For the first time ever, you can be matched with your very own dedicated EMDR consultant…
…someone who gets to know you, your cases, and your clinical style across three private 60-minute 1:1 consultation sessions.
Someone you can bring your hardest moments to…
…who helps you think through the decision you weren’t sure about, the technique that you can’t quite master, and the complex case where you don’t know where to begin.
Not a forum. Not a group consultation. Not a Q&A...
...Your person.
Here’s what you can expect:
- On-Demand Video Modules: Learn at your own pace with over 45 hours of in-depth, rewatchable lessons.
- Video Demonstration: See EMDR and trauma treatment in action to help you apply the techniques with clients.
- Detailed Guidance: Strategies on how to incorporate somatic work, parts work, and more alongside EMDR.
- Complete Training Materials: Step-by-step instructions, scripts, exercises, and more!
- THREE private consultation sessions where you can ask questions, get expert mentorship, make sure you’re on track, and feel confident about figuring it out on your own.
Plus, you’ll have the education you need to become a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP).
Don’t miss out on the flexible, supportive, and affordable way to master EMDR and trauma treatment.
EMDR Start to Finish + Private Consultation
Get $1,954.94 in trauma training, consultation, certification, and bonuses…
What Sets This Training Apart
This is more than EMDR training. You also get Certified Clinical Trauma Professional coursework and private consultation support to help you use what you learn with real clients.
Ready to stop piecing together what to do when trauma sessions go off-script?
Get the EMDR training, trauma certification, and private consultation support that help you work more confidently with complex clients.
- What you get:
- Over 45 hours of on-demand training
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional training
- 3 private 60-Minute 1:1 consultation sessions
- Clinical demos, printable protocols, and bonus resources
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Training
This certification training takes you deeper into the clinical realities of trauma — C-PTSD, intergenerational trauma, nervous system dysregulation, and post-traumatic growth — so you can work more effectively with the clients who need the most skillful care.
- Screen for trauma more accurately. Use validated assessment tools to identify PTSD, C-PTSD, and trauma patterns you may otherwise miss.
- Stabilize before processing. Use grounding, breathwork, and body-based regulation strategies to know when a client is truly ready for trauma work.
- Treat trauma where it lives in the body. Apply somatic tools that help clients work with symptoms talk therapy alone may not reach.
- Build one integrated treatment plan. Learn when to use EMDR, CBT, and somatic interventions together — and why each one matters.
- Help clients make meaning of what happened without getting lost in it. Use narrative interventions that support identity repair, meaning-making, and post-trauma growth.
- Respond to high-stakes sessions with a plan. Get step-by-step strategies for crises, resistance, suicidality, and dual-diagnosis complexity.
- Move beyond symptom management. Understand how trauma recovery can lead to resilience, connection, and post-traumatic growth.
- Key brain areas involved in trauma
- Fight, flight, freeze, fawn survival responses
- Clinical implications of the freeze response
- The neuroscience of EMDR, exposure therapy and cognitive therapy
- Simple vs. complex trauma
- Intergenerational trauma
- Symptom clusters and physical manifestations
- CAPS-5 and PCL-5
- Primary Care PTSD Screen
- Dual diagnosis
- Trauma treatment roadmap – order of operations
- Bottom-up techniques to reconnect and feel safe in the body
- Self-soothing techniques
- Grounding strategies
- Breathwork
- Gauge when a client is ready for intense trauma/cognitive work
- How to handle the angry client
- Strategies for the resistant trauma client
- Boundary concerns
- Dealing with crises, suicidality, substance use
- Better than normal – the neuroscience of post-traumatic growth
- The therapeutic alliance as a brain-based approach
- The power of forgiveness in moving forward
- Meaning making exercises
- Somatic Approaches: Address Physical Symptoms of Trauma
- Relevance of Polyvagal theory and early trauma
- Assess for readiness to apply somatic tools
- Teach body awareness
- Manage unease with “Felt sense” exercises
- Resourcing strategies to create a safe space
- CBT Coping Skills: Manage Emotions
- Identify inaccurate trauma-related cognitions
- Exposure, titration and pendulation to slow emotions
- Cognitive reframing and reappraisal interventions
- Memory reconstruction techniques
- EMDR-Based Techniques: Resolve Traumatic Memories
- Adaptive Information Processing Theory
- EMDR vs EFT vs neuromodulation
- Resourcing strategies
- Combine memory reprocessing with cognitive restructuring
- Using “restricted processing” with complex trauma
- Narrative Therapy Exercises: Rewrite Traumatic Experiences
- Interventions to help clients talk about hotspots
- Reclaim identity with the “Tree of life” exercise
- Awareness and closure - create life stories
- Research, limitations and potential risks of trauma treatment approaches
You'll end Part 1 with the education you need to become a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP).
