Child & Adolescent
EMDR Training
with Alice Vine | Accredited EMDR Consultant & Trainer
Our training courses
Our EMDR Europe accredited training courses are for mental health professionals who are seeking to extend their EMDR skills for therapeutic work with children and adolescents.
Attendees will gain an in-depth understanding of the adaptations and creative techniques used with children and adolescents, and enable them to work confidently within the wider family / systemic context..
There are two EMDR training courses available:
- Each course runs over 2 full days: 9.00am to 5.00pm
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Course facilititor / trainer
Alice Vine
Alice is a Child and Adolescent EMDR Europe Accredited Consultant and Trainer. She is a highly experienced Registered and Chartered Forensic Psychologist, specialising in working with young people and complex trauma using EMDR.
Alice became an EMDR Consultant in 2013, and has since gained extensive supervisory and training experience, providing supervision to individuals and groups and facilitating on Alexandra Richman’s EMDR training courses.
Alice has presented at EMDR UK Conferences, teaching on how to incorporate EMDR into work with adoptive families, children and young people – and how to use EMDR to help facilitate attachment and integrate a child/young person’s narratives around birth, foster care and adoption.
Alice is the owner and Clinical Director of the Purple House Clinic, Lincoln. She manages a team of practitioner psychologists, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists, as well as providing clinical services herself.
The Purple House Clinic provides mental health and neurodiversity services, delivering specialist assessments and therapies to the community in Lincolnshire. The team has particular specialisms in providing help for children, young people and adults who have trauma related difficulties.
The Purple House Clinic Lincoln is an approved provider for the local authority offering specialist assessments and interventions for children, young people and their families who are adopted or looked after and present with complex trauma, and trauma related behaviours which can impact placement permanence.
Prior to her role at Purple House, Alice worked in a number of other settings, latterly leading the NHS Forensic Child and Adolescent Service in Lincolnshire.
In her own clinical practice, Alice specialises in Child Psychology, offending and externalised behavioural problems, attachment and trauma (PTSD and Complex PTSD). She also has extensive experience of working within the family court arena, providing expert assessments and testimony, and providing therapeutic work for parents referred through the family court to decrease risk, and increase parental protectiveness.
The EDMR training instructor is Alice Vine (née Hucker).
Alice is the Director and lead Psychologist of the Purple House Clinic, Lincoln.
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Dynamic learning environment
We keep our training courses small (groups of 8-10 people) and provide an in-person experience. This provides a dynamic learning environment, allowing for group discussions and case conceptualisations – exploring and expanding on attendees’ own clinical experiences.
Testimonials
Location of training
Training dates & times
Unless online or otherwise stated, training will take place at The Terrace, Grantham Street, Lincoln, LN2 1BD:
- *FULL*: July 17th-18th 2025 (L1)
- ONLINE: September 11th-12th 2025 (L1)
- ONLINE: Sept 25th-26th 2025 (L2)
- *FULL*: October 23rd-24th 2025 (L2)
- IN-PERSON: November 27th-28th 2025 (L1)
- ONLINE: January 15th-16th 2026 (L2)
- IN-PERSON: February 19th-20th 2026 (L1)
- IN-PERSON: March 19th-20th 2026 (L2)
- ONLINE: April 16th-17th 2026 (L1)
- IN-PERSON: May 28th-29th 2026 (L2)
- ONLINE: June 22nd-23rd 2026 (L1)
- IN-PERSON: July 23rd-24th 2026 (L2)
- ONLINE: October 22nd-23rd 2026 (L2)
- ONLINE: November 19th-20th 2026 (L1)
- Each course runs over 2 full days: 9.00am to 5.00pm
- Click/tap here for application form
Course Fee
*this discount only applies to our in-person training
> In-person training is £435 per level**
(Special offer: £395 per level, when purchasing both levels at the same time)
This fee includes hosting, lunch, refreshments, manuals and certificates.
> Online training is £389 per level**
This fee includes manuals and certificates.
**Refunds cannot be given for cancellations made less than 4 weeks before the training date.
Application form
To apply for a place on one of our training courses, please complete the form below. Following receipt of your application, we’ll contact you to arrange payment and answer any questions you may have.
For general enquiries, please email:
emdr-training@purplehouseclinic.co.uk
– Thank you –
(We will never share your details with any third parties)
*All parts of the declaration of eligibility are required
Further information
There are two levels of specialist, accredited training courses for practising EMDR with children and adolescents. You need to complete both levels before you can become an Accredited EMDR Child & Adolescent Practitioner or Consultant.
Level 1
To enrol on the Level 1 Child & Adolescent EMDR Training course (accredited by EMDR Europe), you must have completed the accredited standard EMDR training (Part 1). Ideally, you will also have attended Part 2 of the standard EMDR training, whereby you’ve had the opportunity to have discussed some of your cases, and started to utilise the standard protocol.
This course lasts two days, and the focus is on clinical skills training, particularly the basic adaptations needed to the EMDR protocol for working with children of different ages (2-18), and a neuro-biological understanding of trauma in children and adolescence.
The course also covers ‘stretching the window of tolerance’ for vulnerable children, and working with children in a group setting. It also considers the importance of working with family systems to understand the trauma narratives of the child and family – and the importance of this through the History/Preparation stages.
Level 2
Level 2 Child & Adolescent EMDR Training (accredited by EMDR Europe) is open to therapists who have completed Level 1 Child & Adolescent EMDR Training, finished all parts of the standard EMDR training, and had some clinical experience using EMDR with children or adolescents.
It is a two day course addressing the use of EMDR with more complex issues in young people, such as dissociative disorders, complicated grief, complex PTSD, etc.
The Level 2 course will also cover working with children with learning difficulties, looked-after children (those in the care system), Adopted Children and more specialist work such as working with children/young people at risk of offending.
Who is eligible to attend?
We require applicants for this training to:
- have completed Part 1 (and ideally part 2) of the standard EMDR training (for level 1);
- have completed both parts of the standard EMDR training (for level 2);
- have completed previous training to work with children and adolescents;
- have at least one year of current clinical experience working in the field of child and adolescent mental health;
- be skilled in psychotherapeutic work with children and adolescents;
- ideally be in receipt of supervision from an EMDR Europe accredited Child & Adolescent Consultant or an EMDR Consultant who predominantly works with children & adolescents;
- hold an accredited mental health qualification.
Why choose an accredited training course?
- EMDR Europe, in cooperation the EMDR Association UK, regularly accredits and monitors the standards of all EMDR Trainers and training courses.
- Choosing an accredited training course means that the content and quality of accredited trainers and courses meet the requirements of EMDR Europe, the EMDR Association UK, or the worldwide EMDR international community.
Travel & Accommodation
Getting here: Lincoln has a train station with direct connections to London, Nottingham, Sheffield, and other major cities. Trains are generally a quick and reliable way to travel to Lincoln, and the station is located just a short walk from the city centre. Lincoln is easily accessible by car from the A1 and A46 motorways.
Where to stay: There is a Premier Inn close to the venue (6 min walk). There is also a Travelodge and Holiday Inn Express within a 15 minute walk. There are also plenty of popular guest houses and boutique hotels within the beautiful cultural quarter.
Parking: Limited public parking (32 spaces) is available just up the hill from The Terrace in Flaxengate Car Park, directly opposite ‘The Collection’ (Lincoln Museum). Grantham Street Car Park is also situated just below The Terrace (but do make sure you don’t exceed your stay). Some on-street parking is available directly in front of The Terrace building. Please pay attention to parking restrictions.
