IEDTA Certification

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The IEDTA Education Committee reviews applications for the three categories of IEDTA certification:  

·      IEDTA-Certified Teacher

·      IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisor

·      IEDTA-Certified Core Training Program

Below you will find the benefits, criteria, description of the application process, application materials, and fee schedule for each category of IEDTA certification.

Please note that the IEDTA does not offer training (apart from our biannual International Conference) but certifies independent Core Training Programs, Teachers, and Supervisors who attest to having met criteria established by the IEDTA Education Committee and Board of Directors.

Become an IEDTA-Certified Teacher

Why become an IEDTA-Certified Teacher?

With your permission, your name, location, and email address will be listed on the IEDTA Education and Training webpage indicating you are an IEDTA-Certified Teacher. You may advertise your certification for any video-based EDT seminars, workshops, and immersions you offer. IEDTA certification may be added to your email signature lines, professional websites, social media accounts, resume/CVs, and elsewhere.

Minimal requirements to become an IEDTA-Certified Teacher:

The applicant:
1.     must be a licensed/registered professional working in the (mental) health sector. Proof of license/registration must be submitted with application.
2.     must be a member of the IEDTA.
3.     must have completed an IEDTA-Certified, or exactly equivalent, EDT Core Training Program.
4.     must have practiced EDT for a minimum of 3 years after successfully completing an EDT Core Training Program.
5.     must be currently practicing EDT and must have delivered EDT to patients for at least 1 full day per week for at least 2 years immediately prior to the request for certification.
6.     must have continued to receive video-based supervision on one’s personal clinical practice of EDT following completion of Core Training (including supervision on at least 3 patients).
7.     must demonstrate evidence of a substantial record of excellence in teaching EDT. This must include at least 2 of the following:
a.     audiovisual/video-based presentations at IEDTA conferences.
b.    audio-visual presentations at other EDT national or international conferences/ symposiums/workshops.
c.     video-based teaching and presentations on courses/professional trainings/ university Programs.
d.    published articles on EDT in international journals/ peer-reviewed journals.
8.     must provide a letter of recommendation from at least two IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisors. The letters must be on letterhead and signed and should specifically indicate that the Supervisor has provided video-based supervision of the applicant’s clinical practice (criterion #6) AND observed the applicant’s teaching (criterion #7, including dates) and that the Supervisor finds the applicant competent to teach others.
9.     must provide at least 3 additional letters of recommendation (signed, on letterhead) from mental health professionals who have directly observed the applicant’s teaching (including dates), indicating that the letter writers find the applicant competent to teach others.
10. must accept re-review of their certification using current criteria in the case of referral by the Ethics Committee. 

Application requirements & application process to become an IEDTA-certified Teacher:

To be considered for IEDTA Teacher certification, please submit the following items to education@iedta.net:

  1. Completed IEDTA Teacher Certification Application Form

  2. An up-to-date short version CV (two pages maximum – the Education Committee will request a full version CV as required)

  3. Signed letter(s) of recommendation from at least one IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisor

  4. A copy of the certificate of completion for your Core Training Program

  5. Any additional supporting evidence you wish to be considered

The IEDTA Education Committee will review your application at one of our monthly virtual meetings. Please anticipate that it will take 4-6 weeks to receive news on your application in most cases. We appreciate your patience!

Certification fees

There is a one-time fee of USD $50.00 for Teacher applications that are approved.

Become an IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisor

Why become an IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisor?

Becoming an IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisor (sometimes called IEDTA-Certified Supervisor for short) is the highest individual-level credential that the IEDTA offers. With your permission, your name, location, and email address will be listed on the IEDTA Education and Training webpage indicating you are an IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisor. You may advertise your certification credential for any video-based EDT seminars, workshops, and immersions you offer, and any individual or group supervision you may offer. IEDTA certification may be added to your email signature lines, professional websites, social media accounts, resume/CVs, and elsewhere. Only IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisors may submit applications and serve as lead trainers for IEDTA-Certified Core Training Programs.

Minimal requirements to become an IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisor:

The applicant:
1.     must fulfill criteria for IEDTA-Certified Teacher.
2.     must have either:
a)     assisted for the full duration of an IEDTA-Certified Core Training Program led by an IEDTA-Certified Supervisor or
b)    led a supervised Core Training Program under the guidance of an IEDTA-Certified Supervisor who provided a minimum of 3 supervisions per year for 3 years.

[Note: A supervised Core Training Program cannot be advertised as IEDTA-certified. However, if Supervisor certification is attained at the end of the supervised Core Training Program, then it is possible to apply for that one supervised Core Training Program to be IEDTA-certified given it has met all other requirements. (All other applications for Core Training certification are expected to be approved before training starts.)]


