Terms and Conditions

Certification as a practitioner of IEMT is discretionary and dependent on a number of criteria. Simply attending a training course in IEMT is not sufficient and trainees are required to demonstrate competency prior to certification.

This document sets out the minimum requirements that must be met by all IEMT training courses to be approved by the Association for IEMT Practitioners.

The purpose of this policy is to provide clarity about the process and procedures related to the IEMT Practitioner Trainings and Certification. The IEMT Practitioner Certifications are issued to recognize that the trainee has demonstrated the level of competence required in Integral Eye Movement Therapy.

The IEMT Practitioner Training Course is permitted to be open to all public, regardless of any previous therapeutic experience and training. However, training is given at the discretion of approved trainers who are the sole arbiter regarding who attends their training courses.  Trainers are entitled to refuse training to any individual without explanation. However, a potential trainee who is refused training by one trainer may seek training with another trainer should they wish.

The IEMT Practitioner manual and handouts should be minimally consistent with Andrew T. Austin’s IEMT Practitioner Manual and must be available for inspection upon request by the Association's management. However, the trainer may determine the order in which material is taught and include additional material as they deem appropriate.

The training should contain various exercises to build experience and skills in implementing IEMT techniques. The course content should include reference to downloadable resources, scientific papers, or any other useful content that would be related to the Integral Eye Movement Therapy model.

Instruction should include:

Part 1. Emotional Engineering – De-potentiating Imprints of Emotion with IEMT

• Introduction to the IEMT Structure
• Eye Movement and 3d Accessing Cues
• Calibration of Representational Change
• IEMT K-Protocol and Imprint Tracking
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Time Coding

Part 2. Identity Reimprinting – Updating Our Way of Being with IEMT

• Introduction to Structure of Identity
• Four Pronoun References – I, Me, Self, You and Other Identity Markers
• The IEMT Identity Pattern
• Physiological State Accessing Cues (PSACs)
• Changing Unconscious State Accessing

The certification process verifies trainees' level of competence in the model. The criteria for receiving IEMT Practitioner Certification are based on both observational processes of effective Integral Eye Movement Techniques and written requirements.

Certification is optional, and attendance at the training does not guarantee it. It is contingent on successfully completing the assessment criteria. The trainee is given a 3-month period from the initial training to decide whether or not to be certified. Trainers may extend this to 9-months where circumstances dictate necessity.

Certification is only granted upon successful completion of coursework and case studies and after joining the Association For IEMT Practitioners.

Trainers are discouraged from issuing "Certificates of Attendance" to non-certifying participants as often this is subsequently misinterpreted and used later as practitioner certificates.

The requirements for certification as an IEMT Practitioner include:

• Trainees must register and complete the IEMT Practitioner training with an approved trainer.
• Trainees must participate in the live training course (online or in-person, and not via pre-recorded sessions).
• Trainees must submit two written case studies (a sample case study is available to all members on the Association for IEMT Practitioners website.).
• Trainees must submit a recording of a live session of around 20 minutes in which they work with a demo subject to demonstrate their understanding of the process. (The session can take place with anyone, with or without challenges.)
• The trainee is not permitted to charge a fee for this demonstration subject. If necessary, the trainer may request a second video demonstration.
• Trainees will have up to 6 months to make their submissions; trainers may request a shorter period for their submission, but it must be stated clearly at the time of booking.
• Trainers may also charge a fee for assessment at their own discretion. This must be specified when making the booking.
• Failure to submit the requested material for certification may result in certification denial or in a request to retake the training.
• In order to receive certification, the trainee must join the Association for IEMT Practitioners as an Associate member after passing the assessment requirements.
• Upon successfully passing the assessment, Associate members can upgrade to Full membership for free.

The Right to Appeal
Trainees denied certification by an IEMT Trainer have the right to file an appeal on the matter.

If the trainee wishes to formally challenge an evaluation of the case studies or failed to pass the assessment within 6 months, he should complete and submit the IEMT Practitioner Appeal Form to begin the Appeal process.

The appeal request is subject to a fee of £45.00. The appeal fee is non-refundable.

Appeals must be filed within 15 calendar days of the IEMT trainer's denial of a trainee's eligibility for certification. The trainee will receive an email acknowledging receipt of the IEMT Practitioner Appeal Form within 5 business days of receipt.

