Schedule
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Please note there will be an optional EMDR Workshop held on February 5, 2026. The add-on workshop fee is $250.
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Registration and Sign-In
Deany Laliotis
7:45-8:15 am
Welcome and Introduction
Deany Laliotis
8:15-8:30 am
Overview of Course, EMDR Therapy and the Adaptive Information Processing Model; the Three-pronged Approach of Past, Present and Future, Conscious and Unconscious Memory Mapping
Deany Laliotis
8:30-10:15 am
BREAK
10:15-10:30 am
Case Presentation with Video Illustrating Dual Attention, Co-regulation of Affect, Use of Clinical Interweaves, with a PTSD Presentation
Deany Laliotis
10:30 am-12:00 pm
LUNCH break
12:00-1:00 pm
EMDR Therapy Procedures and Modifications with Case Presentation and Video Footage Illustrating Client Attachment Style as an Adaptation to Unresolved Developmental Trauma, Sense of Self of the Therapist
Deany Laliotis
1:00-2:30 pm
BREAK
2:30-2:45 pm
Clinical Interventions to Facilitate Developmental Repair and Generate More Adaptive Ways of Thinking, Feeling and Responding using EMDR’s Future Template to Develop More Flexible Strategies of Relating to Self and Other
Deany Laliotis
2:45-4:00 pm
Wrap-up & Question and Answer
Deany Laliotis
4:00-4:15 pm
Friday, February 6, 2026
Welcome and Introduction
Kerry Ressler; Christopher Palmer
7:45-8:00 am
The Neurobiology and Scope of PTSD: Treatment Approaches from Bench to Bedside
Kerry Ressler
8:00-8:45 am
Psychopharmacologic Appraoches to PTSD
Heidi Browne
8:45-9:30 am
Break
9:30-9:45 am
Creating Trauma-Informed Change
Alisha Moreland
9:45-10:30 am
Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: from Pharmacotherapy to Psychotherapy to Virtual Reality
Barbara Rothbaum
10:30-11:15 am
Q&A Panel
Kerry Ressler; Barbara Rothbaum; Alisha Moreland; Heidi Browne
11:15-11:45 am
Lunch
11:45 am-12:45 pm
Treating Veterans with PTSD and Related Disorders
Terence Keane
12:45-1:30 pm
Treatment of Patients with Comorbd Substance Use Disorders and PTSD
Denise Hien
1:30-2:15 pm
Break
2:15-2:30 pm
Empirically-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Approaches to PTSD
Sheila Rauch
2:30-3:15 pm
Borderline Personality Disorder vs Complex PTSD
Lois Choi-Kain
3:15-4:00 pm
Psychedelics in the Treatment of Trauma-related Disorders
David Nutt
4:00-4:45 pm
Question and Answer Session
Christopher Palmer; Terence Keane; Denise Hien; Sheila Rauch; Lois Choi-Kain; David Nutt
4:45-5:15 pm
Saturday, February 7, 2026
PTSD, Stressor-Related Disorders, and Post-Trauma Manifestations
Matthew Robinson; Loren Post
8:00-8:45 am
PTSD, DID and the Brain: Implications for Treatment
Milissa Kaufman; Lauren Lebois
8:45-9:30 am
Trauma-Related Health Disparities in African-Americans
Sierra Carter
9:30-10:15 am
Break
10:15-10:30 am
Addiction-PTSD Comorbidity
Sudie Back
10:30-11:15 am
Q&A Panel
Christopher Palmer; Loren Post; Matthew Robinson; Sierra Carter; Sudie Back
11:15-11:45 am
Lunch Break
11:45 am-12:45 pm
Trauma and Its Impact on Physical Health
Paula Schnurr
12:45-1:30 pm
Relationships after Trauma
Judith Herman
1:30-2:15 pm
Break
2:15-2:30 pm
Treatment and Biology of PTSD in Children and Adolescents
Ryan Herringa
2:30-3:15 pm
Evaluations for Asylum Seekers: What We Know About Survivors of Torture/Systematic Violence and Oppression
Kim Baranowski
3:15-4:00 pm
Biofeedback
Talma Hendler
4:00-4:45 pm
Question and Answer Session
Christopher Palmer; Judith Herman; Ryan Herringa; Kim Baranowski; Paula Schnurr; Talma Hendler
4:45-5:15 pm