No. You must be an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™ before you can be considered an EMDRIA Approved Consultant in Training™ (CIT) and actively begin working towards the EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ credential.

The first thing you should do is complete the CIT Declaration Form. We'll double check to make sure you're an active EMDRIA Certified Therapist™ and make a note in our records that you're a EMDRIA Approved Consultant in Training™. We'd also like to know if you've found an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ to work with on your 20 consultation-of-consultation hours. If you know who you'll be working with or if you've started working with a consultant already, please let us know the name of that EMDRIA Approved Consultant™.

Yes. The declaration process includes specific terms & agreements for CITs. Those who complete & submit the CIT Declaration Form have agreed to the following:

• To maintain active status as an EMDRIA Certified Therapist™ in order to be considered a CIT. If Certification status expires, the CIT status will no longer be valid.
• To provide the names of the EMDRIA Approved Consultants™ that the CIT is working with to EMDRIA™.
• To complete the requirements and become an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ within the next 5 years.
• To adhere to EMDRIA™ Policies

Yes. Please use our Find an EMDR Therapist search to locate an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ or EMDRIA Approved Consultant in Training™.

Consultation-of-consultation is a collaborative relationship between mental health clinicians in which a consultant provides feedback and guidance to an EMDRIA Approved Consultant in Training™ (CIT). The feedback is focused on the CIT’s skills and ability to provide consultation to other clinicians based on material presented by the CIT, direct observation, or recorded observation. The CIT must receive 20 hours of consultation-of-consultation from an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™. The consultation-of-consultation should be structured in format and the CIT is expected to provide examples of their ability to provide consultation to others. The CIT is expected to work with at least five different consultees, three of whom have already completed the EMDR basic training. The consultant is expected to review, evaluate and determine the readiness of the CIT as part of the process. Although co-leading consultation groups and shadowing (which is defined as being present while a consultant provides consultation) are significant and valuable for the CIT process, these activities themselves do not directly count as consultation-of-consultation hours. (In other words, consultation-of-consultation does not occur during the training event.)

No. Only EMDRIA Approved Consultants™ can provide the 20 hours of consultation-of-consultation hours to CITs.

An EMDRIA Approved Consultant in Training™ (CIT) can provide some of the consultation hours to EMDR trained clinicians who are working towards EMDR Certification requirements. In order to provide the 10 hours of consultation that are required to complete the EMDR basic training, the CIT must contact the EMDR training provider directly. Each EMDR training provider designates which EMDRIA Approved Consultants™ and/or CITs may provide consultation hours to the trainees in their program.

An EMDRIA Approved Consultant in Training™ (CIT) can provide a maximum of 15 hours of consultation to an EMDR trained clinician who is working towards certification. EMDRIA Certification™ applicants must obtain 20 hours of consultation on their use of EMDR with clients. The remaining 5 hours of consultation must come from an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™. Although a CIT can provide a letter of recommendation for the consultee seeking certification, a letter of recommendation from an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ is required for EMDRIA Certification™ applicants.

An EMDRIA Approved Consultant in Training™ (CIT) is expected to work with at least five different consultees, three of whom have already completed an EMDRIA Approved EMDR Basic Training. There is no set EMDRIA™ requirement regarding the number of consultation hours a CIT must provide to any consultee, although the EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ that the CIT works with may have an expectation or requirement in place in order to document consultation-of-consultation hours and provide a recommendation.

Consultation fees are set by the individual Consultant or CIT offering the consultation services. We strongly recommend entering into a written contractual agreement for services so the consultation process and expectations are clear and understandable to both parties before commencing.

Make sure to identify yourself as an EMDRIA Approved Consultant in Training™ (CIT) and provide the name of the EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ with whom you are working. Please be as clear and explicit as possible when documenting consultation hours. The documentation should include the total number of consultation hours you provided, how many hours were individual consultations, and (if applicable) how many hours were group consultations, as well as the start and end date indicating when these consultation hours occurred. As a CIT, you're also expected to make an evaluative statement about your consultee’s use of standard EMDR therapy with clients and awareness of situations in which modifications to standard EMDR therapy are necessary and recommend them for certification.

Make sure to identify yourself as an EMDRIA Approved Consultant in Training™ (CIT) and provide the name of the EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ with whom you are working. The letter should include details about the consultee's use of EMDR with clients and give background if possible about the consultee's demonstration of the AIP model and 8 phases of EMDR. The letter should also include an evaluation statement from the CIT recommending the applicant for EMDRIA Certification™. Although a CIT can provide a letter of recommendation for the consultee seeking certification, a letter of recommendation from an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ is required for EMDRIA Certification™ applicants. 

The EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ should be as clear and explicit as possible when drafting letters of documentation for an EMDRIA Approved Consultant in Training™ (CIT). The letter of documentation that an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ provides for a CIT should include the following: The total number of consultation-of-consultation hours the EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ provided to the CIT; whether they were individual or group hours; the dates the CIT consultation hours began and ended. We’re also looking for the EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ to provide feedback and comments on their experience with the CIT, make an evaluative statement about the CIT’s abilities, and recommend the CIT for the EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ credential. The CIT must complete 20 hours of consultation-of-consultation in order to apply to become an EMDRIA Approved Consultant™. The CIT can work with more than one EMDR Consultant on those 20 consultation-of-consultation hours. 

EMDRIA Approved Consultants™ are expected to document and track the number of consultation-of-consultation hours they provide to CITs and retain this documentation for a five-year period from the date the consultation concludes. CITs are also expected to track and maintain records for the consultation hours they provide to their consultees for a five-year period.

You can write or type out the statement "I have conducted at least 300 EMDR sessions with at least 75 clients" on a piece of paper, sign that paper, and then have it notarized. The notary is verifying that you have attested this statement to be true. Common places that provide notaries are banks, courthouses, and public libraries.