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As a Postgraduate of the EyeMovement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy programme here atNorthumbria University, you will build on your existing knowledge and advanceyour skills through gaining a robust understanding regarding the theory andpractice of EMDR Therapy and how this can be utilised, and effectivelyintegrated into clinical practice. The depth of the theoretical andevidence-based material sets it apart from the existing commercial EMDR Therapytraining provision (EMDRUK; EMDR Academy), thus enabling you to apply your critical thinking andsynthesis within your learning and within the field of EMDR therapy. As a Postgraduate of this programme, you will:
- Critically appraise the advanced study of EMDR Therapy as a psychotherapeutic intervention in the treatment of trauma memories through a flexible, interdisciplinary, student-centred forum, based upon intrinsic values of academic openness.
- Systematically develop essential clinical skills and expertise acquisition in EMDR therapy, to maximize theory practice integration.
- Formulate advanced awareness through the critical appraisal of the ethical and professional standards of good practice in EMDR Therapy.
- Critique, and contribute, to the existing empirical evidence base in support of EMDR therapy within the scientist-practitioner framework, monitoring how this aligns or deviates from other trauma-focused, psychological treatment modalities.
- Contribute to the wider aspects of trauma-informed care, to include improving access and availability of EMDR therapy in the form of EMDR informed trauma capacity building.
This course isdesigned for registered/licensed mental health professionals, engaged inclinical practice, and are actively working with psychological traumapopulations, who wish to apply effective EMDR Therapy in their clinicalpractice. Unlike the existing commercial EMDR Therapy training models available,this programme offers you an internationally recognised award of a PostgraduateCertificate qualification.
The unique benefitsof studying this programme at Northumbria University are:
- The programme offers alignment to both the EMDR Europe Accreditation Competency Framework, and the Competence Framework from University College London (UCL) preparing you to deliver EMDR Therapy within the scope of NICE guidance (2018).
- work-based learning is a key feature enabling observation and assessment of competency to ensure provision of safe person-centred care to meet standards and to enable you to practice autonomously. This will be achieved through the opportunity to develop robust evidence-based knowledge to underpin evidence-based practice, and practice-based evidence to develop practice competence focused working alongside experienced, professionally registered, internationally recognised EMDR experts and clinicians who will observe and assess competence in practice.
- The programme is delivered via a flexible approach to make it accessible to those geographically distant to the University.
- The programme has been developed by a leading professional and expert in the EMDR therapy field of practice.
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Level of Study
Postgraduate
Mode of Study
1 Year Part Time
Location
Coach Lane Campus, Northumbria University
City
Newcastle
Start
September 2024
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As part ofNorthumbria University’s high impact interventions 5HighImpact - Home (sharepoint.com),the university supports the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles inthe development of learning, teaching and assessment (La, Dyjur, & Bair,2018).
Through the promotion of inclusive curriculum design, the UDL principlesare designed to assist and enable you to achieve and excel in your studiesirrespective of your individual learning needs. The principles provide ablueprint for the development and delivery of teaching, student support andstudent assessment (Maguire and Hall, 2018).
The three principlesof UDL ensure there are (i) multiple means of engagement, which promotes theoffer of different opportunities for learner engagement and involvement; (ii) multiplemeans of representation, which provides learners with a range of ways to accessand engage with course information, resources and support; (iii) multiple meansof expression, which enables learners to demonstrate what they have learnt,mastered and know in a variety of forms (La, Dyjur, & Bair, 2018).
Within our programmewe have used UDL principles at both a programme and module level to enhanceeducational delivery, student engagement and support (Burgstahler, 2013).Across the programme, there is a strong emphasis on active learning, utilisinga blended learning approach underpinned by andragogy and evidence-basedtechnology enhanced learning, with the majority of learning taking place in thepractice setting.
Utilising a flippedclassroom approach (Bergman & Sams, 2012), you will undertake directedindependent theoretical preparatory work via a blend of online materials andreading prior to the face-to-face delivery. A positive learning environmentwill promote active learning through didactic teaching interspersed by groupdiscussion, use of online materials, experiential learning, supervised lowfidelity simulation and critical reflection of their own practice. Low fidelitysimulation sessions will involve self-experience. These sessions arefacilitated by experienced EMDR Europe Accredited Consultants with suitablesafeguards in place including debrief periods at the end of each session. Ifneeded, you also have access to Northumbria University Student Life and Wellbeing services.
From the onset of the programme, the programme team will create asense of engagement and belonging within the university. As part of yourstudent journey, you will be part of a learning community which will be accessiblevia discussion boards, peer review activities, student and staff committeemeetings and student representation. You will also be allocated a PersonalTutor. The Personal Tutor will assist in your integration and can meet withyou on an individual basis. The Personal Tutor role is pastoral and relatesto your wellbeing, personal and professional development.
