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Gray Matters Therapy Workshops provides opportunities for mental health professionals to enhance their knowledge and skills through workshops presented by experts in the field. 

2025 WORKSHOP
Polyvagal Theory & EMDR
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Presenter:
Rebecca Kase,  LCSW, RYT
EMDR Consultant & Trainer
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March 28-29, 2025
8:45am to 4:30pm CDT
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Registration Opens November 2024

WORKSHOP VENUE

University of Kansas Edwards Campus

12604 S Quivira Rd

BEST Conference Center

Overland Park, KS 66213

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Virtually via Zoom

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About Gray Matters

ABOUT GRAY MATTERS

Mission

Gray Matters Therapy Workshops (GMTW) provides opportunities for mental health professionals to enhance their knowledge and skills through workshops presented by experts in the field. 

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History

GMTW was created in 2018 by Michelle Anspaugh and Susan Wulff to continue the 20 year legacy of EMDR Spring Break Workshops sponsored by Larry Nieters, who retired from sponsorship in 2018.  With Larry’s blessing, we continue to bring nationally and internationally known presenters to Kansas City. 

 

We are passionate about promoting the education, development, and networking of mental health professionals in the Kansas City area through sponsorship of exceptional workshops. In total, we have volunteered for over 20 years to help grow the local EMDR community through the sponsoring of EMDR basic trainings, creation of two Trauma Recovery Networks, and volunteering on the steering committees for both the former Greater Kansas City EMDRIA Regional Network and the current EMDR Network of Greater Kansas  City (EMDRGKC).

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Michelle Anspaugh is a current member of the EMDRGKC Steering Committee and a former Co-Coordinator of the Heartland KS Trauma Recovery Network.  Susan is a current member of the EMDRGKC Steering Committe and a former Co-Coordinator of the Greater Kansas City EMDRIA Regional Network.  Michelle and Susan are both EMDRIA Certified Therapists practicing in the Kansas City area.

Past Workshops

Past Workshops

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Advanced Issues in Working With
Complex Dissociative Disorders:
Chronic Shame, Resistance, and
Traumatic Memory
(with and without EMDR)

Presenter:

Kathy Steele, MN, CS, APRN

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A Three Day EMDR Advanced
Webinar on Dissociation:
Treating Dissociative Disorders with EMDR:
The Progressive Approach and 
Working With Hostile Voices and Parts of the Personality in Complex Trauma
and Dissociative Disorders 

Presenter:

Dolores Mosquera

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EMDR Therapy & Mindfulness:
Creative and Engaged Solutions 
for Trauma-Focused Care

 

Presenter:

Jamie Marich, Ph.D., LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, REAT, RYT-500, RMT

Kindergarten Guide
EMDR Integrative Attachment
Trauma Protocol for Children (IATP-C)

Presenters:

Debra Wesselmann, MS, LIMHP

and

Cathy Schweitzer, MS, LIMHP

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Easy Ego State Interventions






 

Presenter:

Robin Shapiro

Psychologist Session
The Distancing Approach
for Treating OCD in EMDR Therapy

Presenters:

C. Paula Krentzel, PhD and 
Jennifer Tattersall, LCSW, CBIS, CCDP

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