression trauma. Through her development as an EMDR therapist, Jasmine realized the value of incorporating the EMDR model into her own clinical voice and as a consultant, helps her consultees to do the same. Jasmine has a particular passion to spread EMDR practices to intentionally marginalized communities (LGBTQIA, disabled community, people of color (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color community) and help support other clinicians connected to these community. Jasmine is part the BIPOC training team at the Institute for Creative Mindfulness (ICM). Jasmine is also a Perinatal Diva consultant with the Touchstone Institute. Jasmine has her PMH-C- perinatal mental health certification. Jasmine also has her Advanced certificate of Dissociation from ICM and also utilizes parts work with clients.

Course Details

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    2. Meet your Instructor

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    3. Course Description

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    4. Training Schedule

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    5. Timed Course Agenda (subject to change)

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    6. Zoom Information

    7. Learning Objectives

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    8. Anti-Oppression Statement from The Touchstone Institute

    9. About Course Recordings

    1. Course Materials

    2. Expressive Arts Component

    1. Recieving your CE Certificate

About this course

  • $500 - $620
  • February 23-24, 2025
  • 12 CE's

Note on Accessibility:

We include captions in all of our live and self-paced trainings. If there is anything else you need to make our trainings accessible to you, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We recognize that every person has access needs and we are happy to do everything we can to meet yours.
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Tiered pricing options for this course:

Questions? See our FAQ below.

More about our pricing:

We offer tiered pricing for all of our trainings in order to make our courses accessible to as many practitioners as possible. If you are unsure which tier of payment is right for your financial situation, please read through our FAQ section below or visit our website.


Please reach out to us at [email protected] if you are interested in a multi-month payment plan. We are always happy to create a custom payment plan to make it more feasible for everyone to participate in our courses. 

Timed Course Agenda

All times listed in Eastern Time

Morning 1 (Feb 23rd): 12pm to 3pm

  • Introductions- statement of positionality- making community and dismantle hierarchy collaborative discussion 30 min
  • Reviewing terms with anti-oppression work 15 min
  • Decolonizing therapy practices- (Small group discussion how to decolonize your practice- big group share) 45 min
  • 15 min break
  • Explore trauma through the anti-oppression lens- acknowledge trauma that is not recognized in the MH diagnostic criteria- (big group discussion) 45 min
  • Begin to work expressive arts Reflection project: colleague, art picture, poem, songs, dance, movement, video 15 min


Lunch break: 3pm - 4pm


Afternoon 1 (Feb 23rd): 4pm - 7:30pm

  • Examining phase 1 & 2 (fluid emphasis) 1 hour
    • Phase 1- supplemental questions
    • Genogram- getting to know the history- transgeneral trauma/epigenetics
    • Oppressive cognitions 
    • Affect targeting
    • Implicitly held targets 
    • Ancestral phase 2 identification and honoring  (big group share)
  • 15 min break
  • Practicum - phase 1 & 2 1.5 hour
  • Wrap-up/Q&A 15 min


Morning 2 (Feb 24th): 12pm - 3pm

  • Welcome and reflection from the day before and some time for expressive arts reflection 45 min
  • Decolonizing phase 3-7 (decide when to do breakout discussion based on groups needs) 45 min
    • Reviewing decolonization - what do we mean specifically?
    • common blocking beliefs as a result of oppression
    • Phase 3-6 - being able to go with clts process and pivots 
    • Phase 7- think beyond container, calm space and ask what the client needs
  • 15 min break
  • Q/A 15 min
  • Small group discussion of how to decolonize phases 3-7 and big group discussion 1 hour


Lunch break: 3pm - 4pm


Afternoon 2 (Feb 24th): 4pm - 7:30pm

  • Reflection and check in 15 min
  • Deeper connections in phase 8 -connecting the dots 45 min
    • identifying shifts
    • highlighting the adaptive pieces coming into the present
    • re-evaluating based on what is shifting
  • 15 min break
  • Noticing activity about overall implementation (creative art option) 30 min
  • Sharing reflection pieces (either small groups or larger group) 30 min
  • Continual commitment to anti-oppression and our MH work- intention setting 30 min
  • Q/A and wrap up 15 min

