A Competence Framework for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy

This site gives open access to the framework, which details the knowledge and skills that need to be brought together to deliver effective interventions for people with PTSD or trauma in the context of other presentations.

The primary audience for this work will be healthworkers, trainers and supervisors, clinical managers and commissioners of services.

It is important to read the supporting document, which explains how the competence framework was developed, and includes a guide to its content.

Access the supporting document

Access a brief ‘layperson’s’ guide explaining EMDR therapy

Accessing and downloading the competence framework

There are two ways of accessing the competences:

1. You can download them from the map of competences (which you can access by clicking the image of the map below).

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The map sets out the structure of the framework and shows how the competences relate to each other. 

You can download a pdf copy of the map here

2. If you want to see all the competences grouped by domain you can get access here:

Access the competences grouped by domain:

• Core Professional Competences
  - As a single document
• Generic therapeutic competences
  - As a single document
• Generic and EMDR-specific knowledge of trauma
  - As a single document
• EMDR interventions
  - As a single document
• Metacompetences
  - As a single document