Training

Basic EMDR Therapy Training Overview

Participants will learn via lecture, video, demonstrations, Q and A sessions, role play demonstrations, small group exercises and supervised practice sessions.

Each participant will experience EMDR as both clinician and client through two practice sessions each weekend. These practice sessions are facilitated by members of the training staff.

Twenty (20) CEU’s are given for each weekend, for a combined total of forty (40) CEU’s.

Rick Levinson, LCSW qualifies as a provider of CEU’s under subsection F of the Texas Admin Code (amended 6/23)*:
(f) Licensees must obtain at least fifty percent of their continuing education hours from one
or more of the following providers:
(1) an international, national, regional, state, or local association of medical, mental, or
behavioral health professionals; (EMDRIA)
(8) any provider approved or endorsed by a provider listed herein.

*Social Workers, §463.35; LPC, §681.140; Psychologist:§781.501; LMFT, §801.261

Please verify CEU requirements for your state.

Between Weekend 1 and Weekend 2 and then over the months following Weekend 2, group consultations sessions will be scheduled to assist in the integration of EMDR into clinical work. It is required that trainees take the skills learned in both weekends and begin to actively use EMDR. That work is then brought to consultation for review and support. Trainees may not participate in and get credit for consultation sessions without having work to present. Utilizing the learned skills and completion of the required consultation sessions following Weekend 1 is required to attend Weekend 2 and the same requirement extends following Weekend 2 in order to complete this EMDR Therapy Training.

Required Texts

EMDR: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures, Third Edition by Francine Shapiro, PhD (Guilford Press, 2018).

EMDR Scripted Protocols – Basic and Special Situations by Marilyn Luber

Fees For Training

Fees cover the full training including Weekends 1 and 2 and the required 10 hours of provided group consultation.

• $1490 – Standard Registration if received 30 days or more before the training
• $1650 – Standard Registration if received less than 30 days prior to the training
• $1150 – Students/interns and full time employees of non-profits and government agencies (must be approved) if received 30 days or more before the training
• $1275 – Students/interns and full time employees of non-profits and government agencies (must be approved) if received less than 30 days prior to the training

We offer the option of paying the course fee out in three installments.

• Payment 1 is due at registration (unless special arrangements have been made in writing).
• A $50 administrative fee is added to the course fee when choosing this option.

Consultation Requirements:
10 hours of individual or group consultation is required to complete the Basic EMDR Therapy Training.
The training staff provides consultation in small group settings following Weekend 1 and continuing in the months following Weekend 2. Participants choose from groups held on Saturday mornings and weekday evenings. For those participants outside the training location area, group consultation is provided via teleconferencing.