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The ARPT™ Certification model is patterned after the certification models of the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA), the Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (CAFMT) Approved Supervisor training and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAFMT) Approved Supervisor training. 

Mental health clinicians who are fully licensed/registered to engage in private, independent practice and have completed an ARPT™International Association (ARPTIA) Approved ARPT™ Basic Training in its entirety are eligible to become an ARPT Certified Clinician through ARPT Canada or ARPTIA. The ARPT Certified Clinician in Canada can seek an additional designation as an ARPT™  Consultant and teach ARPT Basic and ARPT Advanced Training.

Certification in ARPT™ is a voluntary process. It is a pathway through which individual clinicians may wish to pursue further training. Certification is not required in order for a clinician to practice ARPT™. If you are trained in ARPT™ Basic Training, you can use ARPT under your registration or license. ARPT Certification is an option that many therapists have wanted because of the increasing demand for providing culturally affirmative relational and systemic trauma and PTSD services.  Here are the ARPT designations:

• ARPT™ Clinician refers to clinicians who have completed an ARPT Canada or ARPTIA Approved ARPT™Basic Training.
• ARPT™ Certified Clinician refers to clinicians who have completed ARPT™ Certification Criteria.
  • • 1. ARPT™ International Association Approved ARPT™ Basic TrainingProvide a copy of your final certificate of completion of an ARPTIA/ ARPT™ Canada Approved ARPT™ Basic Training program.2. License/Registration 

       Provide a copy of your current license/registration to practice independently as a mental health professional in the state or province where you practice. The license/registration must include the current expiration date.

      3. Notarized Statement of Practice and ARPT™ Experience

      • Do you have at least two years of experience in your field of license?
      • Have you conducted at least 50 ARPT™ sessions with at least 20 clients? 

      Both statements may be included in one single notarized document. Applicants can simply state, “I have at least 2-year experience in my field of license and I have conducted at least 50 ARPT™ sessions with at least 20 clients” or similar wording and then have it notarized.

      4. (Fifteen)15 Hours of Consultation by an ARPT™ Consultant  

      Provide documentation from the ARPT™ Consultant(s) who provided ARPT™ consultation to you. It must specify the exact number of consultation hours you received and designate how many of those hours were individual consultations and how many were group consultations. 

      • The 15 hours of consultation must have been completed within the last five years. If you continue to receive consultation hours for over five years, then as long as the ARPT™ Consultant can explain in the letter of documentation when the consultation started and ended (e.g. 2015-2023) and if/when long breaks in consultation occurred, that will be acceptable. We understand that clinicians may stop consultation and then restart again, but we cannot accept consultation hours that concluded 5 or more years ago.
      • If you have received consultation from more than one ARPT™ Consultant, you will need documentation from each one.
      • At least 7 of the hours must be obtained through individual ARPT™-focused consultation. The remaining 8 hours may be obtained through small group consultation. Consultation groups cannot exceed more than six participants at a time.
      • ARPT™ Consultants-in-Training can provide up to 10 hours of consultation. The remaining 5hours must be provided by an ARPT™ Consultant.
      • Only consultation hours received after completion of an ARPT™ Canada Approved ARPT™ Training program can be applied towards this requirement.

      5. ARPT™ Consultant Letter(s) of Recommendation for ARPT™ Certification

      Provide letter(s) from one or more ARPT™ Consultant(s) addressing your utilization of ARPT™ with clients and recommending you to be certified in ARPT™.

      • Letters may include documentation of consultation hours as required above. 
      • Letters from ARPT™ Consultants-in-Training do not meet this requirement. Letters must be from an ARPT™ Consultant.

      6. Letters of Recommendation Regarding Professional Practice

      Provide two letters of recommendation regarding your professional utilization of ARPT™, ethics in practice, and professional character.

      • Two letters of recommendation from colleagues or peers are required.
      • Letters from your ARPT™ Consultant or ARPT™ Consultant-in-Training do not count as peer letters.

      7. ARPT™ International Association Policies Agreement

      By submitting the ARPT™ Certification application, applicants attest that they agree to adhere to ARPTIA Policies.

• ARPT™Consultant refers to clinicians who have certification in ARPT™and competency to teach ARPT™ Basic Training and provide consultation-of-consultation.
  • 1. ARPT™ International Association Approved ARPT™ Basic TrainingProvide a copy of your certificate of completion of an ARPTIA Approved Basic Training.2. License/ Registration

    Provide a copy of your license/registration to practice independently as a mental health professional in the state or province where you practice.  

    3. Three Years of ARPT™ Experience

    • Do you have at least three years of experience after completing an ARPT™ Canada or ARPT™IA Approved ARPT™ Basic Training?

    Applicants must have the minimum 3 years of experience after completion of the ARPT™ Basic Training.

    4. Notarized Statement of ARPT™ Sessions

    • Have you conducted at least 400 ARPT™ sessions with at least 100 clients? 

    Provide a notarized document supporting this statement. Applicants can simply state “I have conducted at least 400 ARPT™ sessions with at least 100 clients” or similar wording and then have it notarized.

    5. (Fifteen)15 Hours of Consultation-of-Consultation by an ARPT™ Consultant in ARPT™

    Fifteen hours of consultation-of-consultation are required. Provide documentation from the ARPT™ Consultant(s) who provided consultation-of-consultation to you. It must specify the exact number of consultation hours you received and designate how many of those were individual consultations and how many were group consultations. 

    • If you have received consultation from more than one ARPT™ Consultant, you will need documentation from each one.
    • Consultation-of-consultation groups cannot exceed more than six ARPT™ Consultants-in-Training at any one time.
    • Only consultation hours received after becoming an ARPT™ Certified Therapist can be applied towards this requirement.
    • At least 7 of the hours must be obtained through individual, ARPT™-focused Consultation-of-Consultation. The remaining 8 hours may be obtained through small group consultation. Consultation groups cannot exceed more than six participants at a time.

    6. ARPT™ Consultant Letter(s) of Recommendation

    Provide letter(s) from one or more ARPT™ Consultant(s) addressing the quality of your consultation in ARPT™ to others.

    • Letters may include documentation of consultation hours as required above. 

    7. Letters of Recommendation Regarding Professional Practice

    Provide two letters of recommendation regarding your professional utilization of ARPT™ in clinical practice, consultation abilities, ethics in practice, and professional character. These letters may be from colleagues or peers.

    8. ARPT™ International Association Policies Agreement

    Applicants must read and verify on the application form that they agree to adhere to ARPATIA Policies.