Caroline Burrows Consulting & Training

Caroline Burrows Consulting & Training Providing innovative EMDR training and consultation services to mental health therapists across Australia and abroad.

Being the only EMDR therapist in your workplace can feel strangely isolating. You might be surrounded by thoughtful, exp...
17/06/2026

Being the only EMDR therapist in your workplace can feel strangely isolating. You might be surrounded by thoughtful, experienced clinicians, but still find yourself wishing there was someone nearby who understood the EMDR-specific questions such as

“What target would you start with here?”

“Is this still Phase 2, or am I avoiding reprocessing?”

EMDR is often something therapists learn after university, so many clinicians are the only EMDR-trained person in their team or service. That can make the gap between training and practice feel wider than it needs to.

This is one of the reasons I value consultation so much. It gives you somewhere to bring the clunky bits, the clinical wondering, and the “I think I know what I’m doing, but I’d like to check” moments.

If you’re the only EMDR therapist in your workplace, EMDR-specific support can make a real difference as you keep embedding the work into practice.

Just 4 spots left for my Sydney EMDR & Parts Work workshop.I’ll be running this 2-day in-person training on 1 to 2 July,...
16/06/2026

Just 4 spots left for my Sydney EMDR & Parts Work workshop.

I’ll be running this 2-day in-person training on 1 to 2 July, designed for EMDR-trained therapists who want to feel more confident integrating parts work throughout EMDR therapy.

Many therapists feel comfortable talking with clients about parts. The trickier bit is knowing how to work with parts experientially, especially when structured scripts feel too rigid, parts interventions fall flat, or clients struggle with metaphor, visualisation, abstract concepts, or emotion language.

This workshop is designed to help you move beyond simply explaining parts, toward using parts-informed interventions in a more flexible, responsive, and grounded way.

Across the two days, we’ll explore:

🍃 an affirming, non-pathologising approach to dissociation and parts work
🍃 creative parts-focused interventions for dissociative and non-dissociative clients
🍃 ways to work with internal conflict, avoidance, ambivalence, protector parts, and perpetrator introjects
🍃 how to adapt parts work for neurodivergent clients or those with more concrete or literal thinking styles
🍃 microprocessing interventions to support safer trauma reprocessing with dissociative clients

The workshop includes teaching, demonstrations, group discussion, and experiential learning, with plenty of space to think through how this applies in real clinical work.

Sydney details:

EMDR & Parts Work
1 to 2 July 2026
Rydges Camperdown
ONLY 4 spots remaining

This workshop is designed for therapists who have completed EMDR basic training. Therapists who have completed Part 1 at a minimum are also welcome to attend.

If this feels like a good fit for where you’re at in your EMDR practice, you can secure one of the final Sydney spots via my website here https://loom.ly/1ShY1cA

The next EMDR Practice Lab is coming up on Saturday 1 August from 1-3pm.This is for EMDR therapists who have completed P...
15/06/2026

The next EMDR Practice Lab is coming up on Saturday 1 August from 1-3pm.

This is for EMDR therapists who have completed Part 1 training and want more guided, hands-on practice before using EMDR more confidently in real clinical work.

Each 2-hour online session includes:

🍃 A brief refresher of the procedural steps in Phases 3 to 7
🍃 Two 45-minute practice rounds in pairs, using therapist and client roles
🍃 Practice with your own personal targets in Zoom breakout rooms
🍃 Live guidance and supportive feedback from Accredited EMDR Consultants Kate Formston and Madeleine Jablonski
🍃 A group debrief to consolidate learning and ask questions

The Practice Lab is a supportive bridge between Part 1 training and more confident practice. You don’t need to have it all together, just space to practice, ask questions, and let the skills start to settle.

If your EMDR still feels a little clunky, this might be a helpful next step.

👉 Find out more and register here https://loom.ly/T6hsT1Y





EOFY feels like a good moment to pause, take stock, and think about what kind of learning might support your EMDR practi...
14/06/2026

EOFY feels like a good moment to pause, take stock, and think about what kind of learning might support your EMDR practice in the second half of the year.

So, for a limited time, my on-demand EMDR webinars are on sale.

There are 12 x 3-hour webinars available, designed for EMDR therapists who want to deepen their understanding, refresh key skills, or feel more confident working with complexity in clinical practice.

Topics include:

🍃 EMDR and Advanced Parts Work
🍃 Dissociative Disorders
🍃 Case Conceptualisation
🍃 Attachment Trauma
🍃 Target Selection
🍃 Resourcing
🍃 And more

Whether you are consolidating your EMDR skills, returning to a topic you want to feel clearer on, or looking for flexible CPD that you can work through in your own time, this might be a useful moment to stock up.

EOFY sale pricing:

🍃 $195 each, save $45
🍃 Bundle 3 for $500, save $220
🍃 Bundle 5 for $750, save $450
🍃 All 12 for $1500, save $1380

Sale ends 11:59pm AEST on 30 June 2026.

