Name: IEMT⁺ | Training
Address: Keern 33 L, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, 1624 NB, NL
Telephone: +31613815146

The method in one image

What IEMT is

In short: guided eye movements bring attention to the sensory layer beneath an emotion; on that layer, space opens for a shift in self-image or in how the situation feels. A brief intervention, typically 40–60 minutes.

Read on: what IEMT is
The working principle

How it works — calibrating, not removing

In short: the charge isn't removed but recalibrated to proportion — somewhere between 'erasing' and 'leaving untouched'. The eye movements are the anchor, not the engine; five principles carry the work.

Read on: how IEMT works
Where it fits

What it fits — and where the limit lies

In short: strong with stuck emotional responses and self-image patterns in a stable client. Not for acute crisis, active trauma or the psychosis spectrum — there, a registered healthcare professional remains in the lead.

Read on: what IEMT works for
For which clients

With that limit clear: which client patterns do you meet in practice?
CLIENT TYPOLOGY · 17 PATTERNS

Which client is in front of you?

17 recognisable coaching questions IEMT can be used for. By way of illustration — more is possible, and we’re not fond of labels.
1. TRAUMA
  
  Living-dead
  
  'My life ended that day'
  Timeline deletion after the event
  No future projection
  Crash depression ~6 wks after recovery
  
  trauma involving loss or life threat
2. TRAUMA
  
  PTSD with dissociation
  
  'That's not me, that's the angry man'
  Tag-refusal of medical labels
  Privacy frame around the event
  Identity shift possible within seconds
  
  often with childhood pre-loading
3. IDENTITY
  
  Identity loss
  
  'I don't know myself any more'
  Role or context loss
  No living-dead frame
  Question: new expression, or the old one back?
  
  after retirement, caregiving, divorce
4. SOMATIC
  
  Chronic pain
  
  Variable days, stable substrate
  Sensitisation to other complaints
  Sense of injustice
  Erickson: remembered / anticipated / now
  
  depression-pain feedback loop active
5. SOMATIC
  
  Tinnitus
  
  'I've always had it'
  Attention makes it louder
  Imprint often traceable
  Perception shifts, sound remains
  
  perception changes; the sound remains
6. RELATIONSHIP
  
  Narcissism survivor
  
  Waits for 'the reckoning'
  Enabler talk about a third person
  Grief for the relationship-that-never-was
  Walking-on-eggshells lifestyle
  
  parent, partner or work system
7. SOMATIC
  
  Mysterious maladies
  
  Medically unexplained, years in the circuit
  Often several complaints in parallel
  Honesty: often not psyche-only
  A workable layer sometimes — don't claim it
  
  scope limit: alongside medical care
8. ANXIETY
  
  Specific phobia
  
  Clearly defined object
  Avoidance behaviour around it
  Imprint almost always traceable
  Island pathology
  
  classic IEMT working domain
9. ANXIETY
  
  Social and performance anxiety
  
  Avoiding visibility
  Often a high-performing audience
  Not the same as introversion
  Often alongside imposter / perfectionism
  
  fear-based, not preference-based
10. ANXIETY
  
  Panic-attack pattern
  
  Episodic, not continuous
  A fear-of-fear loop forms
  Initial medical check required
  World shrinks through avoidance
  
  first attack is the workable imprint
11. TRAUMA
  
  Stuck grief
  
  Grief > 6-12 mths without movement
  Unfinished communication
  Not the same as living-dead
  Trigger events stay acute for years
  
  relationship with the deceased not transformed
12. TRAUMA
  
  Shame as linchpin
  
  Privacy frame around the presentation
  'I am wrong', not 'I did wrong'
  Often beneath other complaints
  Self-diminishing body language
  
  identity level, not behaviour level
13. IDENTITY
  
  Imposter pattern
  
  Incongruent achievement perception
  'They'll expose me'
  Conditional-love imprint
  Avoids status increase
  
  often high-performing clients
14. IDENTITY
  
  Perfectionism
  
  Critical inner voice
  Procrastination paradox
  Burnout susceptibility
  Voice often a parent or teacher
  
