EMDRIA CEUs– Population specialization

Are you an EMDR therapist ready to take the next step in advancing your EMDR therapy career? Are you ready to are you considering specializing in a population that you are most interested in? Maybe you are ready for your EMDR certification application and you need those extra EMDRIA-approved CEUs for your application, and this is a great moment to specialize your practice. Whatever your reason, specializing or expanding your EMDR therapy practice with EMDRIA-approved training and CEUs is a great way to take your EMDR therapy practice to the next level. Specializing in a population-specific EMDR intervention can also assist in making and developing the kings of referrals that you desire in your practice setting.   Here are options for population-specific EMDR therapy specializations that you can develop. 

First Responders

Do you have a passion for working with other professionals with high trauma exposure? Specialization in EMDR therapy and working with first responders may be a great choice for you! EMDR therapists with special training in working with first responders learn advanced EMDR skills related to the high occurrence of trauma exposure, culture, or emergency personnel, and build skills related to common challenges in this area of practice.

Military and Veterans 

Are you a veteran? Did you come from a military family? Do you love supporting service members on their journeys to healing? Special advanced training in military or veteran-related EMDR therapy may be for you! We know roughly 7% of veterans meet the criteria for PTSD and even more suffer from trauma exposure. (1) Developing a specialty for EMDR therapy work with veteran and military members can equip you with the skills to support the men and women who protect and serve out country!  

LGBTQ+

Another growing area of awareness of specialization and need is EMDR therapy with a specialization in the LGBTQ+ community. The APA reports that LGBTQIA+ individuals may experience trauma at higher rates. (2) Special advanced EMDRIA-approved training with the LGBTQIA+ community can equip therapists with the skills to support individuals in their unique trauma experiences in a culturally competent way. 

Children and adolescents

Do you love working with children and teens? Did you know that EMDR therapy with children is a specialized field of practice? Taking additional EMDRIA-approved CUE training and courses on ethical and effective EMDR therapy work with children and teens is a great way to specialize your practice in a field that is so needed in our communities. 

Racism and cultural issues 

Finally, we know that unique experiences with trauma occur and are experienced based on the cultural, racial, and religious experiences of the individual. If you are passionate about racial trauma, religious trauma, immigration trauma, working cross-culturally or other culture-based trauma concerns, specialization and training in EMDR therapy with that population will increase your ability to work effectively in the population and credibility with clients and community members