Three-Pronged Treatment Plan

The Three-Pronged Treatment Plan is a practitioner-only EMDR planning aid. It helps practitioners organize targets across past experiences, present activators, and future adaptive responses so the treatment roadmap reflects the presenting problem and goals.

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Tool guide

Learn more about this tool

Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.

Fixed Prongs

Past experiences, present activators, and future adaptive responses remain the organizing frame.

Coverage Gaps

Empty, unresolved, or not-currently-relevant prongs stay visible so the practitioner can decide whether the roadmap is clinically sufficient.

Practitioner Order

The practitioner marks what to address first and what remains for later. The system does not rank targets automatically.

Can I rename or remove the three prongs?

No. Past, present, and future are fixed parts of the tool.

Does the tool decide target order?

No. The practitioner marks first and later targets.

What if a prong is not relevant right now?

The practitioner can mark it as not currently relevant or unresolved instead of forcing an entry.

Is this a full EMDR treatment platform?

No. It creates a target roadmap only.