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# The session arc
> The closing card at the end of an EMDR session — SUDS trajectory curve, stats tiles, and a one-tap Copy of the session summary for your chart.
The session arc card is the closing surface of the EMDR Workspace. It
renders after the last set's SUDS is captured and gives you a clean
session-level read before you close the session — plus a one-tap export of
a plain-text session summary that drops into your chart.
## What the arc card shows
A glass-card overlay centered on the dimmed session canvas. Top to bottom:
* **Session complete** title with a green check icon
* A **mode pill** showing whether the session ran in EMDR 2.0, Classic, or
Flash — Beta
* The **SUDS curve** — a graph of the session's SUD trajectory, with a dot
at each captured reading and a label below it
* Three **stat tiles** — SUDS arc, Passes, Modalities
* Two buttons — **Copy** and **Done**
## The SUDS curve
The curve plots every SUD value the session captured, with the y-axis
running from 10 (top) to 0 (bottom). The shape of the curve is the
diagnostic surface — a steady descent reads as productive reprocessing; a
flat or rising curve is a signal that the work didn't settle.
Each dot is labeled by what it captured — "Pre" for a baseline reading,
"Set 1," "Set 2," and so on for between-sets readings, and "End" for the
end-of-session reading. The area beneath the curve is shaded lightly to
give a visual sense of cumulative distress over the session.
When a session captures both a baseline and an end reading, the headline
delta on the SUDS arc tile is baseline → end — a true pre/post read.
Sessions without both anchors fall back to first captured → last
captured, the same as before.
## The stat tiles
Three tiles render the session-level numbers at a glance.
**SUDS arc**
The first SUDS, an arrow, the final SUDS, and the delta in parentheses.
Example: `7 → 1 (-6)`. A negative delta is the typical productive outcome.
**Passes**
The total number of bilateral passes across all sets. This is the count of
L↔R sweeps the stimulus made — useful as a session-volume number when
comparing across sessions.
**Modalities**
Chips naming what ran — visual, audio. Useful for the chart record:
"today's session ran visual and audio at 1.5 Hz."
**VOC arc**
Shows only when the session captured a VOC reading at both baseline and
end — the belief-strength shift, `2 → 6`. See
[The SUDS scale](/emdr/the-suds-scale) for what VOC captures and when.
## The Copy button
Tap **Copy** and a plain-text session summary lands on your clipboard.
The format, for a session that used baseline + end check-ins with an
on-demand reading mid-session and an optional VOC at both ends:
```
EMDR session — Classic EMDR
Client: [name if captured]
Date: 2026-06-21
Duration: 28 min
Sets: 4
Passes: 168
Modalities: visual
Stimulus: dot
Path: horizontal
Rate: 1.0 Hz
Backdrop: photo_forest
SUDS by set:
Pre-session SUD: 7
Set 3 SUD: 5
End of session SUD: 1
SUD 7 -> 1 (pre -> end)
Pre-session VOC: 2
End of session VOC: 6
```
A session that used every-set check-ins (the EMDR 2.0 default) lists a
SUD line for every set instead, and the summary line falls back to
`SUDS arc: first → last` when there's no baseline or end anchor to pair.
Paste this directly into your EHR session note, into a session log you
keep yourself, or into a SOAP-note Rivet template. It captures everything
your chart needs from the session without any extra typing.
The button briefly shows a green check + "Copied" state to confirm. If
your browser blocks clipboard access, the Workspace falls back to an
older copy method that works in older browsers.
## The Done button
**Done** closes the Workspace and returns you to the regular session view.
The video call continues — closing the EMDR Workspace does **not** end
the call. You can take time for closure work, the Container resource, or
just talk before ending the session normally.
This is intentional. The session arc card is the end of the **bilateral
stimulation portion**, not the end of the therapy hour.
## Where the arc goes
* The SUDS values come from your browser's session storage for the
duration of the session
* The stat tiles are computed from those values plus the session config
* When the arc card renders, the outcome saves to the client's chart
automatically — no extra tap needed
* The Copy button is still there any time you want the plain-text summary
on your clipboard too, for pasting into an EHR note or a session log
If the session isn't linked to a client — a call that didn't start from a
client check-in — there's nowhere on the chart to save the outcome. The
privacy callout on the card tells you plainly when that's the case; Copy
still works.
A linked session's outcome is on the client's chart the moment the arc
card renders. Copy is for a second copy in your own workflow — an EHR
note, a session log — not the only way to keep it.
## What the arc card isn't
* **Not a clinical assessment.** The SUDS curve is a process measure, not a
validated PTSD outcome measure. Pair with a PCL-5 across sessions to
track diagnostic and outcome change.
* **Not auto-sent.** Rivet doesn't send the session summary to an EHR or
to your client. You decide where it goes — paste destination, your call.
* **Not a recording.** There is no audio, no video, no transcript. The
session arc is a numeric summary built from your between-sets captures.
* **Not editable.** If a SUDS value was captured wrong, edit it in the
Copy output before you paste. The card itself is read-only at this
point in the flow.
## Related articles
Wolpe's 0–10 scale, the between-sets capture flow, and the session
sparkline.
Spacebar start, pause, and the controls that bring you to the arc.
Calm place, Container, Body scan — pair with the Workspace for full
Phase 2 and Phase 7 closure.