EMDR Chat
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44 episodes
EMDR Chat #44: What about the impact of AI on our clients' lives?
What happens when our clients are using AI Chatbots outside of the therapy room? What is the impact? Join us for a conversation with our guest, Wendy Byrd, LPC, LMFT, about what's going on in the world of AI and the chatbots that ou...
EMDR Chat #43 What about CBT and EMDR Therapy?
Is it possible to use insights from CBT to enhance your practice of EMDR Therapy? In this episode, Curt and Michelle talk about how EMDR Therapy and CBT can complement one another with guest Christopher Schamber, LCSW, who will be teachi...
EMDR Chat #42 What about EMDR Therapy in Asia and Around the World?
What's going on in EMDR Therapy in the rest of the world? Today Curt talks with Michelle about her recent experience presenting at EMDR Asia in early February 2026, along with other EMDR Professional Training faculty Deborah Silveria, PhD...
EMDR Chat #41 What about Psychedelics and EMDR Therapy? Part 2
If you’ve been wondering about the use of psychedelics in EMDR Therapy, this is the place. In this episode, Curt, Michelle, and guest Wendy Byrd continue their discussion of how EMDR Therapy may be enhanced with the use of psychedelics when worki...
EMDR Chat #40 What about Diagnosis Confusion?
If you’re familiar with the DSM-5, you know the long list of diagnoses and their descriptions. But once you start practicing EMDR Therapy, you’ll begin to see that sometimes these diagnoses are not accurate for the clients you’re seeing. Listen t...
EMDR Chat #39 What about Psychedelics and EMDR Therapy?
Interested in the use of psychedelics in your practice of EMDR Therapy? Today Curt and Michelle are joined by Wendy Byrd, LPC, LMFT, EMDRIA approved Consultant and Trainer, who incorporates psychedelics into her practice. Find out Wendy’s story ...
EMDR Chat #38 What about EMDR Therapy with kids?
Many clinicians ask us how to adapt EMDR Therapy with children, as several factors can help or even hinder the work. Listen today as we discuss the wonderful world of working with kids and EMDR Therapy! EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Trainer, an...
EMDR Chat #37 What about Intensives in EMDR Therapy?
What are intensives and how do they work? Should you consider this structure as something to use in your practice? In this episode Curt and Michelle talk with Amy Ikerd, EMDRIA Certified Therapist and Approved Consultant, who sheds light on vari...
EMDR Chat #36 What about EMDR Therapy for Psychosis?
What if we could help an entire population of clients who, from historical perspective, have often been seen as beyond help? In this episode, Curt and Michelle host guest Mary Eason, PhD, who shares her background with those who struggle with psy...
EMDR Chat #35: What about the use of other modalities with EMDR therapy?
Did you know you don’t have to abandon all other therapeutic approaches when using EMDR therapy? EMDR is actually versatile and adaptable. In this episode, Curt and Michelle talk about EMDR Therapy’s ability to integrate with various other modal...
EMDR Chat #34 What about using Technology for Virtual EMDR Therapy Sessions?
EMDR Therapy was an in-person therapy for many years until Covid-19 changed the landscape for good. That’s when today’s guests, Yanick Steinbeck and Benjamin Viehauser, found their calling to “help the helpers” with their tech-based business. He...
EMDR Chat #33 What about using EMDR Therapy with Couples?
How can EMDR therapy transform your couples therapy practice? Today’s episode features EMDR Trainer and couples therapy expert, Lori Cao, MA, LMFT, CSAT. Find out how you can introduce and use EMDR therapy to help couples reduce reactivity and e...
EMDR Chat #32 What about Strong Emotion in the EMDR Therapy Session
What about strong emotion in session? Should it always be grounded? In today's episode, Curt and Michelle discuss reprocessing within Siegal's Window of Tolerance and why strong emotion is not necessarily a negative in EMDR therapy.
EMDR Chat #31 What about Complex PTSD?
What is Complex PTSD and how can EMDR therapy help? In today’s episode, Curt Rouanzoin, PhD and Michelle Gottlieb, PsyD explain what Complex PTSD is, the history of the diagnosis, and how EMDR therapy becomes the gold standard for trauma-informed...
EMDR Chat #30 What about EMDR Therapy with DBT?
Can EMDR Therapy work in tandem with Dialectical Behavioral Therapy? According to our guest, EMDR approved Trainer, Kelly Hurley, LPC, the resounding answer is yes! Listen today to learn how these two work together to build skills and resilience...
EMDR Chat #29 What about the holidays and other difficult times of the year?
Holidays can be very difficult for people. The loss of loved ones, family crises, chaotic or toxic relationships, even natural disasters—these factors can disrupt what should be a wonderful time of the year.Listen to Curt and Michelle as they dis...
EMDR Chat #28 What about the client's experience of EMDR Therapy?
What happens when your client experiences EMDR Therapy? And what are the effects of the work? Listen as we talk to a real EMDR therapy client who uses words and phrases like: "liberated," "free," and "easier to breathe." When trauma is de-sens...
EMDR Chat #27 What about early intervention and ISP? With Special Guest Gary Quinn, MD
How can we immediately stabilize those who have experienced a disastrous event? The answer, according to Dr. Gary Quinn, is ISP – Immediate Stabilization Procedure. Listen to this fascinating conversation with Dr. Quinn about the research and ho...
EMDR Chat #26 What about DeTUR?
The DeTUR protocol was developed by Dr. AJ Popky, one of the pioneers of EMDR therapy, as an approach to target the cravings that lead to addiction. Learn about this effective adaptation of EMDR therapy featuring Dr. Kristen Garubba, who speciali...
EMDR Chat #25 What about Narcissistic Abuse?
What about working with people who suffer from narcissistic abuse? What does this type of abuse look like and how can clinicians help this population? This episode features an interview with EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Trainer, Candise Leinin...
EMDR Chat #24 What about chronic pain and illness?
Are you working with clients who deal with chronic pain or illness? EMDR therapy for those who are physically suffering is both possible and effective. Listen as Michelle shares her area of specialty and discusses with Curt how EMDR therapy can ...
EMDR Chat #23 What about Future Template?
Future Template, part of the three-pronged approach of EMDR Therapy, is one of the greatest tools for the clinician, but is is often misunderstood. Listen to today’s episode with Curt and Michelle as they clarify how to use future templates to th...
EMDR Chat #22 What about closing my EMDR therapy sessions?
How do I correctly close a session with my client? And how many minutes should I set aside for Phase 7 Closure in EMDR therapy? In this episode, Curt and Michelle discuss what it takes to prepare your client to end an EMDR therapy session and wh...
EMDR Chat #21 What About Eating Disorders And EMDR Therapy Part 2
How should we conceptualize selecting a target when it comes to working with a client struggling with an eating disorder? In this Part 2 episode with Curt, Michelle, and guest Jonna Fries, address the spectrum of disordered eating as well as targ...
EMDR Chat #20 What about Eating Disorders and EMDR Therapy? Part 1
Can EMDR therapy be used to help those struggling with eating disorders? Listen to Curt, Michelle, and eating disorder specialist and EMDRIA approved Trainer and Consultant, Jonna Fries, PsyD, and find out why and how EMDR therapy can be helpful ...
