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Meet Elena Engle, Your Guide to EMDR Mastery

With a profound commitment to the growth and success of EMDR therapists, I offer tailored EMDR consultation services designed to help you refine your skills and guide you through EMDR certification and beyond.

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Hi there! I'm Elena Engle, LMHC-S

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Empowering EMDR Therapists, Transforming Lives

With a genuine dedication to the art and science of EMDR therapy, I strive to be a trusted source of guidance and expertise in the mental health community.

As an EMDRIA-Approved EMDR trainer and consultant, my journey is driven by a deep passion to explore the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit and the life-changing potential of this powerful therapeutic modality.

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EMDR Consulting Services

As a trainer and as a consultant, I can help you realize the full potential of EMDR therapy.

01 EMDR Therapy for Therapists

Offering specialized EMDR therapy sessions designed to help therapists process their own experiences, ensuring they can provide the best care to their clients.

02 Certification Assistance

Guidance and support through the process of EMDR certification, including preparation resources and application assistance.

03 Peer Consultation Groups

Regularly scheduled meetings where therapists can share insights, gain peer feedback, and collaboratively enhance their therapeutic techniques.

04 Career Advancement Support

Personalized coaching sessions to help EMDR therapists navigate their career paths and achieve professional milestones.

Testimonials

Elena has truly been everything a newly trained EMDR clinician needs to navigate the path toward success after training.I am eternally grateful for her guidance, support, and generosity in sharing her knowledge. It has made a meaningful difference in my confidence and growth as a clinician.

1 – Totally Disagree, 5 – Totally Agree

The consultant provided appropriate feedback 5
The consultant was supportive and respectful 5
The consultant was encouraging 5
The consultant was well prepared 5
The consultant was clear in his/her explanations 5
The consultant was responsive to questions 5
The consultant was considerate throughout 5
The consultant was professional 5

Consultant’s overall rating 5+++

— Eric E.

"Elena is phenomenal at putting you at ease as you integrate EMDR into your practice. She is flexible, fair, and easy to work with. Elena is incredibly knowledgeable about EMDR. She will patiently listen, helping guide you through when you feel stuck. She is generous with her time, helping newcomers navigate their cases. It was a pleasure to work with her and I look forward to using her help in the future.“

— Jennifer, Well Space Holistic Therapy

“ Elena's compassion, curiosity, and collaborative spirit are some of the many qualities that shine through her as both a professional and colleague. During my time as a supervisee, I enjoyed working with her as she provided insightful feedback and practical ways to tweak my practice/skills as an EMDR therapist. I'm truly blessed to have met her through Dr. Andrew Dobo's phenomenal EMDR training! Recommend 100/10 haha”

—Italia Bustamente

Elena displays a keen sense of clinical expertise utilizing EMDR and practices from a place of strong professionalism, ethics, and empathy. Her passion and expertise for EMDR is motivating to witness. Observing Elena’s success in treating clients through EMDR inspired me to complete my own EMDR training with Dr. Andrew Dobo.

Without witnessing Elena’s passion and success in treating clients with EMDR, I am uncertain I would be an EMDR practitioner today. Her feedback has been imperative to my own development in incorporating EMDR within my practice. Elena has been able to assist me in identifying various ways to help me assist my own clients in lowering their subjective units of disturbance in circumstances where progress seemed to be at a standstill. She has helped me formulate a way to communicate risks associated with EMDR to my own clients, specifically the life changing impact EMDR can have on client relationships and sense of self. Elena has a sharp instinct and clinical eye for identifying ways to help even the most challenging of clients move forward.
— K.S.

Elena Engle is a wonderful example of a competent and compassionate mental health professional. Her clinical expertise and ability to connect with clients is truly remarkable. I have collaborated with Elena and witnessed her consistently go above and beyond to provide high-quality care, demonstrate empathy, and help clients navigate through their challenges effectively. She is an excellent communicator, which is evident in her ability to effectively convey complex ideas and build positive relationships with colleagues and clients. Another thing I respect about Elena is her consistent engagement in self-reflection and professional growth, seeking opportunities for self-improvement and the enhancement of her clinical skills.
—A.G.

Elena has put much effort into developing her EMDR therapy skills. She is one of the most passionate consultees I have ever worked with. She is excited, curious and hardworking, always wanting to know and learn more.

