Provider identity & treatment fit
Know who will provide your EMDR care
A modality name tells you less than a conversation with the person who will deliver it.
The practice behind this site
Achieve Growth Therapy
The practice identifies its clinician as Artie Gately, LMHC, with Florida license MH22813. Its office is in Orlando. People in Delray Beach would meet by secure video while physically in Florida. Artie is EMDR-trained and works with children, teens and adults.
Experience that matters to you
Achieve Growth Therapy describes experience with professionals, including healthcare workers and first responders, and lists EMDR among its approaches. That may be relevant if work-related experiences are part of what you want to address, but a published focus is not confirmation of expertise with every occupation or presentation.
Ask about the clinician's experience with your specific concern. If you already have a therapist or psychiatric provider, ask how a proposed EMDR plan would fit with that care.
EMDR training, stated clearly
Artie is EMDR-trained. This site does not claim EMDRIA certification, consultant status or any specialist title beyond that. You can still ask how much of his work is EMDR and how he decides whether to use the method by video.
The Florida license verification search (opens in a new tab) lets you check professional license status separately. Neither a license nor EMDR training guarantees that a particular therapist is the right fit for you.
If you are considering adjunct EMDR
“Adjunct” usually means adding focused work alongside an existing therapy relationship. Do not assume that arrangement is available. Ask whether the practice accepts adjunct cases, who would coordinate the overall plan, and how permission to share information would work. Don't send records through a general contact message.
Weekly sessions are not the same as an intensive
The public EMDR page describes standard sessions of about 50 minutes, usually weekly at the start. This site does not offer multi-hour intensives, a day program or psychiatric services. If that is what you are seeking, ask for an appropriate referral rather than booking on an assumption.
Compare trauma therapies, see what online sessions involve, or check payment questions.
See if online EMDR is the right next step
Achieve Growth Therapy offers a free 15-minute consultation. Use the practice's own contact page to pick a time or send a short note. leave out sensitive details until you're talking with the clinician.