What does EMDR Certification require?

As outlined by EMDRIA, EMDR Certification requires 20 additional hours of consultation beyond the 10 you complete for Basic Training. It also requires that you practice with a certain number of certain number of clients and that you have additional CEs in advanced EMDR training.

Here’s a summary of the EMDR Certification requirements:

• 10 hours of individual consultation
  10 hours of group consultation
  12 hours of advanced training in EMDR (courses must be EMDRIA approved)
  At least 50 hours of EMDR practice with at least 25 clients
  3 letters of recommendation

EMDRIA also states that you must be licensed when you submit your application for certification. While you don’t have to be licensed when you start working on these requirements, you do need your license for your application to be approved.

You can review all of EMDRIAs requirements here.

See more information about the Certification program here (article) and here (website)