Video sessions
The tone is in the ear the dot is on.
Not two things kept in step — one movement your client sees, hears and feels at the same instant. It runs inside the session, on a browser link, with nothing for them to install.
Why remote EMDR goes wrong
Bilateral only works if it stays bilateral.
In the room you set the tempo with your own hand, and it is right because it is you. Remote, three things have to agree: what your client sees, what they hear, and what they feel. If the tone lags the dot even slightly, the two stop reinforcing each other and you are no longer doing bilateral stimulation — you are doing something else, and you cannot tell from your side of the screen.
Best practices for virtual EMDRYour client's side
You turn it on. Their phone starts tapping.
Tactile bilateral has always meant hardware — tappers to buy, ship, charge, and remember to bring. Rivet uses the phone already in your client’s hand. A code appears on your screen, they point their camera at it, and the taps begin. Nothing to download, no account to make, nothing left on their phone when the session ends.
Setting up client phone hapticsHow it stays together
Two phones, one in each hand. Bilateral they can feel.
One phone gives your client a rhythm to hold. Two gives them the thing itself — left, then right, then left — the alternation you would set with your own hands if you were in the room together. Any second phone will do: a partner’s, a family member’s, whatever is in the house. Each one takes a side. And because the picture, the sound and the taps are one movement rather than three that have to agree, they hold together for the whole set.
How the picture, sound and tap stay togetherIn the set
Speed, stimulus and prompts, all in reach.
Change speed without stopping. Switch the shape, the path or the sound. Surface a prompt when a spoken instruction would break the arc. The distress rating sits on a rail at the edge of the screen so you can mark it without leaving the set. Your client sees the scene and the movement — not the readouts, the controls or the ratings.
Every practitioner control, explainedEither protocol
Shapiro-standard, or the newer one.
Classic runs a dot on a dark field at one movement per second, visual only — it looks like the light bar you already own. EMDR 2.0 adds a calm scene, a tone that pans with the movement, and prompts within reach. Switch between them in a tap; the check-in rhythm follows the protocol you picked.
Where Rivet sits in the 8-phase protocolBetween sets
Nothing advances on its own.
A set ends on its own timer. The next one does not start until you start it — there is no autoplay, by design, because the check-in between sets is the work. Capture the rating on a scale you drag, add a validity-of-cognition rating when your protocol calls for it, and watch the session’s own curve build underneath as you go.
The session arc, set by setAt the end
The arc, without writing it down twice.
Where the session started, where it finished, how many passes, and how the ratings moved. Copy it into your notes, or start a draft note against the client’s record and finish it in your own words.
Reading the SUDS curveInside the workspace
Everything Shapiro's 8 phases need, in one window.
Visual bilateral stimulation
A focus point moves left to right on a calm background. Speed adjusts in session, capped where the research keeps it.
Auditory bilateral stimulation
Alternating tones in your client's headphones. Pitch and timbre tuned to feel calm, not clinical.
Haptic on mobile
Your client's phone taps left, then right, in rhythm with the session. No accessory needed.
Dual-task prompts
Short cognitive prompts you can surface mid-set when verbal direction would interrupt the work.
SUDS capture between sets
Mark the rating without breaking the arc. Numbers are recorded against the session, ready for the next one.
The 8-phase protocol
Preparation through reevaluation. The interface stays out of the way of the phase you're actually in.
Between-sets pause card
A calm card holds the space between sets. No autoplay to the next set — you decide when to resume.
Photosensitive-epilepsy safety
Speeds cap below thresholds in the published guidance, with a clear notice before the first session.
The specifics
Running a set
With the client
Ratings and records
What this does not do
“Most remote EMDR asks you to choose between the protocol and the face. Sharing your screen costs you one; sending the client to another site costs you both.”
Questions therapists ask about this
Do my clients need to install anything?
No, and they do not make an account either. They open your link in whatever browser they already have. If you want them to feel the taps as well, they point their camera at a code on your screen — still nothing to install on Android, and a small companion on iPhone.
Can I run a set without sharing my screen?
That is the point. Sharing your screen is how most remote EMDR is done, and it is why the faces disappear. Here the set runs in the session and you both stay in frame the whole way through.
What if I need to change speed partway?
Change it. The picture, the sound and any paired phone re-converge on the next pass — you will not hear the sound drift away from the movement.
Does anything advance automatically?
No. A set ends on its own timer and then waits. The next one needs you. The check-in between sets is the work, and nothing is going to rush it.
