EMDR Standard Training - check your eligibility

To be eligible, you must

  • Deliver some 1-1 psychotherapy in your role

  • Have access to at least 3 people to practice EMDR on (friends, family, colleagues or your clients)

  • Be UK resident or, if not, you must contact your national EMDR Association to obtain permission to train on this UK course

You must be accredited by a professional body recognised by the EMDR Association - see below for your profession.

Some bodies have different levels of registration. For example, with the BACP you must be Accredited; with the NCPS you must be Accredited Professional. You can apply if your accreditation is pending if you think you will become accredited before the training starts.

See more details for your profession below.

  • You must accredited with the HCPC for one of the following professions

    • Clinical Psychologists

    • Counselling Psychologists

    • Educational Psychologists

    • Forensic Psychologists

  • You must:

    • be in the final year of your practitioner doctoral training, which is approved by the British Psychological Society

    • have a letter of recommendation from your clinical supervisor

    You are eligible to begin EMDR Basic training but cannot qualify until your registration with the HCPC is confirmed.

  • You must hold full accreditation by one of the following professional bodies:

    • BABCP

    • BACP (Accredited )

    • UKCP

    • British Psychoanalytic Council

    • National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (Accredited Professional)

    • Federation of Drug and Alcohol Practitioners (NCAC Accredited)

    • Association of Child Psychotherapists

    • COSCA

    • COSRT (Senior Accredited)

  • You must have one of the following

    • MRCPsych or equivalent (including Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in any psychiatric speciality) or

    • a) Complete both long and short psychotherapy cases (and)
      b) Equivalent of three years full-time psychiatric experience (and)
      c) Letter confirming above from line manager and sent to EMDR Training Provider

  • You must be registered with the NMC and be either a

    • Registered Mental Health Nurse or

    • Registered Learning Disability Nurse

    You must also

    • have mental health training and can recognise and assess common mental health problems

    • have experience of working in a mental health setting

    • have 2 years+ experience of providing 1-1 psychotherapy

    • be able to provide a reference from your clinical supervisor confirming the above

  • You must

    • have mental health training and can recognise and assess common mental health problems

    • have experience of working in a mental health setting

    • have 2 years+ experience of providing 1-1 psychotherapy

    • be able to provide a reference from your clinical supervisor confirming the above

  • You must be registered with the HCPC and

    • have mental health training and can recognise and assess common mental health problems

    • have experience of working in a mental health setting

    • have 2 years+ experience of providing 1-1 psychotherapy

    • be able to provide a reference from your clinical supervisor confirming the above

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