EMDR Basic Training Info Session

with Dean Jones, LCSW
Director, Mosaic Training Institute | EMDRIA Approved Consultant & Trainer

Join Black Therapists Rock for an engaging and informative Community Learning Program FREE session exploring the transformative potential of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy—especially in work with Black clients and communities impacted by racial and intergenerational trauma. Please note this is a live event only. Please join us to be in community. Register to join Dean here.

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In this one-hour info session, Dean Jones will break down why EMDR continues to be one of the most effective trauma treatment modalities, how it differs from other approaches, and how it can meaningfully expand your clinical practice. Grounded in cultural awareness and clinical integrity, this conversation will also explore how EMDR can reconnect therapists to ancestral and indigenous healing wisdom often overlooked in Western models of care.

Whether you are new to EMDR or considering formal training, this session offers a valuable entry point into understanding how this modality can support deeper, more effective trauma work. Register here to learn more.

Bonus: BTR members will receive exclusive information about the upcoming Fall 2026 BTR EMDR Training Cohort.

Meet Your Presenter

Dean Jones, LCSW, is a trauma-trained clinician with extensive experience across community-based and public mental health systems. Prior to entering the health services field, he spent over twenty years in the high-technology sector. His mental health career began in San Francisco, where he worked in community-based programs serving families, children, and adolescents.

Dean’s clinical background includes School-Based Services, Foster Care, locked treatment facilities, hospital, and County Behavioral Health settings. He has worked with children, adolescents, and adults presenting with high to severe acuity, including individuals diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness and substance recovery.

In 2021, Dean achieved a significant milestone by becoming one of the very few African American-approved EMDR Trainers and Consultants. This accomplishment was followed by another historic achievement in 2023: Mosaic Training Institute became the first African American EMDRIA-approved independent training program.

Join Dean here for this FREE Community Learning Program session!