Inside the Session: Live IFS + EMDR Demonstrations
Watch real therapy unfold over time, and learn the clinical thinking behind it.
Follow the same volunteer across multiple sessions as EMDR + IFS integration evolves in real time. Attend live or watch on demand, then go deeper with annotated demonstrations, parts maps, clinical debriefs, and post-session teaching.
Upcoming Live Cohorts
October 2026 — S.V. Autism, ADHD, Burnout & Demand Anxiety
November 2026 — R.A. Developmental Trauma, Addiction & Codependency
$375 USD per cohort, which includes 6 NBCC, ASWB, and EMDRIA CE Hours
Buy one Fall 2026 cohort and get 20% off the second with code INSIDEBUNDLE20.
Prefer to Learn On Demand?
Explore the Inside the Session Library and watch previous demonstration series on your own schedule.
Inside the Session: Integrating EMDR & IFS in Real Therapy
See What Actually Happens in the Therapy Room, Then Step Inside the Clinical Thinking Behind It
Real therapy is rarely linear.
Clients don’t follow scripts. Parts don’t appear in predictable ways. EMDR doesn’t always unfold exactly as planned. And some of the most important clinical decisions happen in moments that are difficult to capture in a traditional training.
Inside the Session gives you the opportunity to watch real EMDR + IFS therapy unfold across multiple sessions with the same volunteer, while also learning what I was tracking, why I made particular clinical decisions, and how my understanding of the person’s system evolved over time.
You can attend the demonstrations live, watch them on demand, or do both.
After each session, I return to the recording myself and turn it into a deeper teaching experience. You’ll receive the session as it actually unfolded, along with additional clinical commentary, parts mapping, and post-session reflection designed to help you understand not only what happened, but why.
If you’ve ever found yourself thinking:
“I understand the model, but I don’t know how to actually do this in session.”
“What does EMDR + IFS integration look like when it isn’t scripted?”
“How do I know what to say next?”
“How do experienced therapists know which part to follow?”
“How do you decide whether to stay with a protector, move toward a target, shift direction, or simply slow down?”
This series was designed to help answer those questions.
Follow One Person Across Multiple Sessions
One of the most valuable things about Inside the Session is that you aren’t simply watching a collection of unrelated demonstrations.
Within each cohort, you’ll follow the same preselected volunteer across four sessions, allowing you to see how therapy develops over time.
You’ll watch earlier material inform later sessions. You’ll see parts reappear, relationships within the system evolve, new information emerge, and treatment priorities become clearer.
Instead of seeing one polished snapshot of therapy, you get to observe the ongoing process.
More Than Watching a Demonstration
Inside the Session has evolved into much more than a recording of therapy.
After each demonstration, I rewatch the session and create additional materials to help you see what may have been happening beneath the surface.
Depending on the session, your learning materials may include:
On-screen clinical commentary added directly to the demonstration, highlighting interventions, shifts in the system, important moments, and what I was tracking in real time.
A detailed parts map reflecting how I conceptualized the volunteer’s internal system at that point in the work.
A post-session clinical debrief video in which I walk through the parts map, explain my case conceptualization, discuss what stood out to me after reviewing the session, and describe where I would likely go next.
Live Q&A and discussion following the demonstration, giving participants the opportunity to ask questions about what they observed.
The opportunity to follow the same person over time and see how my conceptualization changes as we learn more about their system.
The goal is not simply to show you therapy.
It is to help you learn to see what the therapist is seeing.
Learn to See What an Experienced Therapist Is Tracking
Throughout the series, we’ll explore questions such as:
What am I tracking throughout the session?
How am I conceptualizing the person’s internal system?
Which parts seem central, and which may be responding to something deeper?
How am I differentiating protectors, vulnerable parts, and emerging targets?
How am I tracking my own parts and their impact on this work?
Why did I choose one intervention rather than another?
What did I intentionally choose not to do?
When am I leaning into IFS techniques versus moving toward EMDR?
How am I thinking about target identification and sequencing?
When do I stay with a protector rather than asking to move deeper?
What changes from one session to the next?
Where would I likely go in the next session, and why?
These are the kinds of moment-to-moment clinical decisions that are difficult to teach through slides or protocols alone.
Inside the Session is designed to make that thinking visible.
Inside the Session: Upcoming Scheduled Cohorts
October, 2026 Cohort with Volunteer “S.V.”
What you can expect to watch unfold…
The October cohort will follow S.V., a late-diagnosed, high-masking, autistic woman with a Level 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD diagnosis.
This series offers a unique opportunity to watch how EMDR + IFS integration evolves over time with a neurodivergent client whose presenting concerns include:
A late Autism Level 1 diagnosis after years of high masking and adapting to neurotypical expectations.
A late ADHD diagnosis.
Chronic nervous system activation, sensory overwhelm, and autistic burnout.
