[ Create an account](/create-an-account)[ Log In](/log-in) [ Cart](/cart) [ ![Telehealth Certification Institute LLC Logo]() ![Telehealth Certification Institute LLC Logo]()](/) # Virtual EMDR: Useful, Practical Skills to Assist in a Virtual World Enroll in the Online Self-Study course and complete it at your own pace. 3 CE hours available for behavioral health clinicians upon completion. ![Virtual EMDR: Useful, Practical Skills to Assist in a Virtual World]() **Trauma doesn’t pause when sessions go virtual—and neither should effective EMDR. This course empowers clinicians with the tools to confidently adapt EMDR strategies for online therapy, where clients need them most.** Discover how to bring regulation, safety, and healing into clients’ own environments by mastering the nuances of virtual EMDR. Whether you’re seasoned in EMDR or new to telehealth delivery, this course offers valuable insights for navigating trauma treatment in the digital world. Enroll in the 3 CE Online Self-Study for **$60** *Payment Options are listed at checkout* [Register Now - 3 CE](/index.php?option=com_hikashop&ctrl=product&task=updatecart&quantity=1&cid=689&Itemid=2665) Taught by **Megan McQuary, LCSW, ACADC, CCTP-II, EMDR-C**—a nationally recognized EMDR clinician and trainer with decades of hands-on experience—this training translates research-backed strategies into practical techniques you can use right away. Megan’s expertise spans trauma, substance use, and attachment, and her EMDR trainings have equipped thousands of clinicians worldwide to improve treatment outcomes. Megan’s teaching style is both grounded and highly experiential. Through demonstration, case examples, and step-by-step instruction, she demystifies the process of virtual EMDR and offers actionable strategies that enhance client engagement, safety, and self-efficacy. **Topics covered include** adapting bilateral stimulation tools for virtual use, ensuring confidentiality and safety in telehealth environments, building client resources through resourcing activities, managing dissociation, setting up effective stop signals, and using attuned presence even when limited to a screen. **You'll also explore** unique challenges and opportunities in delivering trauma-informed care remotely, including working with children and clients at risk. ![Megan McQuary Headshot]() ## Instructor ### Megan McQuary, LCSW, ACADC, CCTP-II, EMDR-C, Megan is an EMDR Clinician, Trainer, and Author who earned her Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work from Northwest Nazarene University in 2011. She has been extensively trained in the use of EMDR and other trauma-based interventions and specializes in the areas of trauma, attachment, and addictive disorders. Megan has trained thousands of clinicians across the U.S. as well as internationally to get the most out of EMDR, trauma, and addiction-based skills and practices. Megan previously owned/operated an intensive outpatient treatment center that was voted best in practice in 2019. She currently owns and operates her own Coaching, Consulting, and Training Business and is passionate about genuinely changing the landscape of mental health and trauma treatment through an authentic, hands-on perspective that is uniquely her own. Megan is the author of the EMDR Workbook for Trauma and PTSD: Skills to Manage Triggers, Move Beyond Traumatic Memories; and Take Back Your Life released by New Harbinger Publications in May of 2023, The EMDR Flip Chart by PESI Publications and EMDR for Dummies with Wiley Publishing and The EMDR Workbook for Addiction by New Harbinger set to release in 2025. ## Key Takeaways: - **Apply trauma-regulation tools for telehealth:** Learn how to use EMDR strategies to help clients manage trauma responses in their environments. - **Confidently deliver EMDR online:** Explore multiple options for bilateral stimulation and adapt your approach to fit telehealth platforms. - **Foster client empowerment:** Strengthen resourcing skills to help clients develop coping strategies and feel more in control of their healing. ## Why This Course? - **Expert-Led Instruction:** Learn from Megan McQuary, a trusted EMDR trainer whose clinical expertise ensures you're getting strategies that work in real-world settings. - **Focused on What Works:** No fluff—just clear, immediately usable tools for today’s virtual therapy sessions. - **Trusted by Clinicians Nationwide:** Offered by the Telehealth Certification Institute, whose mission is to equip clinicians with practical, high-quality continuing education that improves care. ## Learning Objectives: - Utilize tools and techniques to assist clients in regulation and de-escalating trauma associated triggers in a Telehealth setting. - Analyze/Learn different ways to utilize and provide EMDR via a Telehealth - Develop client resources and teach self-efficacy through EMDR resourcing activities via Telehealth. EMDR doesn’t lose its power online—it simply asks clinicians to adapt. This self-study course gives you the roadmap to do just that, offering both clarity and confidence as you bring healing into the virtual therapy room. **Add this course to your cart** to begin learning instantly. *This is a non-interactive self-study course. Instruction consists of 3 hours of video instruction and a post-test.* [Enroll in the Online Self-Study](#EnrollmentOptions) ## Select each tab for course details Course Details ### **Availability:**  From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework. ### **Who Should Attend:**  This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services. ### **Teaching Methods:**  This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation. ### **How to attend:** [**Directions for completing a course can be found by clicking here.**](/how-to-complete-a-course) **This program was recorded on March 23, 2022.** CE Hours ### **Credit Hours:** CEs provided with this course include 3 continuing education hours of credit. ### **Counselors:**  Telehealth Certification Institute LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No, 6693.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0048. ### **Marriage and Family Therapists:**  Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations.  You can check with your board to determine if this course would be accepted by your licensing board. ### **Social Workers:**  Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, #1609, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 05/02/2024 – 05/02/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0435. ### **Addiction Professionals:** This course has been approved by Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #193104, Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is responsible for all aspects of the programing. ### **Psychologists:**  Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 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