EMDR Basic Training

EMDR Training is a dynamic experience. It includes live lectures, group practicum, and group consultations. We are an EMDRIA-approved training provider. TTI is an approved continuing education provider of the APA, ASWB, and NBCC. Our online EMDR Training course consists of 50 hours of synchronous learning.

Our curriculum is pioneered by international EMDR expert and author Rebecca Kase. Our comprehensive EMDR Basic Training course includes her personally constructed training manual and resourcing techniques. Plus watch her practice EMDR with clients through demonstration videos shown throughout training, along with demonstration videos with other TTI training faculty.

Free EMDR Info Session from Rebecca Kase!

Join our free 1-hour info session with EMDR expert Rebecca Kase to discover the basics of EMDR therapy and learn about our transformative Basic Training program!

WHO CAN TAKE EMDR BASIC TRAINING?

Mental health professionals who are licensed clinicians or license-eligible may attend Basic Training. Graduate students are eligible to register if enrolled in or entering the clinical portion of their program. If you’re not licensed, you’ll be asked to provide your current supervisor’s email at registration so we can recommend you.

To get all the details on Basic Training eligibility, please review EMDRIA’s Eligibility Program Requirements for EMDR Basic Training. Training must be completed within 1 year of your training start date, as an EMDRIA requirement.

WHY TAKE EMDR BASIC TRAINING?

Taking EMDR Basic Training can significantly enhance your clinical practice by integrating a powerful, evidence-based approach to help clients process traumatic experiences and reduce psychological distress. EMDR Therapy is versatile, treating a variety of conditions such as PTSD, anxiety disorders, developmental trauma, disturbing life events, adverse life experiences, depression, chronic pain, dissociative disorders, and applications to addiction, making it a valuable addition to your therapeutic toolkit for any private practice or community mental health team.

This training not only improves treatment outcomes, providing faster and more sustainable results, but also positions you as a specialist in trauma therapy, boosting your professional growth and credibility. Explore our EMDR Therapy training program and learn how take your therapeutic approach to the next level, improve your clinical skills, integrate EMDR Therapy into your treatment planning and expand your scope of practice.

VARIOUS OPTIONS TO FIT YOUR NEEDS!

Core Package

$1690

50 Hours of Training
- 20 hours of live lecture
- 20 hours of live practicum
- 10 hours of live group consultation
Learning platform access
- Resources, demonstration videos, and downloads
- Course evaluations
- EMDRIA post-training quiz
- On-demand lecture on EMDR and chronic pain with Rebecca Kase
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Advanced Package

$1840

50 Hours of Training
- 20 hours of live lecture
- 20 hours of live practicum
- 10 hours of live group consultation

Learning platform access
- Resources, demonstration videos, and downloads
- Course evaluations
- EMDRIA post-training quiz
- On-demand lecture on EMDR and chronic pain with Rebecca Kase
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PLUS Rebecca's Advanced EMDR Skills Course ($280 value!)

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Mastery Package

$1980

50 Hours of Training
- 20 hours of live lecture
- 20 hours of live practicum
- 10 hours of live group consultation
Learning platform access
- Resources, demonstration videos, and downloads
- Course evaluations
- EMDRIA post-training quiz
- On-demand lecture on EMDR and chronic pain with Rebecca Kase
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Choose from various payment options including payment plans
Rebecca's Advanced EMDR Skills Course ($280 value!)
PLUS Rebecca's Polyvagal Theory & EMDR Course ($420 value!)

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UPCOMING COHORTS

January 29th-31st & March 26-28th ~ 8:00 am - 4:30 pm MTN with Alison Leslie

EMDR Basic Training - Core Package

$1,690.00 USD

EMDR Basic Training - Advanced Package

$1,840.00 USD

EMDR Basic Training - Mastery Package

$1,980.00 USD

February 19th-21st & April 16-18th ~ 9:00 am - 5:30 pm MTN with Crystal Wildes

EMDR Basic Training - Core Package

$1,690.00 USD

EMDR Basic Training - Advanced Package

$1,840.00 USD

EMDR Basic Training - Mastery Package

$1,980.00 USD

March 6th-9th & May 1st-3rd ~ 8:00 am - 4:30 pm MTN with Crystal Wildes

EMDR Basic Training - Core Package

$1,690.00 USD

EMDR Basic Training - Advanced Package

$1,840.00 USD

EMDR Basic Training - Mastery Package

$1,980.00 USD

WHAT TO EXPECT

In our EMDRIA Approved Basic Training, you’ll learn the core EMDR skills to begin using EMDR Therapy in your clinical practice with clients – and an entire therapeutic orientation. You’ll learn skills to conceptualize symptoms, increase affect tolerance with regulation techniques, create EMDR treatment plans, reprocess targets, and re-evaluate the clinical work. You’ll learn all of this while being supported in a compassionate, authentic training space, where we use mindfulness techniques and play to keep your neurobiology regulated, so you can integrate and absorb the information.

