Change Lives Like Never Before

EMDR therapy is proven and powerful.

  • Change the way you work with clients with EMDR therapy's highly researched and proven approaches to better mental health.

  • Gain confidence in your ability to heal trauma with clear and practical learning at EMDR Professional Training.

  • Strengthen your practice with advanced trainings designed to support your work with specialty populations and with other modalities.



Why choose EMDR Professional Training?

When it comes to EMDR therapy for your practice as a mental health professional, training, quality, and experience matter. That’s what you’ll find at EMDR Professional Training. With more than 30 years of EMDR therapy clinical practice, Curt Rouanzoin, PhD, trained and traveled internationally with Francine Shapiro and has trained thousands of clinicians worldwide along with two decades of graduate level professorship. Michelle Gottlieb, PsyD, has presented internationally on EMDR therapy, trains clinicians, and continues to teach at the graduate level in counseling. Both EMDRIA Approved Trainers, Curt and Michelle offer a unique blend of skills and experience with equal commitment to healing trauma in their own clinical practice and through training others.


Premier Basic Training

Premier Basic Training with EMDR Professional Training is our comprehensive three-part program with 10 hours consultation built into training.

Learn from the co-founders of EMDR Professional Training, Curt Rouanzoin, PhD and Michelle Gottlieb, PsyD, both master trainers who teach with expertise and long-term experience to enrich your experience. You’ll acquire essential knowledge from in-depth presentations with attention to complex trauma, dissociation, and specialty populations, gaining vital skills for your own clinical practice of EMDR therapy.

Your 57 hours of total training time provides both theory and practicum experience. We keep our breakout groups small, so you’re guaranteed individualized interaction with facilitators. Plus, you’ll walk away with more CE training hours than required by EMDRIA. Upon completion, you can start using EMDR therapy in your practice immediately.

Browse Premier Basic Training courses based on your Participant Type:

Licensed For Profit
Licensed for Non-Profit
Intern/Psych. Assistant/Associate/ Provisionally Licensed
Student/Trainee


Select Basic Training

Select Basic Training with EMDR Professional Training offers a small group format for EMDR Basic Training.

Train to become an EMDR therapy clinician in a group of 8-16 participants, enabling more individual attention. Our trainers, each EMDRIA-approved consultants and trained by Dr. Curt Rouanzoin and Dr. Michelle Gottlieb, take you through the same steps and practicums of our Premier Basic Training with the same amount of training hours and consultation with extra focus on your individual needs. If you’re seeking a more individualized approach for your Basic Training, choose Select Basic Training with EMDR Professional Training.

Browse Select Basic Training courses based on your Participant Type:

Licensed For Profit
Licensed for Non-Profit
Intern/Psych. Assistant/Associate/ Provisionally Licensed
Student/Trainee


Advanced Trainings (Live and OnDemand)

Advanced Trainings with EMDR Professional Training refresh and enhance your clinical practice of EMDR therapy. Covering various clinical specialties and required continuing education for EMDR Certification, EMDR Professional Training offers both Live and OnDemand trainings from the best clinicians in the field to fit your busy schedule. Plus, our course offerings always provide CEs for EMDRIA and professional licensing boards.