Training
for EMDR Therapists

Clarity in EMDR Case Conceptualisation & Preparation for Complex Trauma

with Dr Sarah Schubert

2 DAY WORKSHOP

PREREQUISITES:

EMDR Level 1 is a prerequisite.

Upcoming Live Training Sessions

Tuesday 13 – Wednesday 14 October 2026
9:00am – 5:00pm (local time)
Melbourne VIC

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COST: $775 (or $690 Early Bird) + GST

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Thursday 15 – Friday 16 October 2026
9:00am – 5:00pm (local time)
Camperdown, Sydney NSW

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Monday 2 – Tuesday 3 November 2026
9:00am – 5:00pm (local time)
Perth WA

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Who is this Workshop for?

EMDR practitioners who are seeking clarity about who is ready for reprocessing and who requires more extended preparation first.  The focus is on clients of all ages.

Is there any Practicum?

Yes. You get to apply the Case Conceptualisation Framework to one of your clients.

What will I learn?

You will learn:

  1. A framework for case conceptualisation that is capacity based, transdiagnostic, and incorporates: AIP; integrative capacity in both the mind (i.e. memory, self-concept and dissociation) and body (i.e. the nervous system and its regulation); and relational capacities required to regulate the self and coregulate with others.
  2. A method to distinguish between clinical presentations where EMDR memory reprocessing (standard or contained), may be appropriate in the first few sessions, versus when extended preparation is more advisable.
  3. How to confidently, consciously, and collaboratively plan treatment with clients with complex, comorbid presentations across the lifespan.

Summary / Overview

The most common questions we hear asked by EMDR therapists working with complex trauma clients are:

  • Is my client ready for memory reprocessing?
  • If so, where to start reprocessing? And,
  • How do I reprocess this memory, with what protocol?

In this two-day workshop, Sarah and Catherine present a framework for case conceptualisation, preparation, and treatment planning for complex trauma presentations that can be used across the life span.  The Case Conceptualisation Preparation Framework is a capacity based transdiagnostic, integrative framework for complex trauma presentations, that includes:

  1. Assessment of clients’ integrative capacity, and autonomic flexibility from a transdiagnostic adaptive information processing perspective that draws on theory, knowledge, and skills from therapies to treat dissociation.
  2. Skills to understand and regulate the body and nervous system throughout all phases of EMDR.
  3. The development of attachment & relational capacities that are foundational elements of healing interpersonal trauma across the life span.
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