EMDR BASIC TRAINING
Licensed Clinicians in Private Practice (for profit)

EMDR Basic Training by EMDR Professional Training is a complete, three-part, EMDRIA-approved training program in the basic components of EMDR therapy, using lecture, videos, practicum experiences, and consultation to teach the history, theories, and protocols of EMDR--Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.

  • LIVE In-Person Training at California State University, Fullerton, CA

    EMDR Basic Training is a live training program.

    Information for training, practicum, and consultation groups accessible in this course. Videos and downloadables included. Printed manuals distributed at training. Pre-reading required.

  • Training Calendar
    Premier Basic Training 1071

    Part 1: September 26 - 28, 2025
    Part 2: October 24 - 26, 2025
    Part 3: November 21 - 23, 2025

  • General Schedule
    for each part of training

    Day 1: 11:30-5:00 (no lunch break)
    Day 2: 8:15-5:00 (1 hr lunch break)
    Day 3: 8:15-5:00 (1 hr lunch break)

  • Course Enrollment

    Licensed For Profit rate: $2100
    or
    Three monthly payments of $750

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  • CE Credits

    You must attend all three parts of training to receive CEs.
    Approved for 47 CEs through our CE partner, CE-Classes.com

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Course Enrollment: Premier Basic Training (Fullerton 1071)

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Your Trainers

Premier Basic 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.

Curt Rouanzoin, PhD and Michelle Gottlieb, PsyD, MFT, LPCC

Senior Trainers

Premier Basic Training

for Licensed Clinicians in Private Practice (for profit)

    1. Welcome to EMDR Therapy Basic Training!

    2. Course Objectives and Practicum Information

    3. Our Commitment to You

    4. Training Manual Information

    5. Welcome! From Curt Rouanzoin, PhD and Michelle Gottlieb, PsyD

    1. Class Schedule Information

    2. In-Person Training Location and Maps

    3. Continuing Education Information

    4. Required and Recommended Texts

    5. Required Reading Schedule

    1. Agreements for Licensed for Profit: To be completed prior to training

    2. Quick Survey: Your Degree

    3. Quick Survey for Consultation: Your Population/Interests

    1. Taking your EMDR Basic Training Assessments

    2. Assessment Tool

    3. Assessment - Part 1 **Do not take until the end of your Part 1 Training**

    4. Assessment - Part 2 **Do not take until the end of your Part 2 Training**

    5. Assessment - Part 3 **Do not take until the end of your Part 3 Training**

    1. Container Exercise

    2. Another Container Exercise

    1. Accessing your Part 1 Manual

    2. Part 1 Manual 1 -- PDF Downloadable

    3. Practicum and Consultation pages to print prior to Part 1 Training

    4. Safe / Calm Place Script

    5. Evaluations for Select Basic Training -- Part 1

    6. Lecture Evaluation - Part 1

    7. Practicum Evaluation - Part 1

    8. Consultation Evaluation - Part 1

    9. Part 1, Lecture 1

    10. Part 1, Lecture 2

    11. Part 1, Lecture 3

    12. Phase 1: History Taking

    13. Phase 2: Preparation, Safe Place

    14. Phase 2: Preparation, Mechanics

    15. Phase 3: Assessment

    16. Phase 4: Desensitization

    17. Phase 5: Installation

    18. Phase 6: Body Scan

    19. Phase 7: Closure

EMDR Therapy Basic Training
Licensed For Profit

  • $2,100.00
  • 57-hour comprehensive training
  • 47 CEs with 10 hours consultation included
  • 90-day access to post-training videos

Our participants say it best.

EMDR Basic Training reviews

“Cannot Recommend Highly Enough! I just completed my 3rd weekend of training and I cannot recommend this training highly enough. Dr. Rouanzoin, Dr. Gottlieb and our trainers were consistently prepared, excellent presenters, knowledgable and experienced, wise and gracious, open to all questions, responsive and helpful, and I left this final weekend feeling encouraged, empowered, and excited to be a small part of helping others heal. What a gift these trainers and EMDR therapy are to us all!”

Christina A.

“Best Training I've Ever Done! This has been a professional and personal training of a lifetime. I am a better person and therapist as a result- I highly recommend it!”

