EMDR WITH DANI AND ALLY

Building Confidence And Connection For EMDR Clinicians Worldwide

• Dani & Ally • Episode 7

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How Do Dani & Ally Foster Growth In Their Global Clinician Community?

Ready to trade solo trial-and-error for a supportive EMDR community that actually fits your schedule and clinical style? We sit down to unpack how a cross-border partnership—Canada to Texas—helps clinicians build confidence, adapt EMDR with intention, and grow faster through collective wisdom. From our origin story to practical frameworks, you’ll hear how two consultants balance structure and creativity so therapists can do their best work with complex cases.

We map out clear pathways for growth: certification groups that blend individual and group hours, a consultant-in-training track that teaches consultation of consultation with ethics and clarity, and a flexible subscription model with first and third Friday drop-ins. These spaces make it simple to bring real cases, get timely feedback, and hear multiple perspectives—from newly trained clinicians to seasoned consultants. The goal is steady, reliable support that fits across time zones and honors cultural differences without watering down the work.

You’ll also learn how we approach challenging presentations, like OCD features nested within complex trauma. Our guiding principle is straightforward: adapt EMDR to the client, not the client to EMDR. That can mean extended preparation, robust resourcing, targeted interweaves, or integrating behavioral strategies and psychoeducation alongside reprocessing. We share how this client-first lens lowers symptom spikes, preserves therapeutic trust, and builds momentum session by session. Along the way, we offer simple steps for expanding your professional reach: move before you feel ready, invite feedback, and partner with people whose strengths complement your own.

If you’re seeking a welcoming, high-skill community to sharpen your EMDR practice—without losing your weekends—this conversation gives you the map and the mile markers. Subscribe for more clinician-centered insights, share this with a colleague who might need the nudge, and leave a review to tell us what topic you want next.

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SPEAKER_02:

Hey there, I'm Danny from Ontario, Canada. And I'm Allie from Texas.

SPEAKER_00:

Welcome to EMDR with Danny and Allie, your go-to space for collaborative consultation that connects and grows one clinician at a time. I'm your voice guide, not Danny, not Allie, here to introduce your host, Danny in Ontario, Canada, and Allie in Texas. Together they train clinicians around the globe and offer EMDR therapy that's as supportive as a great pair of walking shoes. Steady, reliable, and just what you need to walk alongside your clients. Whether you're a seasoned therapist or just starting your EMDR journey, you're in the right place to connect, learn, and grow without having to log thousands of miles. Let's get started.

SPEAKER_01:

From mentorship to international training, Danny and Allie share how they cultivate connection and growth across borders. Welcome back, everyone. I'm Chelsea Earlywine, co-host and producer, back in the studio with the hosts of EMDR with Danny and Allie. Let's get right into it. How do you both foster growth in your global clinician community?

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, I mean, Allie and I, one of the one of the cool things about the work that Allie and I are doing is that um is just the cross-border connection, as you mentioned, because Allie's in Texas and I'm um in Canada. And so that's such a cool thing because we can support sort of the local needs of people in Canada and the US, which are so different, but then we can also sort of like bring people together in this um this really beautiful community. Um, and so we have um we've got online trainings and workshops that we're doing. Today we are presenting with EMDR Canada's lunch and learn on complex trauma. Um, and we also offer a lot of uh consultation groups, um, whether just sort of like more of a drop-in consultation group or more of our sort of more structured um certification and consultant and training groups.

SPEAKER_01:

And what inspired you, Allie, to to build this global network of EMDR clinicians?

SPEAKER_04:

Well, Danielle and I met at an Imdria conference a few years ago on a little walk to Starbucks getting coffee. And we just really hit it off and started collaborating and talking to each other and really enjoyed that friendship, collegiality coming alongside of each other. And it was just exciting to be able to do it together, and we saw how much our visions really aligned with each other. And when you look at the bigger picture out there, most consultants are doing everything on their own. There's not a, you know, a dynamic like Danielle and I doing it together and bringing two people together because we just really feel like that fosters um creativity. It fosters like being able to support each other, um, more uh teamwork approach. And so I feel like that really is what sets us apart as consultants and trainers, is that we really have this vision of doing it together and that it's there's not just one way of doing things. Um, Danielle brings things to the table, I bring things to the table, and we really help each other in that teamwork atmosphere, which is what we're really trying to do and try to promote with supporting other clinicians that want to come alongside and uh be a part of that as well.

SPEAKER_01:

And Danny, can you tell me a little bit about how you support clinicians who are just getting started on this journey?

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, so oftentimes people that are just getting started in EMDR, they're sort of they're feeling kind of like clumsy in their practice or they're just sort of lacking the confidence. And so oftentimes um what I'm working to do is really just build them up and sort of remind them of all of the really good stuff that they're already bringing to the table and how well that they already sort of are able to connect with um their clients. But it is it is a relational focus. Um it's similar to that sort of therapeutic rapport that you would build with a client. It's very relational, uh, sort of supporting other clinicians who want to grow an EMDR.

