EMDR Training Academy

This workshop is approved by the EMDR International Association and represents a departure from the traditional two weekend format with an innovative design. It is designed to lead the participants in a sequential and orderly learning experience emphasizing conceptual clarity, procedural details, and skill development through a combination of lectures, discussions, and video vignettes drawn from actual EMDR therapy sessions and culminating in supervised practice. Effective learning is facilitated by pacing the training across 10 days over six weekends spanning ten weeks to avoid information overload. Small group format limited to 9 participants provides for intensive discussions and didactic interactions with the instructor. Supervised practice in triads provides the opportunity for each to be an observer in addition to taking turns as a therapist and a client. This approach provides different perspectives of the therapy process and deepens one's learning experience. The workshop provides 40 instructional hours (EMDRIA requires 20 hrs), 30 hours of supervised practice (EMDRIA requires 20 hrs) and 10 hours of consultation, for a total of 80 hours (EMDRIA requires 50 hrs). An ongoing Discussion Board for continued support. Ongoing EMDRIA Approved Consultations leading to Certification.