Emotional Response Therapy
Emotional Response Therapy (ERT) is a simple and effective therapeutic approach for treating psychological and emotional distress.
It is designed to change a person's emotional response to a memory or thought.
Through both research and practice ERT has been found to be successful in helping treat psychological problems such as trauma, anxiety and phobias.
ERT can be applied with both children and adults.
Development of ERT
Emotional Response Therapy was developed following considerable research to better understand how people become traumatised and develop other psychological problems. This examination of the available evidence led to the development of ERT. This therapy draws upon research and evidence based in genetics and biological sciences.
ERT follows the science of how the mind and body produce emotional reactions such as fear and trauma. This therapy has been found to help people significantly reduce their distress about both memories and thoughts in a recent pilot study.
ERT takes a different approach to traditional talking therapies and reduces the need for clients to recount distressing memories at length over a prolonged period of time. Clients report that the therapy is much quicker and less demanding on them than other therapies.
ERT and your practice
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Practice approach
ERT is designed to help professionals who work in a trauma informed practice and understand the importance of how trauma negatively impacts upon wellbeing. This approach works not just with trauma but other psychological and emotional distress such as anxiety, phobias and depression.
ERT can work as a stand-alone approach or be combined with other therapeutic approaches as part of a comprehensive treatment package.
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Applying ERT
As a therapeutic approach ERT can help clients in less time than most other therapies and can also be applied by the client themself.
The same procedure that is used by the ERT therapist to work systematically with clinical material can also be used by the client on day-to-day problems that distress them. Working in a parallel process increases the client's ability to cope with psychological problems and enhance their wellbeing in the long term.
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Client experiences
Many clients have fed back the importance of being able to utilise the procedure on themselves at home. Practising the same procedure both in and out of therapy provides consistency in approach as well as skilling the client through repeated application. Clients have found this not only empowering but also helpful in overcoming their psychological problems so that they feel calmer and more relaxed.
ERT Training
Emotional Response Therapy (ERT) training is open to
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Therapists who have completed basic EMDR training
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CBT practitioners registered through BACP
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Psychologists registered through HCPC
ERT training comprises of a 2 day face to face training course followed by two 3-hour supervision sessions online.
The course will cover
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ERT theory
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The ERT procedure
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Working with different clinical problems and applying ERT with various populations and client groups
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Approaches for complex presentations
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Teaching clients to use ERT themselves
Course Fees
£350 inclusive of VAT introductory offer for 2024.
The fee will increase to the full price in 2025
Upcoming ERT Training Course Dates
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22nd & 23rd February 2024
02.
18th & 19th April 2024
Supervision:
20th May 2024
24th June 2024
03.
9th & 10th May 2024
Supervision:
11th June 2024
9th July 2024
04.
13th & 14th June 2024
Supervision:
17th July 2024
2nd September 2024
05.
11th & 12th July 2024
Supervision:
9th September 2024
14th October 2024
For training course bookings please email Nick Adams at nickadams@psychtherapy.co.uk
Include details of which date you are booking and evidence that you meet the course requirements.