Scaling Up EMDR Blog
The Scaling Up EMDR Blog is a resource for therapists seeking high-quality training, clinical insight, and practical guidance in EMDR therapy. Here you’ll find articles on EMDR Basic Training, advanced protocols, trauma-informed practice, and the realities of scaling your impact as a clinician—grounded in ethics, safety, and real-world application.
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Why EMDR Implementation Thrives in Some Organizations and Fades in Others

Sending a clinical team to EMDR Implementation training is a significant investment, and most organizations measure its success by completion. Clinicians finish Part I and…

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Is EMDR Training Worth It, and What Is the Expected ROI? 2400 1260 Scaling Up

Is EMDR Training Worth It, and What Is the Expected ROI?

Is EMDR training worth it? EMDR therapy is a specialized treatment modality and theoretical model for understanding trauma: how distressing experiences get stored in the…

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EMDR and DBT Therapy: Sequencing Trauma Work With Skills Training 1200 630 Scaling Up

EMDR and DBT Therapy: Sequencing Trauma Work With Skills Training

If you treat trauma, you have probably had some version of this conversation with yourself: a client is ready and motivated, but their emotional regulation…

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Self-Care for Trauma Therapists – Practices That Actually Work for Trauma Clinicians

If you’ve spent time in the field, you already know that self-care for trauma therapists means something different than it does for the general population.…

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EMDR Couples Therapy: What Training Do You Need and How Does It Work? 1200 630 Scaling Up

EMDR Couples Therapy: What Training Do You Need and How Does It Work?

EMDR couples therapy comes up more often than most clinicians expect. If you work with couples, you’ve probably had a client mention EMDR — maybe…

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How EMDR therapy works: the eight phases of an EMDR session grouped into foundation, reprocessing, and integration stages
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How Does EMDR Therapy Work? A Phase-by-Phase Session Walkthrough

You’ve probably referred a client for EMDR, or considered training in it yourself, without ever seeing a full session unfold. That’s normal. EMDR has a…

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EMDR therapy for adolescents infographic showing the eight-phase treatment pathway from history-taking to reevaluation
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EMDR With Adolescents: Adapting the Protocol for Teen Clients

If you specialize in adolescent therapy, you already have the harder half of this figured out. You know how to read a teenager who’s three…

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Diagram showing an EMDR therapist's referral network with connected referral sources
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How to Build a Referral Network as an EMDR Therapist

If you’ve ever finished a great intake and thought, “I wish I’d known about this client sooner,” you already understand why referrals matter. Growing an…

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Diagram showing stabilization before processing in EMDR and dissociation treatment
EMDR and Dissociation: Stabilization First, Processing Second 1200 630 Scaling Up

EMDR and Dissociation: Stabilization First, Processing Second

Every clinician who has worked with complex trauma has had the moment: you’re mid-set, and your client’s eyes go flat. The voice changes. The room…

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EMDR consultant training pathway showing the four stages from Basic Training to EMDRIA Approved Consultant, with the Consultant in Training stage highlighted
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From Trained to Consultant: The EMDRIA Pathway to Becoming a Consultant in Training

EMDR Consultant Training: The EMDRIA Pathway to Becoming a Consultant in Training   Most of us didn’t get into EMDR planning to eventually teach it.…

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Map showing states and counties with free and subsidized EMDR training for therapists, including statewide funding in Montana, Nevada, Arizona, and Michigan, and county-level funding in Illinois and Pennsylvania
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Free and Subsidized EMDR Training Programs: A State by State Guide

Cost is one of the most common barriers of EMDR training for therapists. A full EMDR Basic Training represents a real investment of both time…

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Window of tolerance diagram showing hyperarousal, hypoarousal, and the optimal zone for EMDR reprocessing in trauma therapy
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What Is the Window of Tolerance and Why EMDR Therapists Need to Understand It?

How Does the Window of Tolerance Shape Trauma Therapy? If you’ve spent any time in trauma therapy training, you’ve probably heard the phrase “window of…

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therapist and client demonstrating grounded posture during EMDR session
EMDR and Somatic Approaches: Combining Body-Based Work with the 8 Phases 1344 768 Scaling Up

EMDR and Somatic Approaches: Combining Body-Based Work with the 8 Phases

EMDR and Somatic Approaches: Why Clinicians Pursue EMDR Professional Training EMDR consultation groups have been having a familiar conversation for a long time now. Clinicians…

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Setting Private Pay Rates as an EMDR Therapist

How Much Should an EMDR Therapist Charge for Private Pay Sessions? For most EMDR therapists, fee-setting is one of the first real business questions to…

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Group vs. Individual EMDR Consultation: Which Is Right for Your Certification Path? 728 408 Scaling Up

Group vs. Individual EMDR Consultation: Which Is Right for Your Certification Path?

When you finish your EMDR basic training, the path forward toward EMDR training and certification can feel a little murky. You know consultation is required…

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EMDR with complex trauma
EMDR for Complex PTSD: How the Protocol Changes and Why 728 408 Scaling Up

EMDR for Complex PTSD: How the Protocol Changes and Why

If you’ve worked with clients who have complex trauma histories, you already know that the standard EMDR protocol doesn’t always map cleanly onto their experience.…

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Vicarious Trauma and the EMDR Therapist
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Vicarious Trauma and the EMDR Therapist

There’s a particular kind of exhaustion common with trauma work. It’s not the tiredness of a long day or a heavy caseload alone. It’s something…

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How to Explain EMDR to Clients
How to Explain EMDR to Clients Who’ve Never Heard of It 728 408 Scaling Up

How to Explain EMDR to Clients Who’ve Never Heard of It

Most clients walk into their first EMDR session with some version of the same look: curious, cautious, maybe a little skeptical. They’ve Googled it. They’ve…

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EMDR and IFS Therapy
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EMDR + IFS: How to Integrate Internal Family Systems Into Your EMDR Practice

  Two of the most influential approaches in trauma-informed therapy—Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Internal Family Systems (IFS)—share a foundational belief: that clients…

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EMDR Consultation Hours
How Many EMDR Consultation Hours Do You Actually Need for Certification? 1920 1280 Scaling Up

How Many EMDR Consultation Hours Do You Actually Need for Certification?

Completing an EMDR basic training is a significant clinical milestone—but it is not the same as achieving EMDR certification. The path from trained therapist to…

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