IFS-Informed EMDR: Creative and collaborative approaches

This book explores the integration of EMDR therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy.

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Book Description

“IFS-Informed EMDR makes the case that the integration of these two influential therapy models creates something greater than the sum of its parts. It’s a book that can be used as a resource for therapeutic, educational, and training programs and as a supplement for people already familiar with at least one of these models.

Each chapter offers wisdom and practical guidance that will benefit anyone interested in learning the theoretical framework and practical applications of uniting EMDR and IFS for trauma healing.”

—Description from publisher

 

Table of Contents

Part 1: Basics of EMDR and IFS: Two Transformative Healing Modalities

Chapter 1: Laying an EMDR Foundation – David Polidi

Chapter 2: Introducing Internal Family Systems Therapy – Zandra Bamford

Chapter 3: Steps of the IFS Journey – Zandra Bamford

Chapter 4: Integration and the Quest Towards an Ultimate Model – David Polidi

Part 2: Structured and Systematic Models that Combine EMDR with IFS and Parts Work

Chapter 5: Overview of IFS-Informed EMDR: Energy, Discovery and Harmonious Integration – Annabel McGoldrick

Chapter 6: Syzygy: Alignment of EMDR, IFS and Memory Reconsolidation – Bruce Hersey

Chapter 7:  Phase 2.5 Discovery: Working with Blended Protectors – Michelle Richardson

Chapter 8: Integrating Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) into EMDR and Parts Work – Janina Fisher

Part 3: Conceptual Frameworks that Enhance IFS-Informed EMDR

Chapter 9: A Window and a Mirror: Somatic Integration and Processing for Case Conceptualization – Bridger Faulkenstien

Chapter 10: Revolutionizing Therapy: IFS, EMDR, and the Anti-Racist Psychotherapy Perspective – David Archer and Michelli Simpson

Chapter 11: Exploring Structural Dissociation Through the Lens of EMDR and IFS – Athena Phillips

Chapter 12: Active Imagination: Jungian Underpinnings in the Joining of Art Therapy, IFS and EMDR – Peggy Kolodny     

Chapter 13: Spiritually Anchored IFS-Informed EMDR: Deepening the Healing – Laura Kosak

Part 4: IFS-Informed EMDR in Practice

Chapter 14: Mapping Complex PTSD and Attachment with EMDR and IFS – Patricia Bianca Torres

Chapter 15: Healing Pain with EMDR and IFS – Tina Elleman Taylor

Chapter 16: Military Veterans and Nature Retreats with IFS and EMDR – Beau Laviolette

Chapter 17: Highly Sensitive People and the Healing Presence of Self: IFS-EMDR Integration in Practice – Elizabeth Venart

Chapter 18: An Integrated Approach to Healing: How Blending Warrior Goddess Empowerment with IFS and EMDR Facilitates Deep Healing for Women – Bethany Barta

Part 5: Treasured Strategies and Tools for IFS-Informed EMDR

Chapter 19: Integrating Knipe’s EMDR Toolbox Skills to Enrich Your IFS Practice – Crystal Whitlow

Chapter 20: The Fire Drill Technique: Sorting through Countertransference with IFS – Joanne H. Twombly

Chapter 21: The Role of Therapists’ Parts n Helping or Hindering Clients’ Healing: Contrasting EMDR Psychotherapy with an IFS Therapy Perspective – Annabel McGoldrick

Chapter 22: A Circle of Self Energy for Memory Reprocessing – Claire van den Bosch

Chapter 23: The Vessel Imagery: Reimagining the Container as a Resource to Support the Transformational Healing of IFS-Informed EMDR – Nancy Simons

Chapter 24: The Equid-Nexus ® Model: Using IFS-Informed EMDR With Equine Engagement to Heal Relational Trauma – Jenn Pagone

 

 

Book Access

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Polidi, D. (Ed.). (2025). IFS-Informed EMDR: Creative and collaborative approaches. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003541554

eBook ISBN: 9781003350156

 

—Description from publisher