The therapeutic interweave and its application in working with defensive, dissociative and dysregulated states.

Notwithstanding the effectiveness of EMDR therapy in the resolution of type I PTSD, it is widely acknowledged by EMDR Practitioners and Consultants that a considerable challenge still exists to achieve similar success in the resolution of Complex Trauma. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder is developmental in origin and is found to be maintained through deep rooted secondary dissociation involving complex fragmentation of the personality producing multiple dissociated states and survival adaptations. The need for interweave strategies to assist with EMDR processing in these situations has been widely acknowledged. A further challenge for EMDR practitioners is to incorporate such interweave strategies in a way that maintains the integrity of the EMDR/AIP model without departing into a parallel therapeutic approach.

Conference

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Gus Murray

Murray, G. (2026, May). The therapeutic interweave and its application in working with defensive, dissociative and dysregulated states. Keynote presented at the EMDR therapy Regional Annual Conference Northern Ireland, Belfast, Ireland