EMDR and “Subtle” Presentations of Adult Autism: What Every Clinician Needs to Know

Deepen your understanding of Autism and learn how to adapt EMDR therapy in ways that truly support Autistic clients!

Autistic clients commonly experience challenges with EMDR and other therapies when practitioners do not understand their needs and processing style.

Unfortunately, current research and knowledge on Autism—and the diverse ways it manifests—has not trickled down to all helping professionals.

Many clinicians may be relying on outdated information on Autism and feel ill-equipped to recognize and adapt therapy for Autistic clients—particularly those with “subtle” presentations.

This ground-breaking, neuro-affirming training is designed to bridge this gap by providing essential, updated information on Autism—focusing on less obvious presentations—so you can confidently support your clients’ needs and processing style in ways that feel empowering for clients.

In this 2-part webinar (July 18 and August 22), you will learn many practical skills and insights to successfully recognize, work with, and adapt EMDR therapy and other therapies for Autistic clients. 

This webinar is open to all therapists. While it is EMDR focused, there is so much information applicable to every therapeutic approach. Please join us!

“Fantistic! This was one of the best trainings I have ever taken. It was insightful and provided me with tools that reached beyond my professional life and into my personal life, and expanded my understanding of Autism significantly! This was a game-changing training!”  —Laura Babineau, LPC

Over the course of these two days, you’ll learn:

• What to look for when considering possible Autism (level 1) and how less-obvious presentations fit into in the DSM 5 criteria. 
• How to use screening tools to identify Autistic traits and get a sense if client scores fall into threshold values for Autistic individuals. 
• Powerful insights about the Autistic brain that will help you make informed and targeted decisions about when, how and why to adapt therapy for Autistic clients.
• Common challenges that Autistic clients face in EMDR therapy and other therapies, and how to overcome them.
• Tools for emotional, relational and brain-based challenges (such as Alexithymia, executive functioning, burnout, communication differences, etc.) and how to integrate these tools into your EMDR practice. 
• Ways to increase generalization of past EMDR targets to the present.
• A neuro-affirming, strengths-based framework for working with Autistic clients so your clients can heal and learn to love their brain!
• And much more!

Christine will share many examples of her work and participants will receive a robust 40-page handout of tools to use in their practice.

Part 1 (July 18) of this training (7 hours) will dive deeply into recognizing and understanding the processing style, needs, gifts, and experiences of clients with level 1 Autism. This foundational knowledge about Autism is critical for working with Autistic clients and will give you the background you need to successfully adapt EMDR and other therapies for your clients. 

Part 2 (August 22) of this training (7 hours) will focus on common needs and challenges that Autistic clients experience on their healing journey and with EMDR therapy in particular. It will include many neuro-affirming strategies and EMDR adaptions to help clients fully benefit from the power of EMDR and other modalities.

One of the gifts of this training is that the way Autism is presented is healing for clients and helps them feel seen and excited about neurodiversity—sometimes for the first time! Many Autistic therapists have also said the information in this training and the way Christine talks about neurodiversity has been personally healing for them.

“This training provides so much insight into understanding clients and family who are neurodivergent. I now feel I can be a better therapist and bring about more healing!”  —Michon Tucker, LPC-S

“There should be a way we can answer "6" on the scale of 1-5 because Christine knocked it out of the park!  So informative, so many things to take away and apply directly, AND a beautiful heartfelt space where people were able to self-identify.  Amazing!” —Miranda Jane

FIND OUT WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS TRAINING:

"“This was one of the best trainings I've attended in a great while! I loved the many resources, the amount of solid information around evaluation and then how to link it to treatment, and how to take aspects of my work and adapt it for greater success.”   —Emily Werner, LPC

“OUTSTANDING!!!! AND PROFOUNDLY IMPORTANT. Presenter and slides were incredible. It should be required!!!” —Paulette Dunn

“I thought every piece of this training was unparallelled. It was informative, engaging, well-organized, personal, useful, thought provoking, motivating, and so many more things. A must for anyone who uses EMDR with clients!” —Anonymous

“Absolutely Amazing....in EVERY WAY!!!!. The unbelievable organization of the learning material, the way to use visuals for clients learning and meaning, the clarity in which the material was stated, the presenter's authentic calm and warm gentleness in her delivery. Loved the training!”  —Linda Navelski Taillon

“The training was excellent! It was rich with information and was presented in a clear and organized way. I loved the screening tools for Autism…I have already used them with 3 clients, and it has been so helpful and validating for them.  I would recommend this training to anyone!” —J. Russell

Christine Molina, LCSW is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant who has spent the last 10 years understanding Autism (particularly less obvious presentations) and learning ways to adapt EMDR and other therapies for Autistic clients. She has presented several neuro-affirming trainings on Autism and ADHD and is passionate about changing how people view the natural and wide variety of ways that brains are wired and process information.

Christine is also a facilitator for EMDR Basic Trainings and for an advanced EMDR training on EMDR, Polyvagal, & Ego State Therapy with Farnsworth Lobenstine, LICSW. In addition to EMDR therapy, she uses AEDP, IFS, ego state therapy, hypnosis, somatic experiencing and DBT to help her clients thrive and love their brain!