A comprehensive EMDR intensive training for clinicians ready to integrate intensive EMDR services into their practice
Based on feedback from consultees and fellow colleagues, it is becoming more clear that therapists are feeling burnt out.
For us, the constant week-to-week schedule of changing clients and appointments every hour was becoming exhausting.
We needed a change of pace and we wanted to see clients get better faster.
That’s when we started switching our private practices over to conducting EMDR Intensives and we are not looking back!
Overview
Objectives
Itinerary
Bonuses
Registration Fees
Trainers
CE Credits
Testimonials
Overview
EMDR Intensive Training Overview:
Hi, we are Kelly Smyth-Dent, LCSW and Sadie Smith, LMFT (EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Consultants and Trainers) and we want to share with you our stories of changing the structure of our practices to give us more time, money and freedom to work with clients that is congruent for us.
We offer EMDR Intensives to clients both in-person and virtually that can get them results faster and gives us the lifestyles that we want.
Because we began receiving more requests for consultations regarding how to start an EMDR Intensives practice, we thought we would share our collective knowledge and experience on the topic in this comprehensive and affordable EMDR intensive training online course!
The truth is….
There is not one right way to offer EMDR Intensives.
That’s why we share two different models and perspectives to empower YOU to create the private practice that works best for you and your clients.
In this course, therapists will learn various ways to conduct EMDR intensives to decide which strategy works best for them. Methods could include extended sessions, 1-day EMDR intensives or story-clearing intensives working with clients up to 5-days in a row. This course will teach therapists how to transition their private practice to include full-time or part-time EMDR intensives.
This workshop will discuss areas of competency the therapist needs to be prepared for providing this type of EMDR therapy, will assess the current research that exists in providing EMDR intensives and will hone in on marketing and promotional tips and tricks to fill your calendar with client’s wanting EMDR intensives. After this workshop, therapists will have all the information and confidence to provide EMDR intensives to their clients.
Objectives
Training Objectives
- To identify various ways to conduct EMDR Intensives and decide which strategy is best for you and your clients.
- To prepare an appropriate transition for your practice to integrate the EMDR Intensive model for clients.
- To list the areas of competency the therapist has already obtained in preparation for providing EMDR Intensives and also listing the areas the therapist must enhance competencies by taking advanced trainings in preparation for providing EMDR Intensives.
- To assess the research in providing EMDR Intensives to share with clients considering the service.
Itinerary
Itinerary for Online Trainings
[Format] On Demand Learning Experience through Recorded Webinars
Module 1: EMDR Intensives Overview
- Lesson 1 – Advantages
- Lesson 2 – Myth Busters
- Lesson 3 – Research on EMDR Intensives
- Lesson 4 – Types of Cases to Work With
- Lesson 5 – Your Toolbox to Build Competency
- Lesson 6 – Assessment and Intake Process
- ACTION PLAN
- BONUS: Using Simple Practice to save time and money
Module 2 – Your Business Model
- Lesson 1 – Transitioning Your Practice
- Lesson 2 – Number of Days to Schedule
- Lesson 3 – Calculating Your Fee
- Lesson 4 – Your Transition Cushion
- Lesson 5 – Marketing EMDR Intensives
- Lesson 6 – Website Language & Videos
- ACTION PLAN
Module 3: The Day-to-Day with Clients
- Lesson 1 – Kelly’s Process
- Lesson 2 – Sadie’s Process
- Lesson 3 – How To Prepare Your Clients
- Lesson 4 – Case Example: Recent or Single Incident Trauma
- Lesson 5 – Case Example: Ongoing Traumatic Stress
- Lesson 6 – Case Example: “Story Clearing” Intensives
- ACTION PLAN
- BONUS: Receive access to Kelly’s EMDR intensive contract with clients
Module 4: Case Conceptualization & Treatment Planning
- Lesson 1 – Build Your Confidence
- Lesson 2 – AIP Informed Case Conceptualization
- Lesson 3 – Treatment Planning with the Negative Cognition
- Lesson 4 – Treatment Planning with a Theme
- Lesson 5 – Case Example: Veteran With Combat Trauma & Childhood Trauma
- ACTION PLAN
Module 5: Taking It Step-By-Step
- Lesson 1 – Initial Phone Consultation Strategy
- Lesson 2 – Networking with Colleagues
- Lesson 3 – FAQs: Common Questions & Answers
- Lesson 4 – Cumulative Effect of Trauma
- ACTION PLAN
- Bonus: Receive scripts of how to talk to your clients and colleagues about EMDR intensives.
