by Elisa Planellas | Oct 30, 2025 | EMDR Training
When therapists begin EMDR training, many are eager to learn advanced techniques, nuanced strategies, or exciting integrations with other modalities. It’s natural; we all want to offer our clients the most powerful tools available. And EMDR is indeed powerful. But...
by Elisa Planellas | Oct 9, 2025 | EMDR Training
There are plenty of therapy trainings that sharpen skills.Some offer new tools. Others expand your scope. Some even promise breakthroughs. But EMDR training doesn’t just add to your toolkit, it changes the way you sit in the room. It redefines what it means to be...
by Elisa Planellas | Aug 28, 2025 | EMDR Training
Every therapist remembers their first real training, the one that didn’t just add skills but rewired something deeper. For many, EMDR training is that moment. It’s not just a credential or just a technique, it’s a crossing over. For when EMDR is taught well, it...
by Elisa Planellas | Aug 7, 2025 | EMDR Training
There’s something that happens during EMDR training that no slide deck can prepare you for. It’s the moment you sit in the client’s chair. And in that moment, you are the one who closes your eyes, names a memory, and begins bilateral stimulation. This is a moment when...
by Elisa Planellas | Jul 28, 2025 | EMDR Therapist, EMDR Training, Private Practice
Becoming an EMDR therapist isn’t just about adding a new modality. It’s about entering into a different way of being with your clients and with yourself. In a profession that often rewards doing, EMDR invites something else: presence. Trust. Restraint. A shift from...
by Elisa Planellas | Jul 21, 2025 | EMDR Therapist, EMDR Training
Those who train in EMDR often say “I wish I had done this sooner.” You’d be surprised how often we hear that. Therapists from every background—psychodynamic, CBT, somatic, integrative—come to EMDR training with curiosity or hesitation. But by the time they’ve...
