Level 2 (Advanced)
Child & Adolescent EMDR Training

Presented by Susan Darker-Smith
EMDR Europe Accredited Child & Adolescent Trainer

This training is the second step in becoming an EMDR Europe Accredited Child & Adolescent Practitioner. It focuses on specialty interventions for helping children and adolescents heal from attachment wounds, trauma wounds, and loss wounds. It covers the following topics as they related to children and teens:

  • How to use modifications of the Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS) Resourcing protocol to resource a child with no attachment figures.
  • How to identify and work with complex trauma and dissociation.
  • How to use modifications of EMDR when working with children who have no one to securely attach to.
  • How to use psycho-educative and attachment narratives.
  • How to work with children who’ve been Groomed or Sexually Exploited.
  • How to adapt EMDR to treat neurodiverse and Autistic children.
  • How to work with Pain and Grief in paediatric populations.
January 27 – 28, 2025Monday / TuesdayVia Zoom9:00 – 4:00
March 17 – 18, 2025Monday / TuesdayVia Zoom9:00 – 4:00
May 12 – 13, 2025Monday / TuesdayVia Zoom9:00 – 4:00
June 30 – July 1, 2025Monday/TuesdayVia Zoom9:00 – 4:00
Sept. 2025 TBC Monday/TuesdayVia Zoom9:00 – 4:00
Nov. 2025 TBCMonday/TuesdayVia Zoom9:00 – 4:00


All trainings are taught in 14 hours over 2 days, with a 15-minute morning break, a half-hour lunch break,
and a 15-minute afternoon break.

Please Note : This is an EMDR Europe Accredited Child & Adolescent Training.  As an accredited training, 100 % attendance on this training is required (as set by EMDR Europe).  If you cannot attend any part of this training, for any reason, you will not be able to complete this training.  

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  • Completion of a Europe-Accredited Generic EMDR Training – Part 2/Level 2. (Proof of completion is required.) If you have completed an EMDR training with a non-EMDR Europe-Accredited Generic Training, please email us with your training details before you book this training.
  • Completion of a Europe-Accredited Level 1 Core Child & Adolescent Training. (Proof of completion is required.)
  • At least 6 months practice window since completing Level 1. (May be reduced to a 4-month window for therapists who are getting ongoing consultation and have a high child caseload. email us if you need this window shortened.)
  • Provided EMDR treatment on a range of issues with 3 or more children under the age of 18, since completing the Level 1 training. (May include treatment of adults who are developmentally young.)
  • Used an EMDR modification taught in Level 1 with a least one client.
  • Currently getting (or preparing to get) consultation with a Europe-Accredited EMDR Child & Adolescent Consultant.

The cost for the 2-day training is £330. An additional £66 for VAT will be charged to those living in the UK (England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland). If you live outside the UK, you will not be charged VAT.

If you’ve taken our Level 2 training in the past (with Susan Darker-Smith)  you may retake this training as a ‘refresher’ for half price.  Click here to request a coupon code.

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  • We will put the specified training date ON HOLD for your therapist until we receive your payment.
  • The HOLD will expire 2 weeks before the training start date. When the payment is received, we will email the therapist a booking confirmation. If the training is full when the HOLD expires, we will invite the therapist to select an alternative training date.
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Attendance Policy

  • To receive an EMDR Europe Accredited Child & Adolescent Training Certificate of Completion, 100% attendance is required. Please let us know if full attendance is not possible.
  • Participants must be visible, on-camera, throughout the training.
  • Participants may not record any part of the training without permission. Failure to comply will result in removal from the training, without a refund.
  • Participants are expected to be respectful and compassionate to create a positive and considerate learning environment.
  • Participants who need an accommodation for any physical, learning, or emotional challenges, should email us in advance of the training.
  • We reserve the right to remove participants who disrupt the collegiality or safety of the training with inappropriate behavior.


Cancellation Policy

  • Cancellations made 6 weeks or more prior to a training will be fully refunded.
  • Cancellations made 3-6 weeks prior to a training will be 75% refunded.
  • Cancellations made 3 weeks or less prior to a training will not be refunded.
  • When cancellations are due to an unexpected personal or family crisis, we will make a every effort to move participants to another training.
  • If we need to cancel a training for any reason, participants will be given the option of a full refund or a transfer to a future training.
  • We reserve the right to remove from the training, any participant who does not meet the eligibility criteria or who has not paid for the training. Wherever possible, we’ll work to help them meet criteria or arrange payment.

Susan is fantastic – a expert in her field. —Paul Holland

Very enjoyable, insightful and engaging. —Imogen Sotos-Castello

This training was extremely helpful. Susan has such a wealth of knowledge and made this very accessible.     —Anna Kälin

The training has given me the confidence to work with a much broader group of young people, thank you! —Dr Rebecca Fisher

This training was fantastic from start to finish. Susan’s presentation style is so welcoming and her depth of knowledge is amazing. I came away really inspired, with lots of ideas to take forward. —Jessica Di Mascio

The training was excellent, and I would highly recommend to others—and have!! Susan is amazing, very knowledgeable, approachable and inspirational. I will definitely look out for future training opportunities with Susan! —Dr Haley Claire Dee

No. EMDR Europe requires completion of the generic EMDR training. If you believe you have special circumstances that merit an exception to this, please email us .

No. EMDR-accredited trainings do not receive CPD points.

No. We email attendees a PDF of the handout a few days before the training. If you want a hard copy, you’re welcome to print it out. If you do not have a print, email us . If requested, we can mail you a hard copy for a charge.

Immediately after you complete the Level 2 training, we’ll email a link to an online form with a few posttest questions and a few evaluation questions. When you submit the completed form you’ll be able to immediately download your certificate.

You must get at least 60% of the posttest questions right. If your test score is lower, retake the test.

We email the Zoom link and handout about 5 days prior to the training. If you have not received this email within 5 days of the training, check your spam folder. If it’s not there, email us .

Look for in-person trainings to be scheduled in 2024.

Both formats cover the same content. For the online training, practicums take place in virtual break-out rooms. A facilitator will periodically check in. During in-person training practicums, everyone is in the same room.

Online trainings do not require expensive travel. It’s easier to manage a work-life balance and childcare responsibilities. Attendees with special dietary, medical, or disability needs have more flexibility. Those with noise sensitivities may find online trainings easier to tolerate. In-person trainings offer the benefit of networking and being able to physically move around during the lecture and videos.

Go to the EMDR Europe Practitioner Accreditation page. Scroll down and look for the link to the EMDR Europe C&A Practitioner Competency Framework.

Contact your national EMDR association for a list of accredited C & A consultants. We can recommend:

Beverley Finnigan (consultant in training) Beverley@chameleonconnection.org.uk

Johnny Moran (consultant in training) johnny@openmindscentre.ie

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