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Grow Your Vision
through EMDR Consultation

EMDR Restorative Consulting, LLC takes pride in helping clinicians hone their EMDR skills long after EMDR Basic Training. We work hard to make consultation available so EMDR Basic skills are mastered.  Elizabeth “Lizy” Wiggins, LCSW, EMDRIA Approved EMDR Consultant and Trainer, is the owner and CEO of EMDR Restorative Consulting, LLC. She leads a team of seasoned EMDRIA Approved Consultants who provide consultation for the basics, more complex cases, and EMDR Certification.  

 

At EMDR Restorative Consulting, we take a for therapists, by therapists approach in teaching consultees advanced EMDR techniques for clients in real world situations. 

Our EMDRIA Approved Trainings and Consultation programs are designed to help other therapists learn EMDR through a truly human lens while ensuring fidelity to EMDRIA's 8 Phase EMDR Treatment Model. 

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The Restorative EMDR Method (trademark pending)

We have developed a connection-centered curriculum for EMDR Certification, prioritizing compassion and clinical excellence. Our program is designed to elevate your EMDR practice and help you achieve EMDRIA Certified EMDR Therapist status. It not only covers advanced techniques with the latest research on EMDR with complex clients, but also includes 20 consultation hours towards certification with our highly experienced EMDRIA Approved Consultants. Our premier course content is approved for EMDRIA credit hours necessary for certification. It offers comprehensive content on case conceptualization, target sequencing, and extended resourcing for complex clients. It also delves into somatic practices and the intricacies of treating attachment wounds and dissociation. We are here to help you elevate your expertise and fulfill your Certification requirements in a comprehensive, relational setting. 

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Consultants in Training need look no further for a curriculum that will guide you step-by-step through providing evidence-based and interpersonal EMDR consultation. We are here to support you in supporting other EMDR Therapists. We are here to help you convey a holistic approach to EMDR that emphasizes connection and mind-body restoration. This program is designed to transform the therapeutic practice of your consultees while you meet your own professional goals towards EMDRIA Approved Consultant status.

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EMDR Trained
vs EMDR Certified

Certification

For the Consultant to write a letter in support of EMDRIA certification, the consultee must demonstrate proficiency in EMDR & meet the following criteria:

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• Complete 20 hours of consultation with an EMDRIA approved Consultant (at least 10 of which must be individual) in addition to the 10 consultation hours required for EMDR Basic Training

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• Read Shapiro, Francine. (2018). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, 3rd Edition: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures. New York: Guildford Press aeb discussion in consultation & a display of proficient understanding of the 8 Phases of EMDR

 

• Keep track of their EMDR sessions to document facilitation of at least 50 EMDR sessions with 25 clients.

 

• Provide two videotaped or recorded sessions of facilitating EMDR with a client.

 

• Take detailed notes of EMDR sessions & present in case consultation

 

• Complete 12 EMDRIA credit hours of continuing education in EMDR

 

• Provide two letters of recommendation regarding their utilization of EMDR and professional character from peers or colleagues in addition to letter from Consultant.

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Visit https://www.emdria.org/emdr-training/emdr-certification-2/ for more information or email lizy@emdrrestorative.consulting.

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Trainer Jessica Zimmerman & Trainer Lizy Wiggins
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Consultation 

Consultation allows trainees to safely and effectively integrate the use of EMDR therapy into their clinical setting. Consultation provides an opportunity for the integration of the theory of EMDR therapy along with the development of EMDR therapy skills. During consultation trainees receive individualized feedback and instruction in the areas of case conceptualization, client readiness, target selection, treatment planning, specific application of skills, and the integration of EMDR therapy into clinical practice with complex clients. Consultation also allows the trainee to develop and integrate EMDR therapy skills creatively into their other skills in a way that enhances clinical efficiency and effectiveness in helping a wider range of clients meet their goals for change.

What is Consultation Good For?

