Faculty

Our Trainers

EMDR & Beyond courses are taught by practicing clinicians who use these approaches with their own clients. Find an instructor by focus area, or connect with a consultant for certification and consultation hours.

EMDR & Beyond is an EMDRIA-approved EC Provider (#15007).

Full accreditation details, including our APA continuing education sponsorship, are on the accreditation page.

Faculty is led by Kenya Rocha, one of approximately 230 EMDRIA Approved Trainers globally.

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Kenya Rocha

Faculty Lead

Kenya Rocha

MS, LMHC, NCC, EMDRIA Certified Therapist, EMDRIA Approved Trainer & Consultant

Owner and Director, EMDR & Beyond. Founder and CEO, MOSAIC Family Counseling Center, Inc.

Kenya has trained EMDR clinicians since 2014 and has taught EMDR Basic Training, delivered through EMDR Consulting, LLC, since 2017. She holds EMDRIA Approved Trainer status from the designation's inaugural 2023 cohort.

Her clinical and teaching work centers on EMDR with couples and families, culturally responsive trauma treatment, affect regulation, and clinical supervision. She practices and trains in both English and Spanish, and has trained clinicians internationally.

500+ Clinicians trained
21+ years Clinical experience
18+ years Practicing EMDR

Instructors

All instructors on our platform are EMDRIA Certified Therapists.Most also hold EMDRIA Approved Consultant status, which qualifies them to provide the consultation hours clinicians need for EMDRIA certification.

April Pence

April Pence

LMHC, EMDRIA Approved Consultant

Consultation Available

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Linda Russell

Linda Russell

LPC, EdD, EMDRIA Approved Trainer

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Looking for consultation hours?

Four EMDR & Beyond faculty provide EMDR consultation through our programs: JaCarie Owens, April Pence, Roxanna Carcamo, and Kenya Rocha. Structured programs run for both the certification and the Consultant-in-Training pathways, alongside individual hours and packages.

Roxanna Carcamo offers a Spanish-language consultation group.

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Bonnie Mikelson

Founder

EMDR & Beyond was founded in 2015 by Bonnie Mikelson, LISW.

Where to next

EMDR Basic Training is delivered through EMDR Consulting, LLC.