Essential Tips for Providing EMDR over Telehealth

Feb 19, 2026  by  Daphne M. Fatter, Ph.D.
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Check out this video blog from one of our popular presenters, Dr. Daphne Fatter! Her discussion includes ensuring software for bilateral stimulation is set up before sessions, using full-screen monitors for effective eye movement tracking, and positioning the camera to see the client's chest for breathing cues. She also highlights the need to know the client's location for crisis management and to adapt techniques for telehealth effectively.

Daphne Fatter, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, clinical consultant, author, and international speaker specializing in integrative trauma-informed therapies. She is the author of Integrating Internal Family Systems Interventions into EMDR Therapy and is widely recognized for her expertise in blending parts work with evidence-based trauma modalities. Dr. Fatter is EMDR certified, an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, and has over twenty years of experience providing trauma treatment. As a certified ancestral healing practitioner, she also supports clients and clinicians in addressing intergenerational and historical trauma.

Daphne Fatter

Daphne M. Fatter, Ph.D.

Daphne Fatter, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, clinical consultant, author, and international speaker specializing in integrative trauma-informed therapies. She is the author of Integrating Internal Family Systems Interventions into EMDR Therapy and is widely recognized for her expertise in blending parts work with evidence-based trauma modalities. Dr. Fatter is EMDR certified, an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, and has over twenty years of experience providing trauma treatment. As a certified ancestral healing practitioner, she also supports clients and clinicians in addressing intergenerational and historical trauma. Dr. Fatter earned her Master of Arts in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University and her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Pennsylvania State University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Psychology at The Trauma Center under the direct supervision of Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. She previously served as the Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator at the Fort Worth VA Outpatient Clinic. Her published works span the areas of Internal Family Systems therapy, EMDR, countertransference, mindfulness, and ancestral healing. Grounded in the understanding that traumatic stress is multilayered—relational, developmental, biological, cultural, systemic, collective, historical, and spiritual—Dr. Fatter brings a neuroscience-based, compassionate, humble, and skills-based approach to professional education. She offers engaging workshops, webinars, and trainings on a range of trauma-related topics, including PTSD, complex trauma, complicated grief, and divorce recovery.

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