Integrating Somatic Psychotherapy with EMDR
Tracking Resiliency • Pacing the Work • Deepening Processing
This is a hybrid training, with 3 days in-person, 3 days remote via Zoom, and some self-study video recordings
September 25, 26, 27, 2026 (in person) 9:00-5:15 Mountain Time
October 17 and 18, 2026, via Zoom 9:00-5:15 Mountain Time
November 7, 2026, via Zoom 9:00-4:00 Mountain Time
Fee: $1200 USD early-bird rate (before July 15, 2026)
Regular rate $1300 USD (after July 15, 2026)
Lunches: We encourage everyone to eat lunch together to get to know each other and mix with Craig and the assistants. We will send information about catering options, or you can bring your own bag lunch.
In this intensive training, therapists will learn to assess and intervene from a somatic perspective and a process-oriented expansion of EMDR, to enhance the therapy process. Heightened awareness of the functioning of the body and nervous system aids the therapist in pacing the work well. This approach taps into our natural inclination towards completion, expanding beyond the EMDR AIP model. Therapists can increase their skills in nuanced tracking and developing resiliency, crucial for the many moments in therapy when our clients struggle to stay regulated.
You will receive links to pre-training videos after you have registered, a few weeks before your training. These are an important introduction to the work. No CE credits are offered for these video viewings.
38.5 CE Hours for CA CEPA for LMFT, LCSW, LPCs; ASWB for LCSWs and other professional licenses. See FAQ
24 CE Credits approved by EMDRIA
For details about CE Credit Hours, click here.
Prerequisites: EMDR-trained therapists will be prepared for this training, whether or not they have prior somatic training. Non-EMDR-trained therapists should contact Craig Penner to discuss pre-training options to best prepare for this training.
This training is relevant for beginning through advanced therapists, including Psychologists, LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCs, and LMHCs.
Fee: $1200 USD on or before July 15, 2026, $1300 USD after July 15, 2026
This training is limited to 27 participants to enhance the personal nature of learning process-oriented work.
Participants will learn and experience how to:
Closely assess momentary levels of activation
Pace the work with attention to resiliency and the “window of tolerance”
Observe dynamics of internal processing not available from client self-reporting
Utilize the power of “sustained awareness”
Work with the inherent dilemmas between drives for completion and protection
Track subtleties of dissociative dynamics
Identify and reprocess early survival strategies
Increase integration of shifts that emerge in each moment of the therapy process
Enhance the experience of existing and new resources
Nurture the development of discernment and self-awareness skills
Foundational to this work is the therapist learning to deeply “trust the process,” and fully engage in the client’s “nature of completion.”
This training includes lecture, presentation and discussion, handouts, video of client sessions, live demonstrations, experiential exercises, and longer practicum sessions with feedback.
After this training, therapists describe new awareness and practice in their therapy with immediate positive effects. This is a stand-alone training. Further training, consultation and practicum in this approach are available.
Individuals needing special accommodations, please contact: Pamela Grant at info@naturalprocessing.org or 805-957-1773, and we will do our best to assist.
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