The Pay Off of EMDR Training
“The learning curve seems so steep to be an EMDR Trained therapist from an EMDRIA-accredited program! How is all this effort going to pay off anyway?”
First, what you need to know is that standards for training and best practices in EMDR Therapy are regulated by the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA). So please, Buyer Beware! Marketed widely in the United States are so-called EMDR Therapy trainings which are unaccredited and claim that clinicians can learn and easily apply EMDR Therapy after just two days! In fact, so many clinicians who have taken these non-accredited EMDR training have dropped using what they were taught out of frustration because their clients’ symptoms didn’t improve!
Since EMDR Therapy is a complete treatment paradigm with its effectiveness backed up by decades of solid research showing its reliability and validity, all EMDIRA-accredited trainings expose participants to the comprehensive method of EMDR Therapy. Here’s the clincher—not all EMDRIA-accredited Basic Trainings are the same. Many EMDRIA-accredited Basic Training programs do not offer consultation feedback on participants’ actual client cases within the classroom experience. Instead, this vital portion of Basic Training is outsourced and basically is a hidden, additional fee for participants who must guess at whether their Consultant will actually assist them effectively to learn the comprehensive EMDR Therapy! Yikes!
The good news is that the EMDR Center of Southern California (ECSC) is accredited by EMDRIA, and we take pride in offering comprehensive, state-of-the-art EMDR Basic Training. Participants can rest assured they will be given all the knowledge, practice exercises and consultation re effective treatment of their actual clients. ECSC will help you take your clinical skills to the next level.
Our ECSC participants learn:
How to effectively assist their clients in reorganizing their thoughts around traumatic experiences,
How to let go of the emotional burden connected with the traumatic memories, and
How to embody new, more positive self-beliefs as a result of having effectively addressed traumatic memories.
As you have already probably been thinking, riding the learning curve of how to do EMDR Therapy effectively involves much effortful thought, paced and supervised practice exercises, and application to client populations with expert consultation. The learning atmosphere during EMDR Basic Training is crucial. At (ECSC) we have the most excellent staff. They are supportive and compassionate, patient, and encouraging of your learning style. Learning the comprehensive EMDR Therapy paradigm is undoubtedly a worthwhile challenge, and within our learning environment that is maximized for your trajectory of excellence you will achieve your goal of mastery to become an EMDR Trained therapist!