Arts-Informed EMDR: A Continuum of Resourcing Practices from Bilateral Artmaking to Visual Journaling

Art therapy as a profession is suited for integration with EMDR therapy as it fits well within the 3-prong, 8-phase approach. The article focuses specifically on Phase 2: Preparation and Stabilization from five EMDR therapists, who are trained art therapists and have successfully integrated art therapy practices into their approach to EMDR. This article exemplifies a resourcing approach, beginning with an introduction to bilateral movement and artmaking and five case examples demonstrating a continuum of resourcing arts-based practices.

Learn more in this article from the Spring 2024 issue Integrating EMDR With Other Types of Therapies of Go With That Magazine™ by Elizabeth Warson, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPC, NCC, EMDR III, EXAT, EAP II, Sophia Cowx, MA, Johanna Curelo, ATR-BC, LPC, LCAT, Erin Spier, MS, LPC, and Andrea Sutrick, ATR-BC, LMHC, NCC.

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