Is the session recorded?
No. There is no recording feature and nothing transcribes the hour. Your notes are written by you and are never drawn from session audio.
What does my client actually see?
The scene and the movement, and their own camera in the corner. Your speed control, the ratings, the prompts and the session curve are yours alone.
Can I use this for consultation?
Yes — it is the same room.
Go deeper
The reference, in full.
Everything above is what it does. These are the how-to pages — written for clinicians already trained in EMDR.
Running a set
Setting up a sessionFrom opening the workspace to the first pass.Practitioner controlsEverything on your side of the screen, and what your client cannot see.The session arcHow sets, check-ins and the closing summary fit together.Dual-task promptsSurfacing a prompt without breaking the arc.The SUDS scaleCapturing distress between sets, and reading the curve.The stimulus
Visual bilateral stimulationShapes, paths, speed, and the limits on each.Auditory bilateral stimulationThe tones, and how the pan follows the movement.One movement, not threeWhy the picture, the sound and the tap cannot drift apart.Backgrounds and scenesWhat your client sees behind the stimulus.Clinical
The 8-phase protocolWhere Rivet sits in Shapiro's phases — and where it does not.Who should not use EMDRScreening before the first set.Photosensitive epilepsy safetyThe speed cap, the warning, and the judgement that stays yours.Best practices for virtual EMDRWhat changes when the room is a video call.The research behind EMDRThe evidence base, stated plainly.Video sessions
The tone is in the ear the dot is on.
Not two things kept in step — one movement your client sees, hears and feels at the same instant. It runs inside the session, on a browser link, with nothing for them to install.
Why remote EMDR goes wrong
Bilateral only works if it stays bilateral.
In the room you set the tempo with your own hand, and it is right because it is you. Remote, three things have to agree: what your client sees, what they hear, and what they feel. If the tone lags the dot even slightly, the two stop reinforcing each other and you are no longer doing bilateral stimulation — you are doing something else, and you cannot tell from your side of the screen.
Best practices for virtual EMDRYour client's side
You turn it on. Their phone starts tapping.
Tactile bilateral has always meant hardware — tappers to buy, ship, charge, and remember to bring. Rivet uses the phone already in your client’s hand. A code appears on your screen, they point their camera at it, and the taps begin. Nothing to download, no account to make, nothing left on their phone when the session ends.
Setting up client phone hapticsHow it stays together
Two phones, one in each hand. Bilateral they can feel.
One phone gives your client a rhythm to hold. Two gives them the thing itself — left, then right, then left — the alternation you would set with your own hands if you were in the room together. Any second phone will do: a partner’s, a family member’s, whatever is in the house. Each one takes a side. And because the picture, the sound and the taps are one movement rather than three that have to agree, they hold together for the whole set.
How the picture, sound and tap stay togetherIn the set
Speed, stimulus and prompts, all in reach.
Change speed without stopping. Switch the shape, the path or the sound. Surface a prompt when a spoken instruction would break the arc. The distress rating sits on a rail at the edge of the screen so you can mark it without leaving the set. Your client sees the scene and the movement — not the readouts, the controls or the ratings.
Every practitioner control, explainedEither protocol
Shapiro-standard, or the newer one.
Classic runs a dot on a dark field at one movement per second, visual only — it looks like the light bar you already own. EMDR 2.0 adds a calm scene, a tone that pans with the movement, and prompts within reach. Switch between them in a tap; the check-in rhythm follows the protocol you picked.
Where Rivet sits in the 8-phase protocolBetween sets
Nothing advances on its own.
A set ends on its own timer. The next one does not start until you start it — there is no autoplay, by design, because the check-in between sets is the work. Capture the rating on a scale you drag, add a validity-of-cognition rating when your protocol calls for it, and watch the session’s own curve build underneath as you go.
The session arc, set by setAt the end
The arc, without writing it down twice.
Where the session started, where it finished, how many passes, and how the ratings moved. Copy it into your notes, or start a draft note against the client’s record and finish it in your own words.
Reading the SUDS curveInside the workspace
Everything Shapiro's 8 phases need, in one window.
Visual bilateral stimulation
A focus point moves left to right on a calm background. Speed adjusts in session, capped where the research keeps it.
Auditory bilateral stimulation
Alternating tones in your client's headphones. Pitch and timbre tuned to feel calm, not clinical.
