Somatic and Attachment Focused EMDR Therapy for Chronic Pain—The SAFE Model

The AIP model states that most pathologies are derived from earlier life experiences that are maladaptively stored in the nervous system. This is easy to see with symptoms like depression and anxiety, but the same is often true for chronic pain. Effective treatment requires the reprocessing of early life experiences that lead to pain in adulthood. This workshop will cover ways of working with pain in all eight phases using the SAFE EMDR model (developed by Deb Kennard) and utilize history taking, preparation, targeting, and reprocessing approaches informed by neuroscience and attachment theory to desensitize the physical and emotional disturbance associated with chronic pain.