T-EMDR
Beyond Technique. Toward Transformation.
Trauma therapy training centered on EMDR therapy and real transformation.
Because serious clinical work requires serious formation.
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5-Day Intensive: EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Professional Training Parts I & II
8:30AM - 5:30pm
Up to 40 CEs
Sept. 14 – 18, 2026
Morrisville, NC
Hyatt House Raleigh Durham Airport, 10962 Chapel Hill Rd.
Attendee Hotel Rate
Investment: $1,495
Veterans, interns, pre-licensed clinicians, and nonprofit providers: $1,195. EMDRIA-required consultation is completed separately
Become an EMDR therapist.
Trauma Therapy Training That Goes Further
Trauma therapy training often begins with a simple recognition: the work asks for more.
It asks for more than insight alone, and more than coping skills. It asks for more than helping clients understand why they suffer while the same patterns continue.
EMDR offers a clear and disciplined model for helping the mind process experiences that remain unresolved and continue to shape the present.
For many clinicians, learning EMDR changes more than treatment options, as they find their listening sharpens, their sessions carry greater direction, and their confidence grows where uncertainty once lived. What begins as training often becomes a new level of trust in the work, and in yourself as the one doing it.
This is EMDR training as developed, refined, and delivered by Dr. Andrew Dobo, PsyD, EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Trainer, Consultant, and Author, and his team.
Begin With Clarity.
Trauma therapy training asks more than most clinicians expect.
It asks you to choose a model, a standard, and the people who will shape how you first understand the work. Long before a client ever sits across from you for EMDR, those early decisions begin influencing the therapist you are becoming.
That is why clarity matters here.
Not only clarity about what EMDR is, but clarity about how it should be taught, how it should be practiced, and what kind of clinical judgment good training is meant to develop.
At EMDR Educators, training is taken seriously because the work itself is serious. EMDR is taught as a complete psychotherapy model; clear in structure, powerful in application, and capable of changing lives when practiced well.
Whether you are learning what EMDR is or deciding where to train, begin here:
EMDR Training Explained
EMDR training provides clinicians with a structured, evidence-based framework for trauma treatment. Through didactic instruction, supervised practicum, and required consultation, therapists learn to apply Adaptive Information Processing in a disciplined and clinically precise way.
Understanding EMDR
EMDR is an evidence-based psychotherapy model rooted in Adaptive Information Processing. It offers a structured approach to reprocessing traumatic memory and restoring integration across cognitive, emotional, and somatic systems.
Not All EMDR Training is The Same
Where to get trauma therapy training is one of the more important professional decisions a clinician can make. The EMDR training you choose influences your understanding of trauma, how confidently you begin using EMDR, and how you practice when cases become more complex.
If you are comparing options, begin with a clear understanding of what separates one training from another.
Choosing your training provider is not simply a matter of location, format, or cost. It’s much deeper. It is a decision about how you will be formed as a trauma therapist. And while some programs focus mainly on completion, others focus on quality of clinical formation, helping therapists think clearly, apply the model with discipline, and develop confidence that holds up in real sessions.
Examine how the model is taught. EMDR training is widely available. Depth in trauma therapy formation is not. The distinction rarely appears on a brochure. The right choice is rarely the cheapest, fastest, or most convenient. It is the training that prepares you to do meaningful work well.
Training shapes perception. Learn more about how to choose EMDR training→
Beyond Technique
EMDR is widely known as a treatment for trauma. That reputation is well earned.
When applied correctly, EMDR can help clients process traumatic experiences in ways that lead to faster, meaningful, and lasting change. But EMDR was not designed as a trauma technique alone.
It is a complete psychotherapy model grounded in the Adaptive Information Processing system; a model for understanding how earlier experiences continue to influence present thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and behavior.
As therapists gain experience, many begin to recognize that learning the protocol is only the beginning.
Real clinical work raises deeper questions:
- Why do some clients progress quickly while others remain stuck?
- When should the therapist intervene, and when should they stay out of the way?
- How can the model be applied with greater clarity and precision?
These are the questions addressed through advanced training.
Transformational EMDR® (T-EMDR) builds on foundational EMDR education by helping clinicians refine how they understand and apply the model in practice. It emphasizes disciplined use of the standard protocol, careful observation, and a deeper appreciation for what emerges naturally during processing. This is EMDR as Shapiro meant it to be.
For therapists who sense there is more to EMDR than memorizing phases and procedures, the T-EMDR certification pathway offers the next step.
Led by Experience. Built for Mastery.
Trauma therapy training carries real responsibility. Therapists do not come to it for entertainment or credentials alone. They come because people are suffering, and the quality of the training will eventually matter in rooms where pain, memory, and change are present.
That reality has guided EMDR Educators from the beginning.
Under the direction of Andrew Dobo, PsyD, EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Trainer, Consultant, and Author, EMDR is taught with seriousness, clarity, and respect for the model itself. The goal is not to impress in the classroom, but to prepare clinicians to work well when the moment is real.
His team reflects the same standard. Consultants and contributors are developed within a shared philosophy of disciplined teaching, careful thinking, and clinically sound application. Whether learning directly with Dr. Dobo or through the broader training team, clinicians encounter continuity in both method and expectation.
Instruction goes beyond slides, memorization, and procedural completion. Case material is explored carefully. Clinical judgment is strengthened. Difficult questions are welcomed and worked through directly.
For clinicians seeking trauma therapy training that develops more than surface competence, this difference matters.
Because mastery is not produced by exposure. It is built through formation.
Learn more about EMDR Educators and the philosophy guiding this work.
A Body of Work
Dr. Andrew Dobo’s published works articulate the intellectual foundation of Transformational EMDR®, from its structure as a trauma-responsive model into its broader meaning for therapeutic depth and human transformation.
Transformational EMDR: The Manual
A structural articulation of EMDR beyond the disease model, integrating classical EMDR with deeper psychological and developmental insights. (2026) view on Amazon →
The Hero’s Journey: Integrating Jungian Psychology and EMDR Therapy
Explores the parallel between EMDR’s process and the archetypal narrative of transformation described by Joseph Campbell, enriching clinical understanding. (2023) view on Amazon →
Unburdening Souls at the Speed of Thought
A broader look at EMDR’s capacity to facilitate meaning and psychological wholeness across states of suffering and growth. (2015) view on Amazon →
Together, these works establish the intellectual foundation from which the broader T-EMDR environment continues to evolve.