Alexis H.

“This was such a wonderful and informative course, thank you so much to EMDR Professional Training!”

Shelley M.

Eligibility, Approvals, and CE Information

Eligibility

Licensed Mental Health professionals who have at least a Masters degree and are licensed by their state for the national board for independent clinical practice are eligible to attend, as are registered psychological assistants, interns, and associates.

Masters and Doctoral students may attend as long as they are in practicum or past and have written approval from their supervisor stating that they may do so. Directions on how to obtain supervisor approval is a shareable document available within this course once registration and payment has been completed.

EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) Approvals

EMDR Professional Training is an approved EMDRIA CE Provider (#18023), and this program is an EMDRIA approved EMDR Basic Training program.

Per EMDRIA guidelines, participants must complete EMDR Basic Training within one year of beginning the course.


Continuing Education Credit: NBCC

EMDR Professional Training is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education ProviderTM, ACEP No. 7569.

EMDR Basic Training at EMDR Professional Training offers a total of 57 NBCC CE hours.


Continuing Education Credit with CE-Classes.com

EMDR Professional Training’s Basic Training program is a 57-hour program. The instructional and practicum portions of EMDR Professional Training’s Basic Training equal 47 hours and are approved for 47 CEs (Continuing Education Credits) through CE-Classes.com. The required 10 hours of consultation does not count toward the following CEs.

Participants are responsible to check with their individual state boards to verify CE requirements for their state.

CE-Classes.com is approved by:

  • The American Psychological Association (APA) CE-Classes.com is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE-Classes.com maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • Florida Certification Board
  • The Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider #852 BAP-Expires 3/31/2025
  • The California Board of Behavioral Sciences. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences, BBS, recognizes relevant course work/training that has been approved by nationally recognized certifying bodies, such as APA, to satisfy renewal requirements.
  • California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) Provider Number OS-12-174-0225 Expires 02-2025
  • The Texas Board of Social Work Examiners—CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education.  Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f). This course meets that requirement.
  • The Texas Board of Professional Counselors—CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education.  Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f).  This course meets that requirement.
  • The Texas Board of Marriage & Family Therapists—CE-Classes.com meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education.  Effective 1/1/24, at least half of the 30 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in 801.261(f).  This course meets that requirement.
  • Massachusetts Authorization Number: (TBD)
  • Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board - Approval from a state licensing board for counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists is accepted by the OH CSWMFTB.
  • New York Social Work Board – CE-Classes.com is recognized by the New York State Education
     Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0120.
  • New York Mental Health Practitioners Board CE-Classes.com, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0260.
  • New York Psychology Board CE-Classes.com, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0211
  • Oklahoma Board of Behavioral Health Licensure (LPCs, LMFTs and LBCs)
  • South Carolina—CE-Classes.com is approved by the S.C. Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapist, Addiction Counselors, and Psycho-Educational Specialists (#4696).
  • Illinois—CE-Classes.com is a registered social work CE sponsor by the State of Illinois.  License 159.001607 Expires 11/30/2025.
  • The Florida Board of Nursing (CE Provider #: 50-4896) Expires 10/31/2026 Do not send certificates to the Florida Board of Nursing. You must keep this certificate for 4 years.
  • The California Board of Registered Nursing. CEP 15647 Expires 11/30/2024.
  • This training does not offer ASWB ACE credit to social workers.


Licensed Professionals should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval.

Certificates are awarded online after completion of the workshop. Participants print their own certificate after registering at CE-Classes.com, entering a keycode, and completing an evaluation form.

To contact CE-Classes.com, go to:  CE-Classes.com

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Address: 1398 SW 160th Ave, Sunrise, FL 33326, USA
Phone: 954-290-8446
Email: [email protected]

More information about obtaining your CE Certificate for this course is available at the end of the workshop.

ADA Assistance

Facilities used by EMDR Professional Training for on-location training events are ADA compliant. Please contact Michelle Gottlieb at [email protected] should you need any special accommodations (ADA) at an on-location training event.

For our cancellation policy, please go to our Terms and Conditions.

There is no known commercial support for this program.