NorthumbriaUniversity sets out the role of the Personal Tutor clearly in policy,supporting the Northumbria University Student charter on Personal Tutors. Thepolicy can be found here. Student Central, located within the library, provide access tocounselling services, advice on finance and any other student issues andspecialist advisors are available to help and support you. The guide toservices can be found here. Other potential for pastoralsupport lies within your ‘community of practice’, which will provide you witha peer support network. Various forms of communication are available toensure you can access support in a timely manner; examples include email,telephone, and face-to-face contact (at a distance via Microsoft teams, BlackboardCollaborate or in person).
Northumbria Law School provides first-class teaching in a world-class environment. You will be based in our award-winning City Campus East building, which houses our mock courtroom and Student Law Office as well as an array of lecture theatres, classrooms and a dedicated postgraduate study area.
It is also home to our specialist Law Practice Library, which contains practitioner materials as well as a wide variety of journals, databases, and law reports. The range and depth of resources reflects our position as the largest law school in the North East region.
The 24/7 University Library achieves some of the highest levels of student satisfaction in the UK, and has held the Cabinet Office accreditation for Customer Service Excellence since 2010.
Northumbria University has been ranked in the top quartile in the UK for research power in Allied Health Sciences and Nursing. Additionally, more than 80% of our research activity in Allied Health Sciences and Nursing is rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.
In Northumbria Universities Research Rich Learning approach, the teacher assumes the role of facilitator to encourage active, self-directed learning on the part of the student. Such approaches allow students to take responsibility for their own learning by requiring engagement with higher level academic skills. The aim is to equip students with skills of intellectual autonomy, collaborative working, critical and independent enquiry, and discipline-specific creativity.
Although you will already be engaged in clinical practice,undertaking the Postgraduate Certificate EMDR Therapy programme will equip youto develop your expertise in the field of trauma psychology in relation todeveloping specialist clinical practice and expertise, clinical supervision,consultation, and potential research and development.
Developing expertise in EMDR Therapy allows you to progress your careerin a manner that can be extremely multi-faceted. As an EMDR clinician you canprogress towards becoming an EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner, Consultant/Clinical Supervisor and Trainer. Your expertise can also be related to a specificspeciality where EMDR Therapy could be used, enhanced, and further developed.These include for example, working with younger and older populations, ethnicand cultural adaption and sensitivity, trauma capacity building, and earlytrauma interventions. Northumbriastudents have exclusive access to the Graduate Futures Team with interactiveresources to help explore career options, develop your CV, complete practiceaptitude tests, undertake interview simulations and review e-learningresources on a wide range of career topics. Further information can be found here.
Undertaking the Postgraduate Certificate EMDR Therapy programme willalso give you entry to continue your studies to master’s level and beyond. Withyour Postgraduate Certificate you will be eligible to RPL (recognition ofprior learning -time restricted to 5 years post award) your awarded credits toenter year 2 of the MSc Health and Social Practice. Details of the programmecan be found here.
The hours of clinical supervision/case consultation gathered withinthis programme can be used, in part towards the requirements of EMDR EuropeTraining for those seeking practitioner EMDR Europe Accreditation status following this programme. Please note: EMDR Europe Accreditation requiresadditional hours and fees for the individual which are not part ofNorthumbria University’s programme offer.
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Entry Requirements 2024/25
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Full UK Fee: £3,083
Full EU Fee: £6,083
Full International Fee: £6,083
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Modules Overview 2024/25
Modules
Module information is indicative and is reviewed annually therefore may be subject to change. Applicants will be informed if there are any changes.
Year one
Year one
AC7135 -
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy Training Part A (Core,30 Credits)
In this module, you learn how to develop critical knowledge and appreciation for the practice of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy for those traumatised by adverse life experiences. EMDR Therapy is a complex, multi-faceted, empirically supported psychological treatment, which integrates many successful elements from a range of evidence-based treatment interventions. This module introduces you to the existing evidence base which will inform your practice. Indicative module content includes:
•The origins of EMDR Therapy from technique, protocolised intervention, to comprehensive psychotherapy.
•EMDR Therapy as an eight-phase treatment intervention.
•The empirical evidence base of EMDR Therapy as a psychological treatment intervention.
•The neurobiology and physiology of stress and trauma.
•Global burden of psychological trauma.
•Trauma, pathogenic memory, and information processing.
•The theoretical framework of Adaptive Information Processing (AIP).
•AIP Case Conceptualisation – treatment planning, intervention, and outcomes.
•Trauma informed psychoeducation and regulation.
•Processing distressing memories, mental health, and well-being.
