About the webinar
Guest Presenter, Megan Salar
This 1-hour EMDR webinar focuses on *working effectively with clients who over-verbalize during EMDR*, a common presentation among individuals who use language as a defense against emotional overwhelm or loss of control. Participants will learn how excessive verbal processing can serve as both a *protective part strategy* and a barrier to reprocessing, and how to gently redirect clients back into somatic and emotional experience without shaming or shutting them down.
The webinar emphasizes *attunement, pacing, and containment*, with strategies to help clients stay connected to the target, tolerate silence, and build trust in nonverbal processing. Through demonstration and discussion, participants will explore interventions that foster felt sense, mindful observation, and bilateral integration while maintaining therapeutic alliance.
Learning Objectives:
- Understanding Over-Verbalization in EMDR
- Enhancing Somatic and Emotional Engagement
- Maintaining Attunement and Safety
Agenda:
Lecture & Brief Discussion (60 min) – Explore how to recognize and work with over-verbalization in EMDR sessions. Learn strategies to foster somatic awareness, maintain attunement, and support clients in accessing emotion safely and effectively.
Megan Salar
is a therapist, author, and trauma expert with extensive experience helping individuals heal from complex trauma. She specializes in innovative, strength-based approaches that foster resilience and transformation. Through her work at The Mental Survivalist, Megan empowers both clinicians and clients with tools for lasting change.
Trauma, Neuroscience Expert, PTSD Psychologist
Dr. Jennifer Sweeton, a Stanford-trained neuroscientist and trauma expert, offers groundbreaking approaches to healing PTSD. Her innovative techniques bring hope to those grappling with trauma's lasting effects. As a clinical and forensic psychologist, Dr. Sweeton has established herself as a leadin...
Trauma, Neuroscience Expert, PTSD Psychologist
Dr. Jennifer Sweeton, a Stanford-trained neuroscientist and trauma expert, offers groundbreaking approaches to healing PTSD. Her innovative techniques bring hope to those grappling with trauma's lasting effects. As a clinical and forensic psychologist, Dr. Sweeton has established herself as a leadin...
Learning Objectives
Identify how excessive verbal processing can function as a protective strategy and a barrier to emotional reprocessing.
Apply techniques to help clients shift from cognitive analysis to embodied awareness and felt experience.
Use pacing, containment, and mindful silence to support trust, regulation, and effective reprocessing.
