EMDR Refreshers

Sometimes, EMDR can feel more technical than intuitive — especially when clients don't follow the script. This refresher is here to bring you back to the heart of the work. Through supportive consultation and focused review, you’ll get the tools and insights to feel more grounded, responsive, and skilled in every phase of the protocol. 

 🧠 Reclaim Your Clinical Clarity with the AIP Model 

• Revisit the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model — the heart of EMDR 
• Learn how to use AIP to map symptoms back to memory targets
• Bring precision and purpose back into your case conceptualization

 🧩 Master the 8 Phases of EMDR with Confidence 

• Solidify your understanding of each EMDR phase, from history taking to reevaluation
•  Identify common stuck points in each phase — and how to move through them
• Refresh your approach to client preparation, assessment, and reprocessing

 💬 Use Interweaves Effectively — Not Excessively 

• Learn when to use interweaves and why they work
• Get clinical examples for cognitive, emotional, and somatic interweaves
• Avoid overprocessing or blocking with intentional, targeted interventions

 🌡️ Window of Tolerance, anchoring, and dual awareness  

• Use the Window of Tolerance as a clinical guide — spotting hypo- and hyperarousal in real time
• Support clients in anchoring to present-moment safety through sensory cues, orienting, and resourcing
• Apply dual awareness techniques to help clients stay connected to both the memory and the here-and-now
• Recognize subtle shifts that signal the need to pause or slow down processing
• Build your client’s capacity to self-regulate both between and during sessions

 🧱 Build Clear, AIP-Informed Target Plans 

• Organize your target sequence with clarity and strategy
• Learn how to link present-day symptoms to past memory networks
• Tackle complex cases with more confidence and direction

*Refreshers sessions cannot be counted toward certification*