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EMDR & Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy: Integration Techniques to Resolve Inner Conflicts for Enhanced Trauma Processing

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EMDR is one of today’s go-to trauma therapies for clinicians across the globe.

But when you work with complex trauma, you so often see clients getting stuck as their internal conflicts, (like feeling partly responsible, but partly helpless) get in the way of their ability to fully process the trauma.

Fortunately, IFS therapy is the perfect complement to EMDR, giving you tools to work with these conflicting parts and giving your clients an accessible framework to develop a deeper understanding of themselves and their experiences.

Now in this one-day training you’ll join trauma expert Daphne Fatter, PhD, as she shares a how-to guide on integrating EMDR and the IFS model in treatment so you can more effectively work with the emotional, cognitive and physical aspects of trauma to reduce your clients’ symptoms, individualize their treatment, and create the sense of coherence and wholeness they need to heal and grow.

Dr. Fatter will give you a step-by-step guide to using non-pathologizing relational interventions from IFS therapy at each phase of EMDR, so you can provide trauma treatment that meets clients where they’re at and skillfully attends to the unique needs of each client’s internal parts.

Join Dr. Fatter so you can:

  • Identify and resolve inner conflicts hindering your clients’ healing processes
  • Understand how EMDR and the IFS model facilitate the process of memory reconsolidation
  • Explore clients’ internal parts that may be contributing to their current challenges
  • Develop a greater sense of self-awareness and self-compassion in clients
  • Provide a foundation for internal relational repair within the client
  • Decrease the risk of client decompensation
  • Use self-tapping to promote emotional regulation
  • And much more

Don’t miss this chance to learn how you can combine these powerful treatments so you can more skillfully work with a wide range of clinically challenging clients including clients with complex trauma.

Register now!

This event is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification.

This course is not affiliated with EMDRIA and does not qualify toward EMDRIA credits or training

Here's What You'll Learn

EMDR and IFS: Shared Principles and Why Memory Consolidation is Key

  • EMDR & IFS: Shared Principles & the Differing Lenses of Trauma
  • Why the Memory Reconsolidation Process is Important to Both Models
  • Risks & Limitations of EMDR and IFS as Single-Model Approaches
  • Determining Factors to Integrate EMDR & IFS
  • Appropriate Client Candidates for Integrating EMDR & IFS

Setting Up Effective IFS-Informed EMDR

  • Benefits & Risk of Integrating IFS into EMDR’s 8 Phase Protocol
  • Applying an IFS Paradigm Shift into EMDR
  • Phase 1: History Taking, Treatment Planning, & Consent for Treatment Plan
  • Phase 2: Preparation & Resource Development
  • Introducing Self Tapping for Attachment Readiness and Repair

Inviting Self Presence into EMDR: Enhanced Assessment and More Comprehensive Trauma Processing

  • Finding Targets for Trauma Processing: EMDR vs IFS methods
  • Internal Relational Repair for Healthier Relationships with Themselves and Others
  • Phase 3: Assessment – Using IFS to Help Identify Targets
  • Phase 4: Desensitization – IFS Techniques for More Comprehensive Traumatic Material Processing

Practical IFS-Informed Interventions to Support Integration

  • Phase 5: Installing Positive Qualities – Using IFS to Counterbalance Negative Beliefs or Emotions
  • Phase 6: Body Scan & Future Template – IFS for Enhancing Sense of Safety and Trust in their Bodies
  • Phase 7: Closure – How Understanding Parts Helps Clients Reflect on Progress
  • Phase 8: Reevaluation

Integrating EMDR into the IFS Steps

  • Benefits & Risk of Integrating EMDR into the IFS Steps
  • How to Integrate Bilateral Stimulation into Steps of the IFS Model
  • The 2 Choice Points Within the IFS Steps to Integrate EMDR

Everything You're Getting

  • More than 6 hours of video content
  • Up to 6.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts

Daphne Fatter, PhD

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Daphne Fatter, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, clinical consultant, author, and international speaker specializing in integrative trauma-informed therapies. She is the author of Integrating IFS (Internal Family Systems) into EMDR Therapy and Part of Me Wants to Leave, Part of Me Wants to Stay. She is widely recognized for her expertise in blending parts work with evidence-based trauma modalities. Dr. Fatter is EMDR certified, an EMDRIA approved consultant, and has over twenty years of experience providing trauma treatment. As a certified ancestral healing practitioner, she also supports clients and clinicians in addressing intergenerational and historical trauma. Dr. Fatter earned her Master of Arts in transpersonal counseling psychology from Naropa University and her doctorate in counseling psychology from Pennsylvania State University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology at The Trauma Center under the direct supervision of Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD. She previously served as the military sexual trauma coordinator at the Fort Worth VA Outpatient Clinic and has extensive experience providing training to mental health providers serving the military. Her published works span the areas of Internal Family Systems therapy, EMDR, countertransference, mindfulness, and ancestral healing.

Grounded in the understanding that traumatic stress is multilayered – relational, developmental, biological, cultural, systemic, collective, historical, and spiritual – Dr. Fatter brings a neuroscience-based, compassionate, humble, and skills-based approach to professional education. She offers engaging workshops, webinars, and trainings on a range of trauma-related topics, including PTSD, complex trauma, complicated grief, and divorce recovery. Dr. Fatter is based in Dallas Texas where she balances her clinical practice with parenting her three children. Learn more at www.daphnefatterphd.com.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Daphne Fatter maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Daphne Fatter is a member of the American Psychological Association, the EMDR International Association, and the Texas Psychological Association.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS059245
Duration:
6 hours, 5 minutes
Copyright:
Jun 27, 2025
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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