The Counselling Academy

WHEN?:  16th to 19th April 2026.

WHERE?: - 5, Mill Street, (Above Magpie & Hook) Bideford, Devon EX39 1EQ 

Are you ready to become a certified EMDR practitioner and bring transformative trauma treatment into your practice?

We are so excited to announce our 6th Live EMDR training. The feedback from delegates says the warmth, relaxed feel of the training adds to the sense of security and safety needed when delivering 8 weeks of therapy into 2 days! 

It's INTENSE!!  For you, and the client, BUT! sooooooooo magical, empowering and life changing!!  That was what our last clients and delegates said when they attended our training event.

You do NOT have to be part of any Voluntary Membership Club or be Accredited to learn EMDR or to attend our training!

You will receive our comprehensive Part 1 (Protocol/Theory) online 2 weeks before the event. This is to ensure you arrive with the Protocol fresh in you mind. The Live Training counts for a big chunk of Part 2  (Practice & Supervision) in one immersive long weekend! 

Once you have completed the weekend you will have some more online modules to complete before submiting  a case study on your first client. You will then gain assess to Part 3 which is all the Advanced stuff! (it's a lot of learning, so needs to be spread in this way)
You will leave the Live Training with 2 certificates which you can use to promote yourself, and your Diploma certificate will arrive in the post when you have completed the third part.

This unique training event is designed for counsellors who want to introduce EMDR into their work and fast-track their training which will leave them fully confident to incorporate EMDR into their work immediately. You'll practice on real clients bought in especially for this training - with real issues that are common to our therapy room and that EMDR can help with, so no need to produce all the case studies (6) needed for the online EMDR training, this event gives you hands-on experience, on hand guidance and will boost your confidence to incorporate it into your practice immediately.

Why This Training event is Different:

• You don’t need to be part of any membership club or accredited by voluntary organisations to access this training! Here at The Counselling Academy, we believe in inclusivity and making advanced training accessible to ALL qualified working counsellors and mental health workers.
• We do require that you hold a minimum of a Level 4 Diploma in Counselling or above, as our courses focus on building specialist skills, not on covering the basics on our Counsellor EMDR events - we can also train other health professional in EMDR - please contact us directly.
• We also require that you have completed at least 100 supervised Client hours or equivalent in your profession before considering this training.
• I will personally demonstrate a live EMDR sessions with a volunteer to show how easy and powerful the process is. You will also practice with a peer before you work within a small group with a client on the Saturday & Sunday.
• By using real clients with real issues as replacement case studies, you’ll leave fully certified and ready to use EMDR in your practice. You will be peer supervised and guided by the trainer with de-briefing sessions during the practice so this training event accelerates your learning and the certification process.
• Insurance companies accept The Counselling Academy CPD's and Diploma's for Counsellors.

What's Included in the training:

• Part 1: You’ll learn the complete EMDR protocol, as developed by Francine Shapiro and used in clinical practice for over 30 years. Our step-by-step Online self paced training will ensure you're confident in the 8 phases of EMDR.
• Part 2: Live practice sessions using real-life clients providing you with the experience and supervision you need to gain certification.
• Lifetime access to our Facebook support group, exclusive to students, where you’ll get peer support, peer supervision groups and ongoing peer supervision opportunities.
• Plus, enjoy delicious food and socialising with peers for 4 nights/days 

Certification: You'll receive two certificates to take home with you:

1. Introduction & Implementation after completing the 8 phases of the EMDR protocol.
2. Intermediate Certification after completing your client practice during the event.

Why Choose Our Course?

• We’re passionate about equality in the counselling profession, and we actively challenge the elitist gatekeeping often seen in EMDR training. This course is based on my own extensive experience with EMDR since 2019, offering a comprehensive toolkit for any counsellor.
• You’ll have lifetime access to all course materials, ensuring you can return and refresh your knowledge whenever you need to.
• As an extra bonus we now include how to incorporate Breathwork to ensure you are looked after after an intensive 2 days client practice and see the benefit of breathwork to your client after EMDR.
• You will also have access to Part 3 as soon as you complete the remaining modules of Part 2 (about 5 hrs) upon returning home.
• Whether you're part of a membership club or not, this training is for every qualified counsellor looking to grow their practice and incorporate EMDR into their work.

Please read our information on our main 'Online' EMDR course HERE which explains more about why you do not need to be a member of a membership club to learn this modality.

Don't miss this opportunity to become fully certified in a long weekend, surrounded by like-minded professionals, secure, intimate settings and return home with the confidence to integrate EMDR into your client work immediately. 

We do ask, that before you book a place on this event that you yourself, are able to regulate your emotions, reactions and responses on the training as it's a very intense 4 days. The nature of the subject means it can bring up lots of 'light bulb' moments about your own life and trauma you've not fully processed yet - as talking therapy will only help so far!

From previous events we have witnessed some reactions that were not expected from working therapists embarking on trauma healing training which takes up time from the rest of the group and the trainer. 

If in doubt - give me one of us a shout on WhatsApp - Tony on +44  7480 414534 or Esjai - +44 7966 409894