Comprehensive Reevaluation Before Termination

• Have the clients run life movies covering
  • Past
    • More targets likely emerged during processing
  • Present
    • How well is the client doing in the present?
    • Are there any remaining triggers?
    • Issues of second-order conditioning?
  • Future
    • The client is set up for success and equipped to adaptively handle any challenges
    • Positive future templates
  • Outcomes
    • What would happen if the client were successful?
    • What would happen if the client were unsuccessful in some area or experience?
  • Participants – significant people in the client’s life
  • Situations – significant situations in the client’s life
    • Anticipatory fear
    • Physical disturbances
  • Beliefs – negative and positive

Guiding Principles to Share with Client at Termination

• EMDR is an archeological dig – you can’t get to everything possible in one series of processing sessions
• When things come up, it doesn’t mean that it didn’t work, it means the client is ready for the next layer
• The client has come a long way in developing a healthy relationship with self and will know if or when s/he would benefit from more processing