Friday 22nd April 9-4.30
Working with Veterans using EMDR
Matthew Wesson (EMDR Europe Accredited Trainer and
Consultant)
Early bird £60
All events will be held at Buckfast Abbey conference
Centre. The cost for all day events
includes lunch and refreshments. All
proceeds will be donated to nominated charities.
Working with Veterans using EMDR
Description
This
workshop aims to provide practical ideas for understanding and working with
military personnel and veterans. The workshop will address the special
characteristics and culture of this population and how to adapt EMDR
accordingly, with an emphasis on assessment, formulation and forming a strong
collaborative alliance.
Matthew
has had extensive experience of working with this client group, and will use
his engaging presentation style along with interactive tasks and video material
to help attendees improve their skills and confidence in this area.
COURSE DETAILS
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The
day will be a lively mixture of teaching, interactive exercises and video
material
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It
will cover relevant research around military mental health and EMDR.
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Clinical
obstacles and therapy techniques to help engage this sometimes-challenging
population into treatment.
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The
day will discuss risk and protective factors of military culture and how they
impact on treatment, history taking and ideas of conceptualisations.
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Preparation,
engagement and use of military specific resources will be highlighted, and
blocks to and during processing will be viewed.
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The
course is suitable for all levels of experience and previous knowledge of
military or veteran clients is not necessary
Workshop Outline
Myths, Facts and the Research around Military Mental Health
Military cultural issues
EMDR and combat related PTSD
Engaging the military/veteran client
Tailoring EMDR to this client group
Utilising resources
Previous
feedback on this workshop:
‘Excellent’,
‘Lots of new ideas’, ‘Great presenter’, ‘Clear and credible’, ‘Very good
indeed’, ‘Clear delivery and a good case examples’, ‘Very interesting’, ‘Lively
and credible’, ‘Well delivered and organised’, ‘Lots of interesting ideas I can
relate to veterans work, and working with Police, Prison Officers etc’…plus
many more postive comments.
Biography for Matthew Wesson
Matthew Wesson is an EMDR Europe Accredited Trainer and
Consultant, and has been using EMDR within his clinical work for over 15 years.
He is also a BABCP Accredited CBT therapist.
He works as an independent practitioner, supervisor and trainer. Previous to that he served in the Armed
Forces for 21 years delivering mental health care to serving military personnel
across the UK and also including tours of Iraq and Afghanistan. He has had
several articles published in peer-reviewed journals on both CBT and EMDR, and has
presented at international conferences.
He has a particular interest in combat related PTSD and military mental
health. He lives in Cheshire with his
young family.
