Licensed Mental Health Professionals

• Qualifying medical doctors must be licensed to practice in their state or province.
• Qualifying advanced practice registered nurses must have a Master of Science in Nursing (or higher) with a specialization in psychiatric mental health nursing and must be licensed to practice through their state board or province.
• Qualifying Mental Health Clinicians must have a master’s degree in the mental health field (Counseling, Marriage Family Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Social Work) or related mental health discipline and be licensed to practice through their state board or province.

Pre-Licensed Mental Health Professionals

• These are clinicians who are actively pursuing a mental health license through their state board (or province) while working under a licensed supervisor. Some of these license types include associate, intern, limited, provisional, temporary and pre-license.
• Qualifying pre-licensed mental health clinicians must have a master's degree in the mental health field (Counseling, Marriage Family Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Social Work) or related mental health discipline and must be actively pursuing a full license through their state board (or province) while working under a licensed supervisor.

Graduate Students

• Qualifying graduate students must be enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program in the mental health field (Counseling, Marriage Family Therapy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Psychiatric Nursing, Social Work) or related mental health discipline. Students must have completed their core graduate academic coursework and must be in the practicum/internship portion of their graduate program. First year graduate students are not eligible. Graduate students must be on a licensing track and working under the supervision of a fully licensed mental health clinician.
• Graduate students who would like to take an EMDR Training will need to submit certain documentation (graduate transcript, practicum or internship details, and a letter from their supervisor which includes the supervisor's license information and number) in order to verify their eligibility.

To register for this training, select the session that works best for you, then click the link to either pay in full or enter into a payment plan. You will agree to a Participation Agreement when you register.

After you register, you will receive access to the pre-course materials. The pre-course materials should be completed prior to Day 1 of training. You will also need to purchase Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures, Third Edition by Francine Shapiro, to begin reading prior to the training.

You will be given access to the rest of the course materials once the live trainings begin. You will also participate in consultation groups in between the trainings.

Yes, you will need to attend the entire training live all 6 days. Your attendance will be confirmed by Zoom reports. Attendees must attend all scheduled sessions in their entirety. Please keep your webcam on during all live training sessions. This is the equivalent of “being in the room” for an in-person training and is required for continuing education hours.

This is not your average training to just check off your continuing education for the year.  This training is an investment in your professional development.  It is an investment in you, your clinical skills and your clients.  This training is for professionals who want to treat trauma well, and who recognize that we need additional tools beyond talk therapy to be effective with treating our clients.  This training is focused on leveling-up your practice.  You will have a new way to conceptualize and treat clients, and I have never yet had a trainee regret it!

This training is an EMDRIA-approved Basic Training that provides all of the necessary parts of the training for you, based on EMDRIA’s requirements (EMDR International Association).  You should know that you need to have an EMDRIA approved training to be able to use EMDR and to become certified.  There are shorter trainings out there that do not meet these requirements.

You will not receive a certificate of completion until you have completed all 6 days of this course. There is no recording of the live event available to participants. All participant information is confidential.

Trauma Specialists Training Institute, LLC maintains responsibility for all aspects of this program and its content.  

If you have a situation that comes up and requires a make up date, please contact the program administrator, Maria, [email protected], to see if we can accommodate your request.

This training has been approved for continuing education credits by EMDRIA. To obtain the EMDRIA requirements of EMDR Trained, the  Certificate of Completion will be awarded once all required hours of the training are completed, ALL evaluations are completed and the assessment is completed.

Trauma Specialists Training Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7268. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Trauma Specialists Training Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. NBCC Clock Hours: 40

This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886869661-3998) for 50
continuing education contact hours.

The October/December training will have the following facilitators:

• Jamie Sedgwick, LCPC, NCC - Jamie is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor and has worked in the mental health field for 10 years. She has experience with a wide range of issues including PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief and behavioral issues. She has interest in working with teens (age 15+) and adults. She specializes in Borderline Personality Disorder, attachment and complex PTSD with a passion for helping individuals learn and incorporate healthy skills to create a life worth living. She is trained in DBT and Neurofeedback and is EMDR certified.

• Shari Kim, Ph.D., C.A.A.D.C. - Shari is a licensed psychologist and certified addictions counselor. She specializes in treatment of addictions and PTSD. She is also certified to provide Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), which is an evidence-based treatment for PTSD. She is the Chair of the Behavioral Health Workgroup for the York County Human Trafficking Task Force and the Chair of the Human Trafficking Subcommittee for the Pennsylvania Psychological Association. She also serves as the Disaster Response Network Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and the Regional Co-Lead for Disaster Mental Health with the American Red Cross.

