EMDR Basic Training · October 2026 Cohort
Train with confidence. Practice with depth.
An EMDRIA-approved Basic Training built around the way clinicians actually use EMDR — relationally, somatically, and with full attunement. Springfield, MO + Zoom, October 12–16, 2026.
- EMDRIA-approved Basic Training
- 50 CE hours
- NBCC ACEP No. 7160
- NASW-MO 50 SW hours
- Jen Savage, anchor consultant
This training is for you if…
You're a licensed therapist ready to integrate EMDR into a relational, somatic practice — not just learn a protocol.
You want to leave training feeling clinically prepared to use EMDR with your next client, not theoretically informed.
You're looking for a training community that supports you after the cohort ends — through consultation hours and an ongoing clinical conversation.
What you'll learn
By the end of this training, you'll be able to:
Conduct an EMDR session integrating somatic resourcing from the first phase.
Identify when EMDR is and is not appropriate for a given clinical presentation.
Adapt the standard EMDR protocol to fit complex trauma, attachment, and somatic material.
Maintain therapeutic presence and attunement while running bilateral stimulation.
Move competently through all eight phases of EMDR with a real client.
Recognize and respond to abreactions and dissociative material in session.
Build a path toward EMDRIA certification through structured consultation.
Curriculum
Five days, eight phases, real practice.
Format + logistics
What to expect, what's included, when and where.
- Dates
- October 12 – 16, 2026
- Format
- Hybrid — Springfield, MO + Zoom
- CE hours
- 50 hours (EMDRIA, NBCC, NASW-MO)
- Cohort size
- 100 clinicians
- Tuition
- $1,600 one-time or $206.25/mo × 8 months ($1,650 total)
- Included
- Training manual, certificate, post-training consultation pathway
Refund policy: Full refund up to 30 days before cohort start. 50% refund 14–30 days out. No refund within 14 days of start, but registration may be transferred to a future cohort once.
Anchor consultant
Your faculty
Jen Savage
Director of Program Development · EMDRIA-Approved Consultant
Jen Savage is an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant and Director of Program Development at Beyond Healing Institute. She is the named anchor for BHI's EMDR programming — she has trained hundreds of clinicians in EMDR and built BHI's somatic + relational approach, a method that treats EMDR not as a protocol to apply but as a deeply relational process to inhabit. Her clinical work, training, and consultation sit at the intersection of EMDR, somatic psychology, and the therapeutic relationship.
Why somatic + relational
EMDR works best when it's relational. We train the whole thing — not just the protocol.
Most EMDR training treats the protocol as the work. Memorize the eight phases, run the bilateral stimulation, follow the script. That's the floor — but it isn't the practice.
The clients you'll use EMDR with are bringing complex trauma, dissociation, attachment wounding, and somatic dysregulation into the room. The protocol doesn't tell you how to stay attuned through an abreaction, when to slow down, or how to hold a client whose body is processing faster than their words.
Our somatic + relational approach trains you to do all of that. You'll leave able to run the eight phases — and able to sit clinically with what comes up while you do.
“The instructors were knowledgeable, compassionate, and engaging. This training was transformative for me as a clinician.”
From the last two cohorts
What alumni say
“I feel so much more prepared than I imagined to use EMDR and I feel motivated to continue to learn and grow in this field.”
“Trainers were fantastic, very easy to collaborate with and learn from.”
“I learned so much from this training and especially appreciated the practice portions and the follow up consultation.”
“I loved this training. The instructors and content were phenomenal.”
“Overall, a wonderful training and experience. I appreciate the knowledge I've obtained and look forward to using it.”
“I am 100% satisfied.”
FAQ
Questions clinicians ask before registering.
Ready to train with depth?
The October 2026 cohort begins October 12 in Springfield, MO with a Zoom option. We cap at 100 clinicians so faculty can give real feedback during practice.