DeTUR
Urge reduction protocol in dealing with addictions and dysfunctional behaviors—The Accelerated Adaptive Information Processing Model
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $70 full members only
Continuing Education Hours: 12.0
Note: A beginning level workshop for clinicians who have completed EMDR Basic Training.
Course Description
DeTUR (Desensitization of Triggers and Urge Reprocessing) is an urge reduction protocol used as the nucleus of an overall methodology in the treatment of a wide range of chemical addictions and dysfunctional behaviors. It was initially introduced as a “stop smoking” protocol at the first EMDR conference in 1992 by Arnold J. (A.J.) Popky, PhD.
Though similar to the phases of EMDR, using history, assessment, diagnosis and preparation of the client, DeTUR targets the triggers that bring up the uncomfortable feelings leading to urges. DeTUR phases also include client empowerment through resource accessing, installation of positive treatment goals, identification and desensitization of triggers, and techniques of relapse prevention. The purpose of the protocol is to uncover the core traumas and reprocess them through to completion. In achieving reprocessing, the triggers no longer stimulate the need to use or act out and the new response becomes the positive treatment goal of coping and functioning successfully in life as determined by the client.
Learning Objectives:
Through lecture, discussion, video clips, and practicum experiences, participants will be able to:
- Describe the use of the DeTUR protocol.
- Demonstrate each step of the DeTUR protocol to uncover core traumas and reprocess them to completion.
- Identify at least one rapid technique to aid clients in accessing their own inner resources.
- Differentiate between positive goal (PG) and positive state (PS).
- Identify what constitutes a client’s triggers.
- Recall at least one method to elicit the client’s positive goal.
- Recall how to anchor the positive state into client’s philosophy.
- Identify how to segue from the DeTUR protocol to the EMDR model.
- Identify at least one technique to aid clients in handling relapse.
The Legacy of Arnold J. Popky, PhD
At EMDR Professional Training, we honor the work and legacy of A.J. Popky, Ph.D., by continuing to offer training in his ground-breaking protocol.
Arnold (AJ) Popky, Ph.D., was instrumental in the founding of the EMDR Institute with Francine Shapiro and Robbie Dunton. As a specialist in PTSD and addiction, Dr. Popky developed the DeTUR AAIP urge protocol for addictions and dysfunctional behaviors, which he also presented in workshops and conferences internationally. A charter member of the Marine Corps League DIV. 1277, Dr. Popky was affiliated with Re-Boot Resort camp working with our wounded warriors. He also trained and consulted to DoD therapists at military bases around the globe, along with several drug rehabilitation centers.
Dr. Popky’s work can be found in EMDR Solutions by Robin Shapiro, Ph.D., EMDR Tool Box by Jim Knipe, Ph.D., and in Scripted Protocols by Marilyn Luber, Ph.D.
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