EMDR Professional Training

Senior Trainers, Curtis C. Rouanzoin, PhD, and Michelle Gottlieb, PsyD, are the founders and co-presidents of EMDR Professional Training. Both seasoned educators and psychotherapists in private practice, they developed the Basic Training Program at EMDR Professional Training and co-teach Premier Basic Training.

Dr. Rouanzoin 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 35 years and works with a variety of concerns, ranging from trauma and PTSD to peak performance. He also consults with local businesses and health care providers along with consulting with and training clinicians in EMDR therapy. Dr. Rouanzoin taught for 22 years as a Professor of Psychology at Hope International University in Fullerton, CA, where he developed the graduate program in Marriage and Family Therapy and served as chair of the department of psychology. Dr. Rouanzoin is Certified in EMDR, an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, and an EMDRIA Approved Instructor in EMDR. He also served as a senior facilitator and specialty presenter for the EMDR Institute. Dr. Rouanzoin has trained mental health practitioners in EMDR both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Gottlieb is both a Marriage and Family Therapist as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor. She has been practicing for over 25 years, specializing in complex trauma and chronic pain and chronic illness. Dr. Gottlieb has worked as an adjunct faculty at California State University, Fullerton counseling department for over 10 years, training new clinicians to become some of the best psychotherapists of California. Dr. Gottlieb is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and has been a Facilitator with EMDR-HAP/Trauma Recovery.