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IATP-C Training: Attachment-Based EMDR Therapy with Kids and Families (In-Person, Virginia)


  • Riverbend Counseling Group 172 South Pantops Drive Charlottesville, Virginia, 22911 United States (map)

IATP-C Training: Attachment-Based EMDR for Kids & Families — Charlottesville, VA

In-Person Training | September 23-24, 2026

Presented by Debra Wesselmann, MS, LIMHP & Lindy Swimm, MAE, MSW, LCSW-S

Join us for a fun and playful two days and discover the EMDR Integrative Attachment Trauma Protocol for Children (IATP-C). The model is designed for kids and teens with tough histories and all the problems that go along with that – the social and emotional delays, the challenging behaviors, the mistrust, the avoidance. Kids removed from their bio homes benefit but also kids in bio homes impacted by generational trauma, early medical trauma, separations, parent mental illness, or parent substance abuse.

You’ll develop skills for applying:
Stage 1) parent psychoeducation and case conceptualization
Stage 2) EMDR and family therapy activities with kids and parents to build trust, calm dysregulation, and build good feelings
Stage 3) EMDR modifications for gentle processing of triggers and traumas with complex kids, as well as making sense of the most difficult histories through therapeutic stories.

Includes:

  • Attachment Resource Development (ARD)

  • Self-Regulation Development and Installation (S-RDI)

  • EMDR for compulsive behaviors

  • The Trigger Tolerance Protocol

  • The EMD continuum triggers & traumas

  • Stories for the most heartbreaking histories

  • Modifications for substance exposure in utero, neurodivergence, and dissociation

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