Addiction Treatment & Recovery Support Hub

Welcome to the Addiction Treatment & Recovery Support Hub, designed for clinicians who want a more structured approach to integrating EMDR into substance use and problematic behavior treatment.

This hub brings together clinical frameworks, research, and practical tools to support decision-making across readiness, protocol selection, relapse prevention planning, and EMDR target selection and sequencing.

Whether you’re working with clients in early recovery, addressing trauma-related substance use or problematic behaviors, or building a comprehensive treatment plan, this hub is designed to help you navigate these decisions with greater clarity and consistency.

Where to Start with Addiction-Focused EMDR in This Hub

If you’re working on integrating EMDR into substance use or problematic behavior treatment, where you start usually depends on what you’re trying to figure out:

• If you’re trying to determine whether a client is ready for EMDR reprocessing → start with readiness, stabilization, and early recovery considerations

• If you’re trying to understand which EMDR protocols to use in addiction work → start with addiction-focused EMDR protocols

• If you’re trying to organize targets and build a clear treatment plan → start with target selection and sequencing

• If you’re working to reduce relapse risk and support long-term recovery → start with relapse prevention planning and maintenance strategies

• If you want a structured, step-by-step system for integrating all of these decisions into your clinical work → start with the featured course below

Structured EMDR Approach for Substance Use and Problematic Behaviors

If you’re looking for a structured, step-by-step way to integrate EMDR into substance use and problematic behavior treatment, the most direct place to start is with this course.

This training provides a framework for assessing readiness, selecting and sequencing targets, integrating addiction-focused EMDR protocols, and building a cohesive treatment plan that supports both stabilization and long-term recovery.

You’ll learn how to address cravings, relapse prevention, and trauma-driven use while maintaining fidelity to EMDR principles, with guidance on protocols such as DeTUR, CravEx, FSAP, and Flashforward.

This course is approved for 2 continuing education credits through EMDRIA and is offered by an APA-Approved Sponsor, so you can apply it directly toward your licensure requirements.

→ Applying EMDR to Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Once you have a structured framework for integrating EMDR into substance use and problematic behavior treatment, the next step is applying that work in your sessions with clear, organized tools.

This toolkit provides the full set of clinical printables used in the course, so you can structure target selection, sequencing, and relapse prevention planning in a way that is consistent and easy to implement in practice:

→ EMDR & Substance Use Addiction Toolkit

Addiction Treatment and EMDR Integration

If you’re working through different aspects of addiction treatment using EMDR, these articles are organized to help you move through key clinical decisions in a structured way.

• If you’re building a foundation for integrating EMDR into substance use and problematic behavior treatment, start with:
  → Foundations of EMDR and Substance Use Treatment Planning

• If you’re working to incorporate cultural and systemic factors into addiction treatment planning, start with:
  → Culturally Responsive EMDR for Addiction Treatment

• If you’re selecting and applying addiction-focused EMDR protocols, start with:
  → Addiction-Focused EMDR Protocols

• If you’re organizing targets and building a clear treatment plan, start with:
  → EMDR Target Selection and Sequencing in Addiction Work

• If you’re working to reduce relapse risk and support long-term recovery, start with:
  → Relapse Prevention and Long-Term Recovery in Addiction Treatment

Clinical Tools for Addiction-Focused EMDR

These tools are designed to support different stages of EMDR treatment planning in substance use and problematic behavior work. Where you start depends on what you’re trying to structure in your clinical work.

Readiness, Preparation, and Informed Consent

If you’re preparing clients for EMDR or determining whether they are ready to begin reprocessing, start here.

These tools help you assess readiness, support stabilization, and ensure clients are informed and able to engage safely in treatment.

→ EMDR Readiness Guide for Addiction and Problematic Behaviors
→ EMDR Informed Consent Form

Target Selection and Treatment Planning

If you’re working to identify core drivers of substance use and organize EMDR targets, start here.

These tools help you structure target selection and sequencing decisions within Phase 1 treatment planning and support both clinician decision-making and client engagement in the process.

→ Target Selection in EMDR for Addiction & Problematic Behavior: Clinician Guide

→ Target Selection in EMDR for Addiction & Problematic Behavior: Client Handout

Protocol Selection and Implementation

If you’re selecting and applying EMDR protocols in addiction work, start here.

These tools help you match protocols to client needs and translate treatment planning decisions into intervention.

→ Addiction & Problematic Behavior Protocols in EMDR

Relapse Prevention Planning and Recovery Support

If you’re working to reduce relapse risk and support long-term recovery, start here.

These tools help you structure relapse prevention planning, strengthen coping strategies, and support maintenance over time.

→ Relapse Prevention: Safety & Harm Reduction Plan
→ Relapse Prevention: Maintenance & Recovery Plan

Continue Learning with Continuing Education Courses

If you want to explore additional continuing education courses across EMDR treatment planning, substance use, and related clinical topics, you can view the full course library here:

→ APA Sponsored Continuing Education for Psychologists

If you want to connect this work with broader EMDR treatment planning frameworks, preparation strategies, and advanced clinical decision-making, you can continue here:

→ EMDR Training and Treatment Hub
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Cannon Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Cannon Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content