About this course

Learning Objectives

• • Write SMART treatment plan goals for EMDR therapy that include a specific target, measurable SUD/VOC indicators, and a defined time frame
• • Distinguish between progress notes and psychotherapy notes, including their respective HIPAA protections and documentation requirements
• • Document all 8 phases of the EMDR protocol using phase-specific clinical language
• • Identify required documentation elements for incomplete EMDR sessions, including containment strategy, distress at close, and safety check
• • Apply the Golden Thread framework to create a consistent, auditable clinical record from assessment through outcomes

Learning Levels

• Masters Counselors and Social Workers

Target Audience

Course Instructor(s)

• 

  Kathy Couch

  LCSW, FT, EMDR Consultant and Trainer

  Kathy founded Rewired360, a EMDR Consulting/Training business and Willow Creek Counseling, an EMDR therapy business. Certifications are held with EMDRIA as a EMDR Certified Therapist/Approved Consultant, and a Fellow in Thanatology with the Association of Death Education and Counseling, and is a Level 2 trained Gottman Institute clinician.

  Kathy has 10 years of teaching experience at Boise State University, with specializations in in program evaluation, research and small business development. Specialties include areas of death, grief, bereavement, couples, and has experience with addiction, child welfare, probation and parole, TF-CBT, substance abuse and domestic violence. She regularly provides EMDR and Couples Intensives and lives in Twin Falls, Idaho with her family daughter, twin boys and family dogs.

Disclosure

References

• American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.). American Psychiatric Publishing. Department of Health and Human Services. (2000). Standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information. 45 C.F.R. § 164.524. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association. (2023). EMDRIA standards and guidelines for EMDR therapy. https://www.emdria.org Gagné, R. M., Briggs, L. J., & Wager, W. W. (1992). Principles of instructional design (4th ed.). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Shapiro, F. (2018). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy: Basic principles, protocols, and procedures (3rd ed.). Guilford Press. Shapiro, F. (2001). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic principles, protocols, and procedures (2nd ed.). Guilford Press. Shapiro, F., & Maxfield, L. (2002). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Information processing in the treatment of trauma. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58(8), 933–946. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.10068