Training led by: Gary Brothers, LCSW

Gary Brothers, LCSW has over 25 years of experience treating adults, teens, children, and families in the counseling office, outpatient counseling program, medical and hospital facility, residential treatment program, and school setting. Brothers has developed an integrative model of care for treating chronic pain and chronic health conditions based in neuroscience and the body’s inherent ability to heal. He teaches and trains other therapists on how to use these methods through providing multi-day trainings as well as speaking at conferences, summits and other professional engagements. To learn more about him visit his website

Pre-requisite

• Completion of EMDR basic 40 hour training
• Send proof of completion to ElizaBeth Duran at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Day One: Lunch included

• 8:00-8:30am - Registration
• 8:30am - Begin Workshop
• 8:30-12:00pm
  • Overview of workshop and Model of Care
  • Neurobiology and psychophysiology of pain
  • The nervous system and stress
  • Acute pain versus chronic pain
  • Short-term potentiation and depression versus long-term potentiation and depression
  • Neuroplasticity, pain and brain changes
  • UnPaining the Brain
  • Pain Gates
  • Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
  • Psychophysiological coherence versus incoherence and strategies to shift into coherence
• 12:00-1:00pm - Lunch
• 1:00-5:00pm
  • Polyvagal and pain
  • Somatic Focused Bilateral Stimulation
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation with Positive Cognitions (with and without BLS)
  • Video Demonstrations and Practicum
  • Default mode network versus the task positive network
  • Somatic Perceptions
  • Demonstration
• 5:00pm - End Day One (2 short bathroom breaks will be provided, one in the morning and one in the afternoon)

Day Two: Lunch included

• 8:00-8:30am - Registration
• 8:30am - Begin Workshop
• 8:30-12:00pm
  • The Chemical Body – neurotransmitter and biochemical imbalances
  • Extracellular matrix
  • Self-Soothing with GABA (Nadi Shodhana, BLS for GABA release)
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • Autoimmune Disorders
• 12:00-1:00pm - Lunch
• 1:00-5:00pm
  • EMDR Pain Protocol
  • Video Demonstration and Practicum
  • EMDR Standard/Therapy Protocol for chronic pain clients
  • Using EMDR Pain Protocol in conjunction with EMDR Standard/Therapy Protocol
  • Empathy versus Compassion and Self-Care
• 5:00pm - End Day Two (2 short bathroom breaks will be provided, one in the morning and one in the afternoon)