A free Clinical Conversation with Lambers Fisher, MS, LMFT, MDiv

When a client skirts around the “real” issue, it is not because they are unmotivated. More often, they do not yet feel enough safety or permission to say what they most need to say. This Clinical Conversation will help you recognize those moments and respond in ways that open doors rather than shut them.

Join a live, one hour conversation with Lambers Fisher on Wednesday, July 1st at 1:00 PM Central, with chat and Q&A, plus access to the full replay when you register.

What you will learn

In From Avoidance to Permission: Helping Clients Discuss Challenging Topics, we will explore:

• Why avoidance, shutdown, and “I am fine” moments are adaptive responses, not client flaws
• How fear, shame, and cultural messages make some topics feel unspeakable, even in a strong therapeutic relationship
  
• Ways these patterns show up in EMDR and trauma work, and how to notice them in real time
  
• Concrete phrases and questions that invite permission instead of pressure, so clients can test whether it is safe to be more honest
  
• What to do when a client pulls back, changes the subject, or asks with their eyes, “Can I really talk about this here?”
  
• How your own identities and training history shape which topics you lean into, and which you unconsciously avoid
  
• How skills from EMDR therapist training, specialized trauma therapist training, and EMDR consultant certification can support deeper, more open conversations when sessions get charged

You will walk away with specific wording you can try in your very next session, supervision meeting, or consultation group.