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EMDR with Children: Healing Young Brains

Price

$225

Duration

1 Session

About the Course

Children who experience trauma have capacity to heal and create new neural networks with assistance from trained EMDR therapists. This workshop will present EMDR in a child-friendly version with adaptations that will enhance the comfort level of clinicians working with children and teens. Participants will learn advanced techniques around EMDR Phases, dissociation in children, and using the adult caregiver as an asset to provide adaptive information.

Your Instructors

Thistle Newcomb, LPC

Thistle Newcomb, LPC

Thistle Newcomb has been working with families in the mental health field since 1996 and has specifically focused on children, adolescents, and families. She has extensive experience in settings including residential crisis shelter, domestic foster care/adoption social services, intensive in-home counseling, outpatient private practice, supervision of LPC Residents, and a trainer/presenter to the community. Thistle is trained in several modalities such as EMDR, trauma, Parts Work, Somatic Interventions, and is well versed in Complex Developmental Trauma for clients aged infants to grandparents. Specific interests include emotional regulation, resolving trauma, grief/loss, family dynamics, the impact of trauma on developing brains, and stress reduction. Thistle is a Licensed Professional Counselor, an EMDRIA Approved Basic Trainer, an EMDR Approved Consultant, and has been certified as an Expert Witness in Trauma in the 16th District Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court system in Virginia. She has conducted multiple trainings on a variety of trauma treatment focused topics for audiences ranging from beginners to advanced.

​In addition to being a founding partner of Riverbend Counseling Group, Thistle is also a Trainer and LPC Resident Supervisor at Riverbend Integrative Trauma Treatment.

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