Deepen

Advanced EMDR courses

You’ve done Basic Training and you use EMDR. Now you want tools for the cases where it stalls: couples caught in attachment trauma, parents and kids at war, clients who can’t settle. These courses weave what Kathleen knows best into the EMDR you already have.

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3, 6 or 12 hoursDepending on the course
Online or in personNorth Carolina, or anywhere
EMDRIA creditsAdvanced EMDR training
Small groupsFor Basic-trained therapists

The courses

Three ways to go deeper.

Each course runs when a small group is ready. Dates appear here, on the calendar, and in The Lavender Letter the moment they’re set.

In person · Chapel Hill, NC

EMDR, Nature & Lavender

Six gentle, hands-on hours outdoors, learning to use the natural world as a steady resource in Phases 1 and 2, for your clients and for yourself. Everyone goes home with a gift from the garden.

6 hours, 6 EMDRIA credits
Experiential, in a small group
Not outdoorsy? You’re welcome here

Course details

Online

EMDR & Attachment

Attachment is for everyone. Learn the moves of Emotionally Focused Therapy, see distress through an attachment lens, and weave slow, short bilateral stimulation into the work with couples and individuals.

EFT and EFIT woven into EMDR
EMDRIA credits
Practice in small groups, with debriefs

Course details

Format announced with each date

EMDR & Parenting

For therapists who work with parents, kids and whole families. Bring Emotionally Focused Family Therapy into your EMDR work, so the people who share a home can stop fighting and start reaching for each other.

EFFT woven into EMDR
EMDRIA credits
Real family cases, slowed down

Course details

What they have in common

Not a repeat of Basic Training.

Every advanced course assumes you already know the protocols. The time goes to what’s new: a different lens, a different set of moves, and a lot of practice with people who get it.

Taught, then practiced. Short teaching, then you try it, in pairs and small groups, with Kathleen watching over your shoulder.
Debriefed. Every practice session ends with time to talk about what happened, so nobody leaves holding something alone.
Credited. Each course carries EMDRIA credits toward certification and renewal, and you leave with slides, handouts and protocols you’ll actually use.
Small. Groups stay small enough that the quiet people get as much as the loud ones.

Eligibility: licensed or pre-licensed mental health professionals who have completed a full EMDRIA-approved Basic Training and are using EMDR with clients.

Two therapists in conversation at a table

Always developing

Want a course for your group?

Kathleen is always building new classes. Past courses have included EMDR for peak performance, integrating Christian faith into EMDR, and her own EMDR protocol for clients with ADD. If you’d like to bring one of these, or any advanced course, to your practice, agency or conference, ask her.

Your trainer

A rare weave, taught by someone who lives it.

Kathleen Fitzgerald is an EMDRIA Approved Trainer and Approved Consultant, certified in EFT, EFIT, EFFT and IFS, and a certified nature therapist. Few trainers can teach trauma, attachment, the body and nature. Fewer can weave them together in the room.

Before she was a therapist, she was a teacher. It shows: her courses are organized, clear, packed with practice, and a little bit funny.

Read Kathleen’s story

Ready to go deeper? Start with the one that fits your caseload.

Questions about any course, or whether you’re eligible? Kathleen answers her own email.

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The Lavender Letter

Be the first to hear about new trainings.

An occasional note from Kathleen with one EMDR teaching tip, upcoming training dates, and a little news from the garden. Seats are limited, and subscribers hear first.