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Digital Seminar

EMDR for Trauma and Addiction: A Step-by-Step Workshop on Treating Dual Diagnosis Clients


Speaker:
Stacy Ruse, LPC
Duration:
Approx 6 hrs
Language:
Presented in EN
Copyright:
Oct 28, 2025
Product Code:
POS150317
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: Live Webinar


Description

Imagine you’re sitting across from a client who has been battling addiction for years.

Something always pulls them back. The cravings, the urges, the compulsions – despite all their efforts, they can’t seem to break free.

What if you could help them heal the emotional pain and trauma driving their addiction? What if you could offer them lasting relief?

With EMDR you can … but they didn’t teach you this in basic training.

That’s why I created this step-by-step training, to give you the skills to use EMDR therapy to treat addiction and trauma simultaneously …

… so you can reach the traumatic roots of addiction, release the grip of cravings and urges, and offer your clients a powerful, lasting path to recovery.

I’m going to walk you through it all. The practical tools and specialized protocols that you can immediately apply.

No jargon, no confusion. Just clear and actionable instruction that will have you ready to:

  • Assess for and identify the trauma driving your client’s addiction
  • Use proven EMDR protocols like DeTUR, Feeling-State Protocol, and Crave-X designed specifically to treat cravings, urges, and compulsions
  • Understand how addiction is tied to unmet attachment needs, so you can address the root causes not just the symptoms
  • Create a customized treatment plan that integrates addiction-specific goals
  • Overcome common barriers to treatment, like dissociation and blocking beliefs.

I was amazed at how well these techniques led to lasting change for my clients. I think you will be too.

So don’t wait, purchase now!

Stacy Ruse

Credit

Program Information

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



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**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.



Speaker

Stacy Ruse, LPC's Profile

Stacy Ruse, LPC Related seminars and products


Stacy Ruse, LPC, a pioneer in the trauma field, weaves together IFS, EMDR, and Somatic therapy that honors and unites transpersonal and ancient wisdom with modern neuroscience. As the founder of Aglow Counseling, Stacy provides global training and clinical consultation, specializing in inclusive, heart-centered approaches. She is an IFS Clinical Consultant, EMDR Consultant, and Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500). Stacy is known for her compassionate presence and integrative, embodied approach to deep healing.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Stacy Ruse is the owner of Aglow Counseling and has an employment relationship with Mindfully. She receives compensation as a consultant. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. Stacy Ruse is a paid consultant for Evergreen Certifications. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Stacy Ruse is a member of EMDRIA, the Colorado Association of Psychotherapists, and the Longmont Area Psychotherapy Network.


Additional Info

Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


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Objectives

  1. Determine how addiction memory networks form and how EMDR can reprocess them.
  2. Identify underlying trauma networks fueling addiction.
  3. Develop treatment plans using craving desensitization, trauma resolution, and relapse prevention.
  4. Choose specialized EMDR protocols for compulsions, urges, and addictive behaviors.
  5. Examine dissociation and alexithymia as barriers to treatment
  6. Modify EMDR Phases 1-8 for addiction treatment.

Outline

How Trauma and Addiction are Intertwined:

Understand Addiction through EMDR’s AIP model

  • How compulsions, cravings, and urges are memory networks
  • The role of early attachment wounds and underlying pain from trauma
  • EMDR’s role in rewiring maladaptive networks
  • Addiction as a maladaptive solution to emotional pain

Case Conceptualization & Treatment Planning

  • Effective history gathering & assessment
  • Safety, stability, and dissociation assessment
  • Identify core needs and negative beliefs
  • Map Addiction Patterns:
    • First use vs. compulsive use
    • What the substance/behavior provided
    • Developmental context at the time
  • High-Risk Behaviors & Triggers: Address risk vs. protective factors
  • What to Target First: Cravings, triggers, and urges

Specialized EMDR Protocols for Addiction:

Reduce Urges, Decrease Cravings and Reduce the Risk of Relapse

  • Introduction to Specialized Protocols:
    • DeTUR (Desensitization of Triggers and Urge Reprocessing)
    • Feeling-State Protocol
    • Crave-X
  • Demo/Case Example
  • Application and Practice Considerations
    • How to choose the appropriate protocol
    • Adapt protocols for individual clients
  • Adjustment disorders specifiers

EMDR Phases 2-8 in Addiction Treatment & Barriers to Treatment

  • Tailor EMDR Phases 2-8:
    • Integrate addiction-specific targets and cognitions
    • Address safety and stabilization
  • Barriers to Treatment:
    • Dissociation, alexithymia, affect dysregulation, blocking beliefs
    • Strategies for addressing these barriers
  • Relapse Prevention:
    • Integrate EMDR into relapse prevention strategies

Research, Risks and Other Considerations

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Psychiatrists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Nurses
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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