

Tapping In: Laurel Parnell and Dawson Church in Conversation
Jun 5, 2025
46:40
Laurel Parnell is a clinical psychologist and one of the world’s leading experts on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Since 1995 she has trained thousands of clinicians in EMDR both nationally and internationally. She is co-director of the non-profit Trauma Assistance Program International (TAP-IN), and the author of several books including, A Therapist’s Guide to EMDR and Tapping In. Dr. Parnell has served on the faculty of the California Institute for Integral Studies and John F. Kennedy University.
Here she and Dawson discuss:
- Laurel's background
- What is EMDR?
- The benefits of EMDR
- Working with neural networks and their response to tapping
- Activating the “felt sense” of your resources
- Bilateral stimulation
- Rhythms: tapping, squishing balls, drumming on desk
- How EMDR is different from Resource Tapping
- Why Resource Tapping uses imagination and resourcing to prepare people