Haptic on mobile
Your client's phone taps left, then right, in rhythm with the session. No accessory needed.
Dual-task prompts
Short cognitive prompts you can surface mid-set when verbal direction would interrupt the work.
SUDS capture between sets
Mark the rating without breaking the arc. Numbers are recorded against the session, ready for the next one.
The 8-phase protocol
Preparation through reevaluation. The interface stays out of the way of the phase you're actually in.
Between-sets pause card
A calm card holds the space between sets. No autoplay to the next set — you decide when to resume.
Photosensitive-epilepsy safety
Speeds cap below thresholds in the published guidance, with a clear notice before the first session.
The specifics
Running a set
With the client
Ratings and records
What this does not do
“Most remote EMDR asks you to choose between the protocol and the face. Sharing your screen costs you one; sending the client to another site costs you both.”
Questions therapists ask about this
Do my clients need to install anything?
No, and they do not make an account either. They open your link in whatever browser they already have. If you want them to feel the taps as well, they point their camera at a code on your screen — still nothing to install on Android, and a small companion on iPhone.
Can I run a set without sharing my screen?
That is the point. Sharing your screen is how most remote EMDR is done, and it is why the faces disappear. Here the set runs in the session and you both stay in frame the whole way through.
What if I need to change speed partway?
Change it. The picture, the sound and any paired phone re-converge on the next pass — you will not hear the sound drift away from the movement.
Does anything advance automatically?
No. A set ends on its own timer and then waits. The next one needs you. The check-in between sets is the work, and nothing is going to rush it.
Is the session recorded?
No. There is no recording feature and nothing transcribes the hour. Your notes are written by you and are never drawn from session audio.
What does my client actually see?
The scene and the movement, and their own camera in the corner. Your speed control, the ratings, the prompts and the session curve are yours alone.
Can I use this for consultation?
Yes — it is the same room.
Go deeper
The reference, in full.
Everything above is what it does. These are the how-to pages — written for clinicians already trained in EMDR.
Running a set
Setting up a sessionFrom opening the workspace to the first pass.Practitioner controlsEverything on your side of the screen, and what your client cannot see.The session arcHow sets, check-ins and the closing summary fit together.Dual-task promptsSurfacing a prompt without breaking the arc.The SUDS scaleCapturing distress between sets, and reading the curve.The stimulus
Visual bilateral stimulationShapes, paths, speed, and the limits on each.Auditory bilateral stimulationThe tones, and how the pan follows the movement.One movement, not threeWhy the picture, the sound and the tap cannot drift apart.Backgrounds and scenesWhat your client sees behind the stimulus.Clinical
The 8-phase protocolWhere Rivet sits in Shapiro's phases — and where it does not.Who should not use EMDRScreening before the first set.Photosensitive epilepsy safetyThe speed cap, the warning, and the judgement that stays yours.Best practices for virtual EMDRWhat changes when the room is a video call.The research behind EMDRThe evidence base, stated plainly.Video sessions
The tone is in the ear the dot is on.
Not two things kept in step — one movement your client sees, hears and feels at the same instant. It runs inside the session, on a browser link, with nothing for them to install.
Why remote EMDR goes wrong
Bilateral only works if it stays bilateral.
In the room you set the tempo with your own hand, and it is right because it is you. Remote, three things have to agree: what your client sees, what they hear, and what they feel. If the tone lags the dot even slightly, the two stop reinforcing each other and you are no longer doing bilateral stimulation — you are doing something else, and you cannot tell from your side of the screen.
Best practices for virtual EMDRYour client's side
You turn it on. Their phone starts tapping.
Tactile bilateral has always meant hardware — tappers to buy, ship, charge, and remember to bring. Rivet uses the phone already in your client’s hand. A code appears on your screen, they point their camera at it, and the taps begin. Nothing to download, no account to make, nothing left on their phone when the session ends.
Setting up client phone hapticsHow it stays together
Two phones, one in each hand. Bilateral they can feel.
One phone gives your client a rhythm to hold. Two gives them the thing itself — left, then right, then left — the alternation you would set with your own hands if you were in the room together. Any second phone will do: a partner’s, a family member’s, whatever is in the house. Each one takes a side. And because the picture, the sound and the taps are one movement rather than three that have to agree, they hold together for the whole set.
How the picture, sound and tap stay togetherIn the set
Speed, stimulus and prompts, all in reach.
