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EMDR · Reprocessing

Phase 3 Assessment Script

Image, NC, PC, VoC, emotion, SUDs, body

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Target image

'What picture represents the worst part of the memory?'

Image
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Negative cognition

A self-referencing belief held now, in present tense.

NC
3

Positive cognition + VoC

'When you bring up that picture, what would you like to believe about yourself now?' Rate 1–7.

PC
VoC (1 = completely false → 7 = completely true)
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7
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Emotion + SUDs

0 = no disturbance → 10 = worst imaginable.

Emotion(s)
SUDs
0
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10
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Body location

'Where do you feel it in your body?'

Body
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References & further reading

Conceptual background and further reading, not validation of this handout. Named instruments and methods belong to their original authors; custom prompts and trackers are not validated versions of those instruments.

  • Shapiro, F. (2018). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy (3rd ed.). Guilford Press.
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