How I Can Support You
✓ EMDR Intensives – Providing focused, accelerated trauma healing tailored to individual needs.
✓ Trauma Training – Equipping clinicians with the knowledge and skills to work with complex trauma presentations through a culturally responsive lens.
✓ Trauma Documentation Training – Ensuring therapists can confidently document trauma work while upholding medical necessity
✓Organizational Consulting – Helping agencies and group practices create sustainable, trauma-informed, and anti-oppressive clinical frameworks.
Whether you're a new clinician looking to grow your trauma expertise, an experienced therapist refining your approach, or an organization seeking to create a more trauma-informed system, I'm here to support you.
I'm Dr. Elaine Espada
Licensed Psychologist
EMDRIA Approved
EMDR Consultant
Trauma Trainer
Group Practice Owner
I am a licensed clinical psychologist and the owner of Beacon Therapy Group, a trauma focused group practice in the Boston area and the Executive Director of Integrated Trauma Training Institute, a 501c3 non-profit providing specialized training on trauma-informed care & leadership for therapists, professionals, and executives.
I have spent my career training in advanced trauma modalities—EMDR, AEDP, IFS, Ego State Therapy, Polyvagal Theory, Hypnosis, and Trauma-Informed Yoga—to deepen my expertise.
With this foundation, I am committed to expanding the trauma-informed community and ensuring that high-quality trauma care is accessible, inclusive, and diverse.
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I Offer:
DOCUMENTATION TRAINING
Stop worrying about what to write in your notes.
Learn the essentials of clinical documentation and get access to clinical documentation resources.
learn moreEMDR CONSULTATION
Enhance your skills in EMDR and EMDR intensives.
Individual and group EMDR consultation to increase your confidence in EMDR therapy and work towards EMDR certification.
learn moreTRAUMA TRAINING
Learn the
foundations of trauma treatment.
Through on-demand training, increase your knowledge about complex trauma and dissociation.
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