Saturday, November 14, 2026 10:00-1:00 PM ET

3 CEs Included (can count toward Ethics CE Requirements or General)

3 EMDRIA Credits Requested

Instructor: Linda Mixon, LCSW

Skill Level: Intermediate

This is a live, virtual training held via zoom.

Audience: Mental Health Professionals including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Graduate Students and pre-licensed therapists who are on a track to licensure.

Prerequisite: Participants must have fully completed an EMDRIA approved EMDR Basic Training.

About This Course:

EMDR therapy can be transformative, but real-world clinical practice rarely follows a scripted protocol. Clients dissociate, become stuck in looping patterns, disclose information that changes the course of treatment, struggle with stabilization, or present with complexities that leave even experienced clinicians questioning their next step.

This interactive 3-hour workshop explores the ethical challenges that arise when EMDR treatment becomes complicated, unpredictable, or simply messy. Through case examples, discussion, and practical application, participants will examine common ethical dilemmas encountered in trauma-focused treatment and explore decision-making strategies grounded in professional ethics, EMDRIA standards, and sound clinical judgment.

Participants will leave with greater confidence in identifying ethical issues, managing clinical complexity, and responding thoughtfully when there is no perfect answer. Because when EMDR gets messy, ethical practice is often less about finding the right answer and more about asking the right questions.

Fees

$115 Registration

3 EMDRIA Credits

3 CEs included (see below for full CE information)

Cancellation policy: full refund minus credit card processing fee if canceled more than two weeks prior to training. No refund after October 31, 2026.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify common ethical dilemmas encountered in EMDR practice.

2. Apply ethical principles to complex EMDR clinical situations.

3. Differentiate client-centered from therapist-driven decision-making in EMDR.

4. Apply the PAUSE framework to guide ethical reasoning in complex EMDR cases.

5. Develop ethically defensible responses while maintaining fidelity to the EMDR model.

About The Presenter:

Linda Mixon, LCSW, is an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant and Basic Training Facilitator with more than 20 years of post-master’s experience in behavioral health. Her professional background includes private practice, community mental health, the Department of Defense, and the Veterans Administration.

Linda specializes in working with Veterans, First Responders, and other professionals serving in high-stress, high-responsibility roles, including those who hold the nation’s highest security clearances. Her clinical experience also includes serious mental illness, developmental trauma, the full spectrum of dissociative disorders, at-risk youth, exploited and trafficked survivors, complicated grief following suicide, and survivors of violent crime.

She is especially passionate about working with newly trained EMDR therapists in both individual and group consultation. She enjoys helping clinicians move beyond the protocol to develop sound clinical judgment while maintaining fidelity to the EMDR model.

Linda lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia, with her husband, two dogs, two cats, a flock of chickens, and a backyard koi pond. Originally from Buffalo, New York, she earned both her bachelor’s degree in psychology and her Master of Social Work there. When she’s not working, she enjoys gardening, baking sourdough, spending time with her grandchildren, and a proud member of Bills Mafia. Go Bills!

Schedule – Eastern Time Zone

9:45am-10:00am: Welcome, Sign-in, Networking

10:00am-12:45am: Lecture

12:45am-1:00pm: Q & A/Wrap up

ADA Assistance

Our trainings are held in facilities that are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please contact Claire at Claire@ConnectEMDR.com or (407) 970-7915 if accommodation is required for this online training.

Statement of Proactive Commitment to Inclusion & Diversity

Connect welcomes trainees and consultees from all cultural, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds, sexual and gender orientations. We are committed to providing a safe and inclusive learning environment for all trainees and consultees, including Black People, People of Color, Indigenous People, and LGBTQ People. We pledge to proactively address issues of cultural competence and culturally-based trauma during every phase of professional development.

Attendance Requirement

Per EMDRIA, participants must attend the training in its entirety and actively participate in all supervised practice exercises in order to receive a certificate of completion for their training. Those who miss more than 15 minutes of any portion of the training, at any point during the training, may be dismissed from the training at the discretion of the staff and will not receive a certificate of completion, CE credits, or a refund.

CEs

This CE-Classes.com course is approved for CE credit by:

The American Psychological Association (APA) Ce-Classes.com is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Ce-Classes.com maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
California Board of Behavioral Sciences. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences, BBS, recognizes relevant course work/training that has been approved by nationally recognized certifying bodies, such as APA, to satisfy renewal requirements.
California Board of Registered Nursing. CEP 15647 Expires 11/30/2026.
California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) Provider Number OS-12-174-0627 Expires 06-2027
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider #852 BAP-Expires 3/31/2027
Florida Board of Nursing (CE Provider #: 50-4896) Expires 10/31/2026 Do not send certificates to the Florida Board of Nursing. You must keep this certificate for 4 years.
Illinois – CE-Classes.com is a registered social work CE sponsor by the State of Illinois. License 159.001607 Expires 11/30/2027
Massachusetts Authorization Number: TBD
New York Mental Health Practitioners Board CE-Classes.com, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Departments State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0260.
New York Psychology Board CE-Classes.com, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Departments State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0211
New York Social Work Board – Ce-Classes.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0120.
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board – Approval from a state licensing board for counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists is accepted by the OH CSWMFTB.
Oklahoma Board of Behavioral Health Licensure (LPCs, LMFTs and LBCs)
South Carolina – CE-Classes.com is approved by the S.C. Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapist, Addiction Counselors, and Psycho-Educational Specialists (#4696).
Texas Board of Marriage & Family Therapists CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education. Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f). This course meets that requirement.
Texas Board of Professional Counselors – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education. Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f). This course meets that requirement.
Texas Board of Social Work Examiners – CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education. Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f). This course meets that requirement.
This course does not offer ASWB ACE credit to social workers. However our state board approvals may be accepted for license renewal. Check with your state board.

Certificates are awarded after completion of the workshop. Participants print their own certificate after registering at CE-Classes.com, entering a keycode, and completing an evaluation form.

Licensed Professionals should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval.

Grievances:

Connect seeks to ensure equitable treatment of every person and to make every attempt to resolve grievances in a fair manner. Please submit a written grievance to info@ConnectEMDR.com. Grievances would receive, to the best of our ability, corrective action in order to prevent further problems. Our full grievance policy is available upon request.

There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.

When EMDR Gets Messy: Ethical Challenges in Real-World Practice November 2026