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, click the link to either pay in full or enter into a payment plan. You will agree to the Participation Agreement when you register.

After you register, you will receive access to the pre-course materials. You will also be instructed 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. You will be required to check in and check out to confirm your attendance each day. 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.

This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886869661-3277) for 50 continuing education contact hours.

Please be aware:

The following states do not accept National CE Approval Programs and require individual program/provider application processes:

• New Jersey (Applications may be filed with the NASW New Jersey Chapter)
• New York (Applications may be filed with the NASW New York State Chapter)
• North Carolina (Applications may be filed with the NASW North Carolina Chapter)
• West Virginia

The following board does not have Continuing Education Requirements:

• Puerto Rico

EMDR Basic Training has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. Trauma Specialists Training Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. NBCC Approval No. SP-3818. NBCC Clock Hours: 40.

Continuing education hours will be given for hours participant attended the scheduled LIVE lecture and practicum components of the training after Day 6 is completed. Attendance will be verified for the live training.

Asynchronous learning time and consultation hours do not qualify for NBCC Continuing Education hours. Continuing Education hours will not be withheld if participant has not completed the consultation hours at the end of day 6, as consultation hours do not count for NBCC Continuing Education hours.

The June/August training will have the following facilitators:

• Rachel Harrison, LCPC, NCC - Rachel has trained hundreds of clinicians in EMDR therapy.  She first learned EMDR in 2011 and it changed her practice so much for the better that she went on to become a consultant and trainer. Rachel believes that every therapist needs to know how to provide excellent EMDR therapy, because there is nothing else in the therapy world that can do what EMDR does!  Rachel also runs Trauma Specialists of Maryland and Trauma Specialists of Delaware.  She is passionate about treating trauma.
• Jamie Sedgwick, LCPC, NCC - Jamie is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, a National Certified Counselor, and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant. She 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 EMDR certified.
• Rochelle Matthews Stoltzfus, LPC - Rochelle is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, EMDR Certified Therapist, an EMDRIA Approved Consultant.Rochelle Matthews Stoltzfus: A professional counselor since 2010, she opened her private practice, In Process Counseling, in 2018 and specializes in the treatment of trauma. While experienced in treating a variety of traumatic experience, a few specialty areas include: birth trauma, medical trauma, sexual abuse, and early attachment wounds.
• 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.
• 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.

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'll also want to obtain 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.