IFS-Informed EMDR: Why Integrate IFS and EMDR for Complex Trauma?
Complex trauma is rarely just a collection of painful memories. IFS-informed EMDR gives us a way to understand the protective patterns that developed around those experiences while using EMDR to help update the traumatic learning underneath them.
IFS and EMDR Integration: Self-energy & Adaptive Neural Networks
As the popularity of IFS surges, IFS and EMDR integration is coming up more and more frequently during clinical consultation calls. Both of these modalities are powerful and complex tools for treating trauma and related issues, and bringing them together can result in a smoother, more attuned and effective healing experience.
Here are a few key concepts and a practice to help you begin to integrate these modalities to foster wellbeing and resiliency, for yourself and your clients.