• Lauren Rudolph, LPC - Lauren is an EMDR Certified therapist and CIT. She has worked as a clinician in the field of Clinical Psychology for the past 10 years. She has worked in a variety of mental health and substance abuse settings including inpatient psych/rehab, in home therapy services with adolescents/ families, and outpatient therapy. She currently works for an Intensive Outpatient Program where she developed trauma focused group therapies and also has a private practice in Exton, PA specializing in the treatment of complex trauma and dissociation. She is passionate about utilizing EMDR, Ego State therapy and Clinical Hypnosis in the treatment of complex trauma and dissociation.

• Sarah Smith-Trawick, LCSW-C - Sarah has been supporting trauma survivors for over 15 years. She has extensive experience working with women’s issues, interpersonal violence, anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Sarah is licensed in the State of Maryland as a Licensed Certified Social Worker, Clinical (LCSW-C) and is Certified in EMDR therapy through EMDRIA.

• (Alternate) Dante Brown, LCPC, NCC - Dante is a person-centered Trauma Specialist and EMDR Therapist who enjoys walking alongside clients as they attain the change and healing they desire. He has a wealth of experience serving clients in private practice, residential treatment settings, and school settings. He is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a National Board Certified Counselor (NBCC). He has an extensive background of working with survivors of trauma, both single-incident traumas and also traumas of a relational nature that unfold over time.

During the first training weekend, clinicians sign up for a consulting group that meets virtually a total of five (5) times for 2-hours each (10 total hours of consultation).

Between the two training weekends, consulting groups meet four (4) times. The fifth (5th) and final consulting group call happens within two weeks after the second training weekend.

If you have to cancel your training, you will be able to use any funds put toward this training to join a future training with Trauma Specialists Training Institute.  We do not offer refunds for training registrations.

Please reach out to our program administrator, Maria, at [email protected] for any additional questions you may have. We are happy to answer those for you so you feel confident when signing up for our Basic Training!

We may also be reached:

By mail: Trauma Specialists Training Institute, 124 North Court Street, Frederick, MD 21701

By phone: (301) 304-7108

Learn more by visiting our webpage at www.traumaspecialiststraining.com/basic-training.

After completing registration, you will receive a purchase confirmation email. The email provides a  login link for immediate access to the training and you may begin your training by watching the 1.5 hours of video materials you need to prepare for EMDR Basic Training at your convenience. You may also access the training by clicking login at the top of any of our website pages. 

You'll also need to purchase the course textbook, Francine Shapiro's Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures, Third Edition and begin reading prior to the training.

In this training, you will:

• Learn the history, research, and neurobiology of EMDR Therapy.
• Be able to apply all 8 Phases of EMDR Therapy with their clients/patients.
• Be able to adapt EMDR to special populations, giving consideration to diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Learn to apply EMDR with various diagnoses and symptoms.

The training will include didactic teaching segments, discussion segments, and practice segments.  You will also break out into smaller groups in order to practice the EMDR skills learned. This means that you will experience EMDR as a client, a therapist and an observer. This component is key to learning EMDR effectively and part of the requirements of EMDRIA.

Disability Access: If you have a disability that you feel may impede your ability to participate in this training, please contact us at least 3 weeks in advance of the training in order for us to provide reasonable accommodations. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.

Review and Resolution of Complaint: If a participant or potential participant would like to express a concern about his/her/their experience with Trauma Specialists Training Institute, he/she/they may email the program administrator, Maria, at [email protected] Although we do not guarantee a particular outcome, the individual can expect us to consider the complaint, make any necessary decisions and respond within 72 hours.

Anti-Discrimination Statement: Trauma Specialists Training Institute stands against discrimination. We believe in acceptance, inclusion, and equality. Discrimination against people based on identity status (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ability status, country of origin, religion, age) is harmful and not tolerated. Any hate speech or discriminatory practices will result in immediate removal from our training groups. This includes public statements or behaviors made outside of the trainings themselves.

Confidentiality of Information: All participants' information, including the identity of participants, and the information and materials submitted to Trauma Specialists Training Institute by the participants is confidential.