EMDR Consultation GWT Magazine® Issue

EMDR Consultation Go With That Magazine® Issue This article introduces the updated EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ Standards and the collaborative process used to develop them. It outlines the consultant’s roles as educator, motivator, and evaluator; distinguishes consultation from supervision; and explains how the standards support ethical, reflective, culturally responsive, and developmentally focused consultation. EMDRIA members can access all other articles and issues at the Go With That Magazine® homepage . (opens in new tab) Raising the Bar: Inside the New EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ Standards “Consultation has always been at the heart of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. It is where clinicians move beyond manuals and training and begin to integrate EMDR into the complexity of real clinical work. Consultation is where the therapist’s confidence grows, questions sharpen and professional identity takes shape. Consultants are not only educators, motivators and evaluators; they are stewards of clinical quality and professional development in the field. Yet while consultation has long been central to EMDR practice, expectations for what consultation should look like—especially at the advanced levels have often been learned informally rather than articulated clearly. Most EMDR consultants did not learn how to consult from a guidebook. They learned through their experiences of doing, observing, adapting and discovering, often through trial and error. As the EMDR community grows, so does the need for shared language and clearer expectations around consulting. This article will describe the updating of the EMDRIA Approved Consultant™ Standards , the general process, and how they embody our emphasis on a developmental approach (being better tomorrow than we are today) and the pillars who identify our community: pursuing excellence, building community, opening pathways and expanding understandings. EMDRIA™ developed the updated Approved Consultant™ Standards with intentional inclusion of the EMDR community creating a practical framework that reflects both the responsibility and the relational nature of consultation. Rather than redefining consultation, these standards name and structure what skilled consultants are already doing. The standards clarify the purpose and scope of EMDR consultation outlining expectations for both consultants and consultee. They emphasize reflective and deliberative practice, ethical responsibility and trauma-informed relationships that foster safety, growth and professional identity.” … [Keep reading by clicking below.] Access Full Article Here (opens in new tab) This issue also includes the following articles: Case Conceptualization in EMDR Therapy: A Framework for Clinical Decision-Making in Complex Trauma and Dissociative Disorders (opens in new tab) by Dolores Mosquera, INTRA-TP Spain Space for Joy, Visibility, and Connection: Creating Psychologically Safe EMDR Consultation Environments (opens in new tab) by Joshualin Dean, MS, LMHC, NCC (opens in new tab) How Coaching High School Students Prepared Me to Be an EMDR Consultant (opens in new tab) by Jamie Marich, Ph.D., LPCC-S, REAT (opens in new tab) Conceptualizing Countertransference through the AIP Model: Bringing Relational Depth to EMDR Consultation (opens in new tab) by Jessica Downs, LCSW (opens in new tab) , Cassie Krajewski, LCSW (opens in new tab) and Laurel Thornton, LPC (opens in new tab) Counselor’s Corner (opens in new tab) Community Voices (opens in new tab) Back to Focal Point Blog Homepage (opens in new tab) Additional Resources If you are a therapist interested in the EMDR training: Learn more about EMDR therapy at the EMDRIA™ Library (opens in new tab) Learn more about EMDR Training (opens in new tab) Search for an EMDR Training Provider (opens in new tab) Check out our EMDR Training FAQ (opens in new tab) If you are EMDR trained: Check out the EMDRIA™ Focal Point Blog (opens in new tab) Learn more about EMDRIA™ membership (opens in new tab) Search for EMDR Continuing Education opportunities (opens in new tab) If you are an EMDRIA™ Member: Learn more about EMDR Consultation (opens in new tab) Find clinical practice articles in the EMDRIA Go With That Magazine® (opens in new tab) Search for articles in Journal of EMDR Practice and Research in the EMDRIA™ Library (opens in new tab)