Standard Protocol.    

If your trauma arises from one or more upsetting events from adulthood, (an accident for example) I would use the standard EMDR protocol.   This works very well to process distress from these incidents.  In accordance with the protocol, no processing (phases 3-8) would occur until the following is in place:

• a 'plan' has been created, identifying which memories will be processed, aware also that some emerge organically as the work proceeds.
• we have established a good enough rapport and trust in our work together.
• you are 'ready', and have sufficient stability in your life to be able to mange in-depth work.  

IFS-Informed Attachment-Focussed Modified Protocol.

If working with issues from childhood, I would probably use the modified 'Attachment-Focussed' EMDR protocol.   Typically this means we might spend a bit longer in the 'preparation phase' super-charging your imagination and unconscious with right-brained, positive feelings (calm, hope, trust, confidence, resilience) which will support you as you re-visit the past in phases 3-8.    Sometimes, as part of the resourcing, I may also interweave IFS (Internal Family Systems).  Drawing upon my training with the Syzygy Institute, I am able to facilitate ways in which you can develop a closer relationship with those traumatised parts; ensuring that processing of childhood trauma (phases 3-8) is done safely and effectively.  

Music-Informed EMDR.

Finally, I also offer a means to integrate music into every stage of the EMDR work.  Studies show that music activates many more areas of the brain than with language; music can take us over, its effect feeling immediate and powerful.  Music-Informed EMDR may therefore be beneficial whether or not you consider yourself a musician, as it provides an efficient means of accessing feelings, bi-passing the busy brain.   As with any form of EMDR, this is a collaborative process, based entirely upon your own musical life and preferences and is something we can discuss further in an intial consultation.