EMDR for Trauma and Addiction: A Step-by-Step Workshop on Treating Dual Diagnosis Clients

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Stacy Ruse, LPC Related seminars and products

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Stacy Ruse, LPC, is an Evergreen EMDR consultant and clinician, IFS therapist, and founder of Aglow Counseling. She’s a trauma expert who specializes in using IFS Therapy, EMDR, and Somatic therapies to unravel the intricate threads of trauma and guide clients towards empowerment and resilience. Her approach, while deeply rooted in trauma-informed methodologies, is characterized by a transpersonal twist that transcends the boundaries of traditional therapy. Stacy is certified in EMDR as well as a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) and Certified Yoga Instructor.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Stacy Ruse is the owner of Aglow Counseling and has an employment relationship with Mindfully. She receives compensation as a consultant and trainer. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. Stacy Ruse is a paid consultant for Evergreen Certifications. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Stacy Ruse is a member of EMDRIA, the Colorado Association of Psychotherapists, and the Longmont Area Psychotherapy Network.

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Objectives

1. Determine how addiction memory networks form and how EMDR can reprocess them.
2. Identify underlying trauma networks fueling addiction.
3. Develop treatment plans using craving desensitization, trauma resolution, and relapse prevention.
4. Choose specialized EMDR protocols for compulsions, urges, and addictive behaviors.
5. Examine dissociation and alexithymia as barriers to treatment
6. Modify EMDR Phases 1-8 for addiction treatment.

Outline

How Trauma and Addiction are Intertwined:

Understand Addiction through EMDR’s AIP model

• How compulsions, cravings, and urges are memory networks
• The role of early attachment wounds and underlying pain from trauma
• EMDR’s role in rewiring maladaptive networks
• Addiction as a maladaptive solution to emotional pain

Case Conceptualization & Treatment Planning

• Effective history gathering & assessment
• Safety, stability, and dissociation assessment
• Identify core needs and negative beliefs
• Map Addiction Patterns:
  • First use vs. compulsive use
  • What the substance/behavior provided
  • Developmental context at the time
• High-Risk Behaviors & Triggers: Address risk vs. protective factors
• What to Target First: Cravings, triggers, and urges

Specialized EMDR Protocols for Addiction:

Reduce Urges, Decrease Cravings and Reduce the Risk of Relapse

• Introduction to Specialized Protocols:
  • DeTUR (Desensitization of Triggers and Urge Reprocessing)
  • Feeling-State Protocol
  • Crave-X
• Demo/Case Example
• Application and Practice Considerations
  • How to choose the appropriate protocol
  • Adapt protocols for individual clients
• Adjustment disorders specifiers

EMDR Phases 2-8 in Addiction Treatment & Barriers to Treatment

• Tailor EMDR Phases 2-8:
  • Integrate addiction-specific targets and cognitions
  • Address safety and stabilization
• Barriers to Treatment:
  • Dissociation, alexithymia, affect dysregulation, blocking beliefs
  • Strategies for addressing these barriers
• Relapse Prevention:
  • Integrate EMDR into relapse prevention strategies

Research, Risks and Other Considerations

Target Audience

• Counsellors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Psychiatrists
• Addiction Counsellors
• Nurses
• Other Mental Health Professionals