Coaching practices for Suds Emdr Scale

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

• When I try to calm myself I can’t tell if anything’s actually budging
• Loud rooms, certain textures, bright light have always set me on edge, and I think the sessions might be shifting that
• I’ve had a couple of rough sessions in a row and I’m starting to believe none of this is working
• Last time a memory finally felt settled, but the week since stirred things up
• One part of this calmed down and I thought I was through it, but then a different angle of the same thing flared right back up

Practices that may help

1. Use the SUD scale to track progress honestly
   Rate your distress 0–10 before and after each round to make changes visible and guide when to stop.
   EFT Tapping: What It Is, How to Do It, and What the Evidence Shows
2. Track and communicate sensory sensitivity changes during SSP
   Monitoring sensory reactivity across sessions gives the clinician the data to pace the protocol safely.
   The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP): What It Is and What the Evidence Shows
3. Track SUDs across sessions to see your own progress
   Record distress ratings before and after each session so progress is visible and motivating.
   Counter-Conditioning and Systematic Desensitization
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. 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
6. Rate emotional intensity before and after
   Record your emotional intensity (0–100) at the start and end of each thought record to track real change.
   The Thought Record: CBT’s Core Self-Examination Tool
7. EMDR Safe Place, Made Practical
   The safe place (or calm place) is a visualization and self-soothing technique from EMDR therapy (Francine Shapiro) used to help a person quickly access a felt sense of safety and calm. In EMDR protocol it is a resourcing step before trauma reprocessing; used independently it is an emotion regulation tool accessible to anyone. EMDR as a whole has strong evidence particularly for PTSD; the safe-place technique specifically has limited direct study outside the protocol but is broadly consistent with imagery and self-regulation research.
8. Assess SSP provider quality and fit
   SSP outcomes depend heavily on clinical skill and the safety of the provider relationship — not just the audio.
   The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP): What It Is and What the Evidence Shows
9. Scale the catastrophe on an actual severity scale
   Rate the feared outcome on a 0–10 severity scale, then compare it to things you know are 10/10.
   Decatastrophizing, Made Practical
10. Track completion signals after each titrated dose
    After retreating to the resource, watch for signs that the nervous system is completing a small processing cycle.
    Titration in Somatic Practice, Made Practical

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