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Developed in the 1980s by Dr. Francine Shapiro EMDR therapy utilizes a structure led by the
therapist that includes the following a eight phases:
1) History Taking- the therapist gathers info about your journey and what you want to work
on while assessing readiness for processing and informing client about possible risks/benefits
from diving into this work.
2) Preparation- the therapist works with the client to build resources/coping skills that will
need to be present in order to successfully move through the processing.
3) Assessment- The therapist helps client identify the thought that they want to change and
what they want to change it to while gathering rating on client’s current level of belief in this
thought, distress level around it and where it is showing up in the body.
4)Desensitization- The therapist employs use of bilateral stimulation to process the emotion
and/or thought and follows the client’s process closely to help assess how processing is going.
5)Installation- The therapist continues to use bilateral stimulation to help client reinforce the
wanted/positive cognition.
6) Body Scan- The therapist helps the client extend treatment gains and assures there is no
residual material to be addressed.
7) Closure- The therapist helps client document emerging thoughts, issues, and changes
that occurred as a result of the processing.
8)Reevaluation- The Therapist re-evaluates the treatment plan with client and assesses where
to go next.
By completing and moving through these phases with a trained therapist one can truly find full
resolution of long held troubled emotions and change long standing negative core beliefs.
1) EMDR can help change the way you think and you will often see shifts in one’s attitudes,
increasing of one’s own insight into their situation, and sublte differences in the way a
person thinks, feels, behaves and believes.
2) Our brain is always trying to move towards healing, a process like EMDR can help
facilitate towards that end