EMDR Consultation for Specialization in Complex Trauma & Dissociation
For therapists ready to provide integrative trauma treatment and confidentially approach trauma processing with complex clients.
You typically know what your trauma clients need. Still, you have some that you feel stuck with and unsure of the next step. You’re trained in a variety of trauma treatment modalities but you aren’t certain how to skillfully integrate them with your complex trauma & dissociative clients.
I’m Carmen Schmidt Benedetti. I’m an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Certified Therapist.
I help EMDR therapists feel confident in identifying dissociation, stabilizing complex clients, and managing stuck points in trauma processing.
Through our consultation, you’ll learn how to integrate EMDR with additional treatment modalities to provide well-rounded, comprehensive treatment for your complex trauma & dissociative clients. You’ll know which interventions to use and the exact next steps to feel clear in your course of treatment.
(For my full credentials, educational history, and trainings, please click here.)
“Carmen has impressed me with her professional integrity, her insight, and her capacity to engage warmly with her clients and peers.”
-Colleen West, LMFT, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, IFS Approved Consultant
During consultation, I will help you to…
- Prepare your clients for trauma processing without destabilizing them
- Experience excitement and passion about diving into your work with trauma clients
- Be fully prepared to modify EMDR protocols and interweave in other modalities (i.e. IFS/Parts Work, Structural Dissociation, Attachment Theory)
- Feel equipped to move forward with trauma processing with dissociative clients
Consultation benefits you, your clients, and your private practice
- You’ll provide better treatment outcomes, which improves client wellness and retention and invites future quality referrals
- You’ll become more specialized in your work, making you stand out as a referral source for colleagues and other providers
- You’ll feel more confident in networking and marketing yourself since you’ll know how to clearly speak about your ideal clients, approach, specialties, and expertise
Why choose to work with me as your Consultant?
I’m intuitive, sensitive, and interested in getting to know you on a deeper level. I’ll ask a lot of questions about you, your approach, and your clients to ensure that I’m guiding you in a direction that feels in alignment with how you naturally work. I will recognize your strengths and support you in using those to your advantage in clinical work.
“After my work with Carmen, I gained not only a better grasp of the foundational principles of EMDR, but also a range of advanced techniques and strategies to tackle even the most complex cases.
Carmen helped me tap into my inner wisdom, helping me learn to trust my clinical intuition rather than just relying on scripts and templates. I feel more capable, knowledgeable, and empowered as an EMDR therapist and my clients are reaping the benefits!“
-Celia Naar, LCSW, EMDR Certified Therapist
Who gains the most from EMDR Consultation with me?
We are a great fit if…
- You’re a licensed psychotherapist. (LPC, LMFT, LCSW, PsyD, PhD)
- You are EMDR trained and have received additional training in trauma.
- You’re fairly regulated and have done your own work to manage your dissociative processes.
- You’re perceptive, passionate, and motivated to learn.
We aren’t a great fit if…
- You haven’t finished your basic EMDR training yet (unless it’s a training I’m assisting). Please reach out once you do!
- You don’t have the time to do additional reading or work outside of consultation sessions.
- You’re not willing to look at the triggers/countertransference that impact your work with clients.
- You’re doing consultation just for the hours or certification and have no real ‘heart’ behind it.
“I experience Carmen as a genuine and empathically tuned in practitioner and consultant. She listens attentively and brings care and compassion to the clients addressed in consultation, and methodically considers places in the therapist or client which need added support and resources.”
-Asha Borgir, LMFT, EMDRIA Approved Consultant
Rates for Consultation
- Individual Consultation – $160/60 mins – virtual or in-person Santa Rosa, CA
- Group Consultation – inquire for availability
- I limit the group size so that everyone in the group can present case material more frequently and we have more time to thoroughly address questions and cases
How to get started?
Complete this interest form and I’ll follow up with you within the week.