Seiyu Institute Training Calendar

Therapeutic Fly-fishing with EMDR (TF-EMDR): An Introduction & Practicum

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Instructor: Tony Parmenter, MA, LCMHC, ICAADC, EMDRIA Approved Consultant

Level: Advanced EMDR Practice (EMDR Basic Training is required)

Credential: Apprentice in TF-EMDR leading to TF-EMDR Therapist

CE Approval: 15 Continuing Education Hours (EMDR International Association, Vermont OPR for Psychologists, Mental Health Counselors, LMFTs, and Clinical Social Workers)

Abstract:

The training, which includes a retreat style fifteen credit hour experiential workshop, is for mental health professionals trained in Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), and will introduce participants to Therapeutic Fly-fishing with EMDR (TF-EMDR)℠. Through an Adventure-Based Counseling lens and following the Standard EMDR Protocol, Western and Japanese-style fly-fishing models are utilized to engage Eye Movements and Resourcing. Participants will learn nature-based Resource Development & Installation activities, including mindfulness, ego-state, and nervous system-based approaches, and will engage in casting lessons and didactic EMDR practice with fly-fishing to gain confidence and understand characteristics of using the EMDR Standard Protocol in a natural setting.

This workshop, conducted completely outside, provides an overview of current Therapeutic Fly-fishing activities, commonly facilitated without an integration to a formal therapeutic modality and by lay-people or professionals without clinical mental health training. It will provide the rationale for improving this area with the integration of evidence-based trauma therapies, such as EMDR, as done by properly trained trauma treatment professionals. Ethical and legal issues will be discussed, as will an overview of clients who might benefit from Therapeutic Fly-fishing with EMDR (TF-EMDR)℠. Participants will heavily engage in nature-based practicum, and creative discussions about why and how to integrate TF-EMDR and nature-based EMDR into treatment programs. Participants will begin to develop a plan for how to integrate TF-EMDR into their own practice setting. 

Participants who complete this course are approved for the Apprentice in TF-EMDR credential while completing 6 months of consultation toward the TF-EMDR Therapist credential. While this workshop content has been approved for 15 EMDRIA Credits, Seiyu Institute for Health & Training, L3C maintains responsibility for the contents of this course. Please note that EMDRIA approval is limited to the workshop content only and EMDRIA approval does not extend to any certification or credential offered by Seiyu Institute.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the rationale for improving upon traditional therapeutic fly-fishing for trauma-related conditions, by integrating qualified mental health professionals who are fully trained in providing Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR).

• Understand how to help clients integrate principles of Therapeutic Fly-fishing with EMDR (TF-EMDR) SM throughout the 8-phases of EMDR, and as personal practice for continued integration within the AIP model.

• Understand and practice the utilization of traditional and fixed line fly-fishing equipment to facilitate an integrative and nature-based approach to EMDR Therapy.

• Understand and practice the utilization of traditional and fixed line fly-fishing equipment to facilitate an integrative and nature-based approach to EMDR Therapy.

• Understand and practice strategies for adapting Resource Development & Installation (RDI) and interweave techniques for use in nature, to traditional EMDR activities in addition to mindfulness, ego state, and polyvagal-focused exercises.

• Increase awareness of applicable legal, ethical, and safety issues when conducting nature-based psychotherapy.

Sacred Ground, Sacred Self: Adventure-based & Attachment-focused EcoTherapy strategies for Trauma

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Instructor: Tony Parmenter, MA, LCMHC, ICAADC, EMDRIA Approved Consultant

Level: Beginner to Advanced

CE Approval: 15 Continuing Education Hours pending (EMDR International Association, Vermont OPR for Psychologists, Mental Health Counselors, LMFTs, and Clinical Social Workers) 

Abstract:

This 15 hour experiential workshop is designed for trauma-informed mental health professionals who wish to use outdoor settings for their work. It endorses the idea that working in nature can help to enhance, deepen, and provide additional areas of creativity to a professional’s own practice, positively impacting client engagement and treatment progress while decreasing risk of burnout for the professional.

Through a polyvagal lens, participants will learn and practice nature-based mindfulness activities and polyvagal exercises, adventure-based counseling theory, use of attachment-focused metaphor & Ego State Therapy while engaging with personal creativity as it relates to being in outdoor settings. Participants will learn the importance of fun while exploring scientific ideas related to nervous system regulation in nature. They will engage in individual, group, and didactic experiences to gain confidence and understand characteristics of using available natural settings to enhance and facilitate integrative trauma-informed psychotherapy. Participants will begin to develop a plan for how to integrate a nature-based trauma-informed approach into their own practice setting, and will leave this training with a number of nature-based activities to use immediately upon returning to their practice.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how nature-based activities can aid in grounding to support effective coping as well as preparation and maintaining a safe setting for trauma reprocessing.

• Develop a polyvagal perspective for how natural settings can promote effective nervous system regulation.

• Develop a basic understanding of Adventure Based Counseling and Eco-therapy principles and their potential use in trauma-informed psychotherapy.

• Understand how the use of “fun” engages the autonomic nervous system and can support resourcing, connection, and impact the potential integration of  adaptive information. 

• Understand how spontaneity and creativity aid in developing relevant and engaging client-focused interventions.

• Learn 12 nature-based attachment- and nervous system-focused activities to assist with grounding and stabilization in support of trauma-informed therapy.