Sandra Paulsen has written of the “ubiquity of dissociation” (2014) and also that “dissociation is the engine...not the caboose” of traumatic symptoms (emdrandbeyond.com/ blog/2018/4/13/screening-for-did-and-more). If dissociation drives trauma…
As an EMDR therapist, one needs to use resourcing methods that are appropriate, depending on where the client is in the healing journey and what methods are available that have been found to be effective. This review presents various methods of…
As an EMDR therapist, one needs to use resourcing methods that are appropriate, depending on where the client is in the healing journey and what methods are available that have been found to be effective. This review presents various methods of…
The diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer can involve a series of life-altering, traumatic experiences, leading to distress, reduced quality of life, and long-standing fears of recurrence. Distress may exacerbate physical symptoms, impair coping,…
Clients with attachment disorders or very early abuse or neglect are the ones for whom resourcing is essential, and yet they are also the ones most difficult to resource effectively. If resourcing were to proceed without a setback, the client…
Easy Attachment Resourcing for EMDR presents several user-friendly ego-state-based resources, fitted to the phases and prongs, for enhancing attachment skills, self-soothing, and maintaining dual attention during processing. Preparation phases: find…
Working with mourning clients can be difficult. To face the irrevocability of loss and to stand helpless and empty-handed as a therapist is a heavy burden. Sometimes it seems there is nothing we can do to help our clients. Yet there are many ways in…
This workshop incorporates the findings of a descriptive phenomenological study which investigated the resourcing experiences of four children and youth, who participated in EMDR resource development while attending trauma treatment. The findings…
We will begin with a video that illustrates how resourcing, the accessing of self-affirming internal states, is engage in spontaneously by psychologically well-integrated clients before accessing deep childhood pain. Case conceptualization should not…
In the clinical treatment of complex trauma, it is important to evaluate a patient’s readiness for trauma processing. This includes recognizing a clinical presentation of complex trauma and an understanding of it etiology. Additionally, it is…
