EMDR Therapist, Consultant, Trainer

In-Person EMDR Training in Windsor, Ontario

The next In-Person EMDR Basic Training in Windsor, Ontario: 
Part 1: February 9-11, 2026
Part 2: April 6-8, 2026
9:00AM to 5:30PM
and On-line Consultation (included in the fees):
February 25, 2026
March 11, 2026
March 15, 2026
April 22, 2026
May 6, 2026
6:00PM to 8:00PM

Click here for a free preview and to register: courses.giseleharrison.com/courses/in-person-emdr-therapy-training-part-i-part-ii-required-consultation-feb-april-2026

​A second training is being planned for the Sept/Oct on Salt Spring Island, BC More info coming soon

Background
I became an EMDR trainer in 2024 after 23 years of experience providing EMDR therapy. 

My goal is to create a solid vibrant EMDR therapy community in Windsor-Essex while also working toward changing the face of trauma therapy by providing social justice scholarships for therapists from marginalized communities and therapists working within marginalized communities as a way to decolonize trauma therapy.  

I joined the Institute for Creative Mindfulness as an affiliate Faculty member because it models what I try to embody as a therapist namely: prioritizing lived experiences and anti-oppressive principles.

The Institute for Creative Mindfulness is known for focusing only on the standard EMDR therapy protocol in our initial trainings, with proper attention paid to dynamics like dissociation, complex trauma, attachment, and anti-oppression and antiracism, for optimal implementation in clinical settings.

The mindfulness-informed and trauma-focused thread that runs through all of our instructional offerings makes implementation of standard EMDR therapy with more complex cases possible from the beginning of your EMDR training experience. The training components, when combined with an additional ten hours of required consultation, meet all requirements for completing an EMDRIA-approved training in EMDR therapy.

Discovered by Dr. Francine Shapiro, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is one of the most researched and utilized methods in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other forms of human distress connected to trauma. Completing our full basic training approved by the EMDR International Association is a multi-tiered process.

Trauma & Dissociation Focused Consultation with an Anti-oppressive, Anti-sanist, Antiracist, Feminist & Queer Affirming Focus

I have been an EMDR therapist since 2001.

I specialize in the treatment of C-PTSD, dissociative conditions, developmental trauma, gendered violence, physical and sexual abuse, neglect, grief, racialized trauma, and chronic illness/chronic pain as well as other adverse life experiences.

I believe in a multimodal approach to trauma therapy that requires me to adapt and create therapy alliances for each therapy participant.

I combine parts work (IFS, ego state, inner child, Schema therapy, and Gestalt), attachment therapy, somatic psychology, yoga, insight meditation, and expressive arts within her EMDR practice.

I am a feminist activist that strives to be intersectional in everything I do. I love connecting the dots between the personal issues and the political systems that advantage and disadvantage individuals based on their caste.

I really enjoy working with and learning from new and experienced EMDR therapists. I continue to engage in my own EMDR Therapy and regular consultation. I have a dissociative condition and have experienced both amazing and at times harmful therapy. I love working with individuals and very small groups for consultation at all levels of a person's EMDR career. 

Please complete the contact form on this website indicating how frequently you would like to meet me for consultation; what days and times of day work best for you, and if you would like individual or small group consultation. 

Affiliate Faculty

I am an affiliate faculty member with The Institute for Creative Mindfulness under the direction of Dr. Jamie Marich.

I specializes in the treatment of C-PTSD, dissociative conditions, developmental trauma, gendered violence, physical and sexual abuse, neglect, grief, racialized trauma, and chronic illness/chronic pain as well as other adverse life experiences.

I believe in a multimodal approach to trauma therapy and combine parts work (IFS, ego state, inner child, Schema therapy, and Gestalt), attachment therapy, somatic psychology, yoga, insight meditation, and expressive arts within her EMDR practice.

I am a feminist activist that strives to be intersectional in everything I do. From this perspective I have written book chapters, guest columns, and blogs, and have also organized and participated in marches in Canada and in the USA.

I love to connect the dots between the personal problems that show up in the consultation room with the systemic issues that advantage and disadvantage individuals based on their caste.

The Institute for Creative Mindfulness is known for focusing only on the standard EMDR therapy protocol in our initial trainings, with proper attention paid to dynamics like dissociation, complex trauma, attachment, and anti-oppression and antiracism, for optimal implementation in clinical settings. The mindfulness-informed and trauma-focused thread that runs through all of our instructional offerings makes implementation of standard EMDR therapy with more complex cases possible from the beginning of your EMDR training experience.

The training components, when combined with an additional ten hours of required consultation, meet all requirements for completing an EMDRIA-approved training in EMDR therapy.
Join Institute for Creative Mindfulness affiliate Faculty member Gisèle Harrison for this 2-part training experience and 10-hours of required consultation. 

Click on this link for ICM resources: Free Resources - EMDR & Expressive Art Therapy by ICM