EMDR Accredited Training

EMDRNZ aims to promote and support EMDR as a treatment modality in Aotearoa/New Zealand by:

  • providing standards and guidelines for education

  • providing training and professional practice of EMDR in New Zealand

  • undertaking accreditation of therapists and trainers

  • promoting public awareness of EMDR and supporting research into the effectiveness of EMDR

All Basic trainings listed on the EMDRNZ website meet the standards and requirements of EMDRNZ.

Accredited EMDR Practitioners and EMDRNZ Case Consultants have all met the requirements for accreditation.

Accredited EMDR Clinicians have demonstrated their on-going proficiency in EMDR practice. They are required to meet set criteria including:

EMDRNZ Accredited Clinician

  • One year clinical practice of EMDR after completion of basic training

  • Completion of a minimum of 75 EMDR sessions

  • Have treated a minimum number of 25 clients

  • Undertaken a minimum of 20 hrs clinical supervision with an EMDR NZ Consultant, which includes witnessing the applicant's EMDR clinical work through a video recording or in-vivo

  • Supplied 2 references, one from an EMDRNZ Consultant and the second from a person who can comment about the applicant's professional practice and standing.

  • Be a member of the EMDRNZ Association

To learn more about accreditation or to understand the accreditation pathways, download the Guidelines for EMDRNZ Accreditation Process
and Accreditation Criteria

EMDRNZ  Accredited Case Consultants have met the following requirements:

EMDRNZ Accredited Case Consultants

  • a minimum of 3 years experience in EMDR as an Accredited EMDR Clinician

  • have treated a broad range of diagnoses and complexity of clients

  • have completed a minimum of 400 EMDR sessions

  • have treated a minimum of 75 clients after becoming an accredited EMDR practitioner

  • participated in consultation of consultation for a minimum of 20 hrs by an EMDR consultant after becoming an accredited EMDR practitioner

  • participate in regular supervision of their EMDR clinicial work

  • have undertaken a minimum of 75 hours of EMDR related Continuous Professional Development since finishing Basic Training

  • submitted a minimum of three video recordings or in-vivo sessions of an EMDR clinical session, an individual EMDR clinical supervision session, and a group EMDR clinical supervision.

  • is a member of EMDRNZ

  • have observed all parts of the Basic Training to refresh their knowledge and technical understanding of EMDR basic training. Once this component has been completed, the applicant can be listed as a “Consultant in Training” on the EMDRNZ website.