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.

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Day 1

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

Day 2

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

Day 3

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