Clinical Conversation

Guest: Dr. Kathryn (Kathy) Shafer, PhD, LCSW, CAP, C‑IAYT, 500RYT, LFYT
Live Training: June 17th | 1:00 PM Central Time
 On-Demand:  Available one week after the live event

What do you actually do in the room when EMDR is not quite landing, talk therapy feels flat, and your client’s body is telling you more than their words? Join us for a clinically honest, shame free Clinical Conversation with integrative trauma therapist, author, and Brainspotting consultant Dr. Kathy Shafer as we look at when Brainspotting belongs in your work and how to explain the “why” to your clients.

You will leave with practical language and decision points you can bring into EMDR therapist training groups, trauma therapist training spaces, supervision hours, and your everyday work with complex trauma.

In this conversation, we will explore:

• How Brainspotting fits alongside EMDR and other brainbody therapies, and when it may be the better doorway into stuck material
• Clinical indicators that a client is a good candidate for Brainspotting, including addiction, acute stress, grief, and chronic body‑based tension
• Ways Brainspotting can deepen work you already do through EMDR therapist training and EMDR consultant certification, rather than replacing it
• How to “frame” a Brainspotting session for diverse clients so they understand what you are doing and feel safe participating
• Concrete examples from Dr. Kathy’s integrative work with The FUN® Program, EMDR, Brainspotting, Yoga Nidra, and sound as healing modalities
• Simple brainbody self‑regulation practices you can use in your own nervous system so you stay grounded while clients access intense material

This is not a scripted webinar. It is a live, one hour conversation with real time chat and Q&A, created for working clinicians who want tools they can actually use this week.

Dr. Kathryn Shafer is an integrative, somatic, licensed psychotherapist based in Jupiter, Florida. She is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Certified Brainspotting Therapist and Consultant, Certified Addiction Professional, Certified Yoga Therapist, and Certified Biofield Sound Healer, and has presented at more than forty workshops internationally. Dr. Kathy is the creator of The FUN® Program, a cognitive behavioral lifestyle approach featured in her books Asthma Free in 21 Days and Falling Awake: The FUN® Guide to EMDR, Brainspotting, and Yoga Nidra. In her private practice she works with individuals, families, and couples navigating betrayal, complex trauma, and ongoing life challenges, and she brings the same integrative lens to her teaching, weaving EMDR, Brainspotting, somatic practice, and sound to give clinicians a broader toolbox for supporting deeper healing.