EMDR Phase 4: Desensitization EMD^ Check-in for Ongoing Distress Teen (5pgs)

In this worksheet, we are using EMD^ to target the worst weekly/recent incident identified by the client, who is in ongoing distress due to certain life circumstances. This activity is intended to reduce stress and improve the client's everyday functioning. With ongoing distress, it is theorized by Dr. Ignacio Jarero that because there is no “post-trauma safety period” for people in ongoing distress this prevents them from processing the trauma completely and cant be put in long-term memory because it continues to occur.