Burnout to Balance:
A Restorative EMDR & Equine Retreat
Saturday, May 3
12:30 - 4:30
Escape professional burnout and reconnect with your passion through this unique experiential training designed exclusively for mental health and medical helping professionals. This hands-on continuing education course combines Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy with the healing presence of horses to enhance emotional resilience, reduce stress, and expand your therapeutic skill set.
Through immersive, equine-assisted EMDR exercises, you’ll discover how nonverbal communication, somatic awareness, and attunement can amplify emotional regulation and boost professional well-being. Gain insights into the neuroscience behind EMDR and the AIP model, explore the powerful role of equine interactions in therapy, and walk away with practical stress management tools you can immediately apply to both yourself and your clients.
Step beyond the office—reignite your purpose, restore your balance, and transform the way you approach healing…
Medical & Mental Health Professionals
Doctors’ offices direct care staff
Veterinarians & vet techs
Licensed & pre-licensed therapists
Pastoral care providers
Hospital staff
School counselors
Community mental health staff
Elderly & hospice care
Heal with the Horses.
Bonnie Barclay, MSSW, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker and EMDRIA Approved Consultant. She owns a group practice in Knoxville, TN, as well as Evolved EMDR, the consultation side to her business. She co-coordinates the East TN chapter of the Trauma Recovery Network through the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs (HAP), recently responding to the Covenant School shooting in Nashville, TN. She is a trauma specialist utilizing EMDR as her primary treatment approach. Her clinical interests and expertise include anxiety and panic disorders, phobias and fears, stress management, grief, PTSD, recent/single incident trauma, medical and birth related trauma, as well as developmental and relationship trauma. blbarclay81@gmail.com
Julie Jerrolds, LPC, MHSP is a Licensed Professional Counselor & Mental Health Service Provider (LPC, MHSP) & Certified in EMDR by EMDRIA with over 28 years in the field of counseling. Having worked in areas of trauma recovery, family counseling, addiction, team building & guidance, Julie offers many perspectives when helping clients for whatever reason(s) they come for counseling. She is trained & Certified in several different modalities. Among them are Certification in EMDR (Eye Movement Desentization & Reprocessing), O.K. Corral Certified, Natural Lifemanship, Equine-Assisted-EMDR (Equilateral), DBT, CBT & other Experiential Therapies. Julie also provides Supervision for counselors wanting to obtain their LPC. And Consultation for EMDR Certification. jjerrolds15@gmail.com
Amye R. Cole, LMFT, MA, MBA is a licensed marriage and family therapist in four states, an NBCC International Mental Health Facilitator, a certified EMDR therapist, and an EMDRIA Consultant in Training. She specializes in treating ongoing distress and recent traumatic events for individuals, families, and groups using EMDR. Amye owns and operates Three Leaf Connections and has worked in nonprofits, community agencies, K-12 schools, college/universities, and a non-governmental organization at the United Nations. She has volunteered at Ground Zero after 9/11, traveled with a maternal health nonprofit to rural Nepal, led a mental health education course with survivors of the genocide in Rwanda, actively volunteers with the Trauma Recovery Network to respond to regional mass shootings, and leads mental health education and resourcing workshops. amyecolelmft@gmail.com
Burnout to Balance:
A Restorative EMDR & Equine Retreat
Registration is Full.
Join the wait list to be notified of any cancellation spots and stay informed for future retreats.
Cost: $320
Space is reserved to 15 participants.
Location: Open Reins Counseling in Seymour, TN
Questions? Email any of us - emails are listed in our bios.
Your Healing is Between You and the Horses
No EMDR Training Required: These programs are open to all clinicians including those with no prior EMDR training.
The program site is ADA compliant. Please contact Julie Jerrolds if special accommodations are required.
3.5 EMDRIA Approved Continuing Education Credits. Additional cost: $35. Participants must be present for the full time period and sign in/out sheets.
https://www.emdria.org/event/burnout-to-balance-a-restorative-emdr-equine-retreat-may-2025/
Amye R. Cole and Bonnie Barclay (EMDRIA CE Providers) maintain responsibility for this program and its content in accordance with EMDRIA requirements.