In addition to core EMDR skills, Basic Training covers the use of EMDR with a wide range specialty populations, including children, veterans, and individuals experiencing addiction, dissociation, chronic pain, and anxiety disorders. We review cases and videos that include a range of clients with various social identities and cultural orientations and focus on inclusivity and cultural competency throughout the course.

EMDR Basic Training is an advanced clinical course that requires our full presence and engagement. It is intensive trauma training, which has the potential to be triggering. In addition to lectures, trainees practice EMDR skills in small groups as clients and therapists. Practicum is a required component of training, as it provides rich learning opportunities and vital experiences for integrating the material. In practicum as a client, you’re expected to work from a real and slightly disturbing experience. This is vital and ensures all participants have an authentic, rich, genuine learning experience.

Because training includes real supervised practice sessions and experiential training, it’s important you attend training when it’s right for you. It is not recommended to attend EMDR Training with TTI or any training group if you’re experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms. Take adequate time to take care of yourself, and we’ll be here when you’re ready to dive in.

COURSE DETAILS

Our Basic Training course is organized into two, three-day intensives, plus group consultation. Each intensive includes lecture-style learning in the morning, followed by afternoon practicum. While training sessions are delivered virtually, they prepare you to practice EMDR in person or via a tele-health platform. Small group consultation takes place over Zoom, meeting once a month for five months. Training must be completed within 1 year from beginning the training course, as required by EMDRIA.

Specialty Populations Reviewed in Basic Training

Children
Veterans
Addictions
Complex Trauma + Dissociation
Chronic Pain
Anxiety Disorders

Part 1

Participants will learn the history, theoretical model, and 8 phases of EMDR Therapy. First, you will learn the adaptive information processing model, which is the cornerstone for case conceptualization. Next, clinicians will learn tools to prepare clients for EMDR reprocessing and how to assess client readiness for target desensitization. Then you will learn how to develop an EMDR treatment plan, how to successfully reprocess an EMDR target, and how to re-evaluate client EMDR goals. Lastly, we will also review modifications to apply the EMDR protocol with children. In addition, participants will be able to begin practicing, virtually or in person, with actual clients after part 1.

Learning Objectives

Identify three elements of the Adaptive Information Processing Model.
List the components of memory.
Identify and describe the Eight Phases of EMDR Therapy.
Describe at least two indicators of client readiness for reprocessing.
List the steps for developing an EMDR treatment plan.
Identify at least three techniques to prepare and resource clients for EMDR Therapy.
Identify the purpose of the Assessment Phase of EMDR Therapy.
Describe two strategies for assisting a client to stay within their window of tolerance.
Demonstrate at least three steps for closing an incomplete session.
Describe how to re-engage an incomplete target.

Schedule

DAY ONE

Intros, mindfulness, and orientation
History and Overview of EMDR Therapy
Case conceptualization, polyvagal theory, and trauma theory
Phases 1 & 2 of EMDR Therapy: history taking, the preparation hierarchy, and techniques
Lunch
Safe/Calm Place video & Treatment Planning
Practicum Exercises with Case Vignettes
Small group practice of EMDR techniques

DAY TWO

Mindfulness, Q&A, and Review
EMDR treatment planning & demonstration videos
Phases 3, 4 & 5 of EMDR: the magic of desensitization
EMDR Demonstration Video
Phases 6 & & 7 of EMDR: installation and body scan
Lunch
Small group practice with Case Vignettes and Practice Exercises

DAY THREE

Q&A and Review
Ethics & Documentation
Phase 8: Re-evaluation of the work
Working with stuck processing
EMDR with children
Lunch
Small group practice of EMDR techniques

Part 2

In Part 2 we will spend a half-day of training refreshing your knowledge of the 8 phases of EMDR Therapy. We'll add on to your foundation of knowledge with additional preparation techniques and interventions. Next, learn how to assess for blocked processing and advanced techniques for working with stuck points in reprocessing phases. We'll then dive into advanced strategies for working with complex trauma. Learn how to work with intrusive symptoms and cluster events, and constricted processing. We'll do a deep dive into assessment, clinical competency and recommended treatment for dissociative disorders. Throughout Part 2 we will focus on techniques for working with veterans, complex PTSD, and addictions.

