> ## Documentation Index
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# EMDR templates in Rivet
> The in-session worksheets that pair with the EMDR Workspace — calm place, container, body scan, and future template.
If you run EMDR, Rivet includes four worksheets that match the structure
of Shapiro's 8-phase protocol. They live alongside the EMDR Workspace (the
bilateral-stimulation surface) and capture the clinical content you'd
otherwise write longhand into a session note.
These pages are about the **templates** — the structured forms. The
bilateral stimulation itself — visual, auditory, speed controls, the
dual-task prompts — is documented in the [EMDR section](/emdr/index).
The EMDR templates and the EMDR Workspace are separate surfaces by
design. You open a worksheet when you want to capture clinical content
(the calm place description, the container's properties, the body
scan, the future rehearsal). You open the Workspace when you want to
run BLS. Most processing sessions use both — the worksheet captures
what was installed, the Workspace runs the installation.
## The four templates
Phase 2 resource installation. Identify a calm or safe place, build
sensory detail, attach a cue word, install with BLS, test self-cuing.
The foundational Phase 2 prep tool.
Phase 2 resource installation. Design a strong, sealable, openable
container for distressing material between sessions. Closure tool at
the end of every processing session.
Phase 6 body-focused scan. Performed after VOC reaches 7 and SUDS
reaches 0. Catches residual disturbance the cognitive work left
behind.
Phase 8 future-rehearsal installation. The third prong of past →
present → future. Installs adaptive behavior for an anticipated
situation.
## How the templates map to Shapiro's 8 phases
| Phase | Name | Rivet template |
| ----- | ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1 | History and treatment planning | (Use your own intake — Rivet doesn't ship an EMDR intake template) |
| 2 | Preparation | **Calm place**, **Container** |
| 3 | Assessment (target identification) | (See target-identification in CBT templates) |
| 4 | Desensitization | (Workspace — runs BLS during processing) |
| 5 | Installation | (Workspace — installs the positive cognition with BLS) |
| 6 | Body scan | **Body scan** |
| 7 | Closure | **Calm place** or **Container** (used as closure for incomplete sessions) |
| 8 | Reevaluation / future template | **Future template** |
Phases 4 and 5 don't have a dedicated worksheet because the clinical work
is the BLS itself — you run the sets in the Workspace and capture VOC
and SUDS as you go. The Body scan and Future template worksheets pick
up at the points where the structured clinical content is back in
scope.
## When the calm place and container do double duty
Both Phase 2 resources are used outside Phase 2. The calm place is the
go-to closure tool when a processing session runs out of time before the
target is desensitized. The container is the standard closure step at
the end of every processing session — it gives the client a place to
put whatever surfaced and didn't finish.
You don't need a separate template instance for the closure use. Open
the worksheet that was used to install the resource originally, review
the cue word and the install record, and run the closure conversation
from there. The Workspace handles the BLS.
## How to find the EMDR templates
The four EMDR templates appear in the templates picker under **EMDR**.
In a video session, open them from the top-right corner (**Clinical templates ▾**);
outside a session, from the client's record.
To send the calm place worksheet to a client ahead of a session — so
they can fill in the sensory detail before you sit down together — use
the **Send form** option from the client's contact. Container and body
scan are practitioner-administered; the future template is collaborative.
## Citations
The four templates are modeled on:
* **Shapiro, F.** (1995, 2001, 2018). *Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures.* Guilford Press.
* **Daniels, N.** — calm/safe place protocol attribution (Shapiro 1995, Phase 2).
* **Wildwind, L.** (1998). Container protocol attribution.
* **Murray, K.** (2011). "Container." *Journal of EMDR Practice and Research,* 5(1): 29–32.
Rivet uses its own field labels — the clinical method is published and
in widespread use, the specific Shapiro scripts are not reproduced. The
templates are designed for EMDR-trained clinicians; Rivet doesn't
provide EMDR training.
## Related articles
The bilateral-stimulation surface. Visual + auditory BLS, speed cap,
safety controls.
What each phase does and how Rivet's surfaces align with it.