The combination of EMDR and dissociation can be scary to clients and therapists. What do you do when your client dissociates during an EMDR session? What can you do in advance to prepare for the possibility that your client may dissociate? What shouldn’t you do when your client dissociates? In this interview with Rotem Brayer, Dr. Jamie Marich explains the relationship between trauma and dissociation, shares her own dissociative experiences, and teaches us how to work with dissociative clients when doing EMDR.
Dr. Jamie Marich is an EMDR therapist, consultant, trainer, and educator. Dr. Marich specializes in trauma treatment, but that’s not all! She is also an expressive artist, writer, yoga practitioner, performer, filmmaker, Reiki master, TEDx speaker, and recovery advocate. She unites all of these elements in her mission to inspire healing in others. Dr. Marich teaches internationally on trauma, EMDR therapy, mindfulness,expressive arts, and yoga. She has a private practice and educates therapists from all over the world though The Institute of Creative Mindfulness, which she founded. Dr. Marich is the author of numerous books on trauma recovery and healing, with many more projects in the works.
