Future self: Developing a felt-sense for the future as a resource in EMDR preparation.

Future Self is a resource development intervention utilized in Phases One and Two of EMDR, and is designed to provide a creative format for teens/adults to generate hope, a vision and reference of their future. The intervention includes several different creative arts and somatic opportunities for the client to have a felt sense of their future self. This format allows clients to plan their future and identify step by step tasks to reach their goals and dreams.

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Annie Monaco

Monaco, A. (2022). Future self: Developing a felt-sense for the future as a resource in EMDR preparation. In E. Davis, J. Fitzgerald, S. Jacobs, & J. Marchand, J. (2022). EMDR and creative arts therapies (pp. 295-319). New York, NY: Routledge