Course Description

Can recent neurobiological findings inform EMDR treatment? Is the unconscious/implicit mind important? Research has evidenced how the human brain develops in the context of somatosensory stimulation and relational inter-subjectivity. This data charges us to become more, fluent, and clinically comfortable with the right hemispheric somatosensorial language of our patients and ourselves. This seminar—presented by Uri Bergmann, Ph.D—will integrate the data regarding the Default Mode Network and the Mirror Neuron System to illustrate the implications of this material with respect to current EMDR treatment; with a specific focus on the expanded utilization of the body scan to render it more robust.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will be able to describe the neural (maturational) and psychological (developmental) stages of human development with respect to human attachment.
2. Participants will be able to discuss and explain the function and mediation of the Default Mode Network (DMN).
3. Participants will be able to discuss and explain the function and mediation of the Mirror Neuron System (MNS).
4. Participants will be able to incorporate and integrate the clinical implications of this material into their EMDR practice.

Presenter(s)

Uri Bergmann, Ph.D.

Uri Bergmann, Ph.D., is an EMDR Institute Facilitator, Presenter, as well as an EMDRIA Approved Consultant. He is a past-president of EMDRIA. He has lectured and consulted throughout the United States, Europe, and South America on the neurobiology of EMDR, and the integration of EMDR with psychodynamic and ego state treatment. He has published journal articles and book chapters on the neurobiology of EMDR and the treatment of dissociation, and is the author of Neurobiological Foundations for EMDR Practice. Dr. Bergmann serves on various journal editorial boards and is in full-time private practice in Commack and Bellmore, New York.