EMDR, Nature and Faith

Thursday, April 16, 2026

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Nature Heals

Nature is Everywhere

Nature is for Everyone 

About the Class

In this six-hour advanced EMDR training, participants will explore how nature-informed therapy and spirituality can be meaningfully integrated into EMDR Phases 1 and 2. Drawing from ecotherapy principles and the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, this training invites clinicians to consider how clients’ experiences in the natural world—both comforting and frightening—can inform case conceptualization and resourcing.

Participants will learn how the natural environment offers powerful, easily accessible adaptive memory networks that support regulation, grounding, awe, and a deepened sense of faith. Through large- and small-group experiential practice, clinicians will explore nature-based resourcing, including the Advanced AIP intervention Core Self Strategy, with and without nature, and notice the clinical impact of each. The training concludes with practical guidance for incorporating nature more intentionally into both personal and professional life, supporting ethical, embodied, and spiritually attuned EMDR practice.. 

Class Objectives 

  1. Explore how nature supports regulation, grounding, awe, and adaptive memory networks

  2. Practice nature-based resourcing in Phase 2 through guided experiential exercises

  3. Engage the Core Self Strategy with and without nature and notice clinical differences

  4. Discuss how spirituality and a felt sense of God can emerge through nature-informed EMDR work

  5. Share practical ways to bring more nature into both your clinical work and your own life

Logistics:

📅 Thursday, April 16, 2026

📍 The Lodges at Gettysburg

⏱️ 6 EMDRIA CEUs5 (one-time full payment due at time of registration)

Registration: $499

This includes:

  • 6 EMDR CEUs

  • All training materials

  • Light breakfast, full lunch, and afternoon snack

  • A beautiful, restorative learning environment

About the Instructors:

Kathleen and Brittany have been working side by side for years, and look forward to meeting you and working with you.

Kathleen Fitzgerald is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Trainer, EMDR and IFS Certified Therapist, and an EFT, EFIT, and EFFT Certified Therapist. Kathleen is a LCMHC and has been a clinician with her own private practice for over two decades. Over the years Kathleen has been developing, fine tuning and teaching EMDR basic training to others. In addition, Kathleen teaches advanced classes in attachment based interventions. Kathleen is excited for this opportunity, and is looking forward to working with you. Brittany has been working with Kathleen for years, and is in the process of becoming an EMDR AC and trainer. 

Brittany Edie is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has maintained her own private practice: Graceful Balance for over ten years. Brittany is a Certified EMDR Therapist, a Certified Nature therapist, and a Registered Yoga Therapist, and does Trauma Informed Yoga. Brittany works with a wide range of clients, including people in the military. Brittany is a Consultant in Training, and it was her vision of bringing the healing power of nature to those who suffer from trauma that inspired this workshop.  

Course Skill Level: 

This is an advanced training course.  Participants must have completed A full Basic EMDR Training and received Certificates of completion, and have used EMDR successfully with their clients.  Knowledge of EMDR resourcing and Phase 1 History Taking and Case Conceptualization are important.  

Sign Up Eligibility: 

All participants eligible for sign up are Licensed and/or Pre-licensed healthcare professionals. All participants have completed and received certificates of completion of basic EMDR Training. 

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