Approved Resilience Focused EMDR Basic Training

August 3-7, 2026 ● 9 am - 5 pm
Houston, TX

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Discover the Ultimate EMDRIA Approved Resilience-Focused EMDR Basic Training

You’ve seen the impact EMDR is having in practices across the country, and you’ve likely been considering EMDR training for some time. But you’re not looking for just any basic training. You’re seeking an experience that is intentional, rigorous, and genuinely transformative. You’re in the right place.

While this is technically a basic training, it is anything but ordinary. Resilience Focused EMDR is designed to help you facilitate meaningful, lasting change in how your clients think, feel, and respond. It reshapes how you approach trauma, anxiety, and depression, and often deepens how you understand your role as a clinician.

This is an immersive learning experience created for thoughtful, community-minded professionals. Beyond learning EMDR, you’ll experience its power firsthand within the expansive, resilient spirit of Houston. A city defined by diversity, compassion, and strength, Houston offers a meaningful backdrop for deep clinical learning, connection, and growth.

Here's why our basic training is the perfect choice for you:

EMDRIA Certified Trainers and Consultants: Learn from the best in the field, ensuring you receive top-notch education and support.

  1. Premium Training Materials: No more boring manuals and workbooks, our materials are colorful and full of imagery that bring concepts to life, on top of that you'll receive bonuses like intentionally designed visual aids you can use with clients.

  2. Hands-On EMDR Training: Apply your knowledge immediately, enhancing your learning experience. Work through your own blocks with practical tools and exercises.

  3. Confidence Building: Leave the training feeling confident in your EMDR skills and abilities.

  4. Additional Resources for Clients: You'll also get additional scripts for creating resources with clients to enhance their resilience that aren't included in other training.

  5. Exclusive Community: When you join us for an EMDR training you get access to our exclusive facebook community designed to provide on-going support and opportunities for engagement beyond your basic training.

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Meet Your Trainer

Jenny Fiebig, MS,NCC, LCPC/LPC is a licensed professional counselor in Montana and Colorado with a private practice dedicated to helping individuals and couples heal from trauma, particularly trauma related to outdoor experiences. Her background in outdoor education and guiding continues to inform her therapeutic approach, emphasizing connection to self, others, and the natural world.

Introduced to Internal Family Systems (IFS) in 2010, Jenny has since become deeply specialized in the model and now serves as a lead trainer with the IFS Institute. She has successfully taught Intro to IFS workshops to numerous groups of therapists across the world, helping healers experience and integrate the model in both professional and personal ways.

  • Theme: Understanding and feeling the model in yourself

    Morning — Opening & Grounding

    • Describe the core principles and assumptions of the IFS model

    • Identify the three main categories of parts and their protective roles

    • Articulate the difference between Self and blended states

    • Experiential: Guided meditation and intention setting to sense Self-energy

    • Activity: “Parts Timeline” — mapping your system’s key parts

    Late Morning — Self-Energy in the Body

    • Recognize the felt sense of Self-energy

    • Practice accessing and sustaining Self through somatic awareness

    • Partner Work: Describe Self vs. blended states to a partner

    Afternoon — Meeting Parts with Compassion

    • Build connection with a protective part

    • Experience unblending and the shift toward Self

    • Activity: “Meet a Protector” guided imagery + dyad reflection

    • Group Debrief: Sharing without fixing or analyzing

  • Theme: Staying in Self while with another person’s parts

    Morning — Deepening Self Presence

    • Develop capacity to be with vulnerable parts without overwhelm

    • Track somatic cues for parts activation

    • Experiential: Sitting with an exile while protectors observe

    Late Morning — Relational Self-Energy

    • Practice relational Self-energy

    • Use empathic reflection to help others feel seen

    • Activity: “Being With” dyad practice — one speaks from a part, the other stays in Self

    Afternoon — Holding Space for Others’ Systems

    • Hold space without pushing for change

    • Demo: Trainer session with volunteer

    • Partner Work: Practice pacing and following the client’s system

    Debrief: What helped you stay in Self as listener

  • Theme: Guiding others through parts work safely and relationally

    Morning — First Steps in Guiding

    • Guide a partner to connect with a part using the 6 Fs

    • Support unblending and self-observation

    • Experiential: Mini-teach and demo + dyad practice

    Late Morning — Working with Protectors Before Exiles

    • Identify and gain permission from protectors

    • Deepen connection with protectors using curiosity and respect

    • Activity: “Protector Permission” role-play

    Afternoon — Integration & Relational Context

    • Recognize therapist blending and re-center in Self

    • Reflect on ethical and relational dynamics in IFS work

    • Triad Practice: Therapist, client, and observer 20-min sessions

    Closing Circle: Share moments of Self-energy from the weekend

What To Expect

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The Venue

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Our February 2026 IFS Training will be held at The Center Club.

Participants will have ample space to stretch, breathe, and engage fully throughout the day.

THE CENTER CLUB
1100 Caroline Street
Houston, TX 77002

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Included Amenities

  • Breakfast and lunch provided daily.

  • Access to The Center Club’s fitness facilities for workshop participants.

  • Attached parking garage for convenient arrival and departure. Parking is $10/day additional cost.

  • ADA accessible, with elevator access, accessible restrooms, and designated parking

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 FAQs

  • Getting to Know the IFS Model: An Experiential Approach for Helping Professionals has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. The Brave & Sage Foundation is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. NBCC Approval No. SP-5173

    19 CE credits are included with registration. Full attendance is required.

  • We aim to be fair and predictable. All windows below reference the program start date and local time at the venue (or host platform).

    Participant cancels

    • ≥ 30 days prior: 100% refund minus a $25 administrative fee or one free transfer to a comparable SBT program within 12 months.

    • 14–29 days prior: 50% refund or one free transfer within 12 months.

    • < 14 days or no-show: No refund. At any time before the program begins, you may transfer your seat to a qualified colleague at no cost (email us their full name, credentials, and email).

    • How to cancel/transfer: Email BraveandSage@gmail.com

    • Refund method & timing: Approved refunds are returned to the original form of payment within 10 business days. Any third-party payment processing fees are non-refundable.

    B&S cancels, reschedules, or converts format

    • If B&S cancels, you may choose a full refund or a free transfer to a future offering.

    If B&S reschedules or converts to live online delivery for reasons beyond its control (e.g., illness, venue failure, extreme weather), you may accept the change or request a full refund.

  • The Brave & Sage Foundation is committed to creating an inclusive, accessible learning environment. The Houston Center Club venue is ADA accessible, with elevator access, accessible restrooms, and designated parking. If you require specific accommodations (e.g., seating needs, ASL interpretation, captioning, or other assistance), please email braveandsage@gmail.com at least 14 days prior to the event so we can make appropriate arrangements.

  • No. This course is not a replacement for the IFS Institute Level 1 Training and does not count toward the certification requirements.

  • No. This is an introductory training and does not require prior knowledge of IFS.

  • Yes, there will be brief, opt-in micro-practices with clear instructions and alternatives for observers.

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