Coaching practices for Emdr Looping

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

  • I keep circling the same image and the same feeling without anything shifting
  • When I bring the memory up it’s still as vivid and loud as the day it happened, like no time has passed at all
  • A particular scene keeps replaying in my head in vivid detail and the touch alone isn’t enough to pull me out of it
  • Last time a memory finally felt settled, but the week since stirred things up
  • There’s a painful scene I keep going over in my head, but always as a dry summary of what it meant

Practices that may help

  1. Cognitive and Somatic Interweaves
    When processing stalls, a brief therapist-supplied statement or question can restart the chain.
    EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  2. Bilateral Stimulation During Active Processing
    Hold the distressing memory in mind while tracking rhythmic left-right stimulation — and notice what shifts.
    EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  3. Havening with lateral eye movements
    Add side-to-side eye movements to the touch sequence to deepen attentional interruption.
    Self-Havening: Calming the Nervous System Through Touch
  4. Reevaluation at the Start of Each Session
    Begin every new EMDR session by checking whether last session’s gains held — and what emerged in between.
    EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  5. EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
    EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a structured trauma therapy developed by Francine Shapiro in which a client processes distressing memories while tracking side-to-side stimuli. It is among the most evidence-supported treatments for PTSD, though the specific role of eye movements versus the broader exposure-and-processing protocol remains debated among researchers.
  6. Use imagery to re-engage with avoided experiences
    Revisit a distressing memory in concrete imagery rather than abstract analysis.
    Rumination-Focused CBT, Made Practical
  7. Safe Place Installation
    Anchor a vivid, calming mental image you can return to when distress spikes during processing.
    EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  8. Body Scan and Session Closure
    Sweep attention through the body after processing to catch residual tension before closing the session.
    EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  9. Installation of the Positive Cognition
    Once distress has cleared, strengthen the preferred self-belief with bilateral stimulation.
    EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  10. Use the safe place for in-the-moment regulation
    When distress escalates, briefly access the image to interrupt the escalation cycle before deciding what to do.
    EMDR Safe Place, Made Practical

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