OVERVIEW
Learn how AF-EMDR shifts from rigid protocols to compassionate, client-centered therapy.
In this most awaited webinar on “Attachment-Focused EMDR: Healing Relational Trauma” with EMDR pioneer, trainer, and author Dr. Laurel Parnell, she provides a comprehensive introduction to Attachment-Focused EMDR (AF-EMDR). Dr. Laurel, Executive Director of the Parnell Institute and author of seven books, including Attachment-Focused EMDR and Tapping In, explains how AF-EMDR evolved from standard EMDR and why prioritizing people over protocols leads to better outcomes for most clients. You will gain valuable clinical insights into the five basic principles of AF-EMDR, an introduction to the Modified Protocol, the practical application of Resource Tapping alongside its four foundational resources, and techniques for Developmental Repair within a client-centered, compassionate therapeutic relationship.
Topics Covered:
- Introduction & Laurel’s Approach to EMDR
- Spirituality in EMDR
- Bringing the Attachment Lens into EMDR
- Working with Dissociation
- Parts Work & Ego States in EMDR
- Using Imagination for Resourcing
SPEAKER
Laurel Parnell, PhD, is executive director of the Parnell Institute and developer of Attachment-Focused EMDR, Resource Tapping, and Multidimensional Integrative Healing. A meditation practitioner since 1973, she brings a transpersonal orientation to her teaching and clinical work.
An EMDR pioneer and innovator, Dr. Parnell has immersed herself in the practice and development of EMDR since 1991. Dr. Parnell brings a clientcentered attachment-focused approach to the work that emphasizes the importance of a compassionate, safe therapeutic relationship and the adaptation of protocols and procedures according to the needs of the individual client.
She has written and presented widely on EMDR as well as EMDR as a transpersonal psychotherapy. She is the author of seven books including her newest: Releasing What Isn’t Yours, as well as Tapping In, AttachmentFocused EMDR, A Therapist’s Guide to EMDR, Rewiring the Addicted Brain with EMDR-Based Treatment, and others. Her books have been translated into several languages.
Considered a master clinician, she has produced several videos of live EMDR sessions with clients that demonstrate her work as well as home study courses of her workshops. Dr Parnell teaches workshops and retreats based on her books nationally and internationally. She lives in Northern California.
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