The Two-Handed Interweave
Master Robbie Shapiro’s bilateral integration technique for complex trauma, looping, and specialty populations — on demand, at your pace, for 90 days.
For the clients whose processing loops, stalls, or polarizes
You’ve been trained in EMDR. You know the protocol. And yet there are clients whose processing loops, stalls, or polarizes — session after session — and standard interweaves haven’t moved it. This training is for those clients.
The Two-Handed Interweave, developed by Robbie Shapiro, LICSW, is a distinctly somatic and bilateral intervention that invites clients to hold two conflicting states simultaneously — one in each hand — while BLS activates the integration that words alone couldn’t reach. It’s used with looping, blocking beliefs, parts conflict, developmental trauma, and dissociative presentations, and it adapts across a remarkable range of populations with the right clinical knowledge.
In this 3-hour advanced training, you’ll build a complete clinical command of the technique — from its theoretical grounding in the AIP model, to step-by-step procedural instruction, to real-world case illustrations across four distinct client presentations. You’ll also leave with concrete adaptations for children and adolescents, foster care and family conflict settings, ADHD, ASD, IDD, and learning differences — not as an afterthought, but as a central part of the curriculum.
What you’ll be able to do after this training
- Articulate the theoretical basis of the Two-Handed Interweave within the AIP model and what makes it distinctly different from a cognitive interweave
- Execute the complete procedural sequence step by step — from anchoring both hands to tracking the integration moment to returning to standard protocol
- Identify what goes in each hand for any given client, including when one hand isn’t yet accessible
- Apply the technique to complex trauma presentations: looping, blocking beliefs, structural dissociation, developmental and attachment trauma, and ego state / parts-informed presentations
- Adapt the technique for children, adolescents, youth in foster care, ADHD, ASD, IDD, and learning differences
- Analyze four detailed case vignettes spanning child, adolescent foster care, autistic adult, and complex trauma adult presentations
- Design your first clinical application of the technique with a current client through a guided integration exercise
This training is designed for
- Licensed mental health professionals who have completed an EMDRIA-approved Basic EMDR Training
- EMDR clinicians working toward or maintaining EMDRIA Certification
- EMDRIA Consultants-in-Training and Approved Consultants seeking advanced clinical content
- Therapists working with complex trauma, developmental and attachment wounds, or specialty populations
- Clinicians whose clients frequently loop, get stuck, or present with parts conflict during EMDR processing
What this training requires
Completion of an EMDRIA-approved Basic EMDR Training is required to participate and receive CE credit.
This is an advanced training. It assumes working knowledge of the EMDR standard protocol, the AIP model, and cognitive interweaves. Participants without Basic EMDR Training will not be issued CE credit.
With your enrollment
- 3 hours of HD video instruction across 6 modules (48 slides)
- Clinician Quick-Reference Handout — double-sided, printable: setup checklist, 6-step procedure table, condensed example script, population adaptations reference
- 90-day access to all course materials from your enrollment date
- 10-question post-test with answer key
- 3.0 EMDRIA CE Certificate upon passing
- Closed captions on all video content
Credit details
- Credits Offered3.0 EMDRIA Approved CE Credits
- LevelAdvanced (Completion of EMDRIA-Approved Basic Training)
- FormatOn-demand recorded video; 90-day access from enrollment
- Post-Test10 questions; 80% passing score; one retake permitted
- Certificate DeliveryDigital certificate within 3–5 business days of verified completion
- ProviderTurtle Shell Therapy Institute · EMDRIA Approved Provider #26029
- Conflict of InterestJames Nee Hundley, LCSW has no relevant financial relationships to disclose. This training does not promote any commercial product or service.
James Nee Hundley, LCSW, Certified EMDR Therapist, EMDRIA Consultant-in-Training
James is the founder of Turtle Shell Therapy Institute and a Certified EMDR Therapist who built his clinical and teaching practice around the populations most often left out of standard EMDR adaptation conversations — children in foster care, autistic adults, clinically complex trauma presentations, and clients with intellectual and developmental differences.
He maintains a virtual private practice in Colorado specializing in trauma, attachment-focused EMDR, and neurodivergent clients, and serves as the Clinical Services Supervisor at a community behavioral health PASA where the Two-Handed Interweave is part of his daily clinical toolkit.
James developed this training out of years of clinical necessity. The mission of his teaching is to give clinicians more than theory — specific, population-aware, immediately applicable clinical tools.
Everything you might be wondering
How long do I have access?
You have 90 days from your enrollment date to complete the training and take the post-test. There are no live session requirements — watch at your own pace.
What if I don’t pass the post-test?
You may retake the post-test once within your 90-day access window. If you do not pass on the second attempt, please contact james.neehundley@turtleshelltherapy.com to discuss options.
When will I receive my CE certificate?
CE certificates are issued digitally within 3–5 business days of verified completion (post-test passed plus evaluation submitted). You’ll receive your certificate via the email address on file.
I need an accommodation — who do I contact?
Email james.neehundley@turtleshelltherapy.com at least 5 business days before you plan to begin the training. Closed captions are already included. Additional accommodations are available at no cost.
What is your refund policy?
Full refund within 7 days of purchase if no modules have been accessed. Partial refund (50%) within 7 days if modules have been partially accessed but the post-test has not been submitted. No refund after post-test submission. Contact james.neehundley@turtleshelltherapy.com with questions.
Does this count toward EMDRIA Certification or Consultant status?
Yes — 3.0 EMDRIA CE credits apply toward EMDRIA Certification, Certification renewal, and Consultant status renewal. Please verify current EMDRIA requirements for your specific pathway at emdria.org.
The Two-Handed Interweave · $75
3.0 EMDRIA CE credits. 90-day access from enrollment. 6 modules of HD video instruction with downloadable clinician handout.
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