Please note that application forms have been updated. Please contact the Education Committee directly for an application form: education@iedta.net

IEDTA-certified teachers and IEDTA-certified supervisors must meet the criteria listed below; the supervisor requirements are more rigorous than those for teacher. At this time, there is no certification of training programs for teachers and supervisors. For information about the IEDTA’s certification process and its limitations, please see the IEDTA Certification page.

Click here to view IEDTA-Certified Teachers and Supervisors.

Teachers and Supervisors are expected to remain updated about all EDT therapeutic models within the IEDTA. Certification of teachers and/or supervisors is not life-long; it will be subject to periodic re-evaluation. We promote continuing education among all IEDTA members. In order to achieve this, the IEDTA recommends that teachers and supervisors attend the IEDTA international conferences at least once every four years. The IEDTA also suggests that teachers and supervisors participate in at least 3 days of training every 4 years as students of other IEDTA-certified teachers or supervisors.

There is a one-time application fee of USD $50 for teacher or supervisor certification.

For information about “grandparenting,” that is, certification arrangements for those whose training took place before the certification criteria were established, please contact the Education Committee.

Minimal requirements to become an IEDTA certified EDT teacher

An IEDTA Certified Teacher has completed the following criteria:

The colleague:

1. must be a licensed/registered professional working in the (mental) health sector
2. must have completed an IEDTA certified Core-Training Programme
3. must have worked for a minimum of FIVE years following completion of an IEDTA certified Core-Training Programme
4. must have completed a minimum of 30 hours of video-based supervision for EDT clinical practice with at least 3 patients following completion of an IEDTA certified Core-Training Programme. The supervision MUST have been provided by an IEDTA Certified Supervisor
5. must be currently delivering EDT to patients and MUST have been delivering EDT to patients for a minimum of 10 hours per week for at least TWO years immediately prior to the request for certification
6. must demonstrate evidence of a substantial record of teaching EDT. This MUST include at least TWO of the following criteria:
   • 2 or more published articles on EDT in international journals/ peer-reviewed
     journals
   •  2 or more audio-visual presentations at EDT national or international
     conferences/ symposiums/ workshops
   • evidence of video-based teaching and presentations on courses/ professional
     trainings/ University programmes
7. must provide a recommendation from at least one IEDTA Certified Supervisor (Teacher/Supervisor). This must include information specified by IEDTA. It may be possible to have an application evaluated where criteria are not met in ways specified. This will require substantial evidence of equivalency. Please contact the Education Committee for any further information and to request an application form: applications will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis

It may be possible to have an application evaluated where criteria are not met in ways specified. This will require substantial evidence of equivalency. Please contact the Education Committee for any further information and to request an application form: applications will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis

Please contact the Education Committee for further information: applications will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis

Minimal requirements to become an IEDTA certified EDT supervisor

An IEDTA Certified EDT supervisor has completed the following criteria.

The colleague:

• must fulfill the criteria for accredited EDT teacher
• must have assisted in a core group under the guidance of an accredited EDT supervisor (duration 3 years)
• must have given supervision to members of a core group. These supervisions must be audiovisually recorded and must have been supervised by an accredited EDT supervisor
• the assistance and supervision (above) may have taken place in the same period (duration 3 years)

If you have questions or comments, please contact the Education Committee.