Basic Training consists of the following:
Part 1:
Weekend 1 (3 days)
5 hours of supervision
Part 2:
Weekend 2 (3 days)
5 hours of supervision
All parts of Basic Training must be completed within 3 years. Please see further details below.
Orientation Training – Update of Manuals: Weekend 1 and Weekend 2 – (download flyer)
Date/Time: 18 February 2025/8.30am – 5.30pm
To register: https//bit.ly/2025OTPT
Weekend 1 – Eligibility requirements (download flyer)
This is a highly specialized therapy that requires supervised training for therapeutic effectiveness and client safety. A clinical background is necessary for the proper application of the EMDR therapy. Candidates must have:
A) 4-year Basic Degree in Psychology, Counselling, or Social Work, OR 2-year Master’s Degree in Psychiatry, Psychology, Counselling or Social Work; and
B) Minimum 2 years of full-time supervised clinical experience or full membership/registered psychologist with SPS; ordinary membership/RSW with SASW; CMSAC/RC with SAC; and
C) Current clinical practice and documentation are to be submitted via the registration links.
Required text:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy: Basic Principles, Protocols and Procedures
by Francine Shapiro, PhD. Guilford Press, NY, 3rd Edition, 2018.
Date/Time: 19-21 February 2025 | 830am – 530pm
To register: https//bit.ly/W1Feb2025PT
Enquiries : registrar@emdr.sg
The training is scheduled to be held on-site. Participants will be expected to attend the full training at the training venue where facilitators will provide supervised practice for the practicum component.
Shortlisted registrants will be contacted for a confirmation of place.
Registration is confirmed upon payment. Please note that there is no refund of payment for withdrawal from training unless it is cancelled if the minimum class size is not attained.