Description: Emotional Transformation Therapy (ETT) is an interactive ecological psychotherapy originated by Steven R. Vazquez, Ph.D. in the 1990’s. It is a synthesis of attachment based interpersonal therapy that is radically amplified by precise visual brain stimulation as light enters the eyes and photosensitive cells convert light into neural impulses. This attachment-focused form of therapy sets a new standard for eye movement in therapy.  ETT® provides a new level for client safety as a moment by moment diagnosis and an effective treatment. It combines empirically based concepts from quantum physics and interpersonal neurobiology, rapidly regulating intense emotion and to helping dissociative clients feel connected again while providing attuned interpersonal support.

Dates: Friday, Saturday & Sunday - March 1, 2 & 3, 2024
To register go to: https://www.etttraining.com/upcoming-training-events

Eligibility: Licensed mental health & medical professionals, including mental health pre-licensed Associates supervised by a LMFT, LPC, LCSW LEP or Licensed Psychologist. Course meets the qualifications for 21 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. 
Lolita M. Domingue, M.S., LMFT is an approved CAMFT CE Provider #250811126 W. Foothill Blvd., Suite 150, Upland, CA 91786/(909) 982-5171 /Email Lolita at: [email protected]

Educational Goals: This course is designed to teach the basic concepts and techniques of two ETT tools: The Spectral Resonance Technique (SRT) and the Multidimensional Eye Movement (MDEM) wands. Participants will receive knowledge and skills necessary for the  practice of ETT to include: Dysfunctional adult attachment patterns; the colors associated with specific emotional themes therapeutic responses for each; recognizing the presence of emotional dissociation and the optimal therapeutic responses and interventions for the same; identifying fixated eye movement associated with trauma and how to effectively apply MDEM interventions. 

Educational Objectives:
  1. Participants will name eleven attachment patterns and optimal responses for each.    
  2. Participants will be able to identify eleven emotional themes that correlate with eleven different colors/wavelengths.
  3. Participants will be able to identify three interventions using Spectral Resonance Technique.
  4. Participants will be able to identify five Multidimensional Eye Movement (MDEM) techniques/processes.

Course Instructor: Lolita M. Domingue, M.S., is a Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Upland, CA since 1998. With a background as a Gestalt therapist, she began her training in ETT in 2011, matriculated through the five levels, became a certified Master Practitioner and a trainer. More about Lolita
ETT® Level I - 3 DAY COURSE OUTLINE
Day I: Introduction to ETT®  9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
  • Introductions
  • Origins of ETT and how have therapists used ETT
  • Attachment disorders and emotional regulation (Bowlby, J., 1982; Schore, A. N., 1994.)
  • Break :15 min.
  • Adult attachment patterns (Brisch, K. H., 2002.)
  • Experiential  Exercise: Adult attachment patterns
  • Lunch Break (1 hour)
  • Optimal interpersonal responses to attachment patterns
  • Live demonstration using the Spectral Chart
  • Break (15 minutes)
  • Preparing for therapeutic Intervention
  • Coordination of care
  • Medication Issues
  • Interpersonal neurobiology
  • Process Color Theory
  • Therapeutic use of color

Day 2:  9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

  • Porge’s Polyvagal Theory
  • Triadic relationship
  • Spectral Resonance Technique (SRT)
  • When to use the Spectral Chart
  • Break (15 minutes)
  • Basic diagnostic assessment using SRT
  • Precautions
  • Dissociative reactions with SRT
  • How to respond to clients using SRT and basic strategies
  • Lunch Break (1 hour)
  • Live demonstration SRT
  • Outcomes using Multidimensional Eye Movement
  • Single Eye Technique and demonstration
  • Break (15 minutes)
  • Review of color and emotional theme resonance (Elliot, A. J., and Maier, M. A., 2014; Brainard, D. H. and Radonjic, A., 2014.)
  • Correcting affective flooding with SRT
  • How to identify and reverse dissociation
  • Supervised Practicum with SRT

Day 3: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

  • Introduction to Multidimensional Eye Movement (MDEM): Theory and principles. (Gooding, D. C., Miller, M. D. and Kwapil, T. R., 2000.)
  • Live demonstration with MDEM
  • Break (15 minutes)
  • Experiential exercise: Identifying saccadic eye movement
  • Supervised practicum with MDEM and debrief
  • Review of light wavelengths and emotional resonance
  • Lunch Break (1 hour)
  • Indicators for selecting MDEM
  • Procedures for MDEM
  • Supervised practicum with ETT® (SRT and MDEM)
  • Review of ETT® experiences
  • Break (15 minutes)
  • Supervised Practicum with ETT® (SRT and MDEM)
  • Review and debrief of ETT® experiences 
  • How to procure ETT® tools
  • Evaluations
  • Schedule the Level II training and the 6-hour consultation to advance to Level II.

References
Bowlby, J. (1982). Attachment and Loss, 2nd Edition Volume I: Attachment. New York: Basic Books.
Brainard, D.H. and Radonjic, A. (2014). Color constancy. New Visual Neurosciences. Editors: Werner, J and Chalupa, L. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 545-556. 
Brisch, K.H. (2002). Treating attachment disorders: From theory to therapy. NY: Guilford Press. 
Elliot, A. J., and Maier, M. A. (2014). Color psychology: effects of perceiving color on psychological functioning in humans. Ann. Rev. Psychol. 65, 95–120. doi: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115035. 
Gooding, D.C., Miller, M.D. and Kwapil, T.R. (2000). Smooth pursuit eye tracking and visual fixation in psychosis-prone individuals. Psychiatry Res. 14, 93(1), 41-54.
Schore, A.N. (1994). Affect dysregulation and disorders of the self. Hillsdale, NJ: Laurence Erlbaum Associates., p 31-33.