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If EMDR is your main therapy model, the certification process can help you utilize it more efficiently. It means that EMDR is your art form, and I can help you express it in a way that brings out YOU. Just because you’re a therapist doesn’t mean that you’re a robot — even when you’re following the standard protocol! I believe that who you are as a therapist and who you are as a person can never be separated. After all, EMDR is a person-centered therapy! Hiding is just a sign that the therapist needs to do their own internal work. If the following apply to you, I’d love to help enrich your EMDR journey:

✅ You see EMDR as a powerful treatment modality and want to wield it most effectively for your clients.

✅ You’re looking at the long-term implications for your career and want a guide who can help you get a taste of the possibilities that await.

✅ You consider your clients’ healing sacred and thus are open to considering multiple perspectives to help sharpen your EMDR skills. As a therapist, I take a holistic approach to guiding clients back to authenticity. As an EMDR consultant-in-training, this approach helps me help therapists bring out the best in themselves. In both cases, I believe in championing autonomy. Whether we’re talking about in sessions for your clients or outside sessions for your practice and your life, you can experience greater success as an EMDR therapist. EMDR will lead you there, so let’s let EMDR do all the work—together! Let’s team up to transform lives one session at a time.

Take the vacation. Go on the cruise. Get the massage. Read the book. Treat. Your. Self.Your clients will be there when y...
12/23/2025

Take the vacation. Go on the cruise. Get the massage. Read the book. Treat. Your. Self.

Your clients will be there when you return, and they'll be better off because you will be refreshed, rejuvenated, and revitalized.

You're worth it!

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Most EMDR therapists can point to one session that changed the way they practice. Maybe it was a moment where the client...
12/18/2025

Most EMDR therapists can point to one session that changed the way they practice. Maybe it was a moment where the client’s nervous system surprised you. Or a time when you realized you didn’t need all the answers for the process to work. Those sessions stay with us because they teach us as much as they heal our clients.

But those moments don’t have to be rare. When you take time to reflect, process, and learn through consultation, every case has the potential to shape your growth. The insights multiply. The lessons deepen. And you stop feeling like you’re learning in isolation.

The best therapists are the ones who keep learning from every session (especially the ones that shift them).

👉 Want to process those pivotal moments and grow from them? Let’s connect about EMDR consultation. elenaengle.com


Silence can feel uncomfortable. But sometimes the quiet is where the real work happens.In EMDR, my job isn’t to fill the...
12/17/2025

Silence can feel uncomfortable. But sometimes the quiet is where the real work happens.

In EMDR, my job isn’t to fill the space, it’s to protect it. Because healing doesn’t come from my words, it comes from the client’s own system finally having the room to do what it already knows how to do.

Sometimes the kindest thing I can do is interrupt
 so their brain can keep working.

I wrote about what that looks like in my therapy room, and how silence can be one of the most powerful parts of healing:

https://elenaengle.com/stop-talking/

“What-ifs” make great targets. Anxiety often hides in the future. Turning “what if” into a target keeps EMDR three-prong...
12/16/2025

“What-ifs” make great targets. Anxiety often hides in the future. Turning “what if” into a target keeps EMDR three-pronged and forward-facing.

Remember EMDR is a three-pronged approach: Past, Present, Future. What-ifs can be great future targets as well helpful interweaves. Anticipatory anxiety and/or grief should be acknowledged and cleared out.

Sometimes we have to clear the way for the future to make the past conceivable to heal and the present move forward.

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Advanced trainings, specialized techniques, and new interventions can all make you a sharper EMDR therapist. But no amou...
12/11/2025

Advanced trainings, specialized techniques, and new interventions can all make you a sharper EMDR therapist. But no amount of technical skill will carry you if your own nervous system is constantly running on empty.

The work of EMDR is relational at its core. Your steadiness is part of what creates safety. When you know how to regulate yourself in the room, your technical skills have room to shine. Without that, even the best interventions can fall flat.

That’s why consultation matters. It’s where you strengthen not only your skills but also your ability to stay grounded session after session. Because in the end, sustainability isn’t just about what you know. It’s about how you show up.

👉 Ready to strengthen both your skills and your steadiness as an EMDR therapist? Let’s connect about consultation. elenaengle.com


We talk a lot about outcomes in therapy, but not enough about the how of showing up.Certification changed that for me. I...
12/10/2025

We talk a lot about outcomes in therapy, but not enough about the how of showing up.