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Identify 3 examples of decolonizing therapy practices.
  • Discuss the impact of white supremacy and the impact on intentionally marginalized communities.
  • Identify 3 examples of oppression trauma not included in the ACES assessment.
  • Identify 3 intersectionalities to broaden phase 1 assessment.
  • Define oppressive cognitions and 3 examples of oppressive cognitions.
  • Utilize case conceptualization through an EMDR therapy lens for clients with oppression trauma and using Standard Protocol.
  • Describe transgenerational trauma.
  • Describe thematic targeting and how to incorporate implicit trauma.
  • Discuss 2 modifications to Standard Protocol for implicit trauma.
  • Identify 2 new phase 2 strategies that are connected to ancestral roots.
  • Identify 2 common blocking beliefs that impact intentional oppressed communities.
  • Identify 3 modifications to the standard protocol (phases 3-7) with the anti-oppression lens.
  • Analyze potential causes for dissociation within communities who have oppression trauma and complex trauma.
  • Identify 2 ways to deliver EMDR therapy with the anti-oppression framework.

Continuing Education Credits

Participation in all training sessions and submission of a course evaluation is required to receive a CE certificate for this course. Course evaluations are made available after all live sessions have been completed within the course portal. After completing the evaluation, participants will be able to submit a request for their CE certificate. This training offers 12 CE credits.

  • It is your responsibility to verify CE coverage in your State or Province.

  • The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

  • The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training, Inc. has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7346. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training, Inc. is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

  • The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training, [provider number:1876], is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: [1/19/2024-1/19/2025]. Social workers completing this course receive 12 continuing education credits.

  • This course is approved by Postpartum Support International (PSI) for continuing education towards obtaining and maintaining the PMH-C.

  • This course is approved by the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA). The Touchstone Institute is an approved training provider with EMDRIA: approval #22021.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Is the Generative Access tier right for me?

    Select this tier if you: Own the home you live in (even with a mortgage); live in a two-income household; have investments, retirement accounts, or inherited money; travel recreationally; have access to family money and resources in times of need; work part-time by choice, etc.

  • Is the Sustaining Access tier right for me?

    Select this tier if you: Have income available for recreational activities (going out to dinner, movies, concerts etc.); have consistent work compensated at a median income rate based on your region; pay rent that is not more than 25% of your monthly household income; do not own your own home, etc.

  • Is the Supported Access tier right for me?

    Select this tier if you: Are a graduate student paying tuition; have major medical expenses not covered by insurance; have been denied work, or experience discrimination related to ableism, racism, sexism, gender discrimination or other forms of oppression; are eligible for public assistance; have immigration-related expenses; have ever been denied work due to incarceration history; are supporting adult children, extended family members in need or have other adult dependents; are an elder with limited financial support; are primarily working in a setting with under-resourced populations and your income reflects this work, etc.

  • Are there payment plan options available?

    Yes! We are happy to work with you to create a payment plan that fits your needs. Please reach out to us over email with a brief description of the length of the plan that you are interested in using to pay for this course: [email protected].

  • How can I learn more about your pricing?

    Please visit our website for more information on our approach to pricing our trainings: www.touchstoneinstitute.org/pricing.

  • What is your refund policy?

    More than 14 days notice is required for a full refund minus 7% administrative fee. Cancellations made within 14 days of training are eligible for a 50% refund or full transfer to another training within The Touchstone Institute. Only 1 transfer to another training is allowed. If you can not attend the transferred training your fee will be forfeited. No-shows are not eligible for a refund or transfer. Exceptions to this policy are limited to medically documented circumstances or family bereavements. Failure to attend without prior notification (no-shows) will not qualify for a refund.

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