133: EMDR Targeting Explained: Memory vs. Systems Approach [Beneath the Protocol Series]

In this episode of the Beneath the Protocol series, Kambria Evans explores one of the most common points of confusion for EMDR therapists: target selection. While EMDR training teaches clinicians to identify target memories across the past, present, and future, real clinical work often looks very different.

Clients don't always present with clear memories. Sometimes they bring body sensations, emotional states, relational patterns, identity beliefs, protective parts, or a vague sense that "it's everything."

So what happens when the system doesn't organize around a single memory?

Kambria…