IFS-Informed EMDR: Parts, Art, and the Organic Map of Healing

In this episode, Bridger and Jen sit down with David Polidi, Bruce Hersey (Syzygy Institute), and Peggy Kolodny (Art Therapy Collective) to explore the forthcoming anthology IFS-Informed EMDR. Together, they unpack how EMDR’s eight phases can be enriched—not replaced—by Internal Family Systems (IFS), art therapy, and Jungian active imagination.

You’ll hear:

• Why Bruce views the target as a part—and how that changes the way we conceptualize trauma work.
• How protectors vs. exiles organize around different types of energy (urge vs. disturbance).
• The emergence of Phase 2.5 / Discovery, bridging resourcing and processing.
• How art-making and active imagination safely access nonverbal, somatic memory.
• Bridger’s chapter, “A Window and a Mirror”, introducing the Somatic Integration and Processing (SIP) model for case conceptualization as an intersubjective, diversity-honoring map.

This conversation is both practical and philosophical—an invitation to deepen precision, creativity, and compassion in trauma therapy.

Preorder the book: IFS-Informed EMDR: Creative and Collaborative Approaches on Amazon

Support the show: patreon.com/thinkbeyondhealing

Trainings & consults: connectbeyondhealing.com → Trainings tab

Follow: @Notice_That_Podcast

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.