EMDR Consultation

As an EMDRIA Certified Therapist and EMDRIA Approved Consultant-in-Training, I offer EMDR consultation to support fellow clinicians in developing competence and confidence in delivering EMDR therapy. Together, we can conceptualize your cases, facilitating a deeper understanding of your clients in order to create a tailored treatment plan that aligns with their unique needs. We also can explore different treatment approaches and therapeutic interventions that help you to treat clients with complex trauma and/or dissociative presentations. The process of collaborating as we review your cases allows you to enhance and build clinical skills while adhering to EMDR protocols.

EMDR follows a standard protocol divided into 8 distinct phases, ensuring comprehensive assessment, treatment, and integration of past experiences.

  1. History taking and treatment planning

  2. Preparation

  3. Assessment

  4. Desensitization

  5. Installation

  6. Body scan

  7. Closure

  8. Reevaluation

I regularly integrate Ego States and Polyvagal Theory to enhance support for clients during Phase 2 work. When addressing complex trauma, it’s essential to understand dissociation and effectively use cognitive interweaves—I’m here to guide you in mastering these skills.

If you’re seeking consultation with me, my goal is to help you build a strong grasp of the fundamentals and grow from there. I’ll work with you to deepen your understanding and elevate your skills to the next level.

EMDR Consultation FAQs

  • EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a psychotherapy technique designed to help individuals process and heal from trauma and other distressing life experiences. It involves encouraging a client to focus briefly on a memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation, which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the memories. This heavily researched process is believed to help reduce the emotional impact of the memories and facilitate their processing, leading to a reduction in PTSD, trauma and other distressing symptoms. 

    • Case conceptualization

    • Treatment approaches/ interventions, including interventions from Polyvagal Theory, The Flash Technique, Ego State Interventions, Assistance with Blocking Beliefs and Art Techniques to help clients through the Phases of EMDR

    • Alternative protocols based on client need including, The Recent Events Protocol, Protocols from Jim Knipe and The Distancing Technique

    • Complex Trauma Treatment including developing an understanding of Complex Trauma and tailoring your approach to best meet your clients’ individual needs

    • Use of EMDR in Complex trauma and dissociative presentations including identifying dissociative symptoms using clinical observation and standardized measures (e.g., DES-II, MID) and different ways to resource and implement parts work for clients with dissociative presentations

    • EMDR (EMDRIA APPROVED) - Thrive Training & Publications

    • EMDR Certification - EMDRIA 

    • EMDR Consultant in Training - EMDRIA

    • The Flash Technique - Phil Manfield

    • Four Blinks Version of Flash - Thomas Zimmerman

    • An Introduction to the Intergration of Ego State Therapy, Structural Dissociation, and EMDR Therapy - Farnsworth Lobenstine, LICSW

    • Imaginal Nurturing, Ego States, and Attachment - April Steele

    • Integrating the MID into Clinical Practice - D & JAM Trainings 

    • Polyvagal Theory: Principles and Practice for Individuals -Polyvagal Institute 

    • The Distancing Technique: OCD and Anxiety Disorders, How to Treat with EMDR - EMDRIA: C. Paula Krentzel, Jennifer Tattersall

    • 4-Day Intensive Workshop: Exposure and Response Therapy for OCD - Cognitive Behavior Institute 

  • I can provide 15 out of the 20 hours required for EMDR Certification through EMDRIA. 

  • $75 per 50-minute individual consultation