About this course

Learning Objectives

• Identify overlapping theoretical underpinings of both EMDR and IFS models.
• Apply 2 IFS interventions to use during EMDR's 8 Phase model.
• Describe when to integrate EMDR-based interventions when using the IFS Steps.

Learning Levels

• All Levels

Target Audience

Course Instructor(s)

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  Daphne Fatter, Ph.D.

  Licensed Psychologist

  Daphne Fatter (she/her), PhD, is an IFS Certified licensed psychologist and an Approved IFS Clinical Consultant. She is EMDR Certified and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and has almost 20 years of experience providing EMDR. She was awarded her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from The Pennsylvania State University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Psychology at the Trauma Center, an affiliate of the Boston University School of Medicine, under the direct supervision of international pioneer in traumatic stress, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD. She is the former Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator at the Fort Worth Veteran Affairs Outpatient Clinic.

  Dr. Fatter is the author of “IFS and EMDR: Transforming Traumatic Memories and Providing Relational Repair with Self” and “"Ancestral lineage healing: Restoring Belonging and Reconnection with Ancestral Wisdom and Collective Self-Energy" in the recently published IFS book Altogether Us: Integrating the IFS Model with Key Modalities, Communities, and Trends. She provides engaging nuances on trauma treatment to international audiences from her seasoned clinical experience treating PTSD, complex trauma, and complicated grief. She has a private practice in Dallas, Texas.

Disclosure

References

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• Fatter, D. (in press). "IFS and EMDR: Transforming Traumatic Memories and Providing Relational Repair with Self" In Altogether Us: Integrating the IFS Model with Key Modalities, Communities, and Trends.
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