To make a final decision, an Appeals Panel comprised of The Association for IEMT Practitioners director and another appointed IEMT Trainer will review the case studies, the reasoning behind the Appeal, and any evidence presented through the Appeal.

The panel will decide whether to uphold or overturn the IEMT Trainer's decision. The decision of the panel is final.

• If the panel reverses the certification denial, the candidate will be awarded certification dated back to the original notice of failure, with all certification rights and privileges. There will be no mention of the certification being awarded based on a review.
• The Panel reserves the right to deny the appeal or to request that the candidate be retrained.

The Association for IEMT Practitioners will send a final decision via email to the trainee who submitted the IEMT Practitioner Appeal Form within 30 days of receiving it.

If retraining is required, the trainee has the option of retaking it with the same or a different trainer. Whilst each trainer is offered courses approved by the Association for IEMT Practitioners, they are each treated as individual entities, and the contract between themselves and their paying trainees is not transferable to another trainer.

Thus any discount for retraining is only offered at the individual discretion of each trainer. No discount is automatically transferable between trainers unless those trainers have a prior agreement to do so.

Violation of any of the above criteria will result in the course not being recognised as an IEMT training course. Accordingly, participants will not receive an IEMT Practitioner Certificate and will not be eligible to join the Association for IEMT Practitioners.

Violation may also lead to the withdrawal of that person’s approval as an IEMT Accredited trainer and exclusion from membership of the Association for IEMT Practitioners. The same applies to any Certified IEMT practitioner or trainer who knowingly assists in such training.

For any questions or comments concerning this policy, please the Association for IEMT Practitioners at: associationforiemt@gmail.com

The purpose of a case study is to demonstrate a trainee’s comprehension of the IEMT material and is not to demonstrate the efficacy of IEMT application. Whilst IEMT has been demonstrated to be a highly effective model for therapeutic change work, a successful outcome is not necessary for a case study. The trainee is encouraged to consider which elements of the session were most useful for the client and which elements were least useful.

• During the case study session we would like the trainee to demonstrate the application of the following aspects from IEMT:
• The core IEMT kinaesthetic algorithm in its simple and complex form.
• The Identity Pattern in its simple and complex form.
• Interaction with the Patterns of Chronicity if they should arise.
• Where anxiety is present, The Three Pillars.
• Awareness of Physiological State Accessing Cues
• PTSD model

For convenience, it may be tempting to use friends or family for a case study, but we advise against this owing to potential difficulties regarding objectivity. It is also worth noting that engaging in any form of a therapeutic relationship with a close friend or family can negatively alter the relationship between those parties.

We recommend that trainers give a specific time frame of three to six months in which the case studies are submitted. Failure to submit within that time frame would result in a failure in meeting the requirements for certification. Please advise trainees that they may require more than one session per client. Those trainees whom you feel have not grasped a sufficient understanding of IEMT, you are welcome to contact the Association to discuss options as to how to proceed.

• No IEMT trainee is permitted to receive payment for a case study session.
• A pre-session assessment form must be completed and screened for contraindications.
• The session must be conducted in a suitable setting. For example, an impromptu session in the pub or similarly casual setting would not be acceptable.
• It is preferable that sessions are conducted in person, and currently (Feb. 2022) only where necessary will remote sessions such as via telephone and Skype be acceptable for a case study. This policy will be reviewed in February 2023.
• The client must know that they are volunteering for a case study and sign a consent form to that effect.
• Other than gender and age, the case study should be coded e.g. CS1 and not carry any personal identification data such as name, address, email etc.
• Ensure they keep the client’s personal details in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
• Trainees must ask clients for a brief write-up of their experience (a few paragraphs maximum) and Code this as above, to send to the trainer.

The requested format for the case study may vary between trainers and we encourage trainers to both develop their own specific guidelines for their trainees whilst accepting that some trainees may use a different format. For example, medical practitioners and psychologists may well have their own standard format with which they are more familiar and this ought to be considered acceptable.

Suggestions for what should be included in the case study:

• A summary of the issues
• How many times the client was seen?
• What techniques were used and what was reasoning for using these techniques
• What was the outcome of the session? Ideally this is measured both at the conclusion of the session and 3-10 days later.
• Reflections of the session, what could have been improved, what worked well, what would be done differently next time.
• We also recommend that the trainees are advised to keep the write up fairly short and concise, i.e. within 2-4 pages per session.