Requirements To Obtain 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.

You need to have a minimum of two years' experience in your particular field of practice. This should be related to the field specified on your certificate, license or registration as a professional. You will be required to provide documentation which has been notarized to support your statement of the experience you have in your specific practice specialty. In the event that you do not have documentation to this effect, you can write out the statement that you have at least two years' experience and have that particular document notarized.

A minimum of 50 relevant sessions to at least 25 clients is required to have been conducted by you. It is necessary to provide documents proving that you have completed this requirement. The documents in proof should be notarized. It is possible for you to write down that this requirement has been fulfilled and have the statement notarized. You have the opportunity to combine the statement declaring the two year's experience and the minimum sessions and obtain notarization in one document.

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.

It is necessary for you to obtain recommendation letters from the Approved Consultants which refer to your use of the service while you were consulting with them. This is required as an attachment to your EMDR certification application. Letters of recommendation are required from both your colleagues and your peers regarding your EMDR use in practice. You also have to provide certificates of completion of further education undertaken in EMDR. The number of hours of further study should not be below 12. Your completion of the Basic Training program does not qualify for this requirement. There are many approved training programs that you are able to undertake that will suffice for this requirement.




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