  the voice has a protective function
15. SOMATIC
  
  Pleaser pattern
  
  'I can't say no'
  Body symptoms in parallel
  Needs-are-a-burden imprint
  Often parentified too young
  
  often parentified young
16. ADDICTION
  
  Addiction pattern
  
  Behaviour regulates an underlying emotion
  Willpower approach never works
  Clinical scope limit required
  Shame cluster underneath
  
  the behaviour is the solution, not the problem
17. RELATIONSHIP
  
  Attachment pattern
  
  Avoidant OR anxious
  Primarily in intimate relationships
  Early-attachment imprint carries it
  Pattern repeats across partners
  
  don't pigeonhole; a workable pattern
18. Which questions do you work with?
  
  The four principles IEMT works on apply more broadly than this list:
  
  Works on the sensory track — not on the story
  Addresses identity — not behaviour alone
  Calibrates the charge back to proportion — it does not remove
  Follows the pattern that keeps the issue in place (Patterns of Chronicity)
  
  Curious whether your issue fits? In an introductory conversation we look at it together.
  Ask your question
Read more about the 17 client patterns
The sensitive boundary

IEMT and trauma

In short: IEMT touches the sensory imprint layer — there is overlap with trauma work — but it does not replace trauma treatment. Complement, not replace: alongside existing treatment, not instead of it.

Read on: IEMT and trauma
In the landscape

IEMT alongside EMDR and other methods

In short: other methods each work on their own layer (cognition, behaviour, meaning). IEMT addresses the sensory-emotional imprint — complementary, with its own direction of work.

Read on: IEMT in the landscape
The building blocks of the method

What does the work consist of? Six recognisable components make up the method.
IEMT TRAINING · CONTENT

What you learn to apply.

Six components of Integral Eye Movement Technique. Not separate techniques — a working whole you take into your own practice.
1. Patterns of
  Chronicity
  
  DIAGNOSTIC LAYER
  
  Recognising what holds a pattern in place — before you reach for technique.
2. K-pattern
  
  PROTOCOL · EMOTIONAL
  
  Working with emotional charges that don't belong to the present situation.
3. Lazy-8
  
  PROTOCOL · IDENTITY
  
  Working with patterns rooted at the identity level.
4. Three Pillars
  
  LENS · CLUSTERING
  
  Reading how emotional states cluster and flow into each other under pressure.
5. PSACs
  
  COMPASS · BODY
  
  Reading what the body shows during the work.
6. Lynchpin
  
  LINCHPIN · CORE
  
  The core pattern that holds the whole together — the pin the rest turns around.
SCOPE

What I teach:

the IEMT technique as Austin developed it — pure, no private variations.

What you bring:

your own field, clinical responsibility, judgement on when IEMT fits.
Read more about the training
How a session unfolds

What happens in a session

In short: five moments — from opening to the days afterward — carried by four cooperating lenses (Patterns of Chronicity, PSACs, the three pillars and the Lynchpin).

Read on: the IEMT session
How I hold the space

And how I guide that work in practice and in the training:
Approach · Four values in hierarchy

IEMT approach — visual summary

Safety
Participants can make mistakes, hesitate, fail

Craftsmanship
Methodological purity, clear structure

Service
Attention to what the participant needs

Productive tension
Pressing on within the safe space.

“People learn best where it feels safe.

I make sure of that.”

Four-phase build-up

Opening safely

Holding the space

Implicit transmission

Closing and inviting
Read on: my approach
What the evidence says

Research — the SUD drop in the lab

In short: in a first peer-reviewed lab comparison (Maastricht 2026, N=33, non-clinical) tension fell comparably for IEMT and EMDR (−43 vs −44) and the effect held after a week. Exploratory — no claim about PTSD.

Read on: IEMT and research
The whole picture

All the pieces together, as one map to return to:
The method hub

IEMT from six angles
To the methodology hub
Who you're guided by

The method isn't separate from who brings it — what I bring to the table:
What I bring to the table

Three worlds that feed each other

At the centre sits the way I work.

