Guidance, mentoring & consultation
Whether you're working toward EMDRIA certification, deepening your case work, or figuring out how EMDR fits alongside the other modalities you practice — consultation is where the theory becomes yours.
Is this a fit for you?
EMDR consultation looks different depending on where you are in your practice. This page is built for three kinds of therapists:
You've completed your training and you're logging consultation hours toward certification. I provide structured, EMDRIA-aligned individual and group consultation to support that path.
You're already certified or experienced, and you want a consistent space to bring complex cases, get a second set of eyes on protocol fidelity, or troubleshoot when a client isn't moving the way you expected.
Many therapists don't practice EMDR in isolation — it sits alongside trauma-informed, DBT-informed, or somatic-informed work. If you're navigating how EMDR fits with the other frameworks in your practice, consultation can help you build a coherent, client-centred approach rather than switching lenses mid-session.
What I bring to consultation
Consultation works best when it's more than a checklist toward a requirement. My own EMDR practice spans traditional PTSD applications as well as phobias, panic, and OCD — so if your caseload includes cases outside the "classic" single-incident trauma presentation, we can work through target sequencing, blocked processing, and protocol adaptations specific to those presentations.
I also work extensively with complex trauma, bringing a trauma- and attachment-informed lens to that work. Complex cases often ask more of both client and clinician — more stabilization, more attention to the therapeutic relationship, more care around pacing — and I can support that dimension of your consultation, not just the mechanics of protocol.
Beyond case-specific work, I bring a working knowledge of EMDR alongside trauma-informed, narrative, DBT-informed, and NDIT-based approaches — so when a case gets complicated, we're not troubleshooting protocol steps in isolation. We're looking at the whole clinical picture: where the client is in their window of tolerance, what else is happening in the therapeutic relationship, and how EMDR fits alongside whatever else you're already doing well.
Whether you're logging your first consultation hours or you've been practicing EMDR for years, my goal in consultation is the same: help you leave more confident in your clinical judgment than when you arrived.
Format
Consultation is available individually or in small groups, virtually across Ontario or in person by arrangement at the Cabbagetown office in Toronto.
Dedicated time for your caseload, your questions, your pace.
Learn alongside other therapists, EMDRIA-eligible hours where applicable.
Flexible to how you work — virtual province-wide, in-person by arrangement in Toronto.
What we draw on
EMDR doesn't have to live in its own silo. EMDRIA's own current standards for EMDR consultation now name this directly — adapting EMDR thoughtfully, with clinical rationale, while maintaining fidelity to the model, is a recognized part of skilled consultation. With training in NDIT (Neural Desensitization & Integration Training) alongside trauma-informed, narrative, DBT-informed, and polyvagal-informed approaches, consultation can help you think through how EMDR sequences with the other tools already in your practice, grounded in that same standard of intentional, rationale-driven adaptation. Polyvagal-informed work in particular pairs naturally with EMDR's Phase 2 stabilization — building the nervous-system regulation and resourcing a client needs before reprocessing begins.
Curious about hands-on training in these approaches? Check our upcoming workshops.
The process
Send an inquiry with a bit about where you are in your EMDR training or practice, and what you're looking for in consultation.
A short conversation to talk through your goals, whether you're working toward certification hours, ongoing case support, or integration questions, and to make sure it's a good match.
Individual or group, virtual or in person — structured around your caseload and your pace.
Fees & access
Individual and group EMDR consultation is $160 per session. For current rates across all services, visit our Services & Fees page.
Frequently asked questions
EMDRIA certification requires completion of an EMDRIA-approved EMDR training, at least two years of post-licensure clinical experience, 50+ EMDR sessions with a minimum of 25 different clients, 12 hours of EMDRIA-credit continuing education, and 20 hours of EMDR-specific consultation (at least 10 of which must be individual). Up to 15 of those 20 required consultation hours may be completed with an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant-in-Training, with the remaining hours completed with a fully EMDRIA Approved Consultant. Full requirements and current policy are set by EMDRIA directly.
Yes. As an EMDRIA Approved Consultant-in-Training, I can provide up to 15 of the 20 consultation hours required for EMDRIA certification. The remaining hours must be completed with a fully EMDRIA Approved Consultant.
Individual consultation is one-on-one and tailored entirely to your caseload. Group consultation offers a shared learning space with other therapists, often at a lower cost per session.
Yes. Consultation is available for therapists at any stage, whether you're pursuing certification, maintaining ongoing case support, or working through how EMDR fits with other modalities in your practice.
Individual and group EMDR consultation is $160 per session. For current rates across all services, visit our Services & Fees page.
Consultation is available virtually across Ontario. In-person sessions can also be arranged semi-frequently at the Ottawa office (317 Catherine St.), in addition to the Toronto (Cabbagetown) location.
Yes. My own clinical work includes complex trauma, and I bring a trauma- and attachment-informed lens to that consultation, drawing on Knipe's framework for treating complex PTSD. In consultation, we can work through case conceptualization, pacing, and target sequencing for clients whose trauma histories are relational, developmental, or ongoing rather than single-incident — alongside the stabilization and attunement questions that complex trauma work often raises.
My clinical background includes EMDR for traditional PTSD presentations, as well as adaptations for phobias, panic, and OCD, informed by training with Ad de Jongh and Suzy Matthijssen. If your consultation needs span both ends of that range — classic PTSD work and complex, relational trauma — I can support you across it.
More at Vistas
If you're ready to explore EMDR consultation that meets you where you are — certification hours, complex case work, or integrating EMDR with the rest of your practice — you're welcome to reach out.