I completed my core counselling qualification in 2014. In order to complete basic EMDR training, I first had to acheive accreditation as a Counsellor which I completed in 2017. In 2020 I was approved as a Senior Accredited Counsellor and EMDR Europe Accredited EMDR Practitioner. In 2025 I was confirmed competent at Column C, the highest level of the new SCoPEd competency framework for the counselling and psychotherapy professions. I complete well in excess of the minimum required 30 hours CPD per annum in order to maintain my counselling accreditation.
Basic Training
2017 EMDR Parts 1 - 4 - EMDR Works - trainer: Dr Richard Mitchell
2017 EMDR Child and Adolescent Training Part 1 - The EMDR Academy - trainer: Susan Darker-Smith
Accreditations
2020 EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner (valid for 5 years)
2025 EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner (valid for 5 years)
EMDR specific CPD - abbreviated
EMDR flash technique
Ad de Jongh new treatment approaches for complex trauma
Online EMDR training
Mindfulness based EMDR
EMDR in the perinatal period
EMDR in complicated grief
IFS informed EMDR
Neurodiversity and EMDR
EMDR and ASC CYP
Psychedelic integration with EMDR
Polyvagal theory and EMDR
Treating endo pain with EMDR
Incorporating spirituality to EMDR practice
I-EMDR (intensive EMDR therapy)
Enhancing EMDR with pranayama breathwork
I undertake ongoing CPD in order to maintain my EMDR accreditation and keep my skills up to date and relevant. In order to maintain EMDR Practitioner status I completed well in excess of the minimum 75 CPD hours in the previous five year period. 50 CPD hours were EMDR specific and the remaining 25, trauma related.
Clinical EMDR Practice
2018 - date
My basic training was delivered by Dr Richard Mitchell, one of the most respected and experienced EMDR trainers in Europe. Dr Mitchell was trained by the founder of EMDR therapy Francine Shapiro in 1993/4. I was then part of an EMDR supervision group led by EMDR Consultant, Gill Moreton at The Rivers Centre - NHS Lothian’s specialist service for people affected by psychological trauma. My EMDR clinical experience post training has predominantly been in private practice. For 18 months I worked for a private mental health company in Edinburgh city centre which gave me broad experience to underpin my first EMDR Accreditation in 2020. I am also an associate for private medical insurers, employee assistance providers, charities and self-funding individuals. In another role, I manage a counselling service and draw on my EMDR skills to support individuals and groups.
