( HS Parnell 096508 2025) Introduction to Attachment-Focused EMDR

Course overview

Sometimes EMDR alone isnt enough to heal entrenched traumas, particularly when clients struggle with early attachment issues. Attachment Focused Eye Movement and Desensitization Reprocessing AF-EMDR combines multiple approaches to support attachment wounded clients through their trauma healing process. In this introductory workshop, youll learn about resourcing and developmental repair, including how to modify the EMDR protocol can be so that it flows more easily. Youll be introduced to new ways of combining powerful protocols EMDR, Resource Tapping, and talk therapy with principles of attachment theory to provide a more client-centered, reparative treatment that support client safety, maintain the therapeutic connection, and enhance attunement. Youll explore The benefits and basic principals of AF EMDR and Resource Tapping for specific client issues How to manage emotions and reduce stress by tapping in the 4 foundational resources of peaceful places, nurturing figures, protector figures, and wise figures How to address developmental deficits by harnessing clients imagination along with bilateral stimulation