Internal Family Systems Informed EMDR Therapy

An accessible guide to an integrated form of therapy combining Internal Family Systems (IFS) and eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR). It provides an overview of IFS and demonstrates the benefits of integrating IFS into EMDR therapy to treat clients with complex trauma and dissociation, incorporating a neuropsychologica

With contributions from Zandra Bramford, Bruce Hersey, and Annabel McGoldrick. This informative book examines a form of therapy for working with clients with complex trauma and dissociation which integrates two therapeutic modalities: Internal Family Systems (IFS) and eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR). It begins with a lucid overview of IFS and its steps and key principles. It then addresses how IFS can be integrated in all phases of the standard EMDR protocol in order to deliver EMDR within a safe systemic framework, while offering neuropsychological rationale for integrating the two therapies. An array of leading experts explore from an IFS perspective the various nuances of complex trauma, including dissociation, which may influence the process of EMDR and pose obstacles to the client and therapist. Through case transcripts and analysis of the therapist’s role when working with complex trauma clients, the book demonstrates how a basic understanding of IFS can be used by EMDR clinicians to repair attachment ruptures, increase reorganization of internal states, and access the ‘Self’ as a powerhouse of healing. It is an absolute must-read for EMDR clinicians working with clients with complex trauma or dissociation..

Introduction Dr Millia Begum PART I: Compartmentalization: The natural mind 1. Subsystems and Multiplicity Dr Millia Begum 2. The Higher Self Dr Millia Begum PART II: Introducing Internal Family Systems 3. Overview of Internal Family Systems Zandra Bramford 4. Steps in the IFS process Zandra Bramford 5. IFS & clinical dissociation: Games parts play Dr Millia Begum PART III: Sharing wisdom: IFS framework for EMDR 6. EMDR & Protector parts: A match made in heaven? Dr Millia Begum 7. Rationale for using IFS as a framework for EMDR Gillian O'Shea Brown 8. EMDR & IFS- Using a phase oriented model Gillian O'Shea Brown 9. Applying IFS principles in EMDR phase 1-8 Dr Millia Begum 10. EMDR therapists & parts Annabel McGoldrick 11. IFS informing EMDR in special cases: Phobias, Addictions, DID & FND Annabel McGoldrick & Dr Millia Begum PART IV: A Bifurcated IFS-Informed Assessment Phase: IFS & EMDR at the Nexus of Memory Reconsolidation 12. Developing a Systematic Integrated Approach Bruce Hersey 13. The Fundamental Essence of Parts Bruce Hersey 14. Functional Dual Attention & IFS-Informed Target Selection Bruce Hersey 15. An IFS-Informed Assessment Phase Bruce Hersey 16. Discovery: IFS-Informed EMDR with Blended Protectors Bruce Hersey,

About the editor and contributors

Chapter 1: Introduction
Millia Begum

Chapter 2: Trauma, complexity and protective armours
Millia Begum

Chapter 3: Memory and integration
Millia Begum

Chapter 4: Introducing Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Zandra Bamford

Chapter 5: Steps of the IFS model
Zandra Bamford

Chapter 6: EMDR in complex trauma
Millia Begum

Chapter 7: Transcending EMDR: dual meets with the ‘nondual’
Millia Begum

Chapter 8: Principles and clinical applications of an IFS-informed EMDR approach
Millia Begum

Chapter 9: Revisiting contemporary dissociation
Millia Begum

Chapter 10: IFS and dissociation
Millia Begum

Chapter 11: A phased-oriented IFS-EMDR approach for clients with dissociative identity disorder
Millia Begum

Chapter 12: EMDR therapists and parts
Annabel McGoldrick

Chapter 13: An IFS-informed assessment phase: IFS and EMDR at the nexus of memory reconsolidation
Bruce Hersey

Index

• Edited by Millia Begum