Standard Protocol.    

If we some of your trauma arises from one or more upsetting events from adulthood, (an accident for example) I would use the standard EMDR protocol.   This works very well to process distress from these incidents so that they can be consigned to the past, no longer intruding upon your present.   In accordance with the protocol, no processing (phases 3-8) would occur until the following is in place:

• a 'plan' has been created, identifying which memories will be processed, aware also that some emerge organically as the work proceeds.
• we have established a good enough rapport and trust in our work together.
• you are 'ready', and have sufficient stability in your life to be able to mange in-depth work.  

I work flexibly and according your need, may incorporate techniques super charged to dial down the distress assocated with your memories.  

IFS-Informed Attachment-Focussed Modified Protocol.

If working with things from your childhood, around issues with parents, siblings, family, school etc, I would probably use the modified 'Attachment-Focussed' EMDR protocol.   Typically this means we might spend a bit longer in the 'preparation phase' super-charging your imagination and unconscious with right-brained, positive feelings (calm, hope, trust, confidence, resilience) which will support you as you re-visit the past in phases 3-8.    Where there is a risk of 're-traumatization,' too many scary upsetting feelings from the EMDR processing, I will slow things down by interweaving IFS (Internal Family Systems).  Drawing upon my training with the Syzygy Institute, I am able to facilitate ways in which you can develop a closer relationship with those traumatised parts; ensuring that processing of childhood trauma (phases 3-8) is done safely and effectively.  

Music-Informed EMDR.

Finally, I also offer a means to integrate music into every stage of the EMDR work.  Studies show that music activates many more areas of the brain than with language; music can take us over, its effect feeling immediate and powerful.  For this reason, I would therefore suggest that Music-Informed EMDR may be beneficial whether or not you consider yourself a musician.  It may be especially beneficial if you are not a music lover or live life mostly in your thoughts, disconnected from your body.   Musically-charged bi-lateral processing may free you, opening up deeper aspects of yourself.  As with any form of EMDR, this is a collaborative process, based entirely upon your own musical life and preferences and is something we can discuss further in an intial consultation.