Post by Amanda Martin PhD, LMFT-S, LPC “Can I do EMDR with a client that has self-harmed recently?” This is a common question in training and the key is the clinical assessment. When [...]
Hello Dr. Shafer [sic],I am interested in the summer EMDR training that is virtual. However, there is one portion of the information that says two weekends are in person – does that mean [...]
This is about some clarity I got on the positive cognition (PC) and how it makes sense even though it doesn’t work for the actual event. In fact, the “Image of the worst part of the [...]
HI Jordan,I am interested in learning EMDR, I work only with school aged youth. Does your training prepare me for this as those are the only client’s I would be able to work on my EMDR [...]
2020 has left the world with a lot of pain and suffering. That said, can you imagine the possibilities of healing with EMDR? As I was meditating on that, I thought of how EMDR fosters the ability [...]
In my experience training clinicians in EMDR, I have noticed a trend that trainees will sometimes accept a SUD of >0. Dr. Laurel Parnell also discusses this in the introduction to her book, [...]
“What do you notice?” “Nothing” the Client replied. Does this sound familiar? When practicing the desensitization phase of EMDR, it can be difficult to know what to do after we ask, “What do you [...]
Once new EMDR therapists have completed basic training, I have found it helpful to review treatment planning and target sequencing. We will be looking at three different approaches towards target [...]
