EMDR Supervision: Develop Your Confidence, Skills and Clinical Practice

Most EMDR therapists finish their training with a good working knowledge of the eight-phase protocol. Applying it with real clients is harder, especially when a client's history is complicated or processing does not go as expected. Supervision gives you a place to work through those cases with an experienced consultant. Supervision focuses on the reasoning behind your clinical decisions. We look at why you chose a particular target, what you saw during desensitisation, and what that tells you about the client's memory network. Much of this rests on the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, which explains how unprocessed memories drive a client's current symptoms. When your case formulation is clearly based on AIP, decisions about target selection, sequencing and preparation follow more logically. In supervision, I help you build and test your formulations so you can plan treatment with more confidence. Most supervision questions come from a few recurring problems: processing that loops or stalls, clients who become overwhelmed or disconnect, uncertainty about whether a client is ready for desensitisation, and knowing which interweave to use when processing is blocked. These are a normal part of EMDR work, particularly in the first few years after training. In supervision we go through specific sessions together, identify what may be getting in the way, and agree practical options for your next session. If you are working towards EMDR accreditation, supervision with an accredited consultant is part of the requirements. Most EMDR therapists finish their training with a good working knowledge of the eight-phase protocol. Applying it with real clients is harder, especially when a client's history is complicated or processing does not go as expected. Supervision gives you a place to work through those cases with an experienced consultant. Supervision focuses on the reasoning behind your clinical decisions. We look at why you chose a particular target, what you saw during desensitisation, and what that tells you about the client's memory network. Much of this rests on the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, which explains how unprocessed memories drive a client's current symptoms. When your case formulation isclearly based on AIP, decisions about target selection, sequencing and preparation follow more logically. In supervision, I help you build and test your formulations so you can plan treatment with more confidence. Most supervision questions come from a few recurring problems: processing that loops or stalls, clients who become overwhelmed or disconnect, uncertainty about whether a client is ready for desensitisation, and knowing which interweave to use when processing is blocked. These are a normal part of EMDR work, particularly in the first few years after training. In supervision we go through specific sessions together, identify what may be getting in the way, and agree practical options for your next session. Supervision towards accreditation