EMDR Training Center

We started a training center because of what we kept hearing.

Clients coming in having been harmed by EMDR done incorrectly. Therapists in consultation revealing they were skipping major protocol steps — not out of negligence, but because no one had ever shown them what correct looked like. People who said EMDR didn't work for them, but described sessions that weren't really EMDR at all.

EMDR basic training is a weekend course. EMDRIA requires fifty hours of consultation beyond that for certification — but certification is optional, and there's no mechanism preventing a therapist from practicing EMDR indefinitely after a two-day training with no further oversight.

We decided we weren't willing to just keep watching that happen. So we built the training environment we wished had existed when we were learning.

We accept graduate students as supervised practicum interns.

If you're completing a master's in counseling, social work, or a related field and looking for a second practicum site, our Supervised Graduate Therapist Program may be the right fit. We offer something most practicum placements don't: intensive, structured EMDR training from the ground up — not as an add-on, but as the foundation.

Who it's for

Graduate students in counseling or MFT programs seeking a second practicum or additional clinical hours

What you'll learn

EMDR's full eight-phase protocol, supervised from the start — before patterns are formed that are hard to undo

Supervision

Individual and group supervision with EMDRIA-approved consultants. Hours count toward pre-licensure requirements.

Selecting interns

We accept a small number of carefully selected students. Fit with our training philosophy matters more than prior EMDR exposure.

Our standard

Every clinician who trains here learns that EMDR is a structured, eight-phase protocol — not a technique to sprinkle in. That bilateral stimulation without the surrounding protocol isn't EMDR. That closure at the end of every session isn't optional. That knowing when to get out of the way is the hardest and most important thing to learn.

We train the next generation of trauma-informed clinicians because the field needs it — and because the people who trust us with their trauma deserve better than a therapist who just had basic training.