Module 6: Confidence Building
- Lesson 1 – Overcoming Financial Fears
- Lesson 2 – Overcoming Business Fears
- Lesson 3 – Sadie’s Story of Transitioning to Intensives
- Lesson 4 – Kelly’s Story of Transitioning to Intensives
- Lesson 5 – Wrap Up: You Can Do This!
- ACTION PLAN
Bonuses
You can receive access to the following BONUSES through our program:
- Join our free Facebook group to ask question & receive support from our community!
- Receive a customized video response with comments & suggestions to improve your website & marketing strategy
- Access 1 free individual consultation with Sadie
- Obtain discounts on services & trainings
- Get listed on our Referral Directory and obtained EMDR Intensive clients faster
Registration Fees
Registration Fees
ON-DEMAND TRAINING
COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE $497
- Receive all 6 on-demand teaching modules
- 6 example scripts to use with your clients
- Actions plans for each module to take the next step
- Guides for customizing your private practice
- 4 checklists to guide you along the way
- Conceptualize cases in a way that sets you apart from other therapists
- Life-long access to the course
- BONUSES: sample contract for clients & a discount code for Simple Practice.
PROFESSIONAL PACKAGE $1,497
- Receive all 6 on-demand teaching modules
- 6 example scripts to use with your clients
- Actions plans for each module to take the next step
- Guides for customizing your private practice
- 4 checklists to guide you along the way
- Conceptualize cases in a way that sets you apart from other therapists
- Life-long access to the course
- BONUSES: sample contract for clients & a discount code for Simple Practice.
PLUS….
- Receive 1 free online individual consultation with Sadie to ask any questions you want!
- Obtain a customized feedback video about your business strategy & website marketing
- 20% off discounted EMDR intensive therapy experience with Sadie
- 10% off discount for Dr. Jarero’s EMDR Advanced Training
- BONUS: Get listed in our EMDR Intensives Referral Directory!
Trainers
Course Trainers
Sadie Smith
CE Credits
Continuing Education (CE) Credits
EMDRIA CEU’S
This training provides a certificate for 4 CEU’s. These CEU’s will be provided by the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA). It is necessary to complete and pass a quiz with an 80% score or higher in order to receive your EMDRIA CEUs. A certificate for these CEU’s is included in the price of the training.
CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) CREDITS
Scaling Up offers 4.5 CEs for Psychologists through the American Psychological Association (APA), 4.5 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) continuing education credits, and 4.5 National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) clock hours. It is the responsibility of the therapist to check with their licensure board for CE eligibility.
It is necessary to complete and pass a quiz with an 80% score or higher in order to receive the Continuing Education (CE) credits. You may take the quiz as many times as needed to pass. A certificate for these CE’s is included in the price of the training.
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Scaling Up, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7065. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Scaling Up, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
American Psychological Association (APA): Scaling Up, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Scaling Up, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Scaling Up (provider number 1834), is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provisional regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Scaling Up maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 4 asynchronous continuing education credits.
New York Continuing Education (CE) Credits: Scaling Up, LLC is approved by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as a provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0309). Scaling Up, LLC is also approved by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as a provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0803). Four (4) contact hours will be awarded upon completion of this course.
Note: New York licensees who require NYS ED CE credits must request a certificate after completing the training to receive proper documentation.
Testimonials
Testimonials from Attendees
“Thank you for offering this course it was Amazing!!!”
“Thank you so much! This resulted in me recommending a family member to do an intensive!”
“I am so very pleased to have found this course. It was one of the most useful and I will look at other trainings through Scaling Up. Competent, clear, effective presenters!”
