Required Reading for This Course: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures, Third Edition by Francine Shapiro
Bill White, LCSW
Bill White, LCSW, is licensed in the state of Louisiana as a clinical social worker. He owns and operates EMDR Instruction. He has over 35 years of experience in treating clients with a myriad of disorders associated with emotional and psychological trauma. In addition, he has also treated mood, anxiety, and dissociative disorders. In his training to treat such disorders, he was initially trained in hypnosis at the Menninger Clinic when it was in Topeka, Kansas. While hypnosis proved to be a useful tool for the treatment of traumatic disorders, he later learned of EMDR through his continuing education at Menninger. At a conference dedicated to the understanding of traumatic disorders, Dr. Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., presented her approach on EMDR. Mr. White was so impressed with Dr. Shapiro and EMDR he began his training the next month. Today, Mr. White uses both EMDR and hypnosis to help clients heal from the difficulties that developed from their unfortunate experiences in life.
He received his part 1 training in Denver with Dr. Gerald Puk, Ph.D., in March of 1996. He received his part 2 training 6 months later with Dr. Shapiro herself in Chicago. He became a part of the EMDR Institute's faculty in 1997. Through this training, he facilitated EMDR classes at various locations around the country. In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, he was a volunteer teacher for the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program (EMDR HAP).
Through his years of teaching EMDR, Mr. White took note of what students required to utilize EMDR in their practice. In 2014 he introduced his own teaching manual for teaching EMDR after 3 years in development. In addition, Mr. White has also helped new clinicians to develop their skills in trauma therapy. This is an important point because many people coming into training for EMDR or other forms of treatment, other than conventional talk therapy, come in with different levels of expertise. We feel it is important to help clinicians grow as clinicians and not just with one particular form of therapy.
Mr. White's years of experience as a clinician and faculty member of EMDR have had a profound influence on his life. EMDR dramatically changed his life and practice, as this therapeutic approach is truly one of the major contributions to the mental health profession in the past 100 years.
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Juliet Catrett, LMSW, LCSW
BA in English and History for Louisiana College
LMSW from Tulane University School of Social Work
Mrs. Catrett has 20 years of experience treating adults with complex PTSD and dissociative disorders. She completed Mr. White’s basic training in 2015 and has seven years of experience working as a facilitator for EMDR Instruction. She facilitates the basic training’s practicum and assists with demonstrating the protocols covered in the lecture. She is a member of the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD). Mrs. Catrett has completed ISSTD’s introductory, intermediate, and advanced courses on the diagnosis and treatment of complex PTSD and dissociative adaptations throughout the life cycle. Mrs. Catrett provides consultation to clinicians completing basic training and candidates seeking the Certified Therapist or Approved Consultant credentials. In addition to teaching basic training, Mrs. Catrett and Mr. White offer a two-day course, Introduction to Trauma: Diagnosis and Treatment, for licensed mental health professionals seeking foundational knowledge and updated information about diagnosing and treating trauma-related disorders.
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Welcome to EMDR Instruction, the site for mental health professionals who are striving to learn more about EMDR and how to better incorporate EMDR Therapy into their practices. Our mission at EMDR Instruction is to train professionals in having the necessary skills & techniques in providing effective treatment to individuals who suffer from past traumatic events. Students will gain the ability to offer clients a broad spectrum of EMDR treatment as well as other applications to treat a wide range of issues that the clients present within treatment.