Quick reminder: Phase 4 of EMDR is called Desensitization . This is typically the stage that people think of when they hear about or reference EMDR therapy. BLS sets will get faster than what they were during Phase 2 of EMDR in order to “digest”...
Ahhh, Phase 4 of EMDR. This is where the magic happens. Phase 4 is referred to as the Desensitization phase and this happens right after Phase 3 . During Phase 4, the client will spend the majority of a session here, reprocessing the previously chosen...
Once an adequate history has been taken, a Target Sequence Plan has been developed, and skills and techniques have been resourced, a client is then ready to begin the reprocessing phases of EMDR. First stop: Phase 3 . Phase 3 of EMDR is called Activation...
The last of the EMDR Phase 2 techniques we will be exploring include the Protector, Nurturing, and Wise Figures . These figures are pulled from Laurel Parnell’s work on Attachment-Focused EMDR. These figures can be called to mind when an additional sense of security, nurturing,...