All 6 Days are required, plus 5 two-hour online consultation meetings to answer case specific questions and to help you implement EMDR therapy into your practice. This is a hybrid training with the first 2 week-ends in San Diego (Marina Village) and the last week-end online. Each training day inlcudes clinical practice so this hybrid format will provide all participants the direct clinical experinece of EMDR in person AND online.
Begin your EMDR training TODAY by starting to read Shapiro, F. (2001, 2018). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic Principles, Protocols and Procedures (3rd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
This San Diego Regional EMDRIA approved EMDR training is for a small cohort of clinicians to foster a supportive collegial environment using the EMDR Institute training materials with the latest updates.
This training includes more than the EMDRIA required 50 hours. The training is content heavy including time each day for direct practice using your own personal material. These are not role plays. This will include work on incidents that hold disturbance for you. If you are not ready be in a client role as part of the training or if you do not have an active clinical caseload, you will want to hold off on enrolling for this training. EMDR training is designed for you to begin practicing portions of EMDR with your clients over the course of the training period. The training dates are spread out to help you build on concepts and experience.
Training and consultation meetings are spread out to aid in your application of EMDR in your practice. Please read documents below for more information on the requirements and expectations.
Read the Training Overview for more information about requirements.
After Alicia Avila was trained in EMDR by Dr. Francine Shapiro, Dr, Shapiro personally selected and trained Alicia to be an EMDR trainer.
EMDR Certification is an advanced standing in EMDR and something you will work towards with more experience in using emdr and additional consultation and training. This course is the first step towards certification. Link to EMDRIA info. on Certification
You must complete all 6 full training dates (8:15-5), plus the 5 consultation meetings (2-hour virtual meetings), plus 3 videos to watch prior to the first lecture and required reading. Required evaluations and online quizzes to help integrate the main concepts
Registration deadline has passed. Contact trainer directly to see if you can still join: Application, Participant agreement, and registration fee. This includes the 6 days PLUS the 10 hours of consultation, videos, manual and CEU's for those who are licensed in CA and request the CEU's in advance. Unlicensed clinicians need their clinical supervisor's approval and the clinical supervisor needs to complete the supervisor agreement.
Limited spots available. Please make sure to read the training overview and participant agreement before enrolling. Complete the documents below.
For online participation; your full active attendance (with video camera on) in a private setting without interruptions is necessary.
This training is eligible for 40 CEU when requested for CA licensed clinicians who complete the full training. Requests must be made at time of enrollment.
Please complete the application and participant agreement. Make sure you have read the training overview and if you are not yet licensed then you must have your clinical supervisor complete the supervisor agreement.
Read and review the forms below before completing this application.
Course overview and completion criteria
Pay through your own online banking. Log into your own online banking account and choose an option to send payment using Zelle. To identify the recipient use the email: alicia@aliciaavila.com and the name: Alicia Avila Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Alternatively mail a check to: 4629 Cass St. # 368, San Diego, CA 92109.
The cost of the full training including basic training consultation including the 6 full days of training, the training manual, clinical worksheets, and the 10 hours of consultation meetings that are often not included in the costs of other trainings. Please review the documents above for additional details. Complete the application and agreement(s) through links above. Here is a checklist for application materials.
In person trainings are $317 for each training day plus $760 for the 10 hours of online group consultation. The full cost of this private EMDRIA approved training is $2660/person payment deadline extended to June 5th. This comes out to approximately $50/hr. Contact me if you need to consider a payment plan.
Please contact me at alicia@aliciaavila.com with any additional questions or call me (858)344-9440.
ALREADY TRAINED IN EMDR by the EMDR Institute or EMDR HAP?
You can attend the lecture portion of this training at a reduced cost, as a review for all 6 days OR look at my 2 day review course.
Other basic trainings I am doing organized by the EMDR Institute:
https://www.emdr.com/events/list/?tribe__ecp_custom_2%5B0%5D=Alicia+Avila
Contact me for special accommodations.
Start preparing by reading the required reading ahead of the training dates!
Shapiro, F. (2001, 2018). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic Principles, Protocols and Procedures (3rd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
Shapiro, F. (2012). Getting past your past: Take control of our life with self-help techniques from EMDR therapy. New York: Rodale Press.
Go With That Magazine Fall 2020, Volume 25, Issue 3 [EMDR & Racial Trauma] LINK
Guidelines for Virtual EMDR Therapy (Spring 2020) LINK
EMDRIA definition of EMDR: LINK