Live Desk Replay
The EMDR Processing Continuum: EMD, EMDr, and Full EMDR
In this EMDRNews Live Desk replay, Dr. Tim Vermillion discusses the EMDR Processing Continuum – EMD, EMDr, and full EMDR – as clinician-facing terminology for different levels of containment and associative processing, with a short field and research update at the beginning.
This clinician-focused replay discusses EMD, EMDr, and full EMDR as points along the EMDR Processing Continuum. Dr. Tim Vermillion reviews how target focus, containment, set structure, and associative processing may differ conceptually across these terms. The replay also includes a brief EMDRNews field signal covering upcoming professional events and a research watch.
This material is educational commentary for clinicians. It is not formal EMDR training, consultation, supervision, continuing education, a protocol demonstration, clinical advice, client self-help, or a substitute for client-specific clinical judgment.
Replay Chapters
- 00:00Welcome and EMDRNews Live Desk overview
- 00:58Field signal: upcoming EMDR-related conferences
- 05:53Research watch: VA/HHS and psychedelic research context
- 07:47The EMDR Processing Continuum: why containment matters
- 08:48EMD: focused targeting and desensitization
- 14:08Tracking disturbance and returning to the target
- 17:04Positive cognition, resourcing, and clinical judgment in EMD
- 18:52Narrower target focus and memory-slice examples
- 20:58EMDr / contained processing: staying within the current memory context
- 23:25Full standard EMDR processing and associative networks
- 25:22Reprocessing concepts, adaptation, and possible generalization
- 29:35Live Desk recap: research, practice, and field signals
- 30:19Wombat BLS Tool update
- 31:03Closing
Related EMDRNews Reading
Selected Sources
- EMDR International Association: Using the EMDR Processing Continuum (EMD, EMDr, EMDR)
- Francine Shapiro Legacy Library: Using the EMDR processing continuum (EMD, EMDr, EMDR)
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: VA, HHS sign MOU to improve cooperation on psychedelic drug trials
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: HHS and VA partnership announcement
- VA National Center for PTSD: Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy for PTSD
