The Application For EMDR Certification

By Eugenia Dickerson


If you wish to use EMDR as part of your practice, you have several training options available to you. If you do not have any experience in this field at all, you will need to commence your training program with the Basic Training program, prior to application for EMDR certification.

Upon completion of the basic training, you can continue on to EMDR certification. There are certain criteria you have to meet to become eligible for EMDR certification. To apply for the certificate, you have to submit proof that you have completed the Basic Training program. A copy of a certificate of completion is required to be attached to your application.

The application requires proof of registration or certification in the professional mental health field. You have to provide copies of documents to indicate that you have the facility to practice independently.

To apply, you need to have experience in your chosen practice field of at least two years. This should be relevant to the field of specialty indicated on your registration, license or certificate of professionalism. The documents you provide to prove your professionalism need to be notarized. If you are unable to provide proof of this experience, you have the opportunity to make a statement to this effect in writing and have that document notarized.

To qualify, you need to have undertaken at least 50 relevant consultations with a minimum number of 25 clients. You need to provide documentation to this effect and the documents should be notarized. As with the experience requirements, you have the opportunity to put this requirement in writing and have that document notarized. You may combine the two requirements into one written document and have it notarized.

Qualification for the certificate requires that you have received a minimum of 20 hours of consultation from an Approved EMDR Consultant. The consultant should issue you with documentation which lists the amount of group and the amount of individual hours of consultation that was delivered. If you received consultation from more than one consultant, documentation should be obtained from each consultant.

A minimum of 10 hours should be individual consultation and the balance could be via a small group consultation. The number in the groups may not exceed 8 participants at any one time. The eligibility of the hours is limited to the consultations you received after the completion of the basic training program.

To obtain your EMDR certification, you have to attach letters of recommendation from Approved Consultants regarding your use of EMDR whilst in the consulting relationship. Your colleagues or peers should provide you with letters of recommendation with regards to the use of the service in your professional practice. An additional requirement is to provide certificates related to the completion of 12 hours of further education in the field. The basic program does not fall into this category. There are approved training programs that are available after the basic training that will fall into this category.




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