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EMDR STEP 1: Prerequisites
CoursePreliminary Reading & Assignments for EMDR Basic Training
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EMDR STEP 2 | June 22-26, 2026, Charlotte, NC Seminar
Course5-Day Live In-Person Course | 8am - 5:30pm EST
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EMDR STEP 3: Consultation
CourseComplete your group consultation and earn your Document of Completion for EMDR Basic Training
EMDR BASIC TRAINING
June 22-26, 2026
Charlotte, NC
5-Day Intensive, In-Person Course
9am - 6:30pm EST
30 Participants | 40 CE Credits
EMDRIA & NBCC Approved
Thrive Training & Publication's
3 Step EMDR Basic Training
STEP 1
Prerequisites
This course requires completion of prerequisite material before the first day of live training. This includes a preliminary lesson, orientation, and required reading.
STEP 2
Live In-Person Instruction
This event will be conducted in-person.
STEP 3
Consultation
Ten hours of consultation are required as part of any EMDRIA Approved Basic Training. Thrive has included the cost of these 10 hours of consultation as part of your basic training registration fee.
THIS EMDR BASIC TRAINING IS
EMDRIA Approved
Thrive Training & Publications is an EMDRIA-Approved training provider. This course is EMDRIA-Approved. Thrive was founded in Fayetteville, NC by Chris Floro, LMFT and is listed under the state of North Carolina on EMDRIA's list of Approved Training Providers.
Review EMDRIA's List of Approved Training ProvidersInternational Participants: Please review our eligibility guidelines and contact us before registering.
Pricing
We offer top-quality EMDR training at the lowest possible price because we believe in mission over margin. The more clinicians equipped to use EMDR with confidence and competence, the greater the legacy of trauma healing and prevention we can build together.
Discount Eligibility:
Community Rate: Offered to government employees, active-duty or former military, military spouses, and associates of community mental health providers.
Reduced Rate: Offered to associates of nonprofit organizations and enrolled master's-level graduate students pursuing mental healthcare licensure.
To discuss group rates, please contact us at [email protected].
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Returning Student Prices
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No Consultation Included
Restricted to students who have previously completed a full EMDRIA Basic Training
Restricted to prior Thrive students who did not complete their initial course
What's Included?
Your purchase includes all three steps of the EMDR Basic Training course.
Instructors
Christopher Floro
Chris is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist specializing in trauma treatment as well as individual, couples, and family therapy. He has over 29 years' experience as a pastoral counselor, military chaplain, and marriage & family therapist. His areas of expertise are treating post-traumatic stress, acute stress, sexual abuse, and physical abuse. As an interactive EMDR trainer, his approach is to provide energetic and enthusiastic training designed to help you be brilliant with the basics of the Standard 8-Phase EMDR modality. Chris has trained over 5,000 clinicians in the use of EMDR since 2015. He has been married to Holly since 1986 and together they raised 5 children during a 29-year military career that spanned the globe. Now living in Florence, SC, they continue to be deeply involved in the life of their family, their 9 grandchildren, their local church, and anti-human trafficking efforts in Nepal. Chris is the founder and owner of Thrive Counseling & Consulting, PLLC and of Thrive Training & Publications, LLC.
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Tamra Roberts
After 10 years in church ministry, Tamra sought better tools to help people with trauma, leading her to earn a Master’s in Christian Counseling from Gordon Conwell. After experiencing her own healing through EMDR, she trained under Chris Floro and now uses EMDR almost exclusively. Tamra specializes in treating anxiety, personality, and attachment disorders, and has become an EMDR consultant and AAMFT Supervisor in training. She is currently using EMDR to treat formerly incarcerated women and conducting research to explore its effectiveness with this group.
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Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
14542 Choate Cir
Charlotte, NC 28273
Phone: 704-527-9909
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