Approved EMDR Consultation:

Face-to-face, telephonic, or video conferencing * consultation for EMDRIA Certification or Completion of Approved Consultation requirements.

 *Video Conferencing using Skype.

Specialties include trauma and dissociation, couples, and family therapy, and therapy with children.

Individual or group consultation can be arranged. 

Teleconferencing or webconferencing makes group consultation an economical and practical alternative for your study group. 

AAMFT Approved Supervision:

 Supervision for marriage and family therapists in training, or those wishing to advance their skills. Specialty populations include couples therapy, intergenerational therapy, and trauma and dissocation.  Barry works in the Contextual Model, incorporating EMDR into the treatment. 

What People are Saying about the Workshop...

"Barry Litt is a gifted teacher, clinician and creative force.  His theoretician's mind combines a deep knowledge of the subject matter with a razor sharp wit and an instinctive understanding of how people learn best.  Clinicians leave his workshops exhilarated, empowered and hungry for more."
 ––Victoria Britt, LCSW, LMFT

"I have been a Marital and Family Therapist for 35 years and an EMDR therapist for 12.  Barry Litt's elegant and enjoyable integration of these complex theories and methods is without question worth the price of admission.  I consider a workshop very successful if I can immediately apply the material on Monday morning, have my understanding of conceptual material stimulated and have a good time as well.  Barry's workshop was for me, very successful. I highly and without question recommend it for any EMDR therapist working with or thinking of working with Couples." 
Bennet Wolper, LMSW. EMDRIA Approved Consultant.

It is rare to find the combination of intellect, humor and accessibility that I experienced in Barry Litt's workshop on Couples, Ego States and EMDR.  He demonstrated a keen understanding of all three areas and an ability to present that made difficult material extremely comprehensible and if I dare say so, fun.
 ––Zona Scheiner, PhD


This workshop, presented in a lively, often humorous way, brings ego state theory to life for those who work with couples.  Barry's is one of a handful of essential voices out there for describing the power and importance of EMDR and ego state therapy.
––Carol Forgash, LCSW

Barry Litt is a thoughtful, innovative, and funny (enthusiastic, spirited, energetic) teacher and clinician who brings the dynamics and challenges of couples therapy to life for his workshop participants.  He is solidly grounded in theory, yet very precise and practical in helping practitioners navigate the rocky waters of couples therapy.  He skillfully integrates the concepts of ego state therapy with a sophisticated understanding of the EMDR Adaptive Information Processing model.
––Deborah Korn, PhD.
 

Training and Workshops:

        The Interior Life of the Family:                             Integrating EMDR                                                     and                                     Contextual Family Therapy

  Families that come to therapy often present with multiple issues and co-morbidities, from individual symptoms to interpersonal dysfunction. Clients seen individually are often members of such families, and the option to convene relatives offers a rich opportunity to both expand the circle of care and to liberate individuals from a web of pathological interactions. Combining EMDR with family therapy offers a new and innovative pathway to transforming both psyche and system.

 This advanced workshop is at once intellectually stimulating and extremely practical. Barry will demonstrate a seamless integration of EMDR and system work based on Boszormenyi-Nagy’s contextual therapy. In day one participants will learn about the relationship between family dynamics and ego structure, reenactments in client couples and families, and the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology.

 In day two, participants will learn a model for EMDR-based assessment and treatment planning using contextual family therapy, understand the indications and contraindications of conjoint EMDR sessions, and learn how to structure a multi-person therapy that incorporates EMDR.

 In addition, participants will learn a progression of techniques to control and focus desensitization within the optimal zone of arousal. This interactive workshop will include practicum, videotape and didactic material designed to facilitate a deeper understanding of this exciting new integrative model.

This is a two-day, 14 credit workshop approved for EMDRIA credits.

Beyond Trauma Resolution:
EMDR and the Growth of the Relational Self

 We need each other. This basic truth goes beyond our biological imperative and speaks to the very nature of being human. As our personalities are shaped by our early family experience, we continue to perceive and interact with the world in ways that were adaptive to our original context.  Such loyalty to our families is often invisible, and yet is a powerful source of motivation that can either promote, or prohibit growth and healing.

Therapists who are unaware of the dimensions of the loyalty system can inadvertently place their clients in impossible binds, leading to impasses, stagnation, and treatment failure.  By learning to assess and observe the rules of the loyalty system in which each client is embedded, therapists can better surface unconscious motivation and mobilize resources for change.

In Part One, participants will learn about the relationship between family dynamics and ego structure, reenactments from the family of origin, and the manifestations of ego state conflict in individual and conjoint therapy.

In Part Two, participants will learn a model for EMDR-based assessment and treatment planning using contextual family therapy, the indications and contraindications of conjoint EMDR, a model of the Self that zeroes in on the salient negative cognitions being triggered, and learn a progression of techniques to control and focus desensitization within the optimal zone of arousal.

This interactive workshop will include videotape and didactic material designed to facilitate a deeper understanding of this exciting new integrative model. For individual, couples, and family therapists.

This is a two-day, 12 credit-hour workshop elligible for EMDRIA credits.

The Marriage of EMDR and Ego State Theory in Couples Therapy

 Our most challenging couples often present with poor interpersonal boundaries, mutual and sometimes hostile dependency, and reliance on blame and projection. One or both partners may experience ego state conflict. Ego state conflict can dominate relational patterns even in clients without a trauma history.
 

 By augmenting EMDR with the explanatory power and clinical inventiveness of ego state theory, couples therapy can be brought to new levels of efficacy. 

 On day one, participants will learn about the relational nature of the Self and the challenges of differentiation, intergenerational family dynamics that contribute to ego fragmentation, and manifestations of ego state conflict (tertiary dissociation) in couples therapy.

 On day two, participants will learn to assess the interlocking of negative cognitions of client couples and implement strategies to contract for individually focused EMDR, the risks and benefits of conjoint EMDR, as well as learn a model of EMDR treatment planning that describes target selection and salience.

 Finally, participants will learn a progression of techniques to control and focus desensitization within the optimal zone of arousal.

This is a two-day, 13 credit-hour workshop eligible for EMDRIA credits.

Advanced Techniques in the Use of EMDR to Treat Complex Trauma

 This workshop introduces two conceptual frameworks: The optimal zone of arousal and node isolation theory and techniques. The first is for assessing readiness for, and identifying obstacles to, safe phase four reprocessing. The second describes a progression of steps for isolating the node at the epicenter of the trauma memory.

This is a 1.5 credit-hour workshop eligible for EMDRIA credits.