Recap of Deb Kennard’s September 2026 free webinar on how to know when a client is ready for EMDR reprocessing: assessing affect regulation before trauma history, resourcing just enough, predicting the Answer, finding the touchstone, and what to do when a client shuts down mid-session.
Insight alone does not heal trauma. Deb Kennard on the Answer, the adaptations you built as a child to stay safe and connected, why they now show up as blocks in your own work, and how to find the wound underneath them.
Blocked processing, looping, and feeder memories look alike in the chair but call for different responses. Deb Kennard on telling them apart, the interweaves she actually uses, and how predicting the client’s Answer prevents the block before it happens.
The emotional armor that keeps first responders alive on shift is the same thing that stalls EMDR reprocessing in Phase 4. How the S.A.F.E. framework, The Rock and The Hero adaptations, and a body-based interoceptive pause change the work.
Finishing an EMDRIA-approved basic training and being EMDRIA Certified are different milestones. What each one means, whether certification is worth it, and how to plan the path from one to the other.
Not all EMDR basic trainings are equal. Seven questions that separate a training you will actually use from an expensive certificate, from EMDRIA approval to practicum time and post-training support.