Professional standards, training and membership.
Professional standards, training and membership.
IEMT for Grief Note: The client’s name and identifying details have been changed to protect privacy. Holly is a young woman who has lived with an extraordinary degree of loss, largely through a series of sudden deaths involving family members and close friends. Although she had previously engaged in several…
A Practical Model for Establishing Personal Boundaries This model describes how personal boundaries are established, tested, eroded, and restored within everyday relational systems. It is particularly relevant where responsibility is displaced, emotions are used as leverage, or care is converted into control. Core Principle Boundaries exist to preserve responsibility, not…
Empathy, Compassion, Sympathy, and Pity in Clinical Practice Empathy, Compassion, Sympathy, and Pity in Clinical Practice: Concepts, Mechanisms, and Practical Distinctions Why this matters: In healthcare and the psychotherapies, “empathy,” “compassion,” and “sympathy” are often used interchangeably, yet they are not identical. When the terms blur, practice can drift into…
Clinical Decision-Making and Mechanisms in Integral Eye Movement Technique (IEMT): Practitioner Reflections and Theoretical Considerations Abstract. Integral Eye Movement Technique (IEMT) is an experiential therapeutic approach that utilises structured eye movement patterns to modify affective, somatic, and identity-level responses associated with distressing memories and emotional states. This article synthesises practitioner…
Adult Development Following Narcissistic Parenting Adult Development Following Narcissistic Parenting: A Systems-Oriented Analysis The following is based on the work of Jerry Wise. recommended: for expert and practical advice on recovering from narcissistic family systems. Adult children raised within narcissistic family systems frequently report a persistent sense of…
Memory, Emotional, Identity: What changes in an IEMT session? Guest Blog Post by Rose Ferguson Some clients want to understand how IEMT works. Others are less interested in the mechanics and more focused on a simple question: Will this help me feel different? Most people don’t arrive for an IEMT…
The Replication Crisis in Psychology The Replication Crisis in Psychology: Foundations, Failures, and Reform Abstract Over the last decade, psychology has undergone an extensive methodological reckoning commonly referred to as the replication crisis. Large-scale replication efforts, preregistered studies, and meta-scientific audits have demonstrated that many highly cited and routinely taught…
Shame vs Guilt vs Fear: A Comparison (IEMT Perspective) Although shame, guilt, and fear are often used interchangeably in everyday language, they function very differently in clinical practice. From an Integral Eye Movement Technique (IEMT) perspective, the key distinction is the emotion is the organising principle: the self (shame), behaviour…
Is Integral Eye Movement Technique (IEMT) the Same as EMDR? Introduction Integral Eye Movement Technique (IEMT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) are frequently compared because they both use eye movements in therapeutic contexts. This surface-level similarity has led to ongoing confusion among practitioners, clients, and commentators, with IEMT…
Dealing with Abreactions Dealing with Abreactions in Integral Eye Movement Technique (IEMT): Distinguishing Release from Control and Managing Escalation Abstract. Abreactions (sudden intensifications of emotional or physiological distress during therapeutic work) are often treated as inherently therapeutic catharsis. However, practitioner observation within IEMT contexts suggests two functionally different phenomena may…
IEMT for Bad Dreams and Nightmares IEMT for Bad Dreams and Nightmares: A Practitioner Framework for Assessment and Intervention Abstract. Nightmares and disturbing dreams are common across the lifespan and may present clinically as sleep disruption, anticipatory anxiety, and distress on waking. This practitioner-focused article outlines a pragmatic IEMT-informed framework…
The Three Pillars and Transitional Emotional States The Three Pillars and Transitional Emotional States in Integral Eye Movement Technique (IEMT) Abstract. The Three Pillars model in Integral Eye Movement Technique (IEMT) provides a structured way of understanding how specific emotional states cluster and transition over time. This article clarifies the…
Clinical Boundaries, Methodological Distinctions, and Practitioner Responsibility Integral Eye Movement Technique (IEMT): Clinical Boundaries, Methodological Distinctions, and Practitioner Responsibility Abstract. Integral Eye Movement Technique (IEMT) is frequently discussed alongside other eye-movement-based interventions, yet its theoretical foundations, clinical applications, and ethical boundaries are often misunderstood or misrepresented. Drawing on practitioner discourse…
How Accident-Based Trauma Shows Up Accidents have a way of leaving echoes. Even long after the body has healed, the memory of a sudden fall, a crash, or an unexpected impact can continue shaping how a person feels, moves, and responds to the world around them. Many people describe it…
The Association for IEMT Practitioners at the 6 Regiment Army Air Corps Business Breakfast This week, The Association for IEMT Practitioners was proudly represented at the 6 Regiment Army Air Corps Business Breakfast at RNAS Yeovilton by Leanne Jones. The event brought together an inspiring mix of military personnel, employers,…