•EMDR Therapy technical skills and procedures.
•EMDR Therapy clinical supervision and consultation.
You will learn to recognise, critically evaluate, and understand the evidence and frameworks to prepare you to effectively incorporate and apply EMDR Therapy into your existing clinical practice. The module develops your ability to case conceptualise underpinned with theoretical frameworks and based upon current legal, ethical, and professional guidance. To fulfil the EMDR Europe requirements for EMDR Standard Training participants must have 100% attendance and demonstrate competency during EMDR practicum/ self-experience sessions to be awarded EMDR Europe Completion of Standard Training Certificate. In addition, attendance records will also be used including ‘sign in’ & ‘sign out’ sheets.
More information
AC7136 -
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy Training Part B (Core,30 Credits)
This module will provide you with further training in the practice of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy with more complex, vulnerable populations traumatised by adverse life experiences and should be accessed sequentially after completion of Part A. EMDR Therapy is a complex, multi-faceted, empirically supported psychological treatment, which integrates many successful elements from a range of evidence-based treatment interventions. This module will enable you to effectively incorporate EMDR Therapy into your existing clinical practice as it will build up on and advance your knowledge and skills developed in Part A. Indicative module content includes:
•EMDR Therapy as an eight-phase treatment intervention
•The theoretical framework of Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) as a transdiagnostic means of case conceptualisation and treatment planning.
•AIP Case Conceptualisation – treatment planning, intervention, and outcomes.
•Ethical, moral, and legal aspects in EMDR Therapy.
•Working with unspoken trauma, shame, moral injury, and/or fear based adverse life experiences.
•Theory related to EMDR Therapy and trauma-related conditions for which there is emerging empirical support for the approach and intervention.
•Legal, ethical and research issues regarding EMDR utilisation.
•Advanced EMDR Therapy technical skills and procedures for working with more complex and vulnerable populations.
•Managing challenging clients in EMDR Therapy including dissociative disorders.
•Distinguish essential consensus and distinction between EMDR Therapy and CBT – Trauma Focussed, Prolonged Exposure Therapy and other trauma-focussed treatment interventions.
•EMDR Therapy within the context of international trauma capacity building.
•Future research and developments in EMDR Therapy.
•EMDR Therapy clinical governance and EMDR Europe Accreditation for Practitioners and Consultants (Clinical Supervisors).
•EMDR Therapy clinical supervision and consultation.
By building on your skills so far, you will learn to recognise, critically evaluate, and synthesise the evidence to effectively incorporate and apply EMDR Therapy in challenging contexts. The module develops your ability to identify gaps in current provision and consider future research and development underpinned by current legal, ethical, and professional guidance. To fulfil the EMDR Europe requirements for EMDR Standard Training participants must have 100% attendance and demonstrate competency during EMDR practicum/ self-experience sessions to be awarded EMDR Europe Completion of Standard Training Certificate. In addition, attendance records will also be used including ‘sign in’ & ‘sign out’ sheets.
More information
HL7000 -
Academic Language Skills for PG Health students (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)
Academic skills when studying away from your home country can differ due to cultural and language differences in teaching and assessment practices. This module is designed to support your transition in the use and practice of technical language and subject specific skills around assessments and teaching provision in your chosen subject. The overall aim of this module is to develop your abilities to read and study effectively for academic purposes; to develop your skills in analysing and using source material in seminars and academic writing and to develop your use and application of language and communications skills to a higher level.
The topics you will cover on the module include:
•Understanding assignment briefs and exam questions.
•Developing academic writing skills, including citation, paraphrasing, and summarising.
•Practising ‘critical reading’ and ‘critical writing’
•Planning and structuring academic assignments (e.g. essays, reports and presentations).
•Avoiding academic misconduct and gaining credit by using academic sources and referencing effectively.
•Listening skills for lectures.
•Speaking in seminar presentations.
•Presenting your ideas
•Giving discipline-related academic presentations, experiencing peer observation, and receiving formative feedback.
•Speed reading techniques.
•Developing self-reflection skills.
•Discussing ethical issues in research, and analysing results.
•Describing bias and limitations of research.
More information
Modules Overview 2025/26
Modules
Module information is indicative and is reviewed annually therefore may be subject to change. Applicants will be informed if there are any changes.
Year one
Year one
AC7135 -
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy Training Part A (Core,30 Credits)
In this module, you learn how to develop critical knowledge and appreciation for the practice of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy for those traumatised by adverse life experiences. EMDR Therapy is a complex, multi-faceted, empirically supported psychological treatment, which integrates many successful elements from a range of evidence-based treatment interventions. This module introduces you to the existing evidence base which will inform your practice. Indicative module content includes:
•The origins of EMDR Therapy from technique, protocolised intervention, to comprehensive psychotherapy.
