A free Clinical Conversation with Sheri Van Dijk, MSW

What do you do in the exact moment a client is flooded and nothing in your usual toolkit is landing?

This free Clinical Conversation with DBT and EMDR consultant Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, gives you concrete, in‑the‑room strategies for those high‑emotion moments that can make or break safety, trust, and progress.

Live on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM Central.
Can’t make it live? Register anyway and you will still get access to the recording in your library.

What this free Clinical Conversation is about

High‑emotion moments are not rare edge cases. For many trauma therapists, they are the norm. Emotion dysregulation cuts across diagnoses and shows up in almost every caseload Sheri has worked with since 2000.

In this Clinical Conversation, Sheri will help you move beyond “just breathe” and into practical DBT‑informed strategies that support clients in feeling regulated and safe enough in the present, even when their nervous system is doing exactly what it learned to do.

You will walk away with ideas you can bring into session the very next day, whether you are in EMDR Therapist Training, deep into Trauma Therapist Training, or supporting consultees on their path toward EMDR Consultant Certification.

In this conversation, we will explore

Sheri will share how she brings DBT and mindfulness into real‑world work with clients who struggle with intense emotion, self‑harm, bipolar disorder, C‑PTSD, and other complex presentations.

We will talk through:

• How emotion dysregulation shows up across diagnoses and “problems in living,” and why it matters for case conceptualization
• DBT‑informed skills that actually work in the moment, when a client is overwhelmed, shut down, or on the edge of losing control
• Ways to help clients experience enough safety in the present to access skills, insight, and connection
• How to introduce and practice DBT strategies with clients who are skeptical, exhausted, or used to feeling “too much”
• How Sheri weaves DBT skills into her work as an EMDRIA‑approved Consultant, including what she watches for in EMDR prep, targeting, and reprocessing
• Specific examples of language, metaphors, and in‑session moves that invite regulation rather than shame

This is not a scripted webinar. It is a live conversation with chat and Q&A, so you can bring your own stuck points and ask Sheri how she would think through them.