Change speed without stopping. Switch the shape, the path or the sound. Surface a prompt when a spoken instruction would break the arc. The distress rating sits on a rail at the edge of the screen so you can mark it without leaving the set. Your client sees the scene and the movement — not the readouts, the controls or the ratings.
Every practitioner control, explainedEither protocol
Shapiro-standard, or the newer one.
Classic runs a dot on a dark field at one movement per second, visual only — it looks like the light bar you already own. EMDR 2.0 adds a calm scene, a tone that pans with the movement, and prompts within reach. Switch between them in a tap; the check-in rhythm follows the protocol you picked.
Where Rivet sits in the 8-phase protocolBetween sets
Nothing advances on its own.
A set ends on its own timer. The next one does not start until you start it — there is no autoplay, by design, because the check-in between sets is the work. Capture the rating on a scale you drag, add a validity-of-cognition rating when your protocol calls for it, and watch the session’s own curve build underneath as you go.
The session arc, set by setAt the end
The arc, without writing it down twice.
Where the session started, where it finished, how many passes, and how the ratings moved. Copy it into your notes, or start a draft note against the client’s record and finish it in your own words.
Reading the SUDS curveInside the workspace
Everything Shapiro's 8 phases need, in one window.
Visual bilateral stimulation
A focus point moves left to right on a calm background. Speed adjusts in session, capped where the research keeps it.
Auditory bilateral stimulation
Alternating tones in your client's headphones. Pitch and timbre tuned to feel calm, not clinical.
Haptic on mobile
Your client's phone taps left, then right, in rhythm with the session. No accessory needed.
Dual-task prompts
Short cognitive prompts you can surface mid-set when verbal direction would interrupt the work.
SUDS capture between sets
Mark the rating without breaking the arc. Numbers are recorded against the session, ready for the next one.
The 8-phase protocol
Preparation through reevaluation. The interface stays out of the way of the phase you're actually in.
Between-sets pause card
A calm card holds the space between sets. No autoplay to the next set — you decide when to resume.
Photosensitive-epilepsy safety
Speeds cap below thresholds in the published guidance, with a clear notice before the first session.
The specifics
Running a set
With the client
Ratings and records
What this does not do
“Most remote EMDR asks you to choose between the protocol and the face. Sharing your screen costs you one; sending the client to another site costs you both.”
Questions therapists ask about this
Do my clients need to install anything?
No, and they do not make an account either. They open your link in whatever browser they already have. If you want them to feel the taps as well, they point their camera at a code on your screen — still nothing to install on Android, and a small companion on iPhone.
Can I run a set without sharing my screen?
That is the point. Sharing your screen is how most remote EMDR is done, and it is why the faces disappear. Here the set runs in the session and you both stay in frame the whole way through.
What if I need to change speed partway?
Change it. The picture, the sound and any paired phone re-converge on the next pass — you will not hear the sound drift away from the movement.
Does anything advance automatically?
No. A set ends on its own timer and then waits. The next one needs you. The check-in between sets is the work, and nothing is going to rush it.
Is the session recorded?
No. There is no recording feature and nothing transcribes the hour. Your notes are written by you and are never drawn from session audio.
What does my client actually see?
The scene and the movement, and their own camera in the corner. Your speed control, the ratings, the prompts and the session curve are yours alone.
Can I use this for consultation?
Yes — it is the same room.
Go deeper
The reference, in full.
Everything above is what it does. These are the how-to pages — written for clinicians already trained in EMDR.
Running a set
Setting up a sessionFrom opening the workspace to the first pass.Practitioner controlsEverything on your side of the screen, and what your client cannot see.The session arcHow sets, check-ins and the closing summary fit together.Dual-task promptsSurfacing a prompt without breaking the arc.The SUDS scaleCapturing distress between sets, and reading the curve.The stimulus
Visual bilateral stimulationShapes, paths, speed, and the limits on each.Auditory bilateral stimulationThe tones, and how the pan follows the movement.One movement, not threeWhy the picture, the sound and the tap cannot drift apart.Backgrounds and scenesWhat your client sees behind the stimulus.Clinical
The 8-phase protocolWhere Rivet sits in Shapiro's phases — and where it does not.Who should not use EMDRScreening before the first set.Photosensitive epilepsy safetyThe speed cap, the warning, and the judgement that stays yours.Best practices for virtual EMDRWhat changes when the room is a video call.The research behind EMDRThe evidence base, stated plainly.Your practice number, live today.
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