Click here to learn how to obtain CCTP Certification from this course.
Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, is a clinical psychologist, internationally sought-out EMDR teacher, therapeutic yoga instructor, and leading voice in the healing of PTSD and complex trauma. Dr. Schwartz approaches her EMDR training with an emphasis on integrating somatic, parts work, and mindfulness-based interventions in clinical practice. She is the author of six books based upon her integrative, mind-body approach to trauma recovery: The Complex PTSD Workbook; The Post Traumatic Growth Guidebook; A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD; EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology; The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual, and Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery. Her unique blend of spirituality and science can be found in her writings, guided trauma recovery programs, and applied Polyvagal Theory in yoga for trauma recovery.
EMDR Core Skills Training
This is the foundational EMDR training clinicians wish they’d had years ago: not a theoretical overview, but a step-by-step clinical roadmap with live demonstrations, printable protocols, and built-in troubleshooting for the moments most trainings skip.
- Screen clients with confidence. Know when to move into processing — and when to stabilize first.
- Run a full EMDR session. Move through all 8 phases with more clarity and less guesswork.
- Handle stuck sessions in real time. Recognize what’s blocking progress and how to respond.
- Adapt for complex trauma. Work more safely with dissociation, developmental trauma, and C-PTSD.
- Use EMDR in the real world. Apply it with kids, teens, and telehealth clients.
- Practical Polyvagal & Neuroscience
- Trauma symptomology presentations & what they mean
- The relationship between “window of tolerance” and dual attention
- Why ACES is important when using EMDR
- Know when and how to start EMDR safety
- Proper assessment for trauma and dissociation
- Methods, forms, use, and set-up of Bilateral Stimulation
- Must-know red-flags in trauma processing
- Determine client suitability & readiness for trauma processing
- Handle crises, suicidality, substance use, etc.
- Identity treatment risks, limitations and potential roadblocks
- EMDR research as evidence-based treatment & comparison research
- EMDR as an integrative approach
- Harness the power of the active components of EMDR
- Clinical implications of using dual awareness
- Core principles, focus, and clinical understanding
- Know the 3-Pronged Approach
- Real demonstrations of the 8 Phase Model, complete and incomplete sessions
- Know what to treat first: Single and multiple issues presentations
- Accurate and effective history taking, case conceptualization, and treatment planning
- Expert preparation & safe resourcing
- Practice the effective EMDR interventions (Container, calm place, etc.)
- Setting up the EMDR Protocol for an EMDR Session
- Demos of complete and incomplete EMDR sessions
- History & Treatment Planning
- Past, Present, & Future Prongs
- Preparation & Resources review
- Assessment & Target Set-up
- Mechanics and set-up details
- Stop signal and metaphors
- Goals & TICES
- Identifying effective Negative & Positive Cognitions
- Floatback Technique
- Channels
- Desensitization
- Begin processing phase
- EMDR classic statements
- When to return to target
- Taking SUD
- Titrating target
- Stuck processing, feeder memories, blocking beliefs, and more
- Installation
- Goals
- Installation of positive cognition & VoC
- Body scan
- Goals & Procedure
- Closure
- Goals & Instruction
- Closing completes target & closing incomplete session
- Re-evaluation
- Goals & other considerations
- Demonstrations and Practice Reprocessing Phase of EMDR
- Overcome Deadlock, Blocking & Looping
- Practice Protocol and Interweaves
- Use Cognitive Interweaves and Parts Interweaves
- Working with anger, guilt, shame & other common problems
- Types, make up, and examples of interweaves
- Working with Parts of Self & Part interweaves
- Somatic & Attachment-based EMDR for resolving Relational Trauma
- Considerations and adaptations working with children & adolescents
- Best practices for virtual EMDR
- Legal and ethical consideration
Stacy Ruse, LPC, is an Evergreen EMDR consultant and clinician, skilled IFS therapist, and founder of Aglow Counseling. Stacy teaches a therapeutic style that is characterized by a transpersonal twist, transcending the conventional boundaries of traditional therapy. Her holistic approach acknowledges the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit allowing individuals to tap into their innate resilience and ignite their personal transformation journey. With a comprehensive background in trauma therapy, Stacy’s approach is deeply rooted in trauma-informed methodologies. Stacy is also trained in tapping to help clients navigate emotional blockages, reduce anxiety, and foster emotional regulation.
