Masterclass: EMDR therapy for Psychosis and Complex Trauma
3rd - 4th September, Online via Zoom
This 12 hour intensive CPD-accredited training (12 points) explores the transformative potential of EMDR therapy for individuals experiencing complex trauma, psychosis, and dissociative disorders.
Led by the internationally recognised trauma expert Prof Paul W. Miller, the workshop bridges cutting-edge clinical models, neuropsychological insights, and integrative psychotherapeutic approaches.
Rooted in the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model and informed by frameworks such as the Power-Threat-Meaning model, ICoNN conceptualisation, and structural dissociation theory, this training demystifies complex clinical presentations and demonstrates safe, evidence-informed interventions for difficult-to-treat populations.
Join one of the world’s leading EMDR experts, Prof Paul Miller for this groundbreaking 2-day training, delivered live and available online as an on-demand course to work through in your own time.
Live Training: 3rd-4th Sep, 9am-5pm, online via Zoom.
Cost: £350 + VAT
Optional add-on:
EMDR Integration and Implementation Lab
£60 + VAT
Our EMDR Integration & Implementation Lab is a 2-hour applied session for EMDR-trained clinicians who want to digest, consolidate and implement the masterclass material in a safe, reflective professional space.
Influenced by the broader wisdom of trauma-informed and psychedelic-assisted therapy fields, this session recognises that powerful clinical learning needs integration. We need time to metabolise new models, examine our assumptions, ask better questions and consider how to create the right therapeutic conditions for deep trauma processing.
The emphasis is on clinical discernment: when to proceed, when to pause, how to prepare, how to contain, how to formulate and how to adapt EMDR with integrity when working with complex, high-risk and often pathologised presentations.
This is a space for clinicians who want to practise with more depth, humility, confidence and care.
Cost: £410 + VAT
(Training + 2hr Implementation Lab)
- 12 CPD points.
- 12 hours of lessons.
- Downloadable certificate.
- Learn at your own pace.
What you will gain from this training:
Gain competence in trauma-informed case conceptualisation using the ICoNN framework for complex dissociative and psychotic phenomena.
Deepen their understanding of ego state work, parts-based therapy, and voice dialogue techniques within the EMDR framework.
Learn to target distressing symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and somatic flashbacks through modified EMDR protocols.
Explore ethical and clinical considerations in EMDR with clients who experience tertiary dissociation and chronic psychosis.
Examine emerging RCT evidence supporting trauma-focused therapies for schizophrenia spectrum and bipolar disorders.
This training is enriched by the presenter's decades of clinical leadership, academic research, and global consultation. It challenges psychiatric nosology by returning to the dissociative roots of psychosis and advocating for compassion-focused, integrative psychotraumatology. With emphasis on client readiness, therapeutic pacing, and intersubjective engagement, it equips practitioners to navigate the therapeutic encounter with depth, nuance, and clinical precision.
Whether you are a trauma psychotherapist, psychiatrist, or mental health professional working in complex clinical settings, this course offers an invaluable, forward-looking synthesis of theory and practice.
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This course is ideal for:
Accredited EMDR therapists and those in advanced EMDR training.
Mental health clinicians working with complex or treatment-resistant presentations.
Therapists seeking evidence-based strategies for working with dissociation or psychosis.
Professionals in trauma services, forensic settings, or community mental health.
Anyone ready to move beyond fear and learn to work skilfully and compassionately with challenging material.
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This training is led by Professor Paul Miller, an EMDR Europe Accredited Trainer and Consultant with over 30 years of clinical experience in trauma-focused mental health care. A pioneer in the field, Paul is known for developing the ASAP protocol and for his compassionate, accessible teaching style. He has trained thousands of clinicians across the UK, Ireland, and internationally, and brings deep expertise in both complex trauma and the practical realities of clinical work. As Clinical Lead and Principal Investigator at Mirabilis Health, Paul blends scientific rigour with grounded, human-centred practice, offering not just theory, but tools you can truly use.
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The trauma model of psychosis & complex trauma.
The Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model in complex presentations.
The ICoNN model for mapping Dysfunctionally Linked Memory Networks.
Techniques for targeting hallucinations and delusional beliefs.
Structural dissociation and ego-state integration.
Flashforward, interweaves, and future-oriented EMDR applications.
Dissociation-informed case formulation and treatment planning.
Active imagination, voice dialogue, and Jungian contributions.
Intensive EMDR approaches and trauma regulation.
Mythopoetics, moral injury, and the client’s narrative of meaning.
All modules include visual slides, live teaching, and downloadable resources.
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✔️ 12 CPD hours
✔️ Certificate provided on completion
✔️ Valid for EMDR Association UK and international CPD -
To get the most from this training, you should have completed Part 1 of EMDR training at minimum. This course assumes knowledge of standard EMDR protocol and is designed for clinicians seeking to deepen and expand their practice.
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£350 + VAT
Includes online access to the recording, downloadable handouts, and CPD certificate.
