If you’ve started looking for an EMDR therapist, you’ve probably noticed that many clinicians list EMDR on their websites. It appears on Psychology Today profiles, in directory listings, on group practice pages alongside a dozen other modalities. And it can be genuinely difficult to know what that means — or how to tell the difference between someone who took a weekend workshop and someone who has built a clinical practice around EMDR for decades.

Wondering about online EMDR therapy? Perhaps you have already had your consultation, or perhaps you are still considering it. Regardless, one of the questions that tends to arise is: what can I do on my part to ensure that this therapy is as effective as possible?