This Clinical Q&A article explains the seed-to-weed technique. This strategy offers an opportunity to help a client understand the problem and treatment approach and the ability to see progress in treatment. These crucial areas are important to treatment engagement and success, whether working with children or adults. An illustrated garden metaphor is used to guide a client to look at his or her life experiences and gain an understanding of how events have contributed to the problems and concerns that bring them into therapy. The seed-to-weed technique provides a graphic means of presenting trauma, a treatment plan, introducing eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and tracking treatment progress. This article introduces and demonstrates the seed-to-weed technique.
Date
September 1, 2014
Creator(s)
Kriss Jarecki
Extent
11 pages
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company
Rights
Copyright © 2014 EMDR International Association
APA Citation
Jarecki, K. (2014). Clinical Q&A: The Seed-to-Weed Technique: Graphically Illustrating Symptom Etiology, Treatment, and Resolution. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 8(2), 90–100. https://doi.org/10.1891/1933-3196.8.2.90
Series
8
Installment
2
Audience
EMDR Therapists
Language
English
Content Type
Article
Original Source
Journal of EMDR Practice and Research
Access Type
Open Access