Clinical Consultation
Build momentum faster with guidance tailored to your cases, questions, and clinical style.
You’ll meet 1:1 with an experienced EMDR consultant who can help you apply the model to real cases, troubleshoot sticking points, and make stronger clinical decisions — so you can move from learning EMDR to actually using it.
- Personalized guidance on your real clinical questions
- Focused 1:1 time with an experienced EMDR consultant
- Support applying the training to your own cases and practice style
If you want individualized support, this is the fastest way to close the gap between understanding the model and using it well.
What you get…
- Three private 60-minute 1:1 sessions with the same expert consultant throughout — so they know you, your cases and your development.
- Case specific guidance on how to apply what you just learned with your actual clients
- A confidential space to think through your clinical decision-making with someone who’s been there
Ready to stop piecing together what to do when trauma sessions go off-script?
Get the EMDR training, trauma certification, and private consultation support that help you work more confidently with complex clients.
- What you get:
- Over 45 hours of on-demand training
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional training
- 3 private 60-Minute 1:1 consultation sessions
- Clinical demos, printable protocols, and bonus resources
Our EMDR Clinical Consultants
Laura Swinford, LCSW, EMDR-C is a certified EMDR therapist with 10+ years of experience and 20+ years in clinical supervision and consultation. She serves as a trainer and consultant in PESI’s 6-month EMDR Certification Program and specializes in trauma treatment using EMDR, Ego State Therapy, and Somatic Experiencing®. Laura also brings a mind-body perspective to her work as a certified yoga instructor.
Karee Powers, LCSW, CCTP-2, EMDRC is an EMDR-certified trainer and consultant with 17+ years of experience treating complex trauma and dissociation. She works with children, adolescents, and adults and integrates EMDR, CBT, psychodrama, somatic psychology, and mindfulness. She holds an MSW from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Sarah Freeze, LCSW is a psychotherapist and certified EMDR therapist with nearly 10 years of experience using the model. She specializes in trauma and PTSD and draws from EMDR, psychodynamic, relational, and Sandtray therapies. Sarah is especially passionate about supporting adults impacted by childhood abuse, neglect, and emotional non-recognition with a person-centered, culturally informed approach.
What it feels like walking into your next session
You have a map.
You know what phase you’re in, what the client’s nervous system is signaling, and what to do when the processing stalls or a part shows up blocking the work.
When a client goes quiet mid-session or floods with emotion, you stay grounded instead of freezing.
You feel like a clinician who can hold complexity without losing the thread.
…not because you have all the answers, but because you have a framework that keeps you anchored when the session gets hard.
Become a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
Right now, there are two kinds of trauma clinicians:
The ones whose clients understand their trauma… and still stay stuck
And the ones who help clients actually process it, integrate it, and move forward
This certification draws that line.
Trauma clients do not get better because you know more techniques.
They get better when you know what to do next.
This certification helps you recognize what’s actually happening in the room — and respond with more skill.
You learn how to spot trauma beneath the symptoms, navigate complex presentations, and know when to lean in, when to slow down, and what to do next.
The Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) credential gives you advanced trauma training grounded in real-world clinical practice.
Because clients can feel the difference between a therapist who is reaching for tools…
…and one who understands what trauma is doing underneath the surface.