Severe demand-related anxiety, where everyday responsibilities such as emails, documentation, opening a computer, or preparing for work can trigger significant fight, flight, freeze, or avoidance responses.
Ongoing life transitions while intentionally reducing tasks, obligations, and external pressure to support nervous system regulation.
Intense fears around working less, financial security, and survival, followed by shame-based comparisons to what "other people" seem able to manage.
Increasing isolation, loneliness, and difficulty maintaining connection as ordinary demands begin to feel unsafe or overwhelming.
Emerging shifts in awareness following ketamine-assisted treatment, creating new opportunities for curiosity, flexibility, and therapeutic change.
Across the series, you'll have the opportunity to observe how I approach EMDR + IFS with a client whose difficulties cannot be reduced to a single traumatic event. We'll explore how neurodivergence, chronic nervous system activation, masking, internalized expectations, burnout, shame, demand sensitivity, and earlier burdens interact within the treatment process.
You'll watch how I begin mapping S.V.'s internal system, identify the protective functions of anxiety and avoidance, differentiate autistic overwhelm from trauma-related activation, and determine when to work with parts, when to consider EMDR targets, and when the most clinically appropriate intervention may be to reduce pressure rather than push the system toward change.
Because I have already completed an initial session with S.V. in a previous demonstration series, October participants will receive that session as a bonus before the cohort begins. You'll then follow S.V. through four additional sessions, for a total of five sessions with the same person, allowing you to watch the case conceptualization, parts map, therapeutic relationship, and treatment direction evolve over time.
October Cohort Live Meeting Schedule
All live meetings will be held on Zoom.
Dates:
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 | 12:00–1:30 PM Pacific Time
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 | 12:00–1:30 PM Pacific Time
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 | 12:00–1:30 PM Pacific Time
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 | 12:00–1:30 PM Pacific Time
Can't attend live? No problem. Every session will be recorded and uploaded to the course portal. Participants will have one year of access from the start of the cohort to review all recordings, clinical debriefs, parts maps, and course materials at their own pace.
November, 2026 Cohort with Volunteer “R.A.”
What you can expect to watch unfold…
The November cohort will follow “R.A.,” a client exploring the lifelong impact of developmental trauma, codependency, addiction, and a deeply entrenched pattern of organizing his life around the needs of others.
This series offers the opportunity to watch how EMDR + IFS integration unfolds with a client navigating complex attachment wounds, longstanding addictive patterns, and the challenge of developing a clearer sense of identity, agency, and Self-leadership.
R.A.'s presenting concerns include:
A history of multiple addictive and compulsive behaviors, including substance use (with more than 30 years of sobriety), as well as ongoing struggles with food, sex, gambling, and other compulsive coping strategies.
A childhood marked by emotional neglect and enmeshment, including being made responsible for his mother's emotional well-being from an early age.
A current divorce that has illuminated longstanding relational patterns and codependency, recreating many of the same dynamics present in his relationship with his mother.
Significant difficulty identifying his own wants, needs, and preferences, alongside a deeply rooted belief that his purpose is to care for others rather than himself.
Questions surrounding neurodivergence, including ADHD and possible autistic traits, and how these experiences may intersect with trauma and attachment.
Across the series, you'll have the opportunity to observe how I conceptualize a complex internal system shaped by chronic caregiving, enmeshment, addiction, shame, and relational survival strategies. We'll explore how protective parts organize around responsibility, people-pleasing, compulsive behaviors, and the fear of prioritizing oneself.
As treatment unfolds, you'll see how I approach identifying meaningful EMDR targets and differentiate developmental trauma from present-day relationship patterns.
Rather than focusing on symptom reduction alone, this series offers an opportunity to observe how EMDR and IFS can be integrated to address the deeper relational patterns that continue to shape identity, attachment, and the capacity for authentic choice.
Live Meeting Schedule
All live meetings will be held on Zoom.
Dates:
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 | 12:00–1:30 PM Pacific Time
Tuesday, November 10, 2026 | 12:00–1:30 PM Pacific Time
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 | 12:00–1:30 PM Pacific Time
Tuesday, November 24, 2026 | 12:00–1:30 PM Pacific Time
Can't attend live? No problem. Every session will be recorded and uploaded to the course portal. Participants will have one year of access from the start of the cohort to review all recordings, clinical debriefs, parts maps, and course materials at their own pace.
Can't Decide? Join Both.
Each Inside the Session cohort follows a different volunteer, explores a different clinical presentation, and demonstrates how EMDR + IFS integration naturally adapts to the individual sitting in front of us.
Watch one case, or compare two very different therapeutic journeys.
Buy one Fall 2026 cohort and get 20% off the second with code INSIDEBUNDLE20.
