When reprocessing gets stuck, when EMDR therapy doesn’t progress, or when your client’s ability to “let whatever happens happen” is limited, you’ll want to know more about clinical interweaves. In this interview with Rotem Brayer, Debbie Korn, PsyD, explains the different categories of clinical interweaves and the situations in which EMDR therapists can use them. Dr. Korn reviews common errors EMDR therapists make when using interweaves and how to use interweaves more effectively.
Deborah L. Korn, PsyD, maintains a private practice in Cambridge, MA, and is an adjunct training faculty member at the Trauma Research Foundation, in Boston. She has been on the faculty of the EMDR Institute for the past 28 years, is the former clinical director of the Women’s Trauma Programs at Charter Brookside and Charles River Hospitals, and is a past board member of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation (NESTTD). Dr. Korn has authored or co-authored numerous articles and chapters focused on EMDR therapy, including comprehensive reviews of EMDR applications with complex PTSD.
Dr. Korn is an EMDR International Association—approved consultant and is also on the editorial board of the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research. She has been a regular presenter at the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) Conference and was invited to present EMDRIA’s very first “Masters Series” class. She is a past member of the Council of Scholars associated with the Future of EMDR Therapy Project, serving as the vice-chair of the Clinical Practice workgroup. She presents and consults internationally on the treatment of adult survivors of childhood abuse and neglect. As a clinician, teacher, researcher, and consultant, Dr. Korn is known for her knowledge and integration of many different clinical models. Every Memory Deserves Respect, her new book about EMDR therapy—co-authored with Michael Baldwin and written for the layperson—is now available in bookstores and online.
