Coaching practices for Emdr Stuck Processing

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  • 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
  • Last time a memory finally felt settled, but the week since stirred things up
  • My head says I’ve dealt with it, but my body didn’t get the message
  • I know I need to face the memory eventually, but the moment I get near it I get pulled all the way under

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. 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
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. Safe Place Installation
    Anchor a vivid, calming mental image you can return to when distress spikes during processing.
    EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  7. Identifying and Targeting the Trauma Memory
    Pinpoint the specific memory, its worst moment (the "touchstone"), and the negative belief it installed.
    EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  8. Installation of the Positive Cognition
    Once distress has cleared, strengthen the preferred self-belief with bilateral stimulation.
    EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  9. Work on specific aspects, not global emotions
    When EFT stalls, you have probably hit a different aspect of the problem — target it specifically.
    EFT Tapping: What It Is, How to Do It, and What the Evidence Shows
  10. 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

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