EMDR Readiness Checklist For Client [original list created by David Blore http://www.davidblore.co.uk/clinician-resources/]

• I have rapport, ex. a trusting relationship with my therapist

• I am committed/dedicated to both my own safety and treatment

• I have skills to handle high levels of emotion

• I was able to do the resourcing development and installation. I have imaginal resources that I can use to calm and comfort myself

• I have an adequate support system that includes, but is not limited to, my therapist

• I have been medically cleared by my primary care physician and/or psychiatrist to begin processing trauma via EMDR

• Either my medication is effective or I am stable without medication

• My health and safety are not in jeopardy from substance use/abuse; I am not in active addiction

• Self-harming behaviors are not my primary method of coping with affect/emotions/relationship troubles.  If this was/is an issue for me, I have adequately addressed it in therapy

• I do not feel suicidal

• I have not been diagnosed with a dissociative disorder

• I have been given the screening, Dissociative Experience Scale for dissociative disorder and have discussed the results with my therapist

• I am not involved in an active legal case OR

• I am involved in a legal case. I have been informed that by reprocessing the material in question, my legal testimony may be impaired

• I have read, understand and signed an informed consent for EMDR