“I’ve had other trainings/presentations on how to evolve into intensives- this was the best one that I’ve taken.”
“I loved this! It offered me the confidence to launch into intensives and to articulate the work to clients and colleagues.”
“The training was well presented and applicable to my practice. There was a lot of information to digest and support the implementation of intensives with clients.”
“Superbly organized and presented, with relatively short segments, appropriate repetition, exercises to encourage application of concepts, and example cases. Unusual to provide business, website, and marketing.”
“Overall, I found this training to be excellent and extremely practical in laying out considerations in planning to offer intensives. I appreciated the examples both presenters shared from each of their own practices and experiences – both the successes and the things they would perhaps have done differently in hindsight. I also found the workbook exercises helpful in bringing structure to my own thoughts about how to potentially do this.”
Overview
EMDR Intensive Training Overview:
Hi, we are Kelly Smyth-Dent, LCSW and Sadie Smith, LMFT (EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Consultants and Trainers) and we want to share with you our stories of changing the structure of our practices to give us more time, money and freedom to work with clients that is congruent for us.
We offer EMDR Intensives to clients both in-person and virtually that can get them results faster and gives us the lifestyles that we want.
Because we began receiving more requests for consultations regarding how to start an EMDR Intensives practice, we thought we would share our collective knowledge and experience on the topic in this comprehensive and affordable online course!
The truth is….
There is not one right way to offer EMDR Intensives.
That’s why we share two different models and perspectives to empower YOU to create the private practice that works best for you and your clients.
In this course, therapists will learn various ways to conduct EMDR intensives to decide which strategy works best for them. Methods could include extended sessions, 1-day EMDR intensives or story-clearing intensives working with clients up to 5-days in a row. This course will teach therapists how to transition their private practice to include full-time or part-time EMDR intensives.
This workshop will discuss areas of competency the therapist needs to be prepared for providing this type of EMDR therapy, will assess the current research that exists in providing EMDR intensives, and will hone in on marketing and promotional tips and tricks as part of this specialized mental health training to fill your calendar with clients wanting EMDR intensives.
Objectives
Training Objectives
- To identify various ways to conduct EMDR Intensives and decide which strategy is best for you and your clients.
- To prepare an appropriate transition for your practice to integrate the EMDR Intensive model for clients.
- To list the areas of competency the therapist must enhance by completing EMDR Advanced Training in preparation for providing EMDR Intensives.
- To assess the research in providing EMDR Intensives to share with clients considering the service.
Itinerary
Itinerary for Online Trainings
[Format] On Demand Learning Experience through Recorded Webinars
Module 1: EMDR Intensives Overview
- Lesson 1 – Advantages
- Lesson 2 – Myth Busters
- Lesson 3 – Research on EMDR Intensives
- Lesson 4 – Types of Cases to Work With
- Lesson 5 – Your Toolbox to Build Competency
- Lesson 6 – Assessment and Intake Process
- ACTION PLAN
- BONUS: Using Simple Practice to save time and money
Module 2 – Your Business Model
- Lesson 1 – Transitioning Your Practice
- Lesson 2 – Number of Days to Schedule
- Lesson 3 – Calculating Your Fee
- Lesson 4 – Your Transition Cushion
- Lesson 5 – Marketing EMDR Intensives
- Lesson 6 – Website Language & Videos
- ACTION PLAN
Module 3: The Day-to-Day with Clients
- Lesson 1 – Kelly’s Process
- Lesson 2 – Sadie’s Process
- Lesson 3 – How To Prepare Your Clients
- Lesson 4 – Case Example: Recent or Single Incident Trauma
- Lesson 5 – Case Example: Ongoing Traumatic Stress
- Lesson 6 – Case Example: “Story Clearing” Intensives
- ACTION PLAN
- BONUS: Receive access to Kelly’s EMDR intensive contract with clients
Module 4: Case Conceptualization & Treatment Planning
- Lesson 1 – Build Your Confidence
- Lesson 2 – AIP Informed Case Conceptualization
- Lesson 3 – Treatment Planning with the Negative Cognition
- Lesson 4 – Treatment Planning with a Theme
- Lesson 5 – Case Example: Veteran With Combat Trauma & Childhood Trauma
- ACTION PLAN
Module 5: Taking It Step-By-Step
- Lesson 1 – Initial Phone Consultation Strategy
- Lesson 2 – Networking with Colleagues
- Lesson 3 – FAQs: Common Questions & Answers
- Lesson 4 – Cumulative Effect of Trauma
- ACTION PLAN
- Bonus: Receive scripts of how to talk to your clients and colleagues about EMDR intensives.
