Many clients come to therapy carrying painful attachment histories - neglect, emotional inconsistency, rejection, or relational trauma. These early experiences can shape a lifetime of challenges: low self-worth, emotional reactivity, avoidance of intimacy, compulsive behaviors, and troubled relationships.
In this advanced course, EMDR expert Debra Wesselmann, from Francine Shapiro's EMDR Institute, shows you how to work effectively with attachment injuries using the full EMDR framework. You’ll learn how to identify and reprocess unhealed developmental memories, respond to present-day relational triggers, and help clients build new internal experiences of safety and connection.
You’ll also gain practical tools for working with children and families, including strategies to involve parents in the EMDR process and interrupt the intergenerational transmission of insecure attachment.
Whether you’re working with adults, adolescents, or children, this course will deepen your clinical skill and give you concrete strategies to support emotional healing and developmental repair.