Browse and buy individual webinars:
https://loom.ly/Lg6VYxA

Buy a bundle:
https://loom.ly/-FMbMJY

And as always, if you are not sure which webinar is the best fit for where you are in your EMDR learning, feel free to get in touch. I’m happy to help you find a good starting point.

This little timer has become one of my favourite work tools.With ADHD, my brain can be very enthusiastic about starting ...
14/06/2026

This little timer has become one of my favourite work tools.

With ADHD, my brain can be very enthusiastic about starting several things at once. Emails, slides, admin, webinar planning, random “urgent” ideas that are definitely not urgent.

A visual timer helps me bring things back to one task at a time.

I’ll often set it for 25 or 30 minutes and give myself permission to focus on just one thing until the timer runs out.

For my fellow ADHD brains, or anyone who struggles with focus and task-switching, sometimes the simplest tools are the ones that make the biggest difference.

Not because they fix everything, but because they make the next step feel more doable.

Do you have a favourite productivity hack, focus tool, or tiny trick that helps your brain get started?

This was my welcome to Brisbane this afternoon as I flew in to deliver an EMDR Part 1 workshop over the next three days....
09/06/2026

This was my welcome to Brisbane this afternoon as I flew in to deliver an EMDR Part 1 workshop over the next three days. The colours were incredible! As green is my favourite colour, it felt very on-brand 🤪

I’m looking forward to spending the next few days with a new group of therapists as they begin their EMDR learning journey 💚

One of the most common worries I hear from EMDR therapists is:“What do I do when processing gets stuck?”You know the mom...
05/06/2026

One of the most common worries I hear from EMDR therapists is:

“What do I do when processing gets stuck?”

You know the moment.

You’re in Phase 4 and the client keeps reporting the same distressing emotion, belief, or body sensation over consecutive sets. Nothing seems to be shifting. Something is looping.

And while you’re trying hard to “trust the process”, you might also be starting to feel a bit nervous as you wonder what to do next.

Firstly, getting stuck is a normal part of EMDR therapy, especially when working with complex trauma.

It doesn’t mean that you or the client have failed.

It may simply mean the processing system needs a little more support, curiosity, adaptation, or adaptive information to help things move again.

This is where unblocking techniques can be helpful.

But there isn’t one perfect intervention that magically fixes stuck processing.

I find it more useful to think of unblocking techniques as small experiments.

Try something for a set.
Notice what happens.
Stay curious.
Adjust if needed.

Sometimes the most helpful next step is not to “fix” the stuckness immediately, but to get curious about what the client’s system might need.

What helps you stay grounded when processing starts to feel stuck?

This glorious shaggy creature has somehow managed to perfectly coordinate herself with the rug and at this point I’m not...
31/05/2026

This glorious shaggy creature has somehow managed to perfectly coordinate herself with the rug and at this point I’m not entirely sure where the rug ends and Willow begins.

I think we could all take a lesson from Willow:

Find a sunny spot.
Get cosy.
Have a little nap.
Repeat as needed.

A very good girl 🐶

“A part of me really wants to heal, but another part feels terrified to go there.”Sound familiar?It’s something many cli...
29/05/2026

“A part of me really wants to heal, but another part feels terrified to go there.”

Sound familiar?

It’s something many clients describe – and as EMDR therapists, we often see how this kind of internal conflict or ambivalence can make trauma reprocessing feel harder to navigate.

Parts work can gently support clients to notice and understand these different aspects of themselves. Rather than pushing past a part that feels hesitant about trauma reprocessing, we work with clients to explore what that part might need to feel safer before moving forward.

Why can this be helpful?

🪷 Brings more stability to the client’s internal system
🪷 Reduces avoidance, shutdown, or parts ‘hijacking’
🪷 Supports clients to work through resistance or fear around healing

Approaches like Internal Family Systems (IFS), schema therapy, and resource therapy can be woven into EMDR therapy, helping clients see that every part developed for a reason – often as a way to protect or survive. When recognised in this way, these parts can become valuable allies in the EMDR process.

When those parts start to feel heard and supported, things often begin to shift – and trauma processing can unfold with more ease and flow.

Have you seen that my Neurodiversity & Parts Work webinar is now available on demand?I originally co-presented this trai...
25/05/2026

Have you seen that my Neurodiversity & Parts Work webinar is now available on demand?

I originally co-presented this training live with the wonderful Anna Clarke last year, and I’m really pleased it’s now available to access anytime, wherever suits you best.

Inside the webinar, we explore:

🍃 What neurodiversity-affirming EMDR practice can look like in day-to-day clinical work
🍃 How parts work can help reduce shame, support collaboration, and increase readiness for trauma processing
🍃 Practical adaptations for working with ADHD, autistic, and otherwise neurodivergent clients
🍃 Plenty of real clinical examples, reflections, and strategies you can start using in your sessions

If you couldn’t make the live training or you’d simply like to revisit the content at your own pace, the recording is now available on demand.

You can find out more or purchase here: https://www.carolineburrows.com.au/neurodiversity-parts-work-webinar

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