Certification in AF-EMDR
This certification is based on the Attachment-Focused Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (AF-EMDR) training modality which is provided by Dr Laurel Parnell from the Laurel Parnell Institute.
APCB provides certification which helps build a candidate through the various requirements needed to be an effective practitioner of AF – EMDR therapy. It is staged so that it is easier for a candidate to achieve incremental development through the various levels of skills required to be an effective AF – EMDR practitioner in Asia.
The aim of AF – EMDR is to alleviate suffering in the world caused by trauma. To that end, APCB offers certification in AF – EMDR to mental health professionals and allied health professionals.
This certification will help to guide the skills and techniques so that they are relevant and are adaptable to the needs of the population served in Asia. This is essential to ensure that the treatment of trauma will always recognise the importance of treating the whole person, body, mind, heart and spirit within his or her cultural context.
Level 1 Certified AF-EMDR
Candidates will know:
Awareness, ability to describe and work with relational dynamics, transference, and countertransference.
An ability to explain complex PTSD, including attachment trauma and the impact of trauma on the brain, and how AF-EMDR addresses these issues in language a client can understand.
How to assess readiness for EMDR.
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Criteria for Level 1 Certified AF-EMDR
EDUCATION:
A minimum of a Degree in Counselling, or related field plus one 2 years of experience in counselling.
TRAINING:
Must have completed 30 hours of EMDR workshops training (equivalent to Parts 1 – 2 Laural Parnell’s Training)
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:
Trainees are required to complete 10 hours of consultations with an approved EMDR Consultant Trainees must complete 10 practicum hours of EMDR client sessions at a recognized EMDR clinical practice.
Get updated list of approved consultants and EMDR clinics and their contact info by email from info@apcb.asia.
Fees
Assessment Fee: US$30
Certification Fee: US$120
Recertification Fee: US$30
Level 2 Certified AF-EMDR
Candidates will know:
Basic knowledge of child development including social, emotional, and cognitive development and the impact of trauma at the different stages of development. Knowledge of the basic neuroscience of PTSD.
Basic knowledge of attachment theory. How to take a psycho-social history with an emphasis on developmental history, trauma, resilience, and attachment. How to prepare clients for AF-EMDR trauma processing including the installation of the four foundational resources. How to work with large T and small t traumas.
How to use the three-part protocol.
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Criteria for Level 2 Certified AF-EMDR
EDUCATION:
A minimum of a Degree in Counselling, or related field plus one 2 years of experience in counselling.
TRAINING:
Must have completed 20 hours of EMDR workshops training (equivalent to Part 3 Laural Parnell’s Training)
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:
Trainees are required to complete further 10 hours of consultations with an approved EMDR Consultant. Trainees must be able to conduct 2 client sessions where they can use Attachment-Focused EMDR during the 10 hour consultation period.
Trainees must complete 10 practicum hours of EMDR client sessions at a recognized EMDR clinical practice.
Fees
Assessment Fee: US$30
Certification Fee: US$120
Recertification Fee: US$60
Level 3 Certified AF-EMDR
Candidates will know:
How to work with phobias, grief and loss, present-day symptoms, and recent traumatic events. How to use bridging How to work with early childhood traumas.
How to work with processing difficulties including simple dissociation, abreactions, and memory chaining. How to utilize methods for blocked processing including the use of interweaves and distancing techniques. How to close incomplete sessions.
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Criteria for Level 3 Certified AF-EMDR
EDUCATION:
A minimum of a Degree in Counselling, or related field plus one 2 years of experience in counselling.
TRAINING:
Must have completed 50 hours of EMDR workshops training (equivalent to Parts 1 – 3 Laurel Parnell’s Training)
Complete the 12-hour “Attachment-Focused EMDR Healing Developmental Deficits and Adults Abused as Children Workshop” either the live or the recorded version by Dr. Laurel Parnell (see www.parnellemdr.com).
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:
Trainees are required to complete further 10 hours of consultations with an approved EMDR Consultant.
Applicants must have completed 20 EMDR processing sessions (including desensitization) with at least 10 different clients. Get updated list of approved consultants and EMDR clinics and their contact info by email from info@apcb.asia.
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Fees
Assessment Fee: US$30
Certification Fee: US$120
Recertification Fee: US$90
International Certified AF-EMDR Practitioner
Candidates will know:
How to do developmental repair work, including the use of the ideal parents.
How to work in a client-centered way that recognizes and honors our individual and cultural backgrounds including but not limited to racial, gender, sexual orientation, and class.
How to recognize, remain open to and work with spiritual and transpersonal experiences.
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Criteria for International Certified AF-EMDR Practitioner
EDUCATION:
Master degree or higher in psychology, social work, counseling or behavioral health field, psychiatric nursing, psychiatry with psychotherapy training.
Applicants must have at least 2 years of clinical practice in recognised EMDR clinic as an assistant.
CERTIFICATION CRITERIA:
Complete the certification criteria by Laurel Parnell Institute https://parnellemdr.com/certification/
Which includes the following:
1) A full write-up of one case of AF-EMDR with a client with complex PTSD through the full course of treatment.
2) Video Session Review or Live Zoom Sessions
3) Video or live session of evaluation and feedback
See complete requirements at https://parnellemdr.com/certification/..
Fees
Assessment Fee: US$30
Certification Fee: US$150
Recertification Fee: US$90