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Introduction to Polyvagal Informed EMDR: A Neuro-Informed Training for Trauma Therapists

Introduction to Polyvagal Informed EMDR: A Neuro-Informed Training for Trauma Therapists

What You Will Walk Away With:

Join Rebecca Kase, LCSW, author of Polyvagal-Informed EMDR: A Neuro-Informed Approach to Healing, for a live three-hour introduction to the PV-EMDR model, taught by the clinician who developed it.

Memory storage and autonomic functioning shape each other in both directions. When you work with one and not the other, you get clients who flood the moment reprocessing starts, loop on targets, or build regulation skills that never translate into resolved memories. This training gives you a neuro-informed framework for treating both, across all eight phases of EMDR therapy.

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

Describe the primary components of Polyvagal Theory, including autonomic states, neuroception, the vagus nerve, vagal tone, heart rate variability, and the social engagement system.
Explain how EMDR's Adaptive Information Processing model and Polyvagal Theory intersect, and why memory networks and autonomic processes influence each other in both directions.
Evaluate current criticisms and limitations of Polyvagal Theory and what they mean for responsible, evidence-informed clinical application.
Apply Polyvagal-informed interventions to Phase 2 Preparation, including scanning for cues of safety, Surfing Imagery, and vagal brake practices that build interoceptive awareness and autonomic flexibility.
Use the Preparation Hierarchy to gauge readiness for reprocessing and align interventions with your client's neurophysiological capacity instead of pushing past it.
Bring the social engagement system into Phase 4, using breath, facial expression, vocal tone, and choice-based language to support processing without unnecessarily directing it.