Inside the Session

See What Actually Happens in the Therapy Room

Real therapy is rarely linear.

Parts don't always show up when we expect them to. The most important material doesn't necessarily emerge in the order we anticipated. And even with a strong understanding of EMDR and IFS, there are moments when the next clinical step isn't immediately clear.

Inside the Session gives you a front-row seat to real therapy, along with an inside look at the clinical thinking behind it.

You'll watch me work with real volunteers across multiple sessions, integrating EMDR and IFS as I assess their internal systems, follow emerging parts, consider potential EMDR targets, and decide where to go next.

But you'll also see the moments that don't fit neatly into a training manual: when a session takes an unexpected direction, when a protector needs more attention than anticipated, when my own therapist parts become activated, or when I recognize something I might have approached differently.

If you've ever wondered:

• "I understand EMDR and IFS, but what does integrating them actually look like in session?"

• "How do I decide which part to follow when several are showing up?"

• "How do I identify possible EMDR targets while continuing to work with the person's parts?"

• "What do I do when my own therapist parts become blended?"

• "How do I know when to follow the plan, change direction, or simply slow down?"

This series was created to help you explore those questions through real clinical work.

Follow the Work Over Time

Following the same person across several sessions offers something different. You get to see how the clinical picture develops.

You'll see how information from one session shapes the next, including how I:

• Develop and revise an IFS parts map as new information emerges.

• Identify protective strategies, vulnerable parts, and possible relationships between them.

• Track negative cognitions, experiences, and potential EMDR target memories.

• Revisit the volunteer's original treatment goals as the work evolves.

• Decide when to continue gathering information and when to shift into experiential parts work.

• Respond when the volunteer's needs or preferences lead us in a different direction.

The value isn't just seeing where the work ends up. It's seeing how we get there.

More Than a Therapy Recording

Every demonstration is accompanied by additional teaching materials designed to take you deeper into the work.

After each session, I return to the recording to examine what happened, what I was tracking, what informed my interventions, and what I might do differently.

Depending on the volume and session, your on-demand learning materials include:

• Edited demo recordings with on-screen clinical commentary. Watch the session while seeing observations about the parts I'm tracking, the interventions I'm using, and the clinical decisions unfolding in real time.

• Parts maps and updates. Follow the development of the volunteer's internal system, including protectors, potential exiles, burdens, polarizations, and emerging relationships between parts.

• Post-session teaching and debrief videos. Hear my reflections on the session, including case conceptualization, potential EMDR targets, alternative interventions, my own therapist parts, and considerations for the next session.

• Recorded Q&A and clinical discussion. Hear questions and reflections from clinicians who attended the original live demonstrations, including discussion of clinical choices and possible alternative approaches.

Learn What I'm Tracking — Including My Own Parts

Throughout Inside the Session, I share what I'm tracking, why I'm making certain clinical decisions, and how my understanding evolves. You'll get an inside look at:

• IFS case conceptualization: Identifying parts, protective roles, burdens, and relationships within the internal system.

• EMDR: Recognizing potential targets, tracking negative cognitions, and deciding when to move toward reprocessing or stay with parts work.

• Moment-to-moment decisions: Knowing when to follow a protector, shift direction, slow down, or reconsider the treatment plan.

• My own therapist parts: Recognizing when I'm blended, how my parts influence my interventions, and how I work toward greater Self-energy.

• Clinical reflection and growing edges: Revisiting moments when I might have intervened differently, exploring alternatives, and learning from the process.

The goal is to help you develop greater awareness, flexibility, and confidence in integrating EMDR and IFS into your own work.