EMDRIA Approved Online EMDR Therapy Training
8:30am - 5:00pm CST each day
Course Description
Discovered by Dr. Francine Shapiro, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is one of the most researched and utilized methods in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other forms of human distress connected to trauma and adverse life experiences. Whether your goal is to become an EMDR therapist as a specialty or to integrate EMDR into your existing practice, our mindfulness-infused training program will help you meet your goals. Our program equips you to work with real-world clinical presentations from day one, including how to handle complex and developmental trauma, addressing dissociation, and implementing EMDR into your current setting.
This training is ideal for clinicians who respond well to self-directed assignments and can adapt well in an online learning format. Also be advised that as part of EMDR therapy training, you are required to do some of your own personal work in the practicum sections of the course. By registering for this course in this online format, you acknowledge you are aware of this component of the training.
Completing our full training program is a multi-tiered process, consisting of:
• Part I Training - January 14-16, 2025 (3 Days= 21 total hours of Lecture and Practicum): Training that covers the basics of trauma, the adaptive information processing model, trauma-informed stabilization, and the basic methodology and mechanisms of action used in EMDR Therapy. View Part I agenda and objectives HERE. You will be able to practice EMDR with certain clients after completion of Part I.
• Part II Training - February 19-21, 2025 (3 Days= 21 total hours of Lecture and Practicum): Training with enhanced practicum content, covering best practices for using EMDR Therapy with special populations and in the complex scenarios of clinical practice; advanced content on ethics and neurobiology also covered, in addition to working with the art of case conceptualization. View Part II agenda and objectives HERE.
• 10 Hours of Consultation (available dates to be announced prior to the training): 10-Hours of Consultation with an EMDRIA-approved consultant on our team is required. Usually 4-6 hours are completed between the Part 1 and Part 2 trainings, with the remainder done after completing Part 2. All of these hours may be done remote and / or in a group setting. Completion of consultation is required before a Certificate of Completion in EMDR Therapy Training can be awarded. Upon completion the therapist may refer to themselves as an EMDR therapist or EMDR practitioner.
Successful completion of this program constitutes completion of this EMDR Training Program allows you to practice EMDR Therapy within your clinical scope of practice. Earning the EMDRIA Certified EMDR Therapist distinction requires additional training and supervision that you can complete with us or another party if you wish to go on for this distinction.
About Your Trainer
Roshni Chabra, LMFT
Roshni Chabra, LMFT identifies as an Indian Lesbian Intersectional Feminist Therapist Empath and is the Founder and President of the Lavender Healing Collective. Roshni is also Co-Owner, Chief Clinical Director, and MET(T)A (Mindfulness and EMDR Treatment Template for Agencies) Protocol Agency Director at StartAgain Associates. Roshni has a bachelor’s degree in Women’s Studies and one in Psychology as well as a master’s in Feminist Clinical Psychology. She is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist and Approved Consultant and Adjunct Faculty at the Institute for Creative Mindfulness. Roshni has worked in mental health for over 20 years and has served various populations including LGBTQ+ youth and adults, couples, families, probation and foster youth, as well as folx with addiction and folx struggling with complex trauma. In addition, Roshni worked in the Rape Crisis Movement both locally and in San Francisco for five years providing direct services to survivors as well as taking on a leadership/management role. Through a certificate in American Humanics, Roshni studied nonprofit management and has served as a Program Manager and Director in Wraparound, a service provided to families involved in oppressive systems. Roshni lives in Long Beach, California and loves to garden, play music, and ride her bike when she is not busy trying to take over the world.