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For Clinicians Certified in EMDR Through EMDRIA

The Path to Becoming an EMDR Approved Consultant

The next step after certification, and you don't have to do it alone.

Moving from doing EMDR to teaching it is a real shift, and the requirements to become an Approved Consultant can be hard to map on your own. The CIT Track gives you the modules, the consultation of consultation, and the sponsoring consultant you need to get there.

See the Two Levels

One requirement to join: you must be EMDR Certified through EMDRIA. If you are not certified yet, the EMDR Circle is the place to start.

Where Most Clinicians Get Stuck

Certification tells you that you can do this work well. Becoming a consultant asks something different of you, and the path there is rarely spelled out. These are the places clinicians tend to stall.

Finding a sponsor, an EMDRIA Approved Consultant willing to oversee your hours

Making sense of the requirements for consultation of consultation hours

Building a consultation agreement and a plan you can actually use

Naming your consultation style and your strengths as a consultant

Doing it alone, without a structure or a group to lean on

The CIT Track is built to meet you at each of these.

Two Levels

Start with the modules and the material, or step into the full track with a sponsoring consultant. You can begin at either level.

Introduction Level

For understanding the path before you commit to it

$57 /month
  • Access to the Basic Level of the EMDR Circle: training videos, demo videos, worksheets, scripts, slides, and resources
  • All 10 modules on the process of becoming a CIT, covering:
  • Creating a consultation agreement
  • Creating a consultation plan with your consultees
  • Identifying your strengths as a clinician and a consultant
  • Determining your consultation style
  • Conceptualizing how your consultees learn
This level does not include sponsorship by an EMDRIA Approved Consultant or consultation of consultation. Without a sponsoring EMDRIA Approved Consultant, you are not yet eligible to be a Consultant in Training.
Join the Introduction Level
The Full Track

Consultant in Training Level

Everything you need to work toward Approved Consultant status

$247 /month

(1-year commitment)

Everything in the Introduction Level, plus:
  • Sponsorship by an EMDRIA Approved Consultant
  • 10 individual consultation of consultation sessions ($1,800 value)
  • 10 group consultation of consultation sessions ($600 value)
  • 2 advanced training registrations each year of enrollment ($600 value)
At $247/month, this level includes what is required to work toward Approved Consultant status, apart from your own client reprocessing hours. It requires an application, a one-year commitment, and completing your consultation of consultation hours with your sponsoring consultant.
Apply for the CIT Level

How It Works

The steps depend on which level you choose.

Introduction Level

  1. 1

    Sign up for the Introduction Level.

  2. 2

    You get immediate access to the 10 modules and to the Basic Level of the EMDR Circle: training videos, demo videos, worksheets, scripts, slides, and resources to support your learning as a consultant.

  3. 3

    Then it is yours to work through at your own pace.

Consultant in Training Level

  1. 1

    Apply for the Consultant in Training Level.

  2. 2

    Your application goes to the Training Director at TSTI for review. Please allow up to 7 days, and be available for any questions they have.

  3. 3

    If you are approved, you receive a link to submit payment along with the name of your sponsor. Once payment is in, you get immediate access to the 10 modules and the Basic Level of the EMDR Circle.

  4. 4

    You receive coupon codes to sign up for group consultation of consultation, individual consultation of consultation, and advanced trainings. The codes are yours to use throughout your membership.

  5. 5

    Then the work begins, with your sponsor alongside you.

Meet the Consultants

Our trainers and consultants bring decades of combined experience across a wide range of ages, settings, and presenting concerns, so you can work with someone whose background fits what you need. Every one of them holds consultation as a trauma-informed space and teaches in a way that makes room for different brains.

Jamie Sedgwick, LCPC, NCC

TSTI Training Director

EMDRIA Certified Therapist EMDRIA Approved Consultant EMDRIA Approved Trainer

EMDR trained since 2017. Specializes in complex trauma and has a passion for destigmatizing personality disorders through a trauma lens.

Sarah Smith-Trawick, LCSW-C

TSTI Consultant

EMDRIA Certified Therapist EMDRIA Approved Consultant

EMDRIA Approved Consultant with extensive experience in women's issues, interpersonal violence, anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

Sarah Martin, LCPC, NCC

TSTI Trainer

EMDRIA Certified Therapist EMDRIA Approved Consultant

Trained in EMDR, Neurofeedback, and Alpha-Stim. Passionate about medical trauma and supporting families through adoption and foster care.

Frequently Asked Questions

If Becoming a Consultant Is Your Next Step

Take what fits and leave the rest. If the CIT Track meets you where you are, we would be glad to help you get there.

Look at the Two Levels

Questions first? Email info@traumaspecialiststraining.com.