For EMDR supervisors, trainers and training cohorts

EMDR Timer, for trainees and supervision groups

Written 6 August 2026 by Dr Richard Pomfret, a counselling psychologist and EMDR practitioner. Free to print, forward or post on a resources list.

I built EMDR Timer for my own sessions, mostly to stop losing attention to set counting and the between-session handover. It turns out to matter most in the first year or two of practice, before those habits are automatic. If you supervise or train EMDR clinicians, this page is meant to be handed on: to a cohort at the end of a training weekend, or pinned to a supervision group's resources list.

The short version. It is a free, offline, one-tap timer that counts sets, keeps the negative-cognition domains visible, prompts closure before a session ends, and hands the therapist a paste-ready log afterwards. Your sessions stay on your device. It is not training and does not replace supervision.

Why it helps before the habits are automatic

The set count and the clock stop competing with the client for attention. A new clinician is already holding a great deal; this removes one thing from the pile rather than adding one.
The domain clusters stay visible. Defectiveness, responsibility, safety, control, belonging: easy to lose under pressure in the room, harder to lose when they are a tap away.
A prompt when a set stalls, phrased as a question rather than a script, tucked away until it is asked for.
It will not let a session end on an unprocessed SUD without noticing. Closing down properly is the easiest habit to skip under time pressure, and the easiest to build early.
The handover writes itself. What the target was, where the last channel was heading, what the SUD was when time ran out. The following week opens with the session instead of archaeology.

What it is not

Not training, and not a substitute for it. Not a treatment planner and not a clinical record system. It does not decide anything, score anything or evaluate a session; it holds the boring parts steady so attention can stay where it belongs. Nothing about a session is stored anywhere but the device it was typed on, encrypted and PIN protected, and there is no account to lose it to.

Try it

No sign up, no cost, works offline once loaded. Opens straight into the timer on a phone, tablet or laptop, and installs to a home screen in one or two taps on any of them.

emdrtimer.com