Learn More About Certification
*Professional standards apply.
What Sets This Training & Certification Apart
- You’re not just learning trauma concepts — you’re building a clearer framework for assessment, stabilization, and treatment.
- You’re not piecing together disconnected interventions — you’re using one integrated approach for complex trauma cases.
- You’re becoming the clinician who can recognize what’s driving stuck trauma patterns and respond with more confidence.
And Yes — It’s Simple to Complete
Watch the training. Pass the CE tests. Submit the questionnaire. That’s it.
*Professional standards apply. Learn more here.
Register today and get two practical bonuses designed to help you apply this work more deeply.
Integrating EMDR into Parts Work & Somatic Therapy
Learn to integrate effective strategies from parts work and somatic therapy to help treat your clients with Complex PTSD. Gain specific skills to help clients who’ve experienced narcissistic abuse or suffered at the hands of emotionally abusive parents.
The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook
The uniquely interactive format of this book calls for journaling and self-reflection, with practices that guide you beyond the pain of your past and help you discover a sense of meaning and purpose in your life. This healing guide provides a step-by-step approach to trauma recovery that integrates:
- Mindfulness & yoga
- Somatic psychology
- EMDR therapy
- Parts work therapy
- Relational therapy
If you’re on the fence, read this first
The course is fully recorded, so you can move through it in focused chunks — between sessions, on your lunch break, or when your day is done. Most clinicians finish it over a few weeks, not in marathon weekends. And every hour you spend here saves time later by giving you a clearer, faster way to work with trauma clients who currently keep you stuck.
“I’m not sure I can justify the cost.”Three private 60-minute consultation sessions alone are valued at $499.99. And that doesn’t include the EMDR training, trauma certification training, CE credits, clinical demos, printable protocols, bonus training, or guidebook.
“My clients aren’t ‘typical’ trauma clients.”Whether you work with veterans carrying combat trauma, adolescents with attachment disruption, adults stuck in addiction cycles, or clients who’ve been through the mental health system for years without traction — this training was built for complexity. And with three private 60-minute 1:1 consultation sessions, you won’t have to figure out non-typical presentations on your own — you’ll get case-specific help applying the model so you can feel more confident using it with the clients who need the most nuance.
“I already know most of this. I’ve read the books.”Reading about EMDR and doing EMDR are not the same skill. Many clinicians can explain the 8 phases but still freeze when a client dissociates, loops in processing, or can’t access a target. This training is built to close that gap.
“I’ve done trauma trainings before and still feel stuck.”Most trauma trainings teach the protocol. This one teaches what to do when the protocol stops working — when clients dissociate, flood, shut down, loop, or activate parts that block the work. And with three private 60-minute 1:1 consultation sessions, you also get personalized help troubleshooting the exact moments you’re getting stuck, so you can build confidence applying the model with real clients — not just understand it in theory.
“Will I be ready to use EMDR after this training course?”This course is intended to be a very comprehensive starting point giving you everything you need to learn about using EMDR. And as a licensed professional, you are responsible for making decisions on your scope of practice, comfort level, and ability to apply therapeutic techniques with clients. Our trainers designed this program so you can start using all the valuable tools they share right away with clients — enhancing your practice even if you never take another step toward EMDR mastery.
“How do I know this EMDR course is the one for me?”If you want more than theory — if you want live demonstrations, practical protocols, troubleshooting for stuck sessions, and support for complex trauma cases — this training was built for you.
“I’m new to EMDR, how will it help my practice?”EMDR gives you a structured way to work with trauma without relying on insight alone. It helps you assess readiness, regulate safely, and process trauma more effectively — with a method that is widely recognized as evidence-based for PTSD treatment.
“How do I schedule my clinical consultations?”After registering, you’ll receive an email from our team and be matched with one of our five expert consultants.
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Ready to stop piecing together what to do when trauma sessions go off-script?
Get the EMDR training, trauma certification, and private consultation support that help you work more confidently with complex clients.
- What you get:
- Over 45 hours of on-demand training
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional training
- 3 private 60-Minute 1:1 consultation sessions
- Clinical demos, printable protocols, and bonus resources