Module 6: Confidence Building
- Lesson 1 – Overcoming Financial Fears
- Lesson 2 – Overcoming Business Fears
- Lesson 3 – Sadie’s Story of Transitioning to Intensives
- Lesson 4 – Kelly’s Story of Transitioning to Intensives
- Lesson 5 – Wrap Up: You Can Do This!
- ACTION PLAN
Bonuses
You can receive access to the following BONUSES through our program:
- Join our free Facebook group to ask question & receive support from our community!
- Receive a customized video response with comments & suggestions to improve your website & marketing strategy
- Access 1 free individual consultation with Sadie
- Obtain discounts on services & trainings
- Get listed on our Referral Directory and obtained EMDR Intensive clients faster
Registration Fees
Registration Fees
ON-DEMAND TRAINING
COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE $497
- Receive all 6 on-demand teaching modules
- 6 example scripts to use with your clients
- Actions plans for each module to take the next step
- Guides for customizing your private practice
- 4 checklists to guide you along the way
- Conceptualize cases in a way that sets you apart from other therapists
- Life-long access to the course
- BONUSES: sample contract for clients & a discount code for Simple Practice.
PROFESSIONAL PACKAGE $1,497
- Receive all 6 on-demand teaching modules
- 6 example scripts to use with your clients
- Actions plans for each module to take the next step
- Guides for customizing your private practice
- 4 checklists to guide you along the way
- Conceptualize cases in a way that sets you apart from other therapists
- Life-long access to the course
- BONUSES: sample contract for clients & a discount code for Simple Practice.
PLUS….
- Receive 1 free online individual consultation with Sadie to ask any questions you want!
- Obtain a customized feedback video about your business strategy & website marketing
- 20% off discounted EMDR intensive therapy experience with Sadie
- 10% off discount for Dr. Jarero’s EMDR Advanced Training
- BONUS: Get listed in our EMDR Intensives Referral Directory!
Trainers
Course Trainers
TrainerSadie Smith
CE Credits
Continuing Education (CE) Credits
EMDRIA CEU’S
This training provides a certificate for 4 CEU’s. These CEU’s will be provided by the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA). It is necessary to complete and pass a quiz with an 80% score or higher in order to receive your EMDRIA CEUs. You may take the quiz as many times as needed to pass. A certificate for these CEU’s is included in the price of the training.
CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) CREDITS
Scaling Up offers 4.5 CEs for Psychologists through the American Psychological Association (APA), 4.5 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) continuing education credits, and 4.5 National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) clock hours for this mental health training. It is the responsibility of the therapist to check with their licensure board for CE eligibility.
It is necessary to complete and pass a quiz with an 80% score or higher in order to receive the Continuing Education (CE) credits. You may take the quiz as many times as needed to pass. A certificate for these CE’s is included in the price of the training.
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Scaling Up, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7065. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Scaling Up, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
American Psychological Association (APA): Scaling Up, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Scaling Up, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Scaling Up (provider number 1834), is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provisional regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Scaling Up maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 4.5 asynchronous continuing education credits.
New York Continuing Education (CE) Credits: Scaling Up, LLC is approved by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as a provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0309). Scaling Up, LLC is also approved by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as a provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0803). Four (4) contact hours will be awarded upon completion of this course.
Note: New York licensees who require NYS ED CE credits must request a certificate after completing the training to receive proper documentation.
Testimonials
Testimonials from Attendees
“Thank you for offering this course it was Amazing!!!”
“Thank you so much! This resulted in me recommending a family member to do an intensive!”
“I am so very pleased to have found this course. It was one of the most useful and I will look at other trainings through Scaling Up. Competent, clear, effective presenters!”
