Why train with Naomi?

Come and train with me if you’re looking for an immersive, experiential and accredited EMDR standard training.

It will be challenging, but you will be supported as you acquire the skills you need to use EMDR with your clients, starting right away.

Naomi describes her training

 Our most recent cohort have said

Best training I have been on as it was well paced with plenty of breaks. Love how well everything was explained and questions answered thoroughly. I loved the slides and videos and love how authentic they were (i.e. examples also showed difficulties they may arise). Thank you! Part 1 attendee

Best training i have been on!!.... and i've just finished my ClinPsychD so that shows how amazing you all are! as a dyslexic person having different ways to access the information and learning experientially was just perfect - thank you so much Part 1 attendee

This is one of the best therapeutic trainings I've experienced. Naomi's vast experience means that we're directed to the essentials (when there is so much potential content). she has been very generous with the clinical case studies that she shares - which is brilliant learning. The day was also timetabled very thoughtfully with enough reset breaks to manage the full three days Part 1 attendee

I have loved this course, feel really confident in the knowledge so far, and would highly recommend. Very grateful I chose you, Naomi. I have valued all  facilitators as they bring their own energy and wisdom Part 2 attendee

Exceptionally well run and presented Part 2 attendee

Amazing training. I got so much from all the days. Excellent quality, thorough and so informative! I loved all the adaptions that can be used for different types off clients. The supervision was also very powerful. Thankyou! Part 3 attendee

Really enjoyed this course. Found the micro breaks helpful and needed. I liked how Naomi and all facilitators were approachable and very knowledgeable. Found the resources useful, particularly the manuals. Loved learning about narrative EMDR and something that I will look into training in, in the future. Part 3 attendee

What makes Naomi’s training different?

The standard EMDR training is generic – it is designed to equip you to work with client groups with whom you are already qualified to work. The content is determined by EMDR-Europe and covers the standard EMDR protocol. Specialist training, for example in working with children and adolescents, comes afterwards.

However, I believe that generic is not the same as ‘nondisabled adult’ and that there is no such thing as a standard client.  Diversity is the norm and our training should reflect that. I work with children, adolescents and adults and I draw on all this experience in my training. I have a particular interest in adapting EMDR for use with autistic and ADHD clients. Case examples and videos integrate difference throughout my training. 

Who am I?

I was very lucky. When training in clinical psychology at Kings College London, my third year placement was at the Traumatic Stress Service where I was first introduced to EMDR. By 2005 I was training in EMDR and I quickly knew that this was something that I wanted to pursue. Once qualified, I used EMDR in my work in primary care, specialist trauma clinics and with the Metropolitan Police.

I’ve been facilitating on EMDR trainings since 2017 and an EMDR-Europe trainer since 2023.  I’m also a child and adolescent EMDR consultant.

Alongside my interest in EMDR ran a longstanding interest in autism and neurodiversity. I completed my PhD in autism and developmental cognitive psychology at Kings College London before starting my clinical training. During my clinical doctorate I carried out research on trauma memories in autistic adults. I am passionate about adapting EMDR for those who may not be able to access traditional talking therapies and have written a book called Making EMDR Accessible (Jessica Kingsley Publishers).

Along with colleagues, I have carried out research into using EMDR online and how therapists adapt EMDR when working with autistic people.

I am regularly asked to speak and to run training on EMDR and neurodiversity. In 2023 I spoke with Caroline van Diest on EMDR and autism at the EMDR Association UK conference in Glasgow, and in 2025 I gave a pre-conference workshop on EMDR and Neurodiversity in children and young people at the EMDR-Europe conference in Prague. I have run several training days for NHS staff on adapting EMDR for use with neurodivergent clients, both children and adults.

I regularly speak at conferences for parents and professionals. In 2023 I gave a keynote at the National Autistic Society’s Professionals Conference on trauma and autism. I have presented at numerous other conferences, including the British Psychological Society/Anna Freud conferences in 2024, 2025 and 2026 on Working with Neurodiversity.

I cannot promise that training with me will be easy. EMDR is a new skill and learning new skills is often hard. I can promise that we will do our best to make the training engaging, interesting and to support you to learn to use EMDR to help your clients.