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Innovating EMDR Group Consultation for initial EMDR Training:

…a novel “Round Robin” approach

Tony Brazil EUROPEAN CERTIFICATE of PSYCHOTHERAPY

EMDR-Europe Consultant, EMDR Facilitator for EFPE Trainings France and USA tonybrazil@orange.fr

Co Consu sultation group in question

• No known statistics for evaluating efficacy of consultation groups
• Who goes on to Certification; requirements?
• Europe
• USA
• What might help/hinder?

On One cu current example in Europ

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• Support vs exams
• to film or not to film
• working in dyads: but there’s only one consultant!

Pr Proposing a new Model: Round Robin

• 2nd Half of a five-hour group
• Normal Q&A’s/case studies in 1st half
• Setting the framework / Explanations:
• Confidentiality
• Real Therapy
• No Play-acting
• Respecting “patient” and therapists-in-training: no forcing.
• Choosing a non-life-shattering event

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Phase 3 e 3 (As (Asses essmen ent)

Co Consu sultant’s s role during Round Robin

• Consultant:
• Observes
• Takes notes
• Keeps students on toes by changing calling order
• Consultant does not intervene unless:
• Student is really off-track or blocked
• “Patient” needs specific intervention

Ano Anothe ther ex extract from a “Round Robin” Phase 3 (Assessment)

Wh What t stu tudents ts “do” and “get” fr from R m Round R und Robin bin

• Students:
• Watch (when observing) and Participate (when therapist):
• “in and out” balances subjectivity and objectivity/ improves learning
• “observer” and “actor”
• Learn to Trust the Process
• See that EMDR is not therapist-centered
• Witness that EMDR does not require therapist charisma, insight or

exceptional intelligence

• Understand that EMDR does need the therapist to get out of the way
• Observe that EMDR generally functions very well when they simply follow

the protocol

Ex Extr tract t from m a “R “Round und Robi bin” n” Pha hase 4 (De Desens nsiti tizati tion) n)

Co Consu sultant’s s role af after Round Ro Robin

• Insures that “patient” is stabilized at end of therapy.
• Post Level II: First, asks students to comment/question what they saw as
• bservers
• Gives feedback, answers questions:
• Notes and acknowledges both therapists’ capacities and strengths
• Suggestions to help assimilate clinical EMDR
• Offers multiple support for therapists new to EMDR paradigm who generally

stop for one reason:

• It’s too difficult = I’m not good enough

An Another er extract from a “Round Robin” Phase e 4 (Des Desen ensitization)

Th Thank you to:

Juliane Tortes St Jammes, EMDR Consultant in Bordeaux, France, who kindly filmed the consultation sequences. Isabelle Meignant, “my boss”, EMDR Trainer and CEO of l’Ecole Française de Psychothérapie EMDR

Tony Brazil EUROPEAN CERTIFICATE of PSYCHOTHERAPY

EMDR-Europe Consultant, EMDR Facilitator for EFPE Trainings France and USA

tonybrazil@orange.fr

Part of the EFPE teaching team in France