EMDRIA Approved EMDR Basic Training – OLD: 2024-0430

EMDRIA Approved 50 hour EMDR Basic Training Curriculum

50 Continuing Education hours received upon completion of the training (50 hours includes all lecture and practicum time. The 10 hours of consultation that takes place during the training does not count toward CE hours.)

Complementary optional study groups* included in cost of training for support and guidance between modules. These optional study groups meet once or twice in between each module and are facilitated by training consultation faculty. *Scheduled if there is enough interest from participants.

Open office hours: Availability each week during training to schedule 1:1 online meeting with trainer during “Office Hours” for clarification on topics or to address questions Training taught in interactive online format

10 hours of required in depth consultation regarding your initial practice experiences included in time at the training and included in cost of training

Rigorous, in depth curriculum

Development of procedural skills that is paced over four 2-day modules with opportunity for support in-between modules.

Timing of modules is spaced out monthly for four months, allowing participants to better understand and digest the material, have more support, and improve retention and application of the material. Participants have more confidence in the application of EMDR with their clients.

Our curriculum provides review of key concepts during each module.

6 month complementary access to Distance Learning On-Demand EMDR Refresher Course following completion of EMDR Center of the Rockies EMDR Basic Training

Access to comprehensive Classroom Management System that houses:

• step by step videos
• discussion boards
• assignments
• downloadable manual
• forms
• scripts
• and more . . .

• Identify the Method, Model, and Mechanisms involved in the Adaptive Information Processing system

• Identify key components of the history of EMDR therapy

• Identify primary resiliency factors for trauma recovery

• Identify key components of the history of traumatology 

• Identify cultural components in traumatology

• Define the basics of the neurobiology of trauma

• Identify primary areas of the brain involved in trauma and trauma recovery

• Define the three types of structural dissociation and the correlating psychiatric diagnoses

• Identify methods for assessing for dissociation

• Identify strategies for improving affect regulation and expanding client’s window of tolerance

• Define  8 phases of EMDR therapy protocol

• Develop skills in application of all 8 phases of EMDR Standard Protocol

• Identify components of working with three prongs of the EMDR protocol

• Identify methods for Assessing Readiness for Reprocessing 

• Identify legal and ethical issues in EMDR therapy 

• Identify key components of utilizing EMDR in a Telehealth setting

• Define methods for providing Bilateral Stimulation

• Define and demonstrate proficiency in the application of Resource Development and Installation (RDI)

• Demonstrate proficiency in the application of providing grounding techniques

• Identify methods for case conceptualization and target sequencing

• Define methods for addressing blocked processing, looping, and resistance in EMDR Therapy

• Identify interweave strategies for maintaining effective processing

• Identify key components of Recent Event Protocol

• Identify key components of Eye Movement Desensitization Procedure (EMD)

• Identify basic strategies for utilizing EMDR Therapy with children.

• Identify special protocols for use with specific client populations 

• Identify strategies for Working with Complex Trauma and Axis II disorders

• Identify key components of working with cultural issues in EMDR therapy

• Demonstrate skill in the use of EMDR Therapy Standard Protocol

We Love our Live Remote EMDR Basic Training Format!

• We use an upgraded HIPAA compliant Zoom Business platform, allowing us to have encrypted training modules that are safe and secure.
• Great interactive lecture.
• Great consultation structure, including break out rooms that allow for more privacy than in-person format trainings.
• All practice triads/dyads that are in break out rooms are monitored by faculty.
• Swift response to questions during lecture. Questions can be asked verbally or can be posted on the chat feature that is monitored by our faculty during the lecture, providing immediate responses to the questions.
• We teach how to provide EMDR Virtually and In-Person—participants practice in this format during the training and are taught how to provide EMDR in person.
• Fabulous Classroom Management (CMS) portal in which each student is enrolled. This system will contain the manual, assignments, forms, scripts, discussion board, and more.
• Participants will receive login information for the CMS once registered for the training.
• Video orientation to the Classroom Management System so you know everything you need to be able to navigate the system successfully, in addition to having access to staff to address any questions that may arise regarding the system.

Individual Rate: $1350-1400 per person

Group of 3 or more clinicians from an organization registering together: $1200 per person. To register a group, email here: GROUP REGISTRATION

The individual rate for our EMDR Basic Training, including all consultation required for completion of training, is $1350-$1400, depending on whether you choose to pay in full prior to the start of training, or if you opt for the payment plan. We offer group discounts.

Compare our rates to other trainings that provide comparable content, highly experienced and certified trainers, and contact hours (including consultation), and you will see why so many clinicians choose EMDR Center of the Rockies for their EMDR Training.

All participants must: be licensed to independently practice psychotherapy in a discipline recognized by EMDRIA; or if not licensed, have completed masters level coursework in a mental health or related discipline recognized by EMDRIA, and currently be in a licensing track and must be supervised by a licensed clinician with the appropriate letter(s) on file. The letter from the licensed, supervising clinician must be sent to the EMDR Center of the Rockies office, must indicate that you have clinical privileges to practice psychotherapy under supervision, and should endorse you to participate in EMDR training.

Participants may be a student in a graduate program for a mental health profession if in the practicum or internship stage of the program and be receiving appropriate supervision from a graduate program institution.

Participants must have at least one client, adhering to standard ethical requirements, with whom to provide EMDR therapy during the program. (May not count practice that is conducted using EMDR homework with friends, colleagues, or family members.)

For more details on the requirements for participation in the EMDR Center of the Rockies EMDR Basic Training, please refer to Participant Agreement.