EMDR Enhanced: Music Integration & Neuro-Affirmative Practice Two innovative approaches to enhancing the 8 phases of EMDR standard protocol
IN-PERSON EVENT
Saturday 7th March, 9.30 – 4.30 The Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YD
Join us for a stimulating full-day event exploring two developments in EMDR practice: the integration of music into the EMDR Standard Protocol, and adaptations for working with ADHD and neurodivergent clients and clinicians.
Please note: this event will NOT be recorded.
Morning Workshop
The EMDR+Music Integrated Model: Using Music as an Interweave in EMDR Presenter: Cassandra Manning, MA, MSc, EMDR Consultant & Integrative Psychotherapist
Cassandra Manning will present her EMDR+Music Integrated Model, a novel approach that weaves pre-recorded music into all eight phases of the EMDR Standard Protocol. Drawing on her background in psychotherapy and professional music, including her experience as an opera singer, Cassandra will demonstrate how music can act as a co-therapist—enhancing the therapeutic alliance, strengthening resources, and supporting somatic process in desensitisation and reprocessing.
Aims & Objectives
- Explore the phase-by-phase integration of music into all phases of EMDR
- Learn how to use music as an interweave in Phases 4–6
- Gain neuroscientific insights into how music can support the AIP
- View interviews and excerpts from authentic client EMDR+Music sessions
- Receive an introduction to music selection skills, including therapist intuition, collaboration and cultural awareness
- Consider the risks and challenges of working with music in EMDR
Afternoon Workshop
Supercharging the 8 Phases of EMDR: Neuro-Affirmative Enhancements Presenter: Esther Kiehl, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
This interactive workshop will explore how neurodiversity-affirming practice can enhance EMDR therapy and supervision. Drawing on clinical expertise and lived experience, Esther will highlight how ADHD and other forms of neurodiversity can shape the EMDR process, and how reasonable adjustments can support engagement, safety and effectiveness.
Aims and Objectives:
- To explore practical tools and reasonable adjustments
- Making EMDR more accessible and sustainable
- Using the body as a resource when energy is low or we feel stuck
- Small-group discussion and shared learning across the 8 phases
6 CPD credits (EMDR Association UK)
Ticket Price: £70 EMDR UK Association members, £110 non-members
Vegetarian/vegan lunch is included.
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Presenters:
Cassandra Manning, MA, MSc, EMDR Consultant & Integrative Psychotherapist
Cassandra is an EMDR Consultant and Integrative Arts Psychotherapist with a postgraduate masters degree in adolescent psychotherapy. She is trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS), IFS-informed EMDR, Supportive Music & Imagery, and is working towards Guided Imagery & Music (GIM) certification. She is completing her Traumatic Stress Studies with the Trauma Research Foundation, and is nearing the end of her substantive psychedelic assisted psychotherapy study at the MIND Foundation, Berlin.
Cassandra offers specialist supervision in the EMDR+Music Integrated Model.
Esther Kiehl, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Esther Kiehl is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with lived experience of neurodivergence. She specialises in neuro-affirmative practice and the thoughtful adaptation of EMDR for clients and clinicians with ADHD and other forms of neurodiversity. Esther brings both clinical expertise and personal insight to her work, showing how the eight phases of the EMDR standard protocol can be enhanced through accessibility, reasonable adjustments and strengths-based, neuro-affirming approaches.