“I’ve had other trainings/presentations on how to evolve into intensives- this was the best one that I’ve taken.”
“I loved this! It offered me the confidence to launch into intensives and to articulate the work to clients and colleagues.”
“The training was well presented and applicable to my practice. There was a lot of information to digest and support the implementation of intensives with clients.”
“Superbly organized and presented, with relatively short segments, appropriate repetition, exercises to encourage application of concepts, and example cases. Unusual to provide business, website, and marketing.”
“Overall, I found this training to be excellent and extremely practical in laying out considerations in planning to offer intensives. I appreciated the examples both presenters shared from each of their own practices and experiences – both the successes and the things they would perhaps have done differently in hindsight. I also found the workbook exercises helpful in bringing structure to my own thoughts about how to potentially do this.”
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an EMDR intensive and how does it differ from standard EMDR therapy?
An EMDR intensive is an extended-format therapy model where clients receive multiple hours of EMDR therapy in a concentrated period—such as a half-day or full-day session—rather than weekly 50-minute appointments. Intensives can lead to faster progress for clients and offer therapists greater schedule flexibility, reduced burnout, and higher revenue per session.
What does the EMDR Intensive Training course teach?
The course covers how to build and launch an EMDR intensives practice from the ground up. Topics include how to structure intensive sessions, assess client readiness, set pricing, market intensive services, create intake processes, and deliver effective results. Trainers Kelly Smyth-Dent and Sadie Smith share two different practice models so clinicians can design an approach that fits their own work style and goals.
Who should take the EMDR Intensive Training course?
This training is designed for licensed therapists who have completed EMDR Basic Training and are interested in offering intensive EMDR sessions to clients. It is especially relevant for clinicians experiencing burnout from traditional hourly scheduling, those who want to increase their income and flexibility, or practitioners who want to help clients achieve results more quickly.
Do I need to complete EMDR Basic Training before enrolling in the Intensive Training?
Yes. Because the EMDR Intensive Training focuses on the practical and business aspects of delivering EMDR in an intensive format, participants should have a working knowledge of EMDR therapy through an EMDRIA-Approved Basic Training before enrolling.
Does this course offer EMDRIA CEUs or Continuing Education (CE) credits?
Yes!
EMDRIA CEU’S
This training provides a certificate for 4 CEU’s. These CEU’s will be provided by the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA). It is necessary to complete and pass a quiz with an 80% score or higher in order to receive your EMDRIA CEUs. You may take the quiz as many times as needed to pass. A certificate for these CEU’s is included in the price of the training.
CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) CREDITS
Scaling Up offers 4 CEs for Psychologists through the American Psychological Association (APA) and 4 NBCC clock hours. It is the responsibility of the therapist to check with their licensure board for CE eligibility.
It is necessary to complete and pass a quiz with an 80% score or higher in order to receive the Continuing Education (CE) credits. You may take the quiz as many times as needed to pass. A certificate for these CE’s is included in the price of the training.
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Scaling Up, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7065. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Scaling Up, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
American Psychological Association (APA): Scaling Up, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Scaling Up, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Is the EMDR Intensive Training available online or on demand?
Yes. The EMDR Intensive Training is available both live online and as an on-demand course, making it accessible for clinicians on any schedule. Check the Scaling Up EMDR website for current live session dates and on-demand registration options.
If I buy the Comprehensive Package now, can I upgrade to the Professional Package later?
Yes, of course! Just contact us at info@scalingupemdr.com when you are ready to upgrade and we will hook you up 🙂
Who are Sadie and Kelly and why are they qualified to teach this course?
Sadie Smith and Kelly Smyth-Dent are both EMDRIA-Approved Consultants and Trainers and have a combined 16 years of EMDR experience. They both run their private practices fully by offering EMDR intensives.
They also both run their private practices and EMDR intensives slightly differently, so this training offers you the unique oppotunity to learn two different ways of running EMDR intensives in your practice AND receive direct feedback from Sadie and Kelly to help you customize your own way of offering EMDR intensives that fits your desires, lifestyle and comfort level.
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