Learning Objectives

Name the prongs of Three-Pronged Protocol of EMDR Therapy.
Name at least two of the 8 Phases of EMDR and objectives associated with each phase.
Describe the intention of interweaves and when you may use them.
Name at least three potential interweaves.
Describe at least two strategies to use with complex PTSD.
Describe at least two indicators of dissociation.
Identify at least two factors that would indicate use of constricted processing techniques.
Describe how to implement EMD and how it differs from EMDR.
Analyze the use of a Future Rehearsal or a Future Template with a client.
Identify one potential category of experiences appropriate for reprocessing with veterans.

Schedule

DAY ONE

Mindfulness and orientation
Review of Phases 1 & 2 and demonstration video
Polyvagal informed techniques for resourcing and stabilization
Review of Target Reprocessing
Lunch
The art of the interweaves
Practicum Exercises with Case Vignettes
Small group practice of EMDR techniques

DAY TWO

Mindfulness, Q&A ,and Review
Symptom focused and fractionated treatment planning
Constricted Processing (EMD & EMDr) and demonstration videos
Overview of best practices for EMDR & Complex PTSD
Lunch
Small group practice with Case Vignettes and Practice Exercises
3:45 - 5:30: Small group practice of EMDR techniques

DAY THREE

Mindfulness, Q&A and Review
Advanced Practice & EMDR Certification
Dissociation: screening, conceptualization, and best practice
EMDR with Addictions
Lunch
Small group practice of EMDR techniques

Consultation

How It Works

Attendance Policy

UPCOMING COHORTS

January 29th-31st & March 26-28th ~ 8:00 am - 4:30 pm MTN with Alison Leslie

EMDR Basic Training - Core Package

$1,690.00 USD

EMDR Basic Training - Advanced Package

$1,840.00 USD

EMDR Basic Training - Mastery Package

$1,980.00 USD

February 19th-21st & April 16-18th ~ 9:00 am - 5:30 pm MTN with Crystal Wildes

EMDR Basic Training - Core Package

$1,690.00 USD

EMDR Basic Training - Advanced Package

$1,840.00 USD

EMDR Basic Training - Mastery Package

$1,980.00 USD

March 6th-9th & May 1st-3rd ~ 8:00 am - 4:30 pm MTN with Crystal Wildes

EMDR Basic Training - Core Package

$1,690.00 USD

EMDR Basic Training - Advanced Package

$1,840.00 USD

EMDR Basic Training - Mastery Package

$1,980.00 USD

ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT INFORMATION

How To Prepare for Basic Training

Prerequisites

Continuing Education

EMDR Basic Training is eligible for 40 CEs. CE hours are not issued for readings, assignments, or consultation. Part 1 training is eligible for 20 CE hours, and Part 2 training is eligible for 20 CE hours. Trauma Therapist Institute is an EMDRIA, APA, ACE, and NBCC approved continuing education sponsor.

Board specific CE certificates will be emailed following completion of 20 hours of training, and completion of the training evaluation. Although 10 hours of consultation is an EMDRIA requirement for completing EMDR Basic Training, consultation hours do not count for CE continuing education credit hours. CE credit cannot be provided for required readings or consultation. Therefore, while the Basic Training course includes 50 hours of training, only 40 of those hours are available for CEs.

Upon successful completion of Part 1, Part 2, 10 hours of consultation, all course evaluations, and the EMDRIA post-learning assessment, you will receive an EMDR Basic Training Certificate of Completion fromTrauma Therapist Institute. This is documentation that you have completed an EMDRIA-approved training, and that you are qualified to practice EMDR Therapy as an EMDRIA-approved EMDR Therapist.

If you have a state licensure that does not require board specific CEs, your certificate of EMDR Basic Training Certificate of Completion can be used as documentation for your licensure renewal.

ACE Approved Provider

Trauma Therapist Institute, #1869, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 1/16/2024 – 1/16/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 8 total credits clinical continuing education credits.

NBCC Approved Provider

Trauma Therapist Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7033. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Trauma Therapist Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

EMDRIA Approved Provider

Trauma Therapist Institute is an EMDRIA Approved Training Provider. Trauma Therapist Institute courses are individually approved. CE Certificate will contain course approval number.

APA Approved Provider

Trauma Therapist Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education to psychologists. Trauma Therapist Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Course Completion

Cancellation Policy

VARIOUS OPTIONS TO FIT YOUR NEEDS!