EMDR Made Easy
THE 2-SQUARE PROTOCOL 6hr/6CEU On-Line Self-Paced Workshop
Integrating Drawing, Story-Telling, and 8-Phase AIP
EMDR FOR CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS
Children don't always have the words...
This protocol doesn't require them
The 2-Square Protocol gives EMDR clinicians a practical, creative way to help younger clients identify, process, and reorganize difficult experiences---within the eight-phase model they already know.
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CREATED FROM MORE THAN FOUR DECADES OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
...designed for EMDR clinicians by an EMDR clinician
A protocol shaped with children
Not simply adapted for them
You know the model. This course helps make it accessible to the child.
Developed by Sharon Schwartz, MSW, through careful observation, repeated use, and-most importantly-children's own feedback.
Meet Sharon01 - THE CLINICAL NEED
Not art therapy. A clear clinical pathway.
THE WORK MADE VISIBLE
The drawings are not the treatment by themselves. They give the child a concrete way to show what is difficult to say. Processing, storytelling, imagery, and child-chosen resources then help the experience change---and help the child imagine what comes next.
EMDR is powerful.
Translating it for a
child can be the
difficult part.
Children may not be able---or willing---to explain a painful experience in a clear verbal narrative. When the work becomes too abstract, clinicians can feel unsure about how to move through the protocol without loosing the child's engagement.
2-Square creates a flexible path into the work. Drawing helps make the child's imagination visible. Storytelling brings the child's own words. resources, and new beliefs into the picture, supporting integration.
Make it visible
The child uses symbolic drawing to represent what happened and the "big bad feeling" connected to it.
Support processing
The clinician follows a developmentally accessible protocol, processing the story within EMDR phases.
Build what's next
Imagery, storytelling, and child-chosen resources help to reorganize a future template.
02 - THE COURSE
A protocol you can understand clearly...
and use thoughtfully
This is not a course about replacing the standard model or collecting another clever technique. 2-Square shows you how to make "the EMDR work" more accessible to your younger clients, all the while staying within the 8-phase AIP clinical framework.
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The course structure
6 Hours online, ondemand instruction
20 Focused video Modules
70 Pages downloadable, color-coded workbook
10 Clinical case studies
1 Live demonstration
Who is this course for?
For clinicians who...
- Want to move from a clinical rational to practical application
- Work with children and adolescents
- Value child agency within the family
- Seek developmentally atuned language
- Want a protocol they can adapt to age
- Desire clear structure
- Don't want to make EMDR mechanical
What will I learn?
- Younger clients need a different way in
Understand the developmental and clinical reasoning behind the 2-square symbolic, flexible approach
- 2-Square protocol fits into the 8-phases
Learn the distinct purpose of each stage as the course scripts and process navigate you through the EMDR-therapy
- Drawing and storytelling work together
Discover why the drawing is only one part...and how the creation of story supports resourcing, emotional integration, and the future template
- A look at the actual clinical practice
The recorded demonstration and ten case examples, drawn fro decades of practice, make the application tangible
- Bring it to your own practice
Apply the workbook forms, templates, sample language, and scripts as your ongoing clinical resource
More than a workshop...
- EMDR Made Easy is a clinical resource you can return to over and over
- Complete instruction on demand so you can pause, review, and learn at your own pace
- All video modules are color coded and companion to the 70pp workbook, tying templates, forms, sample languge, and scripts to the phase-by-phase process
- The case examples and demo connect the ideas to actual therapeutic work
- Download and use the test questions to learn along with each module of the course
- Complete the course, the final assessment evaluation, and take the test to earn the six EMDRIA credits
03 - YOUR INSTRUCTOR
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"The 2-square protocol grew from listening closely to the child - not only what they struggled to say, but to how they showed me they could do the work." Sharon Schwartz, Instructor
Psychotherapist, educator, international EMDR speaker, and creator of the 2-Square Protocol
Sharon has spent more than four decades working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. After training in EMDR in 1997, she began adapting the work for younger clients who needed something more concrete than a primarily verbal approach.
Over years of clinical practice, the method evolved through careful observation, repeated use, and children's own feedback. The result is 2-Square, a practical framework that helps clinicians preserve the depth of EMDR while making it more understandable and usable with younger clients.
About me
- Psychotherapist and educator
- Creator of the 2-Square protocol
- Former clinical director TP Counseling
- EMDR since 1997
- BS Cornell University - HDFS
- MSW Boston University
- EMDRIA approved provider
- 4 decades of clinical practice
- President of Turning Point Education
Before you start
- Do I need to be EMDR trained?
Yes. The course is for clinicians who already understand EMDR
- Is this a new therapy model?
No. 2-Square uses a developmentally accessible way to integrate EMDR with child therapy
My promise
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6 Hours/6 CEUs - online, on-demand instruction
- 20 Modules - focused video learning
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70 pp Workbook - color coded, download
- Clinical application - Ten case examples and a recorded demonstration of therapeutic work
- You earn the 6 credits by taking the test on-line and passing 80%
A clearer way into the work
Help children process what they cannot yet put into words
Learn the practical,
symbolic 2-Square Protocol,
within the eight-phase EMDR AIP model.