SPEAKER_01:

And can you tell me a little bit about the the type of training or like the consultation formats that you offer?

SPEAKER_04:

Yes. So the the consultation formats, one of them is for clinicians that are already trained in EMDR. We offer group consultation where they get group hours and individual hours in a collaborative group setting, working towards their certification in EMDR. We also offer a CIT group, which is a consultation and consultant and training group, where these are clinicians that are providing consultation of consultation with other clinicians. And so they are on a journey to become a approved consultants like Danielle and I. So we come alongside of them and we help provide guidance and feedback, uh, community for those consultants that are consulting other clinicians. And then we have another where it's a subscription where they can pay a monthly subscription. And we have on the first and third Fridays of every month where they can drop in when it works with their schedules at a set aside time every month. They're able to pop in and have that collegiality, that support, where they have cases that they really need to get feedback on or support on uh having another listening ear. As therapists, it's really hard to find that and to have that space and time. So we've just built that into the monthly schedule where they can come and get that support twice uh each month as they need need it. And it's just a drop-in.

SPEAKER_01:

That's really great. So it's like a like a brainstorming amongst clinicians that maybe want to share a story about a client that they're trying to figure out how to handle.

SPEAKER_03:

Absolutely. And so people can one of the great things about it is that people can sort of weigh in on other people's cases too, that that sort of clinicians aren't just there to consult with Ali and I, that we've got a wealth of knowledge in the room. And so you might have people at sort of they've just been trained, or you might have people that are certified, or you might have people that are consultants or consultants in training, and they're just all in the room together. And so it's just building that that really nice supportive community.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, that's so great. And so you're we're talking about the global community here. So, how do you maintain that connection across various different time zones, different cultures? What does that look like to maintain that connection?

SPEAKER_04:

We just welcome it in the room and we talk about it, you know, we laugh about things and enjoy the differences. I think that's something that, you know, with Canada and the US and Danielle and I are just wanting to build that bridge where uh we come to the table and we bring the differences. You know, some of the people we work with have worked with um a wide variety of clients. And so we just welcome the differences. We talk about them. We try to make our groups work with all different time zones. So they generally happen in the like 12 to two central time frame so that that way it's still available for people that live in different parts of the world. That's great.

SPEAKER_01:

And can you, Danny, maybe share a story of a clinician who you've watched grow with your mentorship throughout the program?

SPEAKER_03:

Mm-hmm. Yeah, I have done a lot of support for clinicians around uh sort of um helping clients with uh more of a OCD presentation within the context of complex trauma. And so being able to sort of um manage some of those symptoms and be able to provide the trauma care. And so we've done a lot of uh work around uh using more multimodal approaches, so incorporating different pieces into um EMDR to make it so that it really meets the needs of the client. And so one of the things I like to talk to people about is how we're not adapting um the client to meet EMDR, but we're doing the reverse and we're sort of trying to adapt EMDR to meet the needs of the client. And I have just watched I mean, I could share so many stories of people that have grown in confidence and skill and just um yeah, I just love watching that happen.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, that seems like a tricky balance because you're dealing with all different types of people in trauma and trying to figure out exactly how to cater to their specific situation, which is is probably vastly different between people. What advice do you have, Allie, for therapists who are looking to expand their reach?

SPEAKER_04:

I think just really risking it and going for it, you know. I uh T.S. Elliott, I think it's I think it's T.S. Elliott's one of my favorite quotes, you know, you only know how far you can go when you try. So you don't know how far you can go until you actually put one foot in the in front of the other and you try and go for it. So I would say movement would be super helpful. You got to start moving forward and grabbing those other colleagues, clinicians, community people that you can bounce those ideas off of, that you can have people that are cheering you on, and self-awareness that you have great feedback so that you can continue to learn and grow and realize what your strengths are, what your weaknesses are. You know, that's something Danielle and I talk about of the areas where, you know, we each have strengths, we each have weaknesses. And that's the really awesome part of doing this together, is that they those really go well together. So just that self-awareness piece is how we grow and keep moving forward, is becoming aware of the areas that we're great at and the areas that we need to keep growing at.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah. I mean, as Ali was talking, I was sort of reminded of this joke that we have between us that's sort of, you know, um, I'm an ENFP and Allie's an ENFJ. And so I always say that Allie is the J to my P because she sort of, you know, she's always reminding me of things that I've missed. And so it's just, it's absolutely lovely.

SPEAKER_01:

It's a balance. You complete each other. I love it. Well, thank you both so much. This was very inspiring. Thank you for sharing your heart and your process. And we'll catch you next time on EMDR with Danny and Allie.

SPEAKER_02:

Hey there, I'm Danny from Ontario, Canada. And I'm Allie from Texas.

SPEAKER_00:

That wraps up another insightful episode of EMDR with Danny and Ally, where our slogan, collaborative consultation that connects and grows one clinician at a time, isn't just catchy. It's our mission. Want more tools, training, or just need to ask Danny or Ally a question? Visit Danny at Ally.com or call or text 254 230 4994. Thanks for tuning in. And remember, the best healing starts with connection.