Recognizing Your Skill and Commitment at Every Level
Therapists who train with The Center of Excellence in EMDR Therapy belong to a community of lifelong learners.
The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy offers life-long learners a full range of EMDRIA-approved EMDR certification training, case consultation and resources—everything you need to advance your learning and EMDR practice. In addition, you'll find everything required to meet EMDRIA’s requirements for becoming a certified EMDR therapist and an EMDRIA-certified consultant with your EMDR certification through The Center.
We’ve also established a Master Certification in Relational EMDR Therapy℠. It's designed to support therapists who want to cultivate the skills to work more relationally with their clients as part of the memories they co-create in sessions. This relational dimension of EMDR therapy is central in working with clients who suffer from attachment injuries and is an integral part of the healing journey.
EMDR certification as an EMDR Certified Therapist is issued through the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) and can be achieved exclusively through our training and consultation offerings here at The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy:
- Training: Complete our EMDRIA-approved EMDR Basic training
- Consultation: Complete at least 20 hours of consultation with our EMDRIA-approved EMDR Consultants
- Clinical practice: Practice EMDR with at least 25 different clients conducting at least 50 sessions
- Continuing education: Complete at least 12 hours of continuing education every two years
- Ethics: Adhere to ethical standards
- Licensure: Be licensed for at least two years as an independent mental health professional
EMDR certification is a voluntary credential that demonstrates a therapist's advanced training, consultation, clinical practice, and their adherence to the highest standards of EMDR therapy. It helps clients feel confident that their therapist has pursued additional training and is dedicated to maintaining the highest professional standards.
Certified EMDR Therapist
EMDRIA is the "gold standard" for EMDR certification and training. All of The Center’s trainings are also EMDRIA-approved. All of The Centers faculty and consultants are also EMDRIA-certified. That's why we are able to promise that we offer everything you need—both the training CEs and case consultation hours required by EMDRIA, both before and after earning your EMDR certification.
Certified EMDR Consultant
After earning your EMDR certification, many EMDR therapists go on to become EMDRIA-certified Consultants—supporting other clinicians as they master their own EMDR skills. As a consultant, you’ll provide clinical feedback to other EMDR therapists on their cases, individually or in a group. We’ve designed a “Consultant in Training” (CIT) track that provides everything—and more—that you need to meet and exceed EMDRIA’s requirements for certified consultants.
Master Certification in Relational EMDR Therapy℠
The key to successful Relational EMDR Therapy℠ is the Self of the therapist and their mindful attention to the relational dimension of the work. The Master Certification in Relational EMDR Therapy℠ is for therapists who treat complex trauma and want to help their clients grow and change beyond symptom relief.
Thousands of you over the years have worked hard to cultivate your skills as an EMDR psychotherapist by pursuing additional training and consultation with Deany Laliotis and faculty from The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy. Now we are offering you a pathway from wherever you are in your personal and professional journey to study with us, and to earn the Master Certification in Relational EMDR Therapy, so clients and colleagues alike will know that you specialize in Relational EMDR℠.
Master Certification in Relational EMDR Therapy℠ is a specialized certification program that focuses on teaching therapists advanced techniques in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy within a relational context.
In this Master Certification in Relational EMDR Therapy℠, therapists learn to apply a more relational approach with their clients who suffer from attachment trauma into their EMDR therapy sessions. This helps clients feel more seen and understood during the therapy process, ultimately leading to more successful outcomes. Therapists who complete the Master Certification in Relational EMDR Therapy℠ gain a deeper understanding of how to work with clients moment to moment, taking into account how the client learned to cope in response to their formative attachment experiences. It is this unique focus in addition to the memory work that creates opportunities for emotional repair in sessions that can transfer to the client’s personal relationships.
Overall, the Master Certification in Relational EMDR Therapy℠ provides therapists with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively treat clients who have experienced complex developmental trauma and attachment injuries. By combining the powerful methodology of EMDR therapy with a relational approach, therapists can help their clients heal and lead a more positive and fulfilling life.
Our course offerings and case consultation can be applied towards EMDRIA certification as well as Center Certification. To learn more, go to the link below:
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