EMDRIA-Approved Basic Training
Why Train with Precision EMDR Academy

✿ We are a boutique training agency dedicated to excellence in preparing clinicians to provide safe and effective EMDR therapy.
✿ In order to provide personalized support in integrating EMDR therapy into clinical practice, we strictly limit Basic Training class and Consultation group size, significantly smaller than EMDRIA requires.
✿ Each member of our team of facilitators/consultants has advanced skills in applying EMDR therapy to developmental/attachment trauma and dissociation, which is essential for navigating the real-world complexity of using EMDR therapy with clients.
✿ Our team is comprised of specialists with expertise in treating specific populations with EMDR therapy, allowing you the opportunity to choose a consultant experienced in a treatment area of interest to you.
✿ Come in your comfy clothes! Our virtual trainings allow you to learn and practice online from your own home or office. For in person trainings, we have chosen a warm, restorative setting that is ideal for learning and practicing EMDR therapy skills for the first time – or as a refresher course.
EMDR Readiness Course
Powerful First Steps to Heal & Transform your Life Story

EMDR therapy is a powerful way to heal single incident PTSD. However, it is much more complicated to treat Complex Trauma – which is when you have experienced tough stuff throughout life since way back at the beginning.
This doesn’t always just mean the things that happened to you – it can also involve your basic needs for nurture, protection, and stability not being met.
With close to 20 years experience as an EMDR therapist, Susie Morgan, LMFT created The EMDR Readiness Course because she saw a need for more people to know that this powerful treatment is available – and to help them understand what is necessary to make it safe and effective when there is a history of Complex Trauma. It is a self-help process you can take at your own pace.
The first Module explains the basics of all of this. Susie made it available for only $20 because she wanted anyone who had experienced Complex Trauma to be able to have access to this information.

Meet Our Team
Each member of our team of facilitators/consultants has advanced skills in applying EMDR therapy to developmental/attachment trauma and dissociation, which is essential for navigating the real-world complexity of using EMDR therapy with clients. Our team is comprised of specialists with expertise in treating specific populations with EMDR therapy, allowing you the opportunity to choose a consultant experienced in a treatment area of interest to you.

Susie Morgan
Our Director of Training, Susie Morgan, LMFT, BCETS, has trained under the greats in EMDR therapy for close to two decades, specializes in complex developmental trauma, and has gathered and mentored a phenomenal team.

Bethany Warren
Our Assistant Director of Training, Bethany Warren, LCSW, PMH-C, is a multiply published author and trainer nationwide in EMDR with reproductive trauma and perinatal mental health.

Jennie Abito-Carlestav
Jennie Abito-Carlestav, LMFT, is a specialist in the treatment of children and peak performance, working with Olympic-level athletes.

Danielle Hiestand
Danielle Hiestand, PsyD, LMFT, CEDS-S, is a San Diego EMDR Regional Co-Coordinator, a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and Supervisor, and specializes in complex trauma and mental health professionals.

Colette Lord
Colette Lord, PhD is a Certified Transgender Care Specialist, a specialist in complex trauma and dissociative disorders, and Precision EMDR Academy's Director of Professional Credentialing.

Kathleen Phelps
Kathleen Phelps, LCSW is a San Diego EMDR Regional Co-coordinator, professor, and specialist in treating chronic illness, pain, complex trauma and medical/mental healthcare providers.