About this presentation


There are few aspects of the standard protocol that are as misunderstood and underutilized as the Future Template.

EMDR clinicians are familiar with the third prong as dealing with the future. However, many struggle with understanding its various components.

This 99-minute video and accompanying material will clarify those third prong components with easy to understand analogies and examples.

This presentation will explore and differentiate the various ways we can help clients enhance and generalize their ability to use adaptive information for future situations.


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Learning Objectives


You will be able to identify 3 goals of the third prong.

Participants will know when and why to use RDI vs the Future Template when considering the third prong.

You will walk away knowing when to use slow vs fast BLS as it is applied to the third prong.

There will also be a review of RDI and the Future Template including how it fits with case conceptualization and the type of BLS to be used. Clinical examples will be utilized to illustrate.


Tara May

About your presenter

I have been in practice for nearly 30 years and have been using EMDR with my clients for the past 9 years. I am an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and an EMDR HAP Facilitator. In addition to EMDR, I hold certifications in perinatal mental health and as a clinical trauma professional. 

My areas of clinical experience and EMDR: perinatal mental health including perinatal loss and birth trauma, PTSD and complex PTSD, dissociative disorders, traumatic grief and loss, medical trauma, health anxiety, OCD, phobias, and attachment trauma.