Psychologist Template

EMDR Target Sequencing Plan

A professional Psychologist template for healthcare professionals.

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Psychologist

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Last edited

2026/08/20

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Madeleine Davies

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Need a structured way to plan your EMDR therapy sessions? This EMDR target sequencing plan template is designed for psychologists and therapists. It helps you systematically identify and address a client's presenting issues, negative beliefs, and related past experiences. This template, when used with Heidi, allows you to quickly and accurately document key elements of the EMDR process, such as identifying the touchstone memory and present triggers, saving you time and improving the quality of your clinical notes. Start streamlining your EMDR documentation today!

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Clients presenting issues: - Feelings of worthlessness, social anxiety, and difficulty forming close relationships. Priority issue to address first: - Worthlessness. Dominant belief underlying the priority issue: - "I am not good enough." Desired positive belief in relation to the priority issue: - "I am worthy of love and belonging." Past experiences that led to development of the priority issue/negative belief: - Childhood experiences of emotional neglect and criticism from parents. Bullying in school. Earliest of the past events ('touchstone memory'): - Age 6: Being told by a parent that the client was "a disappointment". Worst of the past events: - Age 10: Being publicly humiliated by a teacher in front of the class. Most recent of the past events: - Age 28: Being rejected by a romantic partner. Present triggers that activate the priority issue/negative belief: - Criticism from others, social situations, and feelings of inadequacy at work. Future Fears/triggers in relation to the priority issue/negative belief: - Fear of failure, rejection, and being alone.