The Touchstone Institute

THE ADVANCED PRACTICE OF EMDR FOR PERINATAL & INFANT MENTAL HEALTH

PROGRAM OUTLINE

Welcome

Welcome and Introduction (7:14min)

Your Expressive Arts Project

Explanation of the expressive arts project (4:34 min)

Overview of EMDR Foundational Concepts

Introduction: (:35 sec)

Intro to Review of EMDR Foundational Concepts (:43 sec)

Lecture: (13.18-min): Review of the Stages and Phases of EMDR therapy. 

The Three Core Tasks 

Introduction (1:25 min)

Introduction: (1:25min)

Slides: (6:10 min)

Lecture: (1 hour 5-min): Introduction of the Three Core Tasks framework for case conceptualization in perinatal mental health.

Reading: 5100 words

Philosophies of Care

Introduction (1:37 min)

Lecture with slides: (13.40-min): Discussion of developmentally supportive care and relationship-centered care as philosophies that promote the identification and integration of adaptive information processing in traumatized parents, fostering secure attachments and adaptive development.

NIDCAP Video: (13:40-min)

Reading: 17,100 words

EMDR Use During Pregnancy

Lecture: (1:21:50 hours): Discussion of clinical factors and decision making around stress during pregnancy, the impact of EMDR on the body, and the use of EMDR reprocessing during pregnancy.

Perinatal Trauma: The Journey

Introduction (2:43 min)

Types of Perinatal Trauma, an Overview:

Lecture: (48-minutes): Description and discussion of the categories of perinatal and postpartum events that can potentially disrupt normative development for parents and babies.
Video: (30-min): Five women discuss their experiences with birth trauma

Postpartum mood & anxiety disorders, & postpartum psychosis as traumatic ruptures

Lecture: (5:45-min): Discussion of the features of PMADs through the Integrated Lens. Exploration of applications of the 3-pronged, 8-phase, standard protocol as well as specialized techniques and protocols.

Impact

Lecture: (29-minutes): Discussion of the features of perinatal events that trigger traumatic stress and what makes them disruptive or traumatizing. 

            Birth Trauma Video (30:12 min)            

            Born too Soon Documentary (48:53 min)

 Reading: 40,200 words

 Constructing an Integrated Lens

Introduction (2:02 min)

The Integrated Lens in Evaluation & History-Taking

Lecture: (11-minutes): Discussion of how an understanding of adaptive and maladaptive information processing specifically aids the EMDR therapist in gathering trauma, relationship, and developmental history after a perinatal event. 

EMDR for Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders

Lecture: (1 hour 9-min): Discussion of factors guiding choice of EMDR protocol. When to use the standard protocol, recent event protocols, or other specialized protocols and techniques.

The Integrated Lens for Case Conceptualization & Treatment Planning

Lecture Part I: (36:49 min):

Discussion, with case examples, of common themes, targets, and negative cognitions with EMDR treatment of perinatal crisis and trauma. Specific attention will be paid to the unique features of perinatal crisis and the beliefs that commonly accompany conception, pregnancy, labor, delivery and the neonatal period. Concurrently, systemic and cultural vulnerabilities and risk factors will be addressed as essential to understanding parental functioning in the perinatal period.

 Lecture Part II: (1 hour 21-min). 

Introduction to a structured case- conceptualization rubric that integrates the AIP and Three Core Tasks frameworks to guide treatment. 

Intro to Demo #1: (1:16 min)

Video Demonstration # 1: (1 hour 57-min). Presentation of clinical material, practicing utilization of the integrated lens for organization, clinical conceptualization, and decision-making, including conceptualization and use of interweaves for stuck processing.

Readings: 12,900 words

Video Demonstration #2: (1 hour 15 min). Presentation of clinical material, practicing and demonstrating utilization of the integrated lens for organization, conceptualization and decision-making.

Perinatal Hospice, Palliative Care, & Critical Decision-Making 

 Introduction (2:15 min)

Video: (1 hour 21 min) – Discussion of in-house Palliative Care Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Parent description of experiences with the program.

Video: (21 min) – John’s Hopkins Hospital documentary discussion of Perinatal Hospice program with both medical and parental discussion of issues.

Video: (31 min): The Colorado Collective for Medical Decision Making

Attachment

Introduction (2:11 min)

Lecture: (48-min): Exploration of the ways in which attachment-theory contributes to understanding the impact and recovery from perinatal ruptures. Application of integrated lens. 

Readings: 15,600 words

Grief

Introduction (:39 min)

Lecture: (13-min): Discussion of the features of grief through the integrated lens. Exploration of applications of the 3-pronged, 8-phase, standard protocol as well as specialized approaches for supporting adjustment and integration.

Readings: 4200 words