Certification changed that for me. It slowed me down, sharpened my focus, and reminded me that excellence in this field is less about hierarchy and more about integrity.

Why EMDR certification matters isn’t about proving something, it’s about embodying it. It’s about fidelity to the model, respect for the process, and care for the people we serve.

Read the reflection:
https://elenaengle.com/why-emdr-certification-matters-to-the-work-itself/

You don’t need to know every detail, EMDR goes to the cause.EMDR makes the implicit explicit. It can take memory fragmen...
12/09/2025

You don’t need to know every detail, EMDR goes to the cause.

EMDR makes the implicit explicit. It can take memory fragments, private images and discomforting sensations right to the cause. Then, EMDR will reprocess it adaptively. We don’t need to poke around. We don’t need to know exactly what was said, or what the image looks like. In fact it’s better if we don’t poke around too much so we aren’t unintentionally manipulating any information. The client knows; even if they’re not exactly sure why. Just go with it.

EMDR is efficient because the client’s brain brings up what matters most. Our role is to follow, not force.

Trust the process. Even if it’s foggy.

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EMDR therapy isn’t just about the protocol. It’s also about the presence of the therapist in the room. Your nervous syst...
12/04/2025

EMDR therapy isn’t just about the protocol. It’s also about the presence of the therapist in the room. Your nervous system is part of the process. If you’re grounded, your clients feel safer. If you’re exhausted or scattered, they feel that too.

This doesn’t mean you need to show up perfectly calm every time. It means your steadiness matters as much as the structure of the method. Taking care of your nervous system is not selfishness but a clinical responsibility.

Consultation helps you stay steady. It gives you space to process tough cases, reset, and remind yourself that you’re not holding this work alone. Because the more regulated you are, the more powerful the EMDR process becomes for your clients.

👉 Want to feel more grounded and present in your EMDR sessions? Let’s talk about consultation. elenaengle.com


ClichĂ©s get dismissed for being overused, but maybe that’s what makes them powerful.They’re the words we all seem to rea...
12/03/2025

ClichĂ©s get dismissed for being overused, but maybe that’s what makes them powerful.

They’re the words we all seem to reach for when language falls short.

In EMDR, when a client says something like “the rug was pulled out from under me” or “I don’t want to rock the boat,” I don’t correct it, I go with it. Because that phrase carries history, emotion, and connection to moments across their life.

Clichés are the words our nervous system already understands. They link us back to every time that feeling was real.

I wrote about why I believe clichĂ©s can be a bridge to healing, and why “unoriginal phrases” might be some of the most human things we say:

https://elenaengle.com/cliches-are-the-road-to-healing/

Adaptive states don’t always land in absolutes.Sometimes “I’m learning to be enough” is more believable than “I am enoug...
12/02/2025

Adaptive states don’t always land in absolutes.

Sometimes “I’m learning to be enough” is more believable than “I am enough.” It’s okay to add qualifiers such as, “I’m going to be okay,” or, “I can find my voice.” It can be similar to when we exercise; it was a difficult workout, but our bodies feel cared for, stronger. Sometimes our clients haven't fully achieved their goal yet, but they are getting stronger in the process.

Whatever train tracks they need to get from, “I think I can,” to “I know I can,” and then to “I knew I could,” is an adaptive pathway well built.

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There’s a point in every therapist’s journey where competence becomes routine. You’re doing meaningful work, but it does...
11/26/2025

There’s a point in every therapist’s journey where competence becomes routine. You’re doing meaningful work, but it doesn’t light you up the same way.

That’s when deepening your expertise stops being about credentials and starts being about connection to your clients, your curiosity, and yourself.

For me, that’s what becoming an EMDR expert really meant. The more I understood the process, the more I enjoyed it again. The work stopped feeling heavy. It started feeling alive.

Read the full reflection:
https://elenaengle.com/how-to-become-an-emdr-expert-and-love-the-work-again/

I'm grateful for EMDR and the positive impact it has made in both my professional and personal life. I'm thankful for my...
11/25/2025

I'm grateful for EMDR and the positive impact it has made in both my professional and personal life. I'm thankful for my community of friends and colleagues. I'm appreciative of the outdoors and my healthy body. I am humbled by my trainees, consusltees, and students. I am most delighted for my family and every second we have together.

Sometimes the teachable moment is sharing your gratitude. Thank you all.

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