EMDR Professional Training

Susan Brown is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice since 1987 in San Diego, CA. She specializes in the treatment of trauma and addictions. Her current focus is on the integration of Internal Family Systems informed procedures within EMDR therapy. Susan was a Principal Investigator in a study for an “Integrated Trauma Treatment Program” in an adult Drug Court utilizing EMDR. She has co-authored several book chapters and articles on this topic and presents advanced specialty workshops. She has presented regularly at EMDRIA conferences. She is an EMDRIA Certified and Approved Consultant and Basic Training Facilitator for the EMDR Institute.

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.