Elena has an adherence to the basic EMDR protocol. She has a clear and thorough understanding of the three-pronged approach and eight-phase model. She has a keen therapeutic intuition and is quick to think through clinical problems. Elena understands the ethics, legal issues, in general but also specific to EMDR. She has demonstrated a keen ability to develop the therapeutic alliance with her patients and has a calm reassuring manner about herself. I give my highest recommendation to Elena Engle.
— Andrew J Dobo Psy.D, Trainer, Mentor, Colleague

“Elena provides an invaluable service to her clients so they can be empowered to live happy and fulfilled lives. I would highly recommend her therapy and EDMR services to anyone. This mode of therapy coupled with Ms. Engle's expertise has changed my life for the better in a short amount of time!”

—Former Client (Last session was December 2023).

*Client provided consent for testimonial use, but did not want name or initials released.

EMDR Insights and Inspirations

Let's Navigate the Waves of Being an EMDR Therapist.

When More Containment Is Needed

by Elena Engle, LMHC-S | April 14, 2026 | EMDR Skills | 0 Comments

There are moments in EMDR work when it becomes clear that the question isn’t whether the method will work, but whether the environment can hold what the work will activate. EMDR is powerful precisely because it moves quickly and deeply. That strength, in certain...

What Does This Say About You?

by Elena Engle, LMHC-S | April 7, 2026 | EMDR Skills | 0 Comments

I was watching an episode of Malcolm in the Middle: Season 6 Episode 12, “Living Will.” The father, Hal, was given power of attorney by a neighbor and he had to decide if his neighbor should remain on life support or not. Being a comedic show Hal went through quite...

What the Body Has to Carry

by Elena Engle, LMHC-S | March 31, 2026 | EMDR Skills | 0 Comments

EMDR is often described as emotionally intense, but it is also physically demanding in ways that are easy to underestimate. Reprocessing doesn’t just move through memory and meaning. It moves through the body. Muscles tense and release. Breathing shifts. Fatigue sets...

Phil’s Clown Phobia

by Elena Engle, LMHC-S | March 24, 2026 | EMDR Skills | 0 Comments

I was watching an episode of Modern Family recently: Fizbo, Season 1, Episode 9. Phil is throwing his son, Luke, a birthday party and his uncle, Cameron, offers to dress as a clown for the party as a birthday present for Luke. Cameron transforms into Fizbo, “a...

Who Holds the Client Between Sessions?

by Elena Engle, LMHC-S | March 17, 2026 | EMDR Skills | 0 Comments

EMDR doesn’t end when the session does. That’s something most of us learn quickly, even if we don’t always talk about it explicitly. Once reprocessing begins, material continues to move. Memories link. Emotional states surface at inconvenient times. The nervous system...

Saying You Matter Isn’t Selfish

by Elena Engle, LMHC-S | March 10, 2026 | EMDR Skills | 0 Comments

There was a client who was in Phase 4 of EMDR and got stuck in a scene. This scene was not a traumatic event, but they could not get out, and were resisting all suggestions of interweaves. Even the suggestion of bringing someone with them to help them get out. “No, I...

When the Present Isn’t Stable

by Elena Engle, LMHC-S | March 3, 2026 | EMDR Skills | 0 Comments

There are times in EMDR work when the past is not the most urgent thing in the room. Not because it isn’t important, and not because it doesn’t matter, but because the present is already demanding more than the nervous system can reasonably hold. Readiness for...

Anxiety is My Friend Named Peace

by Elena Engle, LMHC-S | February 24, 2026 | EMDR Skills | 0 Comments

I just finished an EMDR session with a client. Her Phase 5 was so cool. She has struggled with anxiety her whole life, and has always been at odds with it. She’s an I don’t matter person and we were targeting an astronomical electric bill (she shares an account with...

Capacity Before Regulation

by Elena Engle, LMHC-S | February 17, 2026 | EMDR Skills | 0 Comments

There’s a difference between helping a client regulate and assessing whether they have the capacity to do so on their own, and EMDR has a way of making that difference impossible to ignore. Regulation can be taught, modeled, even temporarily borrowed from the...

When Healing Gets Loud

by Elena Engle, LMHC-S | February 10, 2026 | EMDR Skills | 0 Comments

Abreactions happen during EMDR reprocessing. There is a beginning, middle and end with every abreaction. My guess is the most common abreaction is crying. Quick, shallow breaths and dryness in the throat would also be at the top of the list of abreactions I’ve seen....