Ego State Therapy is a form of parts work that is often integrated with EMDR Therapy. In this video, Robin Shapiro explains what Ego State Therapy is, how it is different from Internal Family Systems, and why it is so important for EMDR therapists to know how to work with ego states. Robins Shapiro is an author of 5 books and has an extensive knowledge on how to integrate EMDR with different therapeutic modalities, such as IFS and somatic psychotherapy.
Robin Shapiro, LICSW, relishes doing psychotherapy and spreading the word about healing trauma, dissociation, and disrupted attachment through clinical consultation, workshops, conferences, and her five books. She edited the two EMDR Solutions book, and wrote Trauma Treatment Handbook, Easy Ego State Interventions, and her newest book Doing Psychotherapy, a comprehensive trauma and attachment-informed book for beginning therapists. Robin is known for her user-
friendly interventions, humor, and warmth. She has been practicing ego state therapy since 1982 and mixing it with EMDR since 1993. She lives in Seattle with her husband, Doug Plummer.
Robin Shapiro’s Easy Ego State Interventions training is a deep dive into a new way to regard the client in front of you, with many practical interventions that will change how you work with your clients.