Whether you're interested in neurodivergence, developmental trauma, addiction, attachment, codependency, or simply becoming a stronger EMDR + IFS clinician, watching two very different cases side-by-side provides a depth of learning that simply isn't possible from a single demonstration series.
Attend Live, Watch On Demand, or Both
Each cohort includes four live demonstration sessions.
You are welcome to attend live and participate in the Q&A, watch the sessions later on your own schedule, or combine the two.
All demonstration recordings, annotated videos, parts maps, clinical debriefs, and additional materials will be available through the course portal for one year from the start of your cohort.
This gives you time to return to the sessions after the course ends, rewatch important moments, compare earlier and later sessions, and revisit the clinical commentary as your own integration skills continue to develop.
Continuing Education
6 Hours of Continuing Education
Participants are eligible to receive:
6 Hours of NBCC Continuing Education
6 Hours of ASWB Continuing Education
6 Hours of EMDRIA Continuing Education (see details below)
EMDRIA Continuing Education Information
EMDRIA continuing education credits are pre-approved for the live cohort and are guaranteed for participants who attend the live course in its entirety.
EMDRIA requires that each on-demand Inside the Session cohort be submitted for approval after the live course has concluded and the final on-demand course has been created. Because of this, EMDRIA continuing education credit for the on-demand version cannot be guaranteed at the time of registration.
Historically, my previous Inside the Session on-demand courses have been approved by EMDRIA for continuing education credit, and I fully intend to submit each new cohort for approval. However, the final determination is made by EMDRIA.
If receiving guaranteed EMDRIA continuing education credit is important to you, I recommend registering for the live cohort.
Please note: Refunds will not be issued if EMDRIA does not approve continuing education credit for the on-demand version, as the course content, instructional materials, and one year of access remain the same regardless of CE approval status.
Requirements for Continuing Education Credit
To receive continuing education credit, participants must:
Complete 100% of the course either live or on-demand.
Pass the final assessment at 70% or better.
Complete the course evaluation.
Certificates are issued after all course requirements have been successfully completed.
About the Demonstrations
The demonstrations included in this course are conducted live with volunteer participants. Each volunteer provided informed consent for educational use of their session. To further protect privacy, identifying information has been removed or edited when appropriate. The demonstrations represent authentic therapy sessions rather than scripted role plays, allowing you to observe the complexity, flexibility, and clinical decision-making that naturally occur in real therapeutic work.
Who This Course Is For
This course is designed for therapists who:
Have completed an EMDRIA-approved EMDR Basic Training.
Are interested in or already integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) into EMDR therapy.
Want to strengthen case conceptualization and treatment planning.
Learn well through observing real therapy.
Want to improve their clinical decision-making and confidence during sessions.
Formal IFS training is not required.
Whether you're new to parts work or already integrating IFS into your practice, this course is designed to deepen your clinical thinking and provide practical examples of how these models can be integrated in real therapy.
Pricing
$375 USD Per Cohort
The Inside the Session Library
Watch Past Recordings of Inside the Session
Every Inside the Session cohort becomes part of a growing library of real clinical demonstrations.
Over time, the Inside the Session Library will allow you to learn from a range of volunteers, presenting concerns, parts systems, therapeutic challenges, and clinical decision points.
Rather than learning EMDR + IFS integration through a single idealized example, you’ll be able to observe what the work looks like across different people and at different stages of therapy.
Past cohorts will be available on demand, and discounted options will be available when purchasing two or more Inside the Session series.
As the library grows, additional bundled and library-access options will become available.
Inside the Session Library: Volume 1 From Case Conceptualization to Reprocessing
What You'll See in Volume 1
Session 1 – K: Watch a complete EMDR Phase 1 case conceptualization as we move from the presenting problem into parts mapping, Direct Access, and identifying potential EMDR targets. You'll see how I interview protective parts, track the client's system in real time, and develop an integrated EMDR + IFS treatment plan.
Sessions 2–4 – GS: Follow the same client across three consecutive therapy sessions and watch treatment unfold over time rather than in a single demonstration.
See how EMDR case conceptualization evolves across multiple sessions as new information emerges and treatment planning is refined.
Observe EMDR Phase 4 reprocessing integrated with IFS-informed interventions, including how I weave the IFS healing steps into Phase 4 while maintaining fidelity to the EMDR model.
Watch a complete EMDR target move from identification through successful reprocessing, installation, closure, and discussion of next steps.
Learn how I move fluidly between standard EMDR procedures and IFS interventions based on what the client's system is communicating in the moment.
Hear the full, unscripted Q&A and clinical debrief following each demonstration, where we discuss case conceptualization, clinical decision-making, EMDR phases, target selection, and next-session planning.
Review my post-session teaching videos, where I walk through my parts maps, explain what I was tracking throughout each demonstration, discuss alternative intervention options, and make my clinical reasoning explicit.