Purposes of Consultation Browning, Leeds, Madere, Sells, & Sperling (2020)

  • Consult about EMDR cases to increase competency

  • Gain professional development of conceptual, perceptual, & procedural skills as EMDR clinicians

  • “Establish, maintain, & promote the highest standards of excellence & integrity in EMDR practice, research, & education” (Lichti, 2014)

  • Helps clinicians “to safely and effectively integrate the use of EMDR therapy into their clinical setting” (EMDRIA, 2016)

  • Efficacy decreases without consultation (Leeds, 2016).

  • Practice with a manualized therapeutic framework to maintain fidelity for client success

  • Balance between staying “out of the way” to allow spontaneous reprocessing & knowing when interventions are needed (Shapiro, 2018)

  • Increase insight of nonverbal elements to guide interventions

  • Hone skills related to knowing when EMDR reprocessing is not appropriate   

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Consultation addresses, but is not limited to, the following content:

  • Use of EMDR therapy within a structured treatment plan

  • Application of the 8 Phases of EMDR therapy 

  • Case conceptualization and target selection

  • Client readiness including inclusion, exclusion and cautionary criteria for EMDR therapy

  • Client safety and effective outcomes

  • Integration of EMDR therapy into the clinical setting with more complex clients

  • Application of advanced EMDR skills with specific populations if applicable (i.e. complex trauma, dissociation, somatic/medical symptoms, first responders, addiction, children, OCD, etc.) 

Consultant Criteria
Per EMDRIA

1. EMDR International Association Approved EMDR Training

Provide a copy of your certificate of completion of an EMDRIA Approved EMDR Training program.

2. License/Certification

Provide a copy of your license to practice independently as a mental health professional in the state or province where you practice.

3. Three Years of EMDR Experience

  • Do you have at least three years of experience after completing an EMDRIA Approved EMDR Training program?

Applicants must have the minimum 3 years of experience after completion of the EMDR Training.

4. Notarized Statement of EMDR Sessions

  • Have you conducted at least 300 EMDR sessions with at least 75 clients? 

Provide a notarized document supporting this statement. Applicants can simply state "I have conducted at least 300 EMDR sessions with at least 75 clients" or similar wording and then have it notarized.

5. Twenty (20) Hours of Consultation-of-Consultation by an EMDR Consultant™ in EMDR

Twenty hours of consultation-of-consultation are required. Provide documentation from the EMDR Consultant(s)™ who provided consultation-of-consultation to you. It must specify the exact number of consultation hours you received and designate how many of those were individual consultations and how many were group consultations.

  • If you have received consultation from more than one EMDR Consultant™, you will need documentation from each one.

  • Consultation-of-consultation groups cannot exceed more than four EMDR Consultants-in-Training at any one time.

  • Only consultation hours received after becoming an EMDR Certified Therapist™ can be applied towards this requirement.

6. EMDR Consultant™ Letter(s) of Recommendation

Provide letter(s) from one or more EMDR Consultant(s)™ addressing the quality of your consultation in EMDR to others.

  • Letters may include documentation of consultation hours as required in #5 above. 

7. Letters of Recommendation Regarding Professional Practice

Provide two letters of recommendation regarding your professional utilization of EMDR in clinical practice, consultation abilities, ethics in practice, and professional character. These letters may be from colleagues or peers.

8. 12 Hours of EMDRIA Credits

Provide certificates of completion for at least 12 hours of EMDRIA Credits (continuing education in EMDR).

  • Only EMDRIA Credit Programs in EMDR obtained after the completion of EMDR Training may be used towards this requirement. EMDR Training programs are not awarded EMDRIA Credits.

  • EMDRIA Credits are one-time use only. If you've used credits to apply or renew EMDR Certification, they cannot be reused for the EMDR Consultant™ application.

  • Certificates of completion of EMDRIA Credits hours should include the EMDRIA program approval number and the number of credits earned.

9. EMDR International Association Policies Agreement

Applicants must read and verify on the application form that they agree to adhere to 

EMDRIA Policies.

RESI Approved Consultation Provider

The EMDRIA Racial Equity Support Initiative program increases the number of BIPOC individuals who have advanced in leadership capacity in EMDR by becoming EMDR Certified™ or EMDR Consultants™ through providing scholarships for consultation hours.

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