Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Self-Alienation
Self-alienation maintains attachment to abusive caregivers by disowning one’s self as “bad,” a solution made possible by the innate ability of young children to create imaginary worlds. The cost is…
Read MoreUsing EMDR with Fragmented Clients: A Protocol for Overcoming Self-Alienation
Clients’ trauma-related fragmentation presents challenges for the EMDR therapist when dissociative responses complicate or disrupt trauma processing. The processing may appear to be going smoothly but, despite the apparent success,…
Read MoreEgo-State Therapy Interventions to Prepare Dissociative Clients for EMDR
The workshop will introduce a collection of ego state therapy interventions from the Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS) for stabilizing dysregulated, dissociative, and attachment-wounded clients. It will describe ways to…
Read MoreUtilization of EMDR Therapy with Grief and Mourning
The death of a loved one can be a time of unparalleled distress and the adaptation to the loss can be very challenging. Even when uncomplicated, bereavement can result in…
Read MoreDemystifying and Humanizing Dissociation in EMDR Therapy Practice
A great deal of fear still abounds about working with clients who dissociate. To address this fear, EMDR therapists are challenged to move beyond the technicalities of theoretical models like…
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