EMDR Professional Training

Advanced Course Instructors

Hope Payson, LCSW, LADC, is a licensed clinical social worker, alcohol and drug counselor, and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant who specializes in the treatment of addiction and trauma. She has over 30 years of experience working in a variety of community mental health and addiction treatment settings and has presented in a wide range of conferences within the US and internationally. Hope currently coordinates a group private practice and provides training and consultation services to clinicians working in private and community settings. She is actively involved in helping addiction focused treatment programs integrate EMDR therapy throughout all phases of their programming. She is also the producer of the documentary Uprooting Addiction: Healing from the ground up.

Advanced Course Instructors

Susan Brown is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Board Certified Diplomate in private practice in San Diego, CA. She specializes in the use of EMDR therapy to treat complex trauma and addictions. She was a Principal Investigator in a pilot study using an Integrated Trauma Treatment Program (ITTP) in an adult drug court combining EMDR therapy and Seeking Safety©. She currently integrates Internal Family Systems “informed” ego state work within the EMDR protocol to deepen and enhance treatment with these complex clients.

She co-authored “Integrated trauma treatment in drug court: Combining EMDR and Seeking Safety” (Brown et al. 2015); Co-authored 2 book chapters, EMDR: Mental Health-Substance Abuse (Brown, Stowasser, & Shapiro, 2012) and EMDR Therapy and the Treatment of Substance Abuse and Addiction, In Innovations in the Treatment of Substance Addiction, (Brown, Stowasser & Shapiro, 2016); and co-authored the article, ‘EMDR in the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder’ (Brown & Shapiro, 2006). She has presented nationally on the use of EMDR with trauma and addiction. She is an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant and Basic Training Facilitator for the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program and the EMDR Institute. She currently teaches 2-day workshops on the utilization of EMDR therapy, integrated with ego state applications for complex trauma, addictions, and other self-defeating behaviors.

Advanced Course Instructors

Curtis C. Rouanzoin, Ph.D. is a Licensed Psychologist (PSY 7809) and Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC 8790) in Orange County, California. He has been in private practice for over 32 years and works with a variety of concerns, ranging from trauma and PTSD to peak performance. Dr. Rouanzoin works with and trains mental health professionals. He also consults with local businesses and health care providers. Dr. Rouanzoin taught for 22 years as a Professor of Psychology at Hope International University in Fullerton, CA. While employed there, he developed the graduate program in MFT and served as chair of the department of psychology. Dr. Rouanzoin is Certified in EMDR, an Approved Consultant, and an Approved Instructor in EMDR. He serves as a senior facilitator and specialty presenter for the EMDR Institute. Dr. Rouanzoin has trained mental health practitioners in EMDR both nationally and internationally. He is one of the three professionals who make up the Traumatic Stress Network (TTSN) in southern California. TTSN provides educational workshops (offering EMDRIA Credits and CEU’s) in topics related to EMDR as well as regional basic training in EMDR in conjunction with the EMDR Institute. Dr. Rouanzoin trains and consults with other professionals in EMDR. He trains clinicians to use EMDR through the Traumatic Stress Network. Trainings incorporate Level 1 and 2 as well as some consultation hours. EMDR Trainings are completed in smaller groups over extended periods of time (as opposed to 2 weekends) in the Orange County area.