IEMT — coaching and training

primary instrument · Austin lineage

Other modalities

Wholeness · Neurogram · NLP · Ericksonian Hypnosis

Professional background

15+ years of IT consulting — Sogeti · KPN · PinkRoccade · Complan

methodological palette

learning under pressure

systems thinking

How I work

structure where it is needed,

room where it can be
IEMT — coaching and training

primary instrument · Austin lineage

Other modalities

Wholeness · Neurogram · NLP · Ericksonian Hypnosis

Professional background

15+ years of IT consulting — Sogeti · KPN · PinkRoccade · Complan

Where they meet

methodological palette

learning under pressure

systems thinking

How I work

structure where it is needed,

room where it can be
The path to certification

Recognised via The Association for IEMT Practitioners

In short: after the live training you submit two case studies + a video recording; on approval, certification follows along with Associate membership and a directory listing. A method certification — not a statutory healthcare registration.

Read more about certification
The path to learning it

Want to learn to apply this yourself? Here is what the training offer looks like:
INVESTMENT SPECTRUM · LIGHT TO DEEP

Seven variants, two paths

One glance — find what fits how deep you want to go.

lighter own pace · group

deeper multi-day (1-on-1 guidance)
1. PRACTITIONER · FIRST TIME
  
  IN DEVELOPMENT
  
  Online
  (self-study)
  
  € 297
  
  own pace · no certification
  Read more
  Entry (understand)
  
  Live online
  
  € 597
  
  multiple sessions
  
  certifiable · online
  Read more
  Accessible (apply)
  
  Live online
  + in-person
  
  € 997
  
  15h online + 2 in-person days
  
  certifiable · blended
  Read more
  Recommended (master)
  
  In-person
  (Hoorn)
  
  € 1,297
  
  multi-day · 6–18 participants
  
  certifiable · in-person
  Read more
  Intensive (master+)
  
  FLAGSHIP
  
  With guidance
  
  € 2,497
  
  max 6 participants · 6h supervision
  
  in-person (1-on-1 supervision)
  Read more
  Premium (deep mastery)
2. DEEPER WORK · ALREADY A PRACTITIONER
  
  Advanced
  
  € 1,297
  
  3 days · 6–8 participants
  
  requires Practitioner certification
  Read more
  
  Master Classes
  
  on request
  
  1–2 days per theme
  
  alumni only
  Read more
See the full training offer
When you can start

The next editions
Full details, times and sign-up are on the schedule.

Which training fits you?

You have seen the whole story. Take the short test — five minutes, eight questions — for an honest mirror of which trajectory fits where you stand now.

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Or see the full method explanation.

IEMT for coaches — in pictures

Add IEMTto your practice.

A method for that layer.

What IEMT is

How it works — calibrating, not removing

What it fits — and where the limit lies

Which client is in front of you?

Living-dead

PTSD with dissociation

Identity loss

Chronic pain

Tinnitus

Narcissism survivor

Mysterious maladies

Specific phobia

Social and performance anxiety

Panic-attack pattern

Stuck grief

Shame as linchpin

Imposter pattern

Perfectionism

Pleaser pattern

Addiction pattern

Attachment pattern

Which questions do you work with?

IEMT and trauma

IEMT alongside EMDR and other methods

What you learn to apply.

Patterns ofChronicity

K-pattern

Lazy-8

Three Pillars

PSACs

Lynchpin

What happens in a session

IEMT approach — visual summary

Research — the SUD drop in the lab

IEMT from six angles

Three worlds that feed each other

Recognised via The Association for IEMT Practitioners

Seven variants, two paths

PRACTITIONER · FIRST TIME

Online(self-study)

Live online

Live online+ in-person

In-person(Hoorn)

With guidance

DEEPER WORK · ALREADY A PRACTITIONER

Advanced

Master Classes

The next editions

Which training fits you?

Add IEMT
to your practice.

Patterns of
Chronicity

Online
(self-study)

Live online
+ in-person

In-person
(Hoorn)