AASW Webinar Recording | Bookending for Best Practice - Bringing Structure and Creativity Together in EMDR Therapy

Capability Levels: Emerging; Evolving; Established

Whether you’re newly trained in EMDR or an experienced clinician looking to sharpen your delivery, this focused 2-hour webinar is designed to deepen your understanding, boost your confidence, and introduce creative strategies to enhance your EMDR interventions across a range of clinical presentations.

You’ll explore the “bookends” of EMDR therapy – how to begin and end treatment with clarity, structure, and intention. From effective preparation and resourcing to adaptive closure and relapse prevention, you’ll leave with practical, flexible tools that support both clinical rigor and creative responsiveness to your clients’ unique needs.

In addition to reviewing key EMDR principles in a concise refresher format, we’ll discuss real-world application across a range of presenting issues, including:

• Anxiety and phobias
• Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
• Depression
• Addictions and compulsions
• Eating disorders
• Grief and loss
• Dissociation and parts work

We'll explore how creative interventions—such as metaphor, imagery, somatic techniques, and narrative reframing—can enrich the bookending process without straying from the efficacy of the EMDR framework. Learn how to blend structured protocol with imaginative approaches that keep your sessions client-centered and adaptable. This isn’t just about returning to the basics—it’s about re-engaging with the EMDR process through a creative, clinically sound lens.

This webinar is ideal for therapists looking to reconnect with the EMDR framework, troubleshoot common challenges, and build confidence in adapting EMDR to diverse and complex client needs.

Who should register?

This webinar is ideal for therapists looking to reconnect with the EMDR framework, troubleshoot common challenges, and build confidence in adapting EMDR to diverse and complex client needs.

Whether you’re newly trained in EMDR or an experienced clinician looking to sharpen your delivery, this focused 2-hour webinar is designed to deepen your understanding, boost your confidence, and introduce creative strategies to enhance your EMDR interventions across a range of clinical presentations.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate refreshed and consolidated knowledge of core EMDR principles and protocols.
• Identify and integrate additional resources and techniques to support client stabilisation and reintegration.
• Apply enhanced creativity and flexibility within EMDR practice to enrich therapeutic effectiveness.
• Strengthen confidence and competence in working with diverse client demographics and complex clinical presentations.

AASW Credentials: Mental Health (Focussed Psychological Strategies); Clinical

FPS will be incorporated into a section of this webinar under a, b (ii), d (i and ii), e ( i, ii, iii, and v), f. and g of Medicare schedule https://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=note&q=MN.7.4&qt=noteID&criteria=MN.7.4

Please consider the AASW CPD Policy regarding FPS when logging your FPS hours manually.

In the event of audit, it is the member's responsibility to clearly demonstrate how this FPS training is relevant to the delivery of FPS in their specific work context.

Testimonials

• "Li had a welcoming and energetic approach when delivering her presentation. Li is skilled and giving of her knowledge and information."
• "Li provided a lot of creative ideas in her full and vibrant presentation, that I can add to my EMDR practice"
• "A creative and flexible approach"