Choice Counseling Associates
TRAININGS FOR THERAPISTS & HELPING PROFESSIONALS
1) Christian Resourcing available for all helping professionals
2) EMDR Faith-Based Training for EMDR Trained Clinicians
You'll gain a thorough understanding of how to thoughtfully and ethically integrate Christian foundational principals into sessions (when appropriate) to ensure their experience aligns with the clients' values and beliefs. This training promotes honoring your clients desire to bring in their beliefs into their session—because-ethical, client-centered care means showing up fully for those you serve.
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EMDR Faith-Based training is designed for EMDR therapists who want to develop the foundational skills necessary to ethically and effectively support Christian clients in the therapy room. Whether or not you personally share the Christian faith, this training equips you to respectfully hold space for clients who desire their faith to be acknowledged as part of the healing process.
I also offer a 1 hour class for EVERYONE who is interested in learning to "take Jesus with you!"
August 21-22, 2026
709 W Mulberry St, Angleton, Texas
February 19-20th
Wahiawa, Hawaii
Day 1 -9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Day 2-9:00 am to noon
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The first 4 hours, 9;00 am to noon is open to all helping professions, licensed counselors, ministry leaders, and certified counselors. Cost is $75.
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Full 12 hour Training is $350
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Learning Objectives:
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1. Describe the role of attachment theory in understanding the relationship between faith,
trauma, and emotional healing.
2. Assess a client’s desire to incorporate spiritual beliefs into treatment using
client-centered and culturally responsive approaches.
3. Identify attachment-based spiritual resources appropriate for treatment planning and
EMDR preparation.
4. Differentiate between secure spiritual attachment, attachment ruptures, and spiritual
distress.
5. Apply faith-sensitive assessment strategies while maintaining professional boundaries
and scope of practice.
6. Integrate client-identified spiritual beliefs into EMDR history taking and target sequence
planning when clinically appropriate.
7. Utilize attachment-informed faith-based resources during EMDR preparation andresourcing phases.
8. Recognize therapist bias, ethical considerations, and risks of manipulation whenintegrating spirituality into counseling.
9. Apply faith-informed interventions throughout the eight phases of EMDR whilemaintaining adherence to EMDR principles and client autonomy.
10. Develop strategies for addressing spiritual wounds and spiritual abuse within atrauma-informed framework.
11. Differentiate adaptive and maladaptive belief systems as they relate to traumaprocessing and faith.
12. Evaluate methods for integrating faith-based resources into ongoing treatment andfuture-oriented interventions.
4 Hour -Virtual Training-Christian Faith-Based Resourcing
OPEN TO ALL THERAPISTS. Introductory level: 8 Worksheets, 2 hour of lecture, 1 hour of demo, 1 hour of guided practicum
3 hours total: $150 investment, Demo hour only $50
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ON DEMAND 3 Hour Training is Now available! Just click on the link "sign up for training"
EVERYTHING IS CENTRAL TIME ZONE​​
Learning Objectives:
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Explain Faith-Based Resourcing
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Identify and connect with faith-based attachment figures
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Explain how to use EMDR with faith-based clients
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Demonstrate how to integrate 10 resourcing worksheets into clinical practice
Meet my coach
Sedaya Northern​​
My name is Sedaya Northern and I am the owner of Beauty for Ashes Counseling. I started my journey in 2014 when I graduated from Grand Canyon University and began working for a residential treatment center for adolescents after earning my Bachelor of Science in Psychology. I went on to pursue my Master of Science in Psychology. I went on to pursue my Master of Science in Professional Counseling at GCU and graduated in 2019. I began working in community mental health as a counselor and then moved into private practice.
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I am an EMDR Certified Therapist and also hold my certification as a Clinical Trauma Professional. I specialize in treating PTSD, bipolar, depression, anxiety, grief, and individuals experiencing or coming out of narcissistic abuse. I am licensed in Arizona and Washington state.
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I strive to provide each client with the care they need to succeed in their goals, in an atmosphere where they feel empowered and can truly flourish regardless of life's circumstances. I believe that the best outcomes start with a positive therapeutic relationship where you feel safe, accepted and heard.
