Accreditation

You are required to be a member of the Association to apply for accreditation but  do not need to be a member to undertake an EMDR Accrediteded training.

Please see above. You do not have to be a member of the Association to train or be supervised by an accredited consultant. You need to be a member of the Association to become accredited.

From Jan 2011 it became compulsory to add additional supervision hours to training. Part 4 provides 10 hours of supervision. Once you have completed all parts of your EMDR standard training you will have accrued 10 hours of supervision which counts towards accreditation. Please note that trainings before that date did not include a supervision element.

Only supervision by a EUROPE Accredited EMDR Consultant can be counted for your application for accreditation /reaccreditation

You can count cases for which you have received supervision by an Accredited EMDR Consultant if that consultant provides written confirmation of the supervision, whether that was provided in individual or group supervision. Group supervision hours are counted in the same way as individual supervision hours. Your consultant will expect you to make a significant contribution if you are to count the hours.

No. Ask your previous supervisor to provide you with written confirmation of the work you have done together and sign off the cases he/she has supervised.
If you are unable to get a reference from your previous supervisor, you may only count the early cases if you discuss them in detail with your new supervisor who is then able to sign them off.

No. Only supervision by an EMDR Europe Accredited Consultant is recognised for accreditation. (Though Peer Supervision can be helpful in the absence of consultant supervision.)

Ideally a group should consist of no more than 5 participants and should last for around 2 hours. EMDR Consultants need to be able to be sure that they can safely supervise the practice of all of their supervisees. EMDR Consultants need also to be able to gain a clear picture of their supervisees practice and to take into account the regularity of attendance of their supervisees at groups.

The guidelines make it clear that in order to fulfil the conditions for accreditation your EMDR consultant must either see recordings of your work OR have seen in vivo sessions which demonstrate your competency in the use of all eight phases of the standard protocol .

The guidelines make it clear that in order to fulfil the conditions for accreditation your EMDR consultant must either see a recording of your work OR have seen an in vivo session which demonstrate your competency in the use of all eight phases of the standard protocol .

You need to be able to demonstrate competency in all eight phases of the EMDR protocol: this may be in combination with examples from your video material. Ideally you should present a number of videos over time showing various aspects of your work.

CPD credits are awarded by the EMDR UK Assoc for workshops/ conferences which fulfil the Association criteria for CPD credits. Since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic the Association has awarded credits for facilitated EMDR workshops/ conferences which are being delivered on online platforms. These are EMDR CPD events which prior to the pandemic members would have attended in person.

The EMDR UK Assoc does not award EMDR CPD credits for any pre recorded internet based courses. Such courses may be awarded credits by other organisations and you may include some credits when applying for EMDR reaccreditation.

EMDR UK Assocation awards credits to events which meet the Association's criteria and which may be delivered either in person or on online platforms.

From January 2020 the number of credits required for reaccreditation as practitioners and consultants was increased to a minimum of 75 CPD credits, 50 of which must be EMDR specific CPD credits. This is an increase from the previous requirement of 50 credits overall, 25 of which were EMDR specific. The additional 25 credits now needed should be from trauma related CPD.

This increase will be introduced during the next 5 years as detailed below:
Accred. due during 2020- 5 additional credits.
Accred. due during 2021- 10 additional credits
Accred. due during 2022- 15 additional credits
Accred. due during 2023 - 20 additional credits.
Accred. due during 2024- 25 additional credits.

EMDR UK Assocation awards credits to events which meet the Association's criteria and which may be delivered either in person or on online platforms.

Applicants seeking re accreditation as Child and Adolescent Practitioners and Consultants were previously required to have a gained a minimum of 10 of the 25 EMDR specific CPD credits needed from Child and Adolescent focused workshops. By 2024 -5 a minimum of 20 of the required minimum of 50 EMDR specific credits will be from workshops for those working with children and adolescents. Credits required will increase from 10 credits by 2 credits each year until 2024-5.

Write to the Association mitigation lead.( The Association Administrator will provide contact details.) A member of the committee is responsible for considering all mitigating circumstances and will do so without breaching confidentiality.  It is also advisable that your EMDR Supervisor/consultant writes to the Chair stating their support for the request.

For re accreditation as an EMDR Practitioner, you will need one reference from an EMDR Accredited Consultant, plus one other professional (clinical supervisor/manager) reference.

For re accreditation as an EMDR Consultant you will need references from two EMDR Accredited Consultants; one of whom needs to be able to comment on your clinical work.

If you have a break in membership of more than 3 months you must reapply for accreditation.

It is your responsibility to keep track of your accreditation although the Association does try to notify all accredited members when reaccreditation is due. The committee does exercise some flexibility in these circumstances. If your membership has lapsed for some time you may have to reapply for accreditation.

It is your responsibility to satisfy your registering body that you have fulfilled the CPD requirements for continuing registration. You can provide this evidence when you apply for reaccreditation.

CPD points are not awarded for supervision, but attendance at a supervision group fulfils one of the criteria for re accreditation and you should make reference to it in your application.

It is expected that you would engage in such activities throughout your period of accreditation, but this would be over and above your attendance at CPD events.

We recognise that you may be supervising people who do not wish or are not ready to seek accreditation. Putting people forward for accreditation is not a requirement for re accreditation though we would like you to encourage supervisees to apply for accreditation.

The creation of the role EMDR consultant is not meant as a title to provide status. You are encouraged provide supervision and your lack of provision of supervision may be a factor when considering your reaccreditation. It is implicit that the role of EMDR Consultant to provide EMDR clinical supervision.

You should let your supervisee know that you have a duty inform both their registering body and the EMDR Association.

You should inform the Association where you have serious concerns which you can substantiate.