3.     must have given supervision to at least 3 members of a Core Training Program. These supervisions must have been audio visually recorded and supervised by an IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisor (or observed live).
4.     must submit at least one letter of recommendation from an IEDTA-Certified Supervisor (signed, on letterhead) that details how the applicant met the above criteria #2 and #3 (including dates) AND must submit a second letter from a second IEDTA-Certified Supervisor (signed, on letterhead) indicating that the letter writer has observed the applicant’s supervision (video recorded or live) and finds the applicant competent to supervise others independently.
5.     must provide at least 3 additional letters of recommendation (signed, on letterhead) from mental health professionals who have received supervision from the applicant (including dates) indicating that the letter writers find the applicant competent to supervise others.
6.     must accept re-review of their certification using current criteria in the case of referral by the Ethics Committee

Application requirements & application process to become an IEDTA-certified Teacher/Supervisor:

To be considered for IEDTA Teacher/Supervisor certification, please submit the following documentation to education@iedta.net:

  1. Completed IEDTA Supervisor Certification Application Form

  2. Completed Appendix A

  3. An up-to-date short version CV (two pages maximum – the Education Committee will request a full version CV as required)

  4. Signed letter(s) of recommendation from at least one IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisor

  5. A copy of your IEDTA Notification of Approval of Teacher Certification letter

  6. Any additional supporting evidence you wish to be considered

The IEDTA Education Committee will review your application at one of our monthly virtual meetings. Please anticipate that it will take 4-6 weeks to receive news on your application in most cases. We appreciate your patience!

Certification fees

There is a one-time fee of USD $50.00 for Teacher/Supervisor applications that are approved.

IEDTA Certification of Core Training Programs

Why should you have your Core Training Program certified by the IEDTA?

With your permission, the details of your IEDTA-Certified Core Training Program, including your contact information, will be listed on the IEDTA Education and Training webpage. You may advertise your Core Training Program as being IEDTA-Certified on listservs, professional websites, social media, and elsewhere. The IEDTA Education Committee will issue Certificates of Completion (at your request) for trainees who complete your IEDTA-Certified Core Training Program.

Minimal requirements for an IEDTA-Certified Core Training Program:

  1. The Core Training Program must include a minimum of 3 meetings per year for 3 years.

  2. All Core trainees must be licensed/registered or in a recognized degree program that leads to licensure/registration.

  3. The Core Training Program must include a minimum of 80 hours of video-based didactic teaching (apart from supervision).

  4. Each trainee must receive at least 15 hours of video-based supervision on their clinical cases.

  5. At least 75% of the teaching must be provided by an IEDTA-Certified Teacher or Teacher/Supervisor.

  6. At least 50% of the supervision must be provided by an IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisor.

  7. The minimum number of trainees to start a Core Training Program is 4. The maximum number of trainees in a Core Training Program is 15.

  8. IEDTA-Certified Core Training Programs may structure and deliver the required hours of teaching and supervision as they choose.

Additional suggestions (not required nor reviewed) for the theoretical and practical aspects of a Core Training Program, including suggested learning objectives, may be found here.

Application requirements & application process for IEDTA-Certified Core Training Programs:

Please note that only IEDTA-Certified Teacher/Supervisors may submit Core Training applications and serve as lead trainers for IEDTA-Certified Core Training Programs.

Please submit the following documentation to education@iedta.net:

  1. Completed IEDTA Core Training Program Certification Application Form

  2. A copy of your IEDTA Notification of Approval of Teacher/Supervisor Certification letter

The IEDTA Education Committee will review your application at one of our monthly virtual meetings. Please anticipate that it will take 4-6 weeks to receive news on your application in most cases. We appreciate your patience!

Fee schedule for IEDTA-Certified Core Training Programs:

There is an annual fee to maintain IEDTA Core Training Program certification. The current fee is USD $250.00 per year. There is an annual retainer fee when there are no active core-training groups run under the certified program. The current retainer fee is USD $50.00. If more than one trainer is involved in an IEDTA-Certified Core Training Program, the trainers are responsible for determining how fees are divided. 

Annual fees for Core Training Program certification are invoiced in June for the forthcoming year. Payment of fees must be received to maintain IEDTA Core Training Program certification and listing on the IEDTA website.

Frequently Asked Questions about IEDTA Certification

  • We believe in the power of EDTs to transform patients’ lives, and, as the evidence base grows and the word gets out, we anticipate exponential growth in the number of therapists wanting to learn EDTs in the coming years. Given this growth, the IEDTA has determined that the best way to ensure rigorous training of the maximum number of therapists is to rely on a “dispersed” training model, in which we certify independent trainers and training programs who we rely on to produce adequately trained EDT therapists. Thus, the IEDTA does not certify therapists.

  • The IEDTA Education Committee makes every effort to review applications in an objective and unbiased manner, which requires us to adhere to the criteria in nearly every case. In rare circumstances, with compelling justification, the IEDTA Education Committee may make exceptions for individual criteria. Separately, the IEDTA Education Committee offers a “grandparenting” pathway for cases in which there is no way an applicant could ever reasonably fulfill criteria due to alternate experiences they received before the criteria were established (e.g., an applicant did not complete IEDTA-Certified Core Training because they were trained by Dr. Davanloo). If you are requesting exceptions or “grandparenting,” please still submit all the usual application materials (outlined above) and an additional signed letter from you describing what criteria you would like excepted for what reasons. Please note the “grandparenting” pathway and other exceptions are not available to individuals who can meet full criteria within a few months or years through the usual pathway. All applications and requests for exceptions are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

  • Click here for more information on the IEDTA Education Committee from our EDT Education and Training webpage.