The Art and Science of EMDR

Helping Clinicians Bridge the Path from Protocol to Practice

Grounded within the principles of neurobiology and the science of deliberate practice, The Art and Science of EMDR teaches both new and seasoned clinicians how to apply the phase-based model of EMDR in a more holistic way. Instead of conceptualizing EMDR in an inflexible and linear manner, you’ll learn how to adapt the protocol to each client’s needs while maintaining authenticity to the model—and to who you and your client are as humans.

What EMDR Experts Are Saying:

Readers of this book will benefit from Rotem's skill at blending various perspectives and cutting through a lot of the confusing messages that come out of basic training and even advanced EMDR courses.

As an EMDR trainer, I always felt there was a need for a book that explained EMDR and its underlying neurology in easy-to-understand language. Rotem has created the perfect book that lives somewhere between Shapiro’s 'EMDR: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures' and the EMDR training manual. I will be recommending this book to every therapist I train.

Rotem has artfully managed to welcome EMDR clinicians into the dialogue about the science of EMDR, while simultaneously empowering them to trust their own humanity as healers. This is a much-needed addition to the anthology of EMDR literature!

The Art and Science of EMDR is a robust, practical resource for any EMDR therapist searching for a deeper understanding of this powerful type of therapy in an easy-to-digest format. Rotem Brayer has created a clinical staple with this one!

Rotem Brayer’s The Art and Science of EMDR is a breath of fresh air, a call to the future from the new generation of 40-something EMDR practitioners, trainers and consultants, willing and able to develop and grow this therapy in every direction it now needs to go.

This book feels like having an EMDR coach in your pocket. Brayer takes you through each phase and tells you the truth about what can happen during EMDR. As I read through his book, I kept thinking, “I never knew this, this is so interesting, and this graphic helps explain this concept.” This book is a beautiful roadmap to working with EMDR. I’m so grateful to Rotem Brayer for generously creating this and giving so much helpful information!

What You Will Learn from Reading The Art and Science of EMDR

Meet the Author

Rotem Brayer, MEd, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor, certified EMDR therapist, EMDR consultant, and advanced EMDR trainer. He is the founder of The EMDR Learning Community, a virtual space that brings EMDR therapists together and provides education on EMDR therapy and its integration with other treatment approaches. As the co-founder of EMDR Denver, a practice that helps clients heal with an EMDR-first approach, Rotem divides his time between consulting on cases, coaching EMDR therapists, and helping clients heal from the effects of trauma and attachment wounds.

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Mindfulness Resources from Chapter 5
(EMDR and Mindfulness)

Being Mindful Is Not A Luxury. It's Your Job.

In meditation and in EMDR, your role as a therapist is to help your clients see that there is another way to relate to their experiences. You teach them to observe raw sensory data (e.g., what they hear, see, smell, taste, and feel) for what it is—just data—so they can view things as they are, without distortions.

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Wearable BLS for Self-Regulation

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Altered Traits

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