ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on enhancing the integrated EMDR protocol with a meta-integrated approach that includes a wide range of strategies and protocols that lay the groundwork for the EMDR protocol and that EMDR therapists seldom bring to the table. These strategies include providing psychoeducation, assessing and working through attachment styles, utilizing a diverse set of intake, screening and diagnostic tools (with an emphasis on the Genogram), working through the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, and enhancing safety with the practice of mindfulness, with an eye on the systems paradigm.
