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EMDR and Generational Trauma

Training led by:

Erika Yourdan, PhD, LMFT-S, LAC, LCDC

EMDRIA Approved Consultant

Cost: $198

LIVE: August 21-22, 2025 | 8AM - 11:30AM MTN

Offered on demand after

Is this training for you?

If you’ve worked with clients who carry the weight of trauma they didn’t directly experience, but feel deeply — this training is for you.

Whether it’s unresolved pain passed down through family dynamics, cultural wounds, or inherited nervous system responses, generational trauma can keep clients stuck.

In this 2-day live advanced training, you’ll learn how to conceptualize and treat generational trauma using the AIP model, tailored history-taking, and clear treatment planning tools designed specifically for EMDR clinicians.

Curious how generational trauma shows up in our clients' stories?

We've put together 10 powerful history-taking questions you can start using in sessions right away to explore patterns passed through families.

FREE DOWNLOAD

This free PDF is perfect for therapists who want to deepen assessment and support healing at the root.

Learning Objectives:

Define AIP and explain how it informs case conceptualization.
Describe four different types of EMDR treatment plans: comprehensive, fractionated, symptom focused, and reverse protocol.
List three ways to screen for dissociation.
Identify three different preparation strategies to build adaptive neural networks informed by case conceptualization.
Explain how to use interweaves proactively and reactively, and list five different

interweaves.
Describe when to return to target in phase four: desensitization and reprocessing.
List four strategies for keeping clients within their window of tolerance when in phase four: desensitization and reprocessing.

CEs Available:

Course is eligible for 6 EMDRIA Approved CEs.

Training Format:

Offered live via Zoom on Aug 21-22nd or on-demand after. Registration grants access to both formats.

Investment:

This course is $192. Installment options available.

Live Schedule

DAY 1

8:00 - 8:15AM: Welcome, introduction, and orientation to the course.
8:30 - 9:00AM: Defining generational trauma & self-of-therapist.
8:00 - 9:10AM: Break
9:10 - 9:40AM: History taking: Conceptualizing through AIP
9:40 - 10:10AM: Assessment / Screening
10:10 - 10:20AM: Break
10:20 - 11:00AM: Phase 2: Preparation
11:00 - 11:20AM: Readiness for phase 4
11:20 - 11:30AM: Q&A, wrap for day 1

DAY 2

8:00 - 8:15AM: Welcome back, re-orient to training space, brief Q& A
8:15 - 9:00AM: Treatment Planning
9:00 - 9:10AM: Break
9:10 - 10:00AM: Target Selection & Reprocessing phases
10:00 - 10:10AM: Break
10:10 - 10:30AM: Phase 7, Closure
10:30 - 11:15AM: Re-evaluation & Stuck Processing
11:15 - 11:30AM: Q&A, Wrap-Up

Meet Your Trainer

Dr. Erika Yourdan, PhD, LMFT-S, LAC, LCDC

Erika is an LMFT-Supervisor, an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and Clinical Fellow, EMDRIA approved consultant, and an EMDRIA approved CE provider. She is a licensed addiction counselor and a licensed chemical dependency counselor practicing in both Texas and Colorado. Erika is the practice founder for The Sum of You Counseling, PLLC, in Abilene, Texas where she regularly offers EMDR intensives and specializes in complex and generational trauma, substance use, and EMDR with couples and families.

Erika is an assistant professor at National University where she provides a 1:1 teaching model to students pursuing their Master’s in Marriage in Marriage and Family Therapy. Both in therapy and in teaching roles, Erika approaches with curiosity, compassion, and an invitation to gently lean into the unknown. Outside of work, Erika enjoys connecting with nature, game nights, and watching movies with her family.

Course Prerequisites:

Trainees must have fully completed EMDR Basic Training to be eligible for this training.

Withdrawal/Refund Policy:

Refund requests prior to the live date are eligible for a full refund. To view the full refund policy review here.

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