What Are You Noticing Now? Integrating EMDR and Constructed Awareness

Course Description
“What are you noticing now?” is often a difficult question for clients to answer during EMDR reprocessing and an easy question for therapists to neglect in phases one and two of EMDR. This workshop will explore ways of enhancing all eight phases of EMDR using an approach to therapy called Constructed Awareness.

According to Constructed Awareness, our conscious experience is made of three building blocks—thoughts, sensations, and external stimuli—and most people are naturally more oriented to one of these building blocks. Some people are mentally oriented, spending more time in their minds. Some are sensation oriented, focusing more on sensations in their bodies. And others are externally oriented, focusing more on what’s happening in their external environment.

Such a limited perspective often restricts the client’s ability to connect with their full experience and report what they are noticing during EMDR reprocessing. Participants will learn the Constructed Awareness typology and resources to help clients respond more confidently when asked what they are noticing now, as well as how to nonviolently bring awareness to the client’s experience in a way that fosters a more gentle and effortless style of reprocessing.

In this two-day, EMDRIA-approved training, participants will learn:

• To differentiate between the three building blocks of consciousness according to Constructed Awareness—thoughts, sensations, and external stimuli—to enhance working in all phases of EMDR

• The Constructed Awareness typology to improve history taking in phase one of EMDR

• Nonviolent awareness-focused resources that improve preparation in phase two of EMDR and help clients respond confidently when asked what they are noticing during EMDR processing

• How to utilize the Constructed Awareness Questionnaire (CAQ) and the Emotion Tracker Handout to deepen history taking and personal awareness in phases one and two of EMDR

• Constructed Awareness methods to improve cognitive interweaves during the processing phases of EMDR

• How direct awareness of the client’s own experience changes their experience, and how this can be applied to all phases of EMDR

This webinar takes place completely online and consists of lecture, live and/or video demonstrations, and group discussion.

This is an intermediate-level training. To attend, you must be a licensed mental health therapist (psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, social workers, MFTs, or mental health counselors pursuing a license or a practicum-level graduate student). If you are uncertain whether you meet these requirements, please contact info@constructedawareness.com. You do not have to be EMDR trained to attend.

Continuing Education
Constructed Awareness Institute, provider #1832, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 04/15/2025-04/15/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 12 general continuing education credits.

The webinar is approved by EMDRIA for 12 credit hours. EMDRIA certificates will be given out after the completion of the training.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Differentiate between the three building blocks of consciousness according to Constructed Awareness—thoughts, sensations, and external stimuli—to enhance working in all phases of EMDR

• Utilize the Constructed Awareness typology and the Constructed Awareness Questionnaire (CAQ) to enhance phase one of EMDR

• Apply nonviolent Constructed Awareness resources to improve preparation in phase two of EMDR

• Utilize the emotion tracker worksheet in phase two of EMDR

• Integrate Constructed Awareness to improve cognitive interweaves during the processing phases of EMDR

• Demonstrate how the direct awareness of the client’s own experience changes their experience, and how this can be applied to all phases of EMDR

• Apply nonviolence to working with clients’ sensations in all phases of EMDR

• Identify thoughts as words, sounds, and pictures in all phases of EMDR

• Describe the importance of dual attention in trauma processing.

Agenda

Day 1

• 9:00-9:15          Introduction

• 9:15-9:30          What is EMDR?

• 9:30-9:45          What is CA?

• 9:45-10:30        Using Nonviolence to Enhance EMDR Phases 1-2

• 10:30-10:45      Break

• 10:45-11:00      The Transformative Power of Awareness

• 11:00-12:00      The CA Approach to Working with Emotions

• 12:00-1:00        Lunch

• 1:00-1:30          Using the Emotion Tracker in EMDR Phases 1-2

• 1:30-2:30          Using the CA Typology to Improve History Taking/EMDR Phase 1

• 2:30-2:45          Break

• 2:45-3:30          Using the Constructed Awareness Questionnaire in EMDR Phase 1

• 3:30-4:00          External Awareness Exercises for EMDR Phases 1-2

• 4:00-4:30          Group Discussion

Day 2

• 9:00-9:30          Group Discussion

• 9:30-10:00        Sensation Resources to Enhance EMDR Phases 1-2

• 10:00-10:15      Break

• 10:15-12:00      Thought Resources to Deepen EMDR Phases 1-2

• 12:00-1:00        Lunch

• 1:00-2:30          Applying the CA Approach to EMDR Phases 3-8

• 2:30-2:45          Break

• 2:45-4:00          Live Demonstration of CA Methods Applied to EMDR Phases 3-7

• 4:00-4:30          Group Discussion

Presenter Bio
Tyler Orr is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC/MHSP), EMDRIA-approved consultant, creator of Constructed Awareness, and President of the Constructed Awareness Institute. He offers an interactive, here-and-now approach to counseling, consulting, and teaching that integrates mindfulness, nonviolence, nonduality, and process-oriented approaches.

Cancellation Policy
Full refunds, minus a $100 handling charge, are given until 14 days before the start of training. No refunds are available after that time, and no partial credit for EMDRIA credits is given. All cancelations must be requested in writing from the email used to register. Note: There will be no refunds, under any circumstances, for withdrawals after the beginning of the training program.

Disclosure Statement
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.

Grievance Policy
All grievances must be submitted in writing on the Grievance Complaint Form. For questions or concerns, please contact info@constructedawarness.com.

Accommodations for Disabilities

Constructed Awareness Institute strives to offer reasonable accommodations for disabled participants. To discuss your needs, please contact Tyler Orr, LPC-MHSP at info@constructedawareness.com or 423-244-5918.

Contact Information

Constructed Awareness Institute
P.O.Box 14
Georgetown, TN 37336
423-244-5918
info@constructedawareness.com