•EMDR Therapy as an eight-phase treatment intervention.
•The empirical evidence base of EMDR Therapy as a psychological treatment intervention.
•The neurobiology and physiology of stress and trauma.
•Global burden of psychological trauma.
•Trauma, pathogenic memory, and information processing.
•The theoretical framework of Adaptive Information Processing (AIP).
•AIP Case Conceptualisation – treatment planning, intervention, and outcomes.
•Trauma informed psychoeducation and regulation.
•Processing distressing memories, mental health, and well-being.
•EMDR Therapy technical skills and procedures.
•EMDR Therapy clinical supervision and consultation.
You will learn to recognise, critically evaluate, and understand the evidence and frameworks to prepare you to effectively incorporate and apply EMDR Therapy into your existing clinical practice. The module develops your ability to case conceptualise underpinned with theoretical frameworks and based upon current legal, ethical, and professional guidance. To fulfil the EMDR Europe requirements for EMDR Standard Training participants must have 100% attendance and demonstrate competency during EMDR practicum/ self-experience sessions to be awarded EMDR Europe Completion of Standard Training Certificate. In addition, attendance records will also be used including ‘sign in’ & ‘sign out’ sheets.
More information
AC7136 -
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy Training Part B (Core,30 Credits)
This module will provide you with further training in the practice of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy with more complex, vulnerable populations traumatised by adverse life experiences and should be accessed sequentially after completion of Part A. EMDR Therapy is a complex, multi-faceted, empirically supported psychological treatment, which integrates many successful elements from a range of evidence-based treatment interventions. This module will enable you to effectively incorporate EMDR Therapy into your existing clinical practice as it will build up on and advance your knowledge and skills developed in Part A. Indicative module content includes:
•EMDR Therapy as an eight-phase treatment intervention
•The theoretical framework of Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) as a transdiagnostic means of case conceptualisation and treatment planning.
•AIP Case Conceptualisation – treatment planning, intervention, and outcomes.
•Ethical, moral, and legal aspects in EMDR Therapy.
•Working with unspoken trauma, shame, moral injury, and/or fear based adverse life experiences.
•Theory related to EMDR Therapy and trauma-related conditions for which there is emerging empirical support for the approach and intervention.
•Legal, ethical and research issues regarding EMDR utilisation.
•Advanced EMDR Therapy technical skills and procedures for working with more complex and vulnerable populations.
•Managing challenging clients in EMDR Therapy including dissociative disorders.
•Distinguish essential consensus and distinction between EMDR Therapy and CBT – Trauma Focussed, Prolonged Exposure Therapy and other trauma-focussed treatment interventions.
•EMDR Therapy within the context of international trauma capacity building.
•Future research and developments in EMDR Therapy.
•EMDR Therapy clinical governance and EMDR Europe Accreditation for Practitioners and Consultants (Clinical Supervisors).
•EMDR Therapy clinical supervision and consultation.
By building on your skills so far, you will learn to recognise, critically evaluate, and synthesise the evidence to effectively incorporate and apply EMDR Therapy in challenging contexts. The module develops your ability to identify gaps in current provision and consider future research and development underpinned by current legal, ethical, and professional guidance. To fulfil the EMDR Europe requirements for EMDR Standard Training participants must have 100% attendance and demonstrate competency during EMDR practicum/ self-experience sessions to be awarded EMDR Europe Completion of Standard Training Certificate. In addition, attendance records will also be used including ‘sign in’ & ‘sign out’ sheets.
More information
HL7000 -
Academic Language Skills for PG Health students (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)
Academic skills when studying away from your home country can differ due to cultural and language differences in teaching and assessment practices. This module is designed to support your transition in the use and practice of technical language and subject specific skills around assessments and teaching provision in your chosen subject. The overall aim of this module is to develop your abilities to read and study effectively for academic purposes; to develop your skills in analysing and using source material in seminars and academic writing and to develop your use and application of language and communications skills to a higher level.
The topics you will cover on the module include:
•Understanding assignment briefs and exam questions.
•Developing academic writing skills, including citation, paraphrasing, and summarising.
•Practising ‘critical reading’ and ‘critical writing’
•Planning and structuring academic assignments (e.g. essays, reports and presentations).
•Avoiding academic misconduct and gaining credit by using academic sources and referencing effectively.
•Listening skills for lectures.
•Speaking in seminar presentations.
•Presenting your ideas
•Giving discipline-related academic presentations, experiencing peer observation, and receiving formative feedback.
•Speed reading techniques.
•Developing self-reflection skills.
•Discussing ethical issues in research, and analysing results.
•Describing bias and limitations of research.
More information
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