Evergreen Certified EMDR Clinician

• Complete a minimum of 18 education hours in trauma – both simple and complex, including hours specific to:
  • Assessment and diagnosis of trauma disorders
  • Trauma treatment planning
  • Neuroscience of trauma, including the autonomic nervous system (ANS)
  • Polyvagal Theory
  • The function of trauma symptoms
  • Resilience and post-traumatic growth
  • Vicarious trauma and therapeutic boundaries
  • Traumatic or disorganized attachment styles, including attachment history
  • Dissociation and working with parts of self
  • Adaptations to complex trauma and managing co-morbidities
  • Developmental trauma disorder
• Complete a minimum of 18 education hours in EMDR, including hours specific to:
  • EMDR treatment protocols and methodology
    • Clinical assessment to determine client appropriateness and preparedness for EMDR
    • Safety measures needed for effective and safe use of EMDR, including appropriateness and safety measures using EMDR via telehealth
    • The Three-Pronged Protocol of EMDR
    • The Eight-Phase Model of EMDR
    • Modifications of Eight-Phase Model for use with complex trauma and other disorders
    • Resource Development and Installation, using both imaginal and cognitive interweaves
    • Practical application of interweaves, including attachment, during the eight-phase model
  • Relevant theories to inform treatment
    • Adaptive Information Processing Theory
    • Emotional Processing Theory
    • Dual Process Theory
• Complete a minimum of 6 practice hours of clinical application of the EMDR model

Suitable education sources are approved continued education courses as documented by certificates of completion from the accredited training organization

Evergreen Certifications will accept courses that have been completed within 2 years of initial application for certification

Certification is optional and not required to use EMDR; however, going through the EMDR-C certification process demonstrates that you are competent in both knowledge and understanding of complex trauma and EMDR skills. It is important to note that, while EMDR is a relatively easy skill to learn, processing traumatic memories is very difficult and requires additional training in complex and developmental trauma. Having the EMDR-C credential establishes trust with both clients and employers that you not only learned the EMDR skills, you have the proper training in trauma to use those skills, and have practiced using them with an EMDR expert.

Emphasis on becoming a trauma treatment expert is a unique facet that sets this EMDR certification apart from others in the field. To be truly trained and skilled at EMDR, you need to know quite a bit about trauma, including having some level of expertise in complex, developmental trauma. Earning the EMDR-C credential demonstrates that you are not only trained in EMDR skills, you also have the proper training and expertise in trauma to fully integrate EMDR into your clinical repertoire. Once your certification application is approved, you will receive a digital badge that can be used to display your achievement online.

Evergreen Certifications will accept courses that have been completed within 2 years of initial application for certification.

No, as long as the books are practitioner books on the practice of EMDR Therapy they will be accepted. It is required to list the titles of the two books you read on the certification application.

Consultation is a very important piece of the certification process to provide support as you implement the EMDR skills learned. Consultation will help you work through difficult cases, you’ll get to practice the skills, get recommendations, and feedback from other clinicians. Trauma is such a fragile thing and this is an opportunity to ensure that the EMDR skills are being used the way they are intended to be used and not causing more harm or problems for clients.

To get the most out of the consultation experience, it is recommended to work with one consultant as that consultant will be better able to get to know your clinical skills and you will get the most out of the consultation process; however, if you do work with more than one consultant, you will need to submit a Consultation Completion Form from each consultant you work with.

When your certification application is approved, you may use the credential “EMDR-C”.

Once your application is approved, your certification is granted for two years. To maintain certification, a renewal is required every two years.

Yes, to maintain certification, a renewal is required every two years.

To maintain your EMDR-C certification, you need to renew your certification every two years. Renewal requires taking a minimum of 12 hours of EMDR-focused continuing education, submitting your completion certificate(s), a copy of your professional license, and the renewal fee to Evergreen Certifications. Re-certification training hours need to have been taken in the time since you were initially certified or last renewed. Renewals are calculated from the date that your certification was issued.

If you allow your certification to lapse for more than 2 years, you are no longer eligible to renew your certification and instead can reapply for certification.

Your digital badge is automatically in your online account when your certification is active.