EMDR BASIC TRAINING
Graduate Students and Trainees with Supervisor Approval

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.

Graduate students/trainees must have supervisor approval to take EMDR Basic Training. This course includes a document to share with your supervisor to complete the approval process.

  • LIVE Virtual Training

    EMDR Basic Training is a live training program.

    This training uses HIPAA-compliant Zoom interface. Zoom links for training, practicum, and consultation groups are accessible on training days in this course.

  • Training Calendar
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    Part 1 – May 16 - 20, 2025
    Part 2 - June 20 - 22, 2025
    Part 3 - July 18 - 20, 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

    Student/Trainee rate: $1500
    or
    Three monthly payments of $550

    Scroll down to start your enrollment!

  • 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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Graduate Student/Trainee registration

Your Trainer

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Lori Cao, MA, LMFT, CSAT has a Minnesota based private practice specializing in chemical and sexual/porn addictions, compulsive sexual behaviors, complex and developmental traumas, and grief/loss. Utilizing EMDR Therapy, she works with individuals and couples towards recovery. She has years of experience in the MICD treatment field as a clinician and educator, she continues to lecture on topics of EMDR Therapy, Addiction and Family Roles, Trauma, and Grief. She is an EMDRIA approved facilitator and HAP/Trauma Recovery senior facilitator for EMDR Basic Trainings across the United States and runs consultation groups nationwide; as well as, contracted by agencies to consult. She was awarded 2019 HAP Facilitator of the Year and is an EMDRIA approved basic training trainer. Having witnessed countless transformational experiences in clients’ lives, Lori is dedicated to sharing this powerful therapy for exponential healing. While excitement drives her mission, she receives consistent feedback from participants that she’s incredibly knowledgeable, down to earth, witty, and supports each person to feel successful all along the process.

Lori Cao, MA, LMFT

Trainer

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for Graduate Students/Trainees

  1. Welcome!

  2. IMPORTANT: Class Information

  3. Required: Pre-Course Approvals and Surveys

  4. VIRTUAL TRAINING: Directions to access the training

  5. Directions to Access Practicum

  6. Assessment

EMDR Therapy Basic Training
Graduate Student/Trainee

  • $1,500.00
  • 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.

“The training our clinical volunteers received was nothing short of exemplary. EMDR Professional Training has enabled our already stalwart program to be even more widespread and effective. On behalf of everyone here at VALEAP, thank you for your professionalism, undeniable expertise, and passion for helping others. Many of the heroic lives this program impacts and saves, will be attributable to the extension of your hearts, to ours. ”

Operations Director - Virginia Law Enforcement Assistance Program

Adam Blevins

“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.

“It was exceptionally well designed and effective. I enjoyed replaying and replaying the videos to internalize the concepts.”

Michelle C.

“This was an amazing training. It was thorough, fun, and I felt confident when I left that I am capable of doing this.”

Linda J.

“The course was absolutely amazing and has revolutionized my clinical practice!”

Jenelle A.

“This training was absolutely wonderful. I started weekend 1 with very minimal knowledge of EMDR and feeling very unsure of my ability to be successful with this. Ending weekend 3 I feel very confident that I will be able to utilize this type of therapy to help my clients in ways that I have not been able to before. Definitely would recommend this training to anyone who works with individuals with trauma!”

Kahla S.

“ Exceptional. This training expanded not only my understanding of Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing therapy and gave me a strong foundation to treat trauma in individuals, it gave me a deep understanding of trauma itself. The training is valuable beyond words. I learned more than I could quantify - the depth, breadth, and width of not only knowledge but applied knowledge. My heartfelt thanks to this team!”

Ava O.

“My brain hurts but I am optimistic. This almost seems too good to be true!”

Patrick S.

“Curt & Michelle are so knowledgeable, humble & caring! They create a fun, safe environment in which to learn, knowing you'll be supported when you make mistakes during the expected learning curve. It is apparent that they believe in quality client and clinician CARE!”

Jennifer S.

“This course was awesome. I am looking forward to continuing on to certification. I would recommend this course to anyone looking to get trained in EMDR.”

Letissa V.

Eligibility, Approvals, and CE Information

Eligibility

Licensed Mental Health professionals who have at least a Master's 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 11/30/2026.
  • 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.