This isn’t about mastering a new technique—it’s about expanding your relationship to the work. Together, we’ll honor the stories that live in your clients, your lineage, and your own body. Through story, movement, and embodied connection, EMDR becomes not just a method, but a practice of remembering and repair.

Grounded in EMDR’s 8 Phases, this training integrates somatic storytelling, cultural attunement, and liberation psychology to deepen both clinical skill and personal embodiment. Participants will learn to navigate the intersections of trauma, identity, and power through a framework that honors resilience, ancestral connection, and the art of liberation.

• 12 EMDRIA-Approved Continuing Education Hours (CEs)
  
• Live instruction with Jacqui Johnson & Selina Stanford
  
• Experiential learning through guided somatic storytelling, group reflection, and embodied practice
  
• Certificate of completion within 14 days of attendance
  

• The rhythm and flow of EMDR’s 8 Phases through an embodied, liberation-centered lens
  
• How trauma, identity, and ancestry shape what the nervous system holds and releases
  
• Somatic storytelling as a bridge between memory, movement, and meaning
  
• Interweaves that center voice, power, and ancestral wisdom
  
• Grounding practices that bring body and spirit into conversation
  
• The therapist’s own body as a compass for attunement and repair

This advanced workshop is open only to clinicians who have completed an EMDRIA-Approved Basic Training.

It’s designed for therapists who want to deepen their EMDR practice through a somatic and liberation-centered lens, and who feel called to integrate culture, body, and story into their work.

Day 1: Entering the Work
We begin by revisiting EMDR’s 8 Phases through a somatic and cultural lens. Together, we’ll explore how trauma lives in the body, how ancestral memory shows up in session, and how to follow the rhythm of healing rather than force it. Expect storytelling, live demos, and collective reflection.

Day 2: Integration & Practice
Through small-group labs and guided practice, you’ll apply liberation-centered interweaves, experiment with grounding techniques, and deepen your ability to hold complexity. We’ll close with an embodied integration ritual to honor what’s been released and reclaimed.

• Short, conversational teaching moment - less lecture, more dialogue
• Movement, music, and body-based grounding woven throughout
  
• Case reflections that feel human and connected, not clinical detachment
  
• Space for pause, breath, and integration
  
• Collective wisdom and storytelling circles

• A renewed relationship to EMDR as a living, relational process
• Grounding and regulation practices you can use immediately with clients
  
• A deeper understanding of how systemic and ancestral trauma live in the body
  
• Confidence to bring your full, embodied self into the therapy space
  

We understand that life, healing, and timing are rarely linear. If you need to cancel your registration, please email admin@sankofahealingstudio.org as soon as possible.

• Cancellations made 14 days or more before the training will receive a full refund minus a $50 administrative fee.
  
• Cancellations made 7–13 days before the event are eligible for a 50% refund.
  
• Cancellations made less than 7 days before the training, or non-attendance, are non-refundable. Registration fees may be transferred to a future registration minus a $50 administration fee.
  

If Sankofa Healing Studio must cancel or reschedule, participants may choose a full refund or transfer their registration to a future training.

We trust that all cancellations come from a place of honoring capacity, boundaries, and life’s rhythm—and we hold that with grace.

Sankofa Healing Studio is a space of learning and humanity. We are committed to maintaining an environment of mutual respect, accountability, and care.

If a concern arises, we invite honest communication:

1. Whenever possible, begin with direct conversation with the facilitator or support team.
   
2. If additional support is needed, please submit your concern in writing to admin@sankofahealingstudio.org.
   

All grievances will be reviewed with transparency and compassion, and we will respond within 10 business days. Our goal is repair, not punishment—ensuring that all voices are heard and respected.

Healing and education should be accessible to everybody and every nervous system.

Our trainings—both virtual and in person—are created with accessibility, inclusion, and trauma sensitivity at their core.

If you require accessibility support, please reach out to admin@sankofahealingstudio.org at least two weeks prior to the event.

Together, we’ll make sure you have what you need to participate fully and comfortably.