EMDR-ED Protocol
Deepen your EMDR practice for those working with clients with eating disorders
About the Workshop
Online via Zoom
9 May 2026
9.30 am to 5 pm AEDT
This workshop for experienced EMDR clinicians will enhance your ability to use the EMDR-ED protocol, which will be introduced during the keynote lecture at the EMDRAA congress.
The protocol is based on the transdiagnostic perspective on eating disorders, introduced by Fairburn (2003), and includes six modules (stress symptoms, fear-driven symptoms, urge-driven symptoms, damaged self-esteem, clinical perfectionism, and negative body image). You will learn how to find relevant targets in these modules using different target selection strategies.
This workshop builds directly on Renée’s keynote address at the EMDRAA Conference on 1 May 2026. Attendance at the keynote is therefore required. For conference details and registration, please visit the EMDRAA Conference website.
References
Beer, R. (2024). EMDR-ED protocol: A transdiagnostic protocol for treating eating disorders in adolescents or adults with EMDR. In A. Seubert & P. Virdi (Eds.), Trauma informed approaches to eating disorders. Springer.
Beer, R. & De Roos, C. (forthcoming). Case conceptualization. In: R. Beer & C. de Roos (Eds.), Handbook of EMDR for children and adolescents. Oxford University Press.
Fairburn, C. G., Cooper, Z., & Shafran, R. (2003). Cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders: A “transdiagnostic” theory and treatment. Behaviour research and therapy, 41(5), 509-528
Workshop Facilitator
Renee Beer
Renée Beer is a clinical psychologist and cognitive-behavioral therapist based in the Netherlands. She is a senior EMDR Europe Child & Adolescent (C&A) trainer, delivering EMDR trainings and presentations in various countries. Renée chairs the EMDR Europe C&A trainers and is an active member of the Global Child EMDR Alliance. Renée has authored multiple publications on EMDR Therapy. In collaboration with Carlijn de Roos, she edited the Handbook of EMDR with Children and Adolescents (in press), to be published by Oxford University Press soon. This book is a sequel to the Oxford Handbook of EMDR Therapy, which includes a C&A section for which she co-authored two chapters. Renée specialised in treating adolescents and adults with eating disorders and developed a protocol for incorporating EMDR Therapy into their treatment (Beer, 2019 and 2024).
EMDR and Imagery Rescripting Workshop (inc GST): $350 (early bird* $300)
*Early bird prices are available for up to 4 weeks before the workshop