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See socialarttherapy.com/emd-art  
​for the courses running in 
September 2025 and January 2026.
The below course is on Friday 17th, Saturday 18th and Monday 20th January 2025, 9-12am GMT (Europe, Australia and Asia friendly time).

Join us for an immersive journey into the integration of Eye Movement Desensitisation and
Reprocessing (EMDR) with Art Therapy
, a transformative approach designed to deepen therapeutic interventions and enhance client outcomes. This small group event accommodates a maximum of ten participants to ensure personalised attention and interactive learning.


This will be most suited to EMDR therapists, practitioners and consultants looking to bring more art to their work, EMDR trained therapists working with children and Art therapists trained or training in EMDR looking to integrate the modalities.

Led by Lee Anna Simmons, an EMDR Europe accredited Consultant and HCPC registered Art
Psychotherapist, this course synthesises theory, practice, and original material from her extensive
experience. Lee designed and ran the first EMDR & Art Therapy courses (via EMDR UK and the British Association of Art Therapists) and supervision group (via the Institute of Group Analysis).

This course is supported by Chloé Smith is an experienced Art Psychotherapist and EMDR Therapist. Chloé works at a medium-secure forensic unit, where she interweaves art psychotherapy techniques alongside the more structural protocols that EMDR provides.

Throughout the 10-hour CPD-accredited programme, participants will explore
foundational concepts, including introductory relaxation exercises, resourcing techniques, and the
application of bilateral stimulation with art-making, flash / blink technique with art and also with walking.

Exploring contexts, legalities, and ethical considerations, learners will also engage in hands-on activities such as history taking and resource building with art-making and setting boundaries, while also examining the intersection of EMDR and Art Therapy in diverse populations, including children and online settings. The ten hours will not qualify you as an EMDR Therapist or Art Therapist, but will support you to use techniques from both modalities without infringing on protected titles or intellectual property.

Through dynamic sessions encompassing all eight phases of the EMDR protocol with art therapy,
participants will gain insights into interweaves, vicarious trauma, and self-care strategies.


10 hours Art Therapy / psychotherapy CPD points, 9 EMDR Association UK and Europe CPD POINTS
The total price is £347, contact hello@ EMDR.London
with any questions and to secure your place.








Half and one day versions of this course were first provided to larger groups by Lee Anna Simmons, for EMDR UK (2018), the British Association of Art Therapists (2019-2023), the British Association of Dramatherapists (2022) and with the original eight phase outline initially at SA&T (2023) and EMDR UK online (2023). © Social Art Therapy Ltd 2024





Course Outline
This is the general outline, which is continually being developed

Safe place with bilateral brushstrokes
Resourcing clients for EMDR
History taking with art making (trauma timline, life events, matrix)

Session 2:
Contracting / dynamic administration
Resourcing with internal mentors
Parts with Art
Flash / blink technique with Art
Blink technique with walking
Vicarious Trauma & Self Care

Session 3

Intro to  - EMDR & Art Therapy with children
               - EMDR & Art Therapy online
               - EMDR & Art Therapy Intensives

All eight phases of the EMDR protocol with art
Training in Art Therapy, EMDR, and accreditation info
Research and case studies
Feedback forms
Digital pack and certificates  follow

Next steps
Consultation of one hour without additional payment
Below is a video describing the course in 2022, it has evolved since then but remains true to the key aims and content
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