EMDR Power Hour: The Future Template in Action

This EMDR Power Hour is a webinar for EMDR therapists and will focus on the future template, a key component of EMDR that is often overlooked and underused, but which can be incredibly helpful for clients, both in therapy and in coaching.

Many therapists are skilled at processing past events and current triggers, but overlook the use of the future template, which can help clients prepare for future challenges, build confidence in their ability to cope across a range of situations and, crucially, achieve their goals. It also gives an additional opportunity to process internal barriers to future success.

Rachel supervises lots of EMDR practitioners and noticed that many supervisees were unsure about how to use the future template and when to use it.

It's often the most underused tool in theEMDR toolbox.

The future template involves visualising effective coping in future challenging situations. This can set our clients up for greater success, whether that involves speaking up in a meeting, holding a boundary, driving on the motorway, expressing a difference of opinion, seeing a perpetrator, havign medical treatment, preparing for a forthcoming birth and so on.

🎯 This Webinar Is For You If...

• You’ve completed dozens of EMDR sessions but often stop at Phase 7.
• You’ve heard of the Future Template but never felt confident using it.
• You’re ready to deepen transformation and help clients embody lasting change.
• You want to see it in action, not just read about it.

🚀 What we'll cover

✅ Why the Future Template is a key component of EMDR.

✅ Common reasons why therapists don't use it and why that’s missing a great opporunity.

✅ How to confidently introduce it.

✅ How it differs from the Flashforward protocol.

✅A live demonstration of the future template

✅ Your questions and reflections

You will leave with the skills you need to be able to use the future template more confidently within your EMDR practice.

Here are some testimonials from a previous Power Hour on the future template. Attendees were asked what they found helpful:

"I found the presenter style very easy to follow informative and very generous in the role-plays and demonstrating the technique."

"Really clear, engaging presentation. not too much info, only what you needed to know."

"It was nice and focussed, and the small number of attendees made it feel possible to ask questions."

"You have a really great, down to earth style - explaining things in a way that makes them feel simple & doable."

"I like the bitesize, and the role play was great!"

"Easy to understand, relaxed and informative."

"Was helpful to think about using it as a resource as well as towards the end of therapy. Also clarifying the differences between indicated use of future template and flash forward."

"Case study examples."

Early bird price: £30.00 + booking fee before 16 November 2025.

Regular price: £37.50 + booking fee.

Dr Rachel Lee is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of NHS experience and also an Accredited EMDR Consultant. She has held various leadership roles, including service lead for an outpatient dialectical behaviour therapy service, psychology lead in a Community Mental Health Team and associate non-executive director in the NHS. She is the founder and director of North Star Psychology Ltd. Rachel has taught on training courses for clinical psychologists and CBT therapists and has published research in peer reviewed journals. Her main passion is using EMDR therapy to help people who have experienced distressing or traumatic events, or are struggling with anxiety and low self-esteem. Rachel supervises over 15 EMDR therapists and psychologists. She also offers consultancy to organisations, for example she has provided trauma-informed recommendations for a psychological support scheme for people who have spoken up in the workplace and trauma-informed training into secondary schools. Rachel is currently the associate clinical lead for Day One Trauma Support, a national charity providing support for people who have experienced a major physical trauma.

The webinar will be recorded and you will have access for three months after you receive the link.

You will also be provided with a handout prior to the Power hour.

Rachel offers a number of Power Hours that are designed to help EMDR therapists develop their skills and improve their effectiveness. You can find them in under her profile.