Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is one of the leading therapeutic modalities of our day. EMDR is an evidenced based, bottom up approach therapy utilized for trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, OCD, phobias, addiction and more.
Despite EMDR being discovered and utilized since 1987, it has now become a popular therapy that many people are hearing their loved ones are experiencing great results and relief from.
As a trauma counselor and counseling business owner, many clients ask for an EMDR trained therapist. Being an EMDR trained therapist makes you incredibly marketable. EMDR also allows you to help your clients experience deeper healing that typical talk therapy and trauma modalities cannot achieve. Many students have states that the training alone has shaped them to be better therapists and have framed their clinical skills in a different way alongside having this powerful therapeutic modality in their back pocket now.
Within the EMDR Basic Training and consultation, you will also receive the latest research on traumatology and how to provide trauma informed therapy in your practice.
Here are three reasons EMDR Basic Training is worth the investment:
It makes you a better clinician: I was trained in EMDR Therapy in my practicum and internship and this therapeutic modality shaped who I am as a therapist in being trauma informed to my core and how I conceptualize cases. Every clinician that has taken my training has expressed the same statement that their clinical skills have drastically increased after becoming EMDR trained whether they end up using the modality with a client or not, they will use some form of the protocol with the client and it has made them a better clinician.
It makes you more marketable: When I was starting off as a clinician, I did not struggle to build clientele having been EMDR trained. Currently as a group practice owner with 12 clinicians under me who I’ve personally trained in EMDR have full or close to full case loads. There are many things that can attribute to this but I do believe one big factor is them being EMDR trained. EMDR Therapy is becoming more and more talked about in the general community and is a big selling factor for what clients are looking for. Not to mention, what doctors, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and psychiatrists are looking for when referring patients. Therefore, your financial investment will quickly repay itself.
It will take your client’s healing to a whole new level: It is not uncommon for many clients to reach a level of counseling that talk therapy and even other creative modalities such as sandtray therapy, art therapy, Parts Work, and Polyvagal Theory can only go so far that EMDR can reach. In fact, these mentioned therapies can be primers to EMDR Therapy. Many clinicians have stated EMDR Therapy being the missing piece to their tool kit in helping their clients.
