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An important message before sharing my credentials:
Hello from Sharon. Im going to share my background and credentials, but first, I want to explain something very important about 2-Square. I didn’t sit down and just invent 2-square as an innovative, theoretical child technique. I had an established adult practice, and as I began adapting EMDR for children I watched what worked. Then I refined the approach over years by paying attention to the unique characteristics of each child. I learned to give them choices and in so doing, I discovered what language worked, what actions worked, what helped resistant children engage, and what gave them a sense of control.
I think this is the fundamental reason that I’m the right therapist to teach this course. I made 2-square an experience for the child rather than making EMDR-Therapy something that I as an adult was doing to them. This is a very important part of my story and is probably as much, if not even more important than my actual credentials.
Another key part of my story that I want to share is that this protocol changed the nature of my practice. I became known in my area as the therapist that was effectively help children...and the young clients came in. Pediatricians and other referral sources didn’t necessarily understand the mechanics of what I was doing, but they knew that children were getting better and that families were responding to my therapy. I became the clinician that my client parents told others about when they heard of another child that needed help. I developed this course so you can become the clinician others think of when a child needs help.
Turning Point Education’s goal is to assist clinicians to service this key demographic. Many clinicians are comfortable working with adults but may feel far less confident when a child or resistant adolescent is referred to them. I share a practical, natural, and structured way for you to bring EMDR to your work with younger clients...without requiring the child to engage like an adult. It is our objective to help you expand not only the type of symptoms you are able to treat, but the range of younger clients you can serve. With 2-Square, grow your client mix with younger referrals that you will not only feel more confident to accept abut will be more prepared to truly help.
Sharon's philosophy
Sharon is founding director of the Little Voices Foundation, a not for profit whose goal is to ensure EMDR Therapy is made affordable and available to victims of trauma, all over the world. She positions "2-Square" intervention, an internal processing experience*, as "Subconscious Reprocessing Therapy™ (SRT)".
- She is gifted at teaching both the theory and practice of this uniquely effective EMDR protocol.
- Sharon achieves the goal of making EMDR easier to learn, adapting "Slaying-the-Monster/Dragon", in a protocol that "just works".
- She uses 2-Square in her clinical practice every day making her especially qualified in both teaching and consulting on it's use.
- Learn the fundamentals in a fun, practical, live workshop format.
Experts in Training
TP Education is an EMDRIA approved provider of EMDR-Therapy. We are experts in delivering distance learning, on-line courses. We have developed and delivered 5-star reviewed courses over the past 3 decades. Here's a hint on how we design your learning experience so you can get the most from our streaming video courses:
- Designed so you don't have to read, watch, and listen all at the same time.
- Downloads of all materials easily accessed, including your workbook, a copy of your certification test for reference, and all forms and scripts.
- Set up so when you start your clip, you can stop and pause.
- Space provided to take notes in the workbook as you stream the video.
- Easy replay for any section as needed to make sure you have gleaned all the details.
- We've made sure you have a copy of the test along side your video stream, as you work thru each module.
Your instructor
Sharon Schwartz, LICSW and certified EMDR therapist, is a leading practitioner of EMDR-Therapy with children and families since 1997. She is known for making EMDR easier by developing the innovative "2-Square" protocol.
- Director of TP Counseling Services for over 40 years
- Specialty with children & adolescents
- Gifted EMDRIA & NASW speaker
- Certified EMDR-Therapy Consultant
- BS Cornell HDFS, MSW BU, LICSW MA
- Harvard School Public Health, Mclean
- Director, Turning Point Education
We are confident that the alignment of the contents with the 8-Phase AIP model for EMDR-Therapy will amplify this learning experience. The alignment with *-AIP will make this delivery familiar and easy to learn so you can readily put this proven protocol to work in your practice immediately.
Sharon will help you understand how this EMDR is different from therapies and tools you may know and use such as CBT, TFT, IFS, and others. Sharon also teaches the advanced 2-Square² a further innovation on this protocol. She has worked to extend the use of this protocol with adults of all ages.
Thanks to Dr. Bessel van der Kolk for expanding the understanding of the sub-conscious realm in which EMDR works "symbolically". He, along with other prominent doctors have published scientific studies that establish EMDR as a preferred therapy for an increasing number of behavorial problems. It is for this reason that we often refer to this EMDR client experience as "Sub-cognitive Reprocessing Therapy™ (SRT)". This easy pneumonic will help you think of it separately from other therapies, such as CBT, TFT, etc .
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Our Approach to EMDR Training-Contact Us With Any Issues or Feedback
We use the most advanced technology to deliver your distance learning experience. This is how we are able to provide this program at the most economical price and with the best access and service. We have chosen a cloud platform that offers an easy to use all-in-one lesson experience. We rely on this platform to ensure that you get all the goodies in the most painless learning experience possible. That said, if you find any challenges, we need to know about them. We also need to know how to improve what we are doing. Please work with any outside service such as CLASSMARKER in the way that they require so that you can get get your 6 CEU certificate if you decide to take the test. We hope your journey is positive, seamless, and painless.
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