Know what tool to reach for, and when.
I am a licensed psychologist, international speaker, and author of Integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) into EMDR Therapy, known for blending Parts Work with evidence-based trauma modalities. An EMDRIA Approved Consultant with twenty years treating PTSD and complex trauma, I train and consult with therapists and teams in private practice, agencies, community mental health, the VA, military settings, and companies building AI mental health products. My trainings are grounded in research and neuroscience and address where sessions get stuck, building readiness for trauma reprocessing, and what to do when it stalls or loops. Clinicians leave with greater skills and confidence to make effective clinical decisions that support trauma treatment and resilience in the communities they serve.
Dr. Daphne Fatter, PhD
My Books
I write for clinicians, and for people in the middle of hard relationship decisions.
I developed my own way of bringing the IFS model together with EMDR, worked out session by session with my own clients. Then I wrote the step-by-step guide to it. My second book is for anyone trying to decide whether to stay in their relationship or leave it.
Integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) into EMDR Therapy
Part of Me Wants to Leave, Part of Me Wants to Stay
On-Demand Trainings
Becoming more confident and competent is within reach.
You are carrying caseload after caseload of complex trauma, and some of it is going to feel like you are out of skills. Clients stall, sessions loop, the working alliance stays thin, and you are left wondering whether you are doing enough.
Or explore live and custom trainings.
my offerings
Advancing how trauma is treated.
I train and consult with clinicians, teams, and organizations. I speak at conferences and on military bases, and I advise the companies building AI mental health products. Everything I teach is integrative, pulling from Parts Work, EMDR, the neuroscience of traumatic stress, polyvagal-informed stabilization, and STARR®, the self-tapping intervention I created.
Trainings & Workshops
IFS/EMDR integration trainings, trauma-informed workshops, and custom in-house trainings. Three hours to four days, online or in person.
Consulting & Consultation
EMDR consultation toward certification, IFS/EMDR integration consultation, group consultation, and trauma-informed consulting for organizations and AI companies.
Speaking
Keynotes and conference sessions on integrative trauma treatment, Parts Work, and values-based decision making.
About Daphne Fatter, PhD
I believe change is possible.
My path into this started with a postdoctoral fellowship under Dr. Bessel van der Kolk. I have taught continuing education since 2016 across the US, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Australia, including for the Department of the Army. I am EMDR certified, an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, and an Evergreen IFS Trauma Consultant, based in McKinney, Texas.
I created STARR®, Self-Tapping for Attachment Readiness and Repair, an intervention for internal connection between Self and parts. I am also a certified ancestral lineage healing practitioner, and I work with ancestral, intergenerational, collective, and historical trauma.
I show up as a co-learner. I listen for what a group needs, I build around the clients and settings they work in, and I say plainly what is working and what is not. People can be authentic with me.
praise
What clinicians say about training with me.
I feel honored to be a participant with an instructor that is clearly a luminary in the field. She integrated the research and the clinical pieces of therapy with extreme skill and accuracy.
Dr. Fatter was one of the most engaging presenters I have experienced. Her knowledge and manner of presenting kept me engaged and provided excellent information.
I have been working in trauma assessment and recovery for decades. I've learned to respect diverse models of recovery. I appreciated that Dr. Fatter was nuanced and accurate discussing this topic.
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