Our most dysregulated, dissociative, attachment-wounded clients have wounded child parts that are stuck in the past. Because these child parts are easily triggered, they keep clients in a perpetual state of overwhelm—putting safe and effective EMDR out of reach. Therapists need a particular set of skills to be successful with these challenging clients. This webinar gently guides you to develop that skill set! It lays out a comprehensive, systematic roadmap for helping wounded child parts heal their attachment wounds in the preparation phase of EMDR. As more and more child parts heal, these clients become better able to regulate their emotions—eventually well enough for the EMDR trauma processing phase to be safe and effective.

The webinar starts by illuminating the important difference between foundational stability and foundational instability. It distinguishes trauma wounds from attachment wounds and explains why that distinction matters. It covers DNMS ego state therapy interventions that are highly effective at stabilizing dissociated child parts. This webinar shows you how to…

• take an attachment history
• quickly and effectively mobilize a team of vetted Resources
• establish a Special Safe Place (a fun place for wounded parts to hang out)
• identify therapy goals that can actually block processing
• set effective therapy goals – free of blocks
• invite wounded parts forward
• start a dialogue with wounded parts
• connect wounded parts to a loving, supportive team of Resources
• encourage wounded parts to tell their story
• attune, validate, and empathize with wounded parts
• orient wounded parts to present time
• help wounded parts understand how and why they get triggered
• enable wounded parts to see reality more clearly
• give wounded parts missing information
• build rapport with especially oppositional parts
• overcome processing blocks
• attune to clients and their wounded parts

Collectively these interventions can stabilize dysregulated, dissociative, attachment-wounded child parts. As more and more child parts are stabilized, clients get triggered less often. When they do get triggered, the intensity is less, and recovery is faster. This improvement in emotion regulation can prepare clients for safe and effective EMDR trauma processing. This webinar aims to give you the skills and confidence you need to be successful with your most challenging clients. Click here to see how the DNMS compares to similar models.

This self-paced webinar is 16 hours long, with 10 hours of narrated, animated slideshows and 6 hours of client-session videos. It’s delivered in 11 modules—with each divided into smaller sections, making it very easy to watch a little bit at a time. Click here to see the learning objectives and subjects covered in each module.

When you subscribe to this webinar you’ll get all the text from the PowerPoint presentation conveniently consolidated in the 108-page handout. You’ll also get online access to over 30 pages of checklists, worksheets, and the DNMS Quality of Attachment Interview Questionnaire. Answers to over 50 Frequently Asked Questions are sprinkled throughout the handout. You can join the free DNMS listserv for added support. And at any time you have the option to enroll in a small, interactive, online class. Click here for details.

Webinar Presenter

Shirley Jean Schmidt, MA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, the founder of the DNMS Institute, and the author of two DNMS books. She has trained hundreds of clinicians in the DNMS model at regional, national, and international workshops and conferences since 2002. She moderates a 800-member DNMS professional listserv. She is a past president of the San Antonio Trauma & Dissociation Professional Study Group. For six years, she was an EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Consultant. She has published many articles about EMDR, ego state therapy, pain management, and the DNMS. She holds the patent on the TheraTapper™, a bilateral tactile stimulation device that has been sold worldwide to DNMS and EMDR therapists. She narrates the slideshows and is the therapist in all the demo videos.

Target Audience

This webinar contains beginning, intermediate, and advanced level content. It’s been developed for mental health professionals who are trained in EMDR and work with adults wounded in childhood. If you’re not EMDR-trained, click here to read about a version of this webinar for non-EMDR therapists.

Subscribe to the Webinar

The webinar subscription cost is $365 US. (If you’ve already subscribed to our 10-hour webinar, you may be eligible for an additional discount. Email us for details at dnms@dnmsinstitute.com).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Continuing Education Credit

EMDRIA Credits

This webinar is approved for 16 EMDRIA Credits (#17008-DL30). (While this is NOT an EMDR training per se, it can help therapists prepare clients for EMDR.) Eligibility for EMDRIA Credits is restricted to those who have completed an EMDRIA-Approved Basic EMDR Training. Shirley Jean Schmidt (EC Provider #17008) maintains responsibility for this program and its content, in accordance with EMDRIA standards.

Professional CEs

This webinar is cosponsored by the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (IVAT), based in San Diego, CA.

Psychologists (except for New York): The Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (IVAT) is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Psychologists will receive 16 hours of continuing education credit upon completing this program.

California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) now accepts American Psychological Association continuing education credit for license renewal. LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs will receive 16 hours of continuing education credit upon completing this program.

Counselors: LPCs, LCPCs, MHCs, and LMHCs will receive 16 CEs in states where any scope-of-practice continuing education is accepted, or where continuing education from American Psychological Association or ASWB ACE providers is accepted. Policies vary from state to state and can change year to year. Please check your state licensing board rules to determine if you’re covered.

Marriage & Family Therapists: LMFTs will receive 16 CEs in states where any scope-of-practice continuing education is accepted, or where continuing education from American Psychological Association or ASWB ACE providers is accepted. Policies vary from state to state and can change year to year. Please check your state licensing board rules to determine if you’re covered.

Nurses (except for Iowa): IVAT is approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses to offer continuing education for California nurses (CEP #13737). As an approved provider of American Psychological Association CEs, IVAT programs are accepted by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Nurses will receive 16 hours of continuing education credit upon completing this program.

Addictions Counselors: IVAT is approved by the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) to sponsor continuing education for certified alcohol and drug abuse counselors (Provider #IS-03-499-0223). Addictions Counselors licensed in California will receive 16 hours of continuing education credit upon completing this program.

Social Workers: DNMS Institute, LLC, #1702, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/27/2022-9/27/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 16 clinical continuing education credits. Click here to see if social workers in your state are covered.

Grievance Policy

The DNMS Institute will make every attempt to resolve grievances in a fair manner. Subscribers who are unhappy about the content of the webinar, have technical issues watching the webinar, or have any other grievances, should contact us. Click here to read about our Grievance Policy & Procedure.

Accommodations for the Differently Abled

Subscribers who need special accommodations to watch the webinar, should call or email us at 503-515-3399 or dnms@dnmsinstitute.com.

There is no known commercial support nor conflict of interest for this program.