PART 1 of 2-Part Training: Attachment-Focused Trauma Therapy for Adults
Reconstruction of Internal Personality Parts & Attachments
Attachment trauma negatively impact adults in the development of a strong sense of self, a balanced personality structure and functioning, the ability to form healthy attachments in present-day relationships, including the therapy relationship, and the capability to benefit from EMDR therapy.
Part 1 is a 2-day training that teaches participants the skills and strategies for incorporating EMDR therapy into internal restructuring and creation of safety and attachment for parts of self, creating an effective resource team, and strengthening of the competent adult self. Participants will develop strategies and be offered practice opportunities for effective creation of safe places and higher powers for Adult and Child parts of Self; internal resource teamwork, time orientation, negotiation within and between clients’ inner personality parts and structure, creation of new inner attachment experiences, and resourcing the competent Adult part of Self.
Lecture, films, demonstrations, Q & A, handouts, experiential reflections and practicum sessions will allow participants to apply strategies immediately with their own clients.
With adaptations and consideration for the increased complexity of the internal personality system, AFTT-A protocols can be utilized within overall treatment for DID, although such application is not the focus of this workshop.
The Objectives
Participants will leave the training prepared to:
Describe how attachment trauma is reflected in both the internal and external attachment systems through the language of the EMDR AIP and AFTT-A models.
Utilize the PAC schema to improve clients’ relationships and transform internal personality structure.
Explain effective installation of Safe Place for Child and Adult parts of self.
Identify process of developing supportive inner Resource Team.
Summarize therapeutic approaches to effectively time orient younger/other parts of Self.
Demonstrate strategies to strengthen Competent Adult part of Self through imagery.
Create new attachment experiences between Child and True Parent parts of Self.
Choose strategies to provide an emotionally corrective experience in the therapeutic relationship to improve clients’ attachment patterns.
Employ new information about participants’ own internal personality structure and internal attachments to enhance their mindful awareness and attunement in the therapeutic relationship.
Integrate AFTT-A strategies and protocols into clinical practice.
Dates & Details
September 18, 2026 -
September 19, 2026
This is a VIRTUAL TRAINING via Zoom.
Attendance at all parts of both days is required with video on.
Participation in all experiential practices is required.
Pricing
$450 by September 4th
$485 after September 4th
IF YOU ARE REPEATING PART 1
$225 by September 4th
$242 after September 4th
CEs & Credits
Credits are only available to those that have NOT taken Part 1 within their current renewal period.
Please check with your state licensing board on eligibility.
13 EMDRIA Credits per part
(26 total for both parts)
EMDRIA Approval #:
01007-86 (Part 1) / 01007-87 (Part 2)
The Instructors
Debra Wesselmann, MS, LIMHP
Ann E. Potter, Ph.D.
The Schedule
**Attendance at all parts of both days is required with video on.
Participation in all experiential practices is required.
Day 1: September 18th
8:30-9:00 AM: CHECK IN
9:00-10 AM: Introduction to Purposes, Objectives, Theoretical Assumptions; Use of Therapist Self; Personality Structure & Development & Attachment Relationships; Impact of Attachment Trauma; AIP Model-Parts/States; Videos & Experiential Reflection.
10-11 AM: Goals & Steps for personality reconstruction, development and strengthening of internal attachments and resources, and EMDR Preparation Phase.
11-11:15 AM: BREAK
11:15-12:30 PM: Explaining P-A-C Diagrams, Demo, Experiential Practice.
12:30-1:30 PM: LUNCH
1:30-3 PM: Enhanced Safe Place/Higher Power for Adult part of Self, Container; Video, Experiential Practice.
3-3:15 PM BREAK
3:15-4:45 PM: Safe Place/Higher Power for Child parts of Self; Videos, Experiential Practice.
4:45-5 PM: Q & A
Day 2: September 19th
8:30-9AM: CHECK IN
9:00-10:15AM: Brainstorming goals, characteristics & team members for Resource Team (RT), Video & Experiential Practice.
10:15-10:30 AM: BREAK
10:30-11:45 AM: Resource Team (RT) Installation, Video, Experiential Practice.
11:45 AM-12:45 PM: LUNCH
12:45-2 PM: Strengthening the Competent Adult part of Self, Video, Experiential Practice.
2-3:15 PM: Attachment Experience for True Parent & Child Parts of Self, Video, Experiential Practice.
3:15-3:30 PM: BREAK
3:30-4:10 PM: Attachment Experience, Experiential Practice.
4:10-4:45PM:Therapist and Client Attachment Tendencies in Session: Emotionally Corrective Relationship; Experiential Practice.
4:45-5 PM: Q & A
Additional Details
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Together, Deb and Ann co-authored EMDR and Attachment-Focused Trauma Therapy for Adults (Springer, 2023).
Debra Wesselmann, MS, LIMHP
Debrais a member of the faculty of the EMDR Institute and an institute basic EMDR trainer. She has provided EMDR specialty trainings related to attachment trauma in children and adults worldwide. She is on the editorial board for the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, and has authored and co-authored multiple books, articles, and chapters — including two co-authored with EMDR founder Francine Shapiro, Ph.D.
Ann E. Potter, Ph.D.
Annhas worked for over 40 years in the mental health field as a psychiatric nurse, educator, therapist, psychologist, evaluator, researcher, writer, presenter, and consultant. She is a certified therapist and approved consultant in EMDR and a certified therapist in Radically Open DBT (RO DBT), with extensive experience in DBT as well. Dr. Potter has conducted outcome research on phase-based trauma treatment and authored books and articles on trauma treatment and EMDR therapy.
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Attendance at all parts of both days is required with video on.
Participation in all experiential practices is required.
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100% refund by September 7th.
50% refund by September 10th.
Any cancellations after September 10th will be a credit towards a future training.
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AFTT-A is designed for licensed mental health professionals who have completed EMDR Basic Training, including psychologists, counselors, social workers, nurses, and other mental health and addiction professionals. It is an intermediate-level training.
With appropriate adaptations, AFTT-A protocols can be utilized within broader treatment for dissociative identity disorder (DID), though DID treatment is not the primary focus of this workshop.
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You may sign up at the lower rate “Repeat part 1” price if you have previously taken the full course or want to repeat Part 1.
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