Preparation / Resource Clinical practice

Imagine a gentle light

Explore color and imagination at your own pace.

This is a reference tool, not a replacement for EMDR therapy. EMDR must be delivered by a trained clinician. If you are using these tools outside of therapy and become distressed, stop, ground yourself, and contact a mental health professional.

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Appearance

Color theme Target color Background

Sound

Volume 30% Chime at the end of a set

Background sound Background level Base pitch (Hz) 200 Offset (Hz) 4.0

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Pick a color for this exercise

Choose a color you want to try. Imagining is optional; you can look at the color instead. Skip any body area or finish whenever you want.

Clinical sources

Lightstream Visualization

What the evidence supports

Research on a complete therapy does not establish that an isolated activity or this website produces the same outcomes. EMDR includes assessment, preparation, memory work and follow-up with a trained clinician. Its mechanisms are still being studied.

These pages compile published sources. An independent clinical review of this site and a trial of its tools are not documented here. Labels describe the technique’s use context; they are not an efficacy certification.

VA: EMDR evidence and limitations · NICE: recommendations by age and context

Shapiro, F. (2018). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures, 3rd ed. Guilford Press. (Lightstream Technique — Phase 2 and closure.)

How to use this activity and clinical context

What this is

A guided lightstream visualization based on Shapiro’s standard EMDR technique: the client picks a healing color and imagines it flowing through areas of tension in the body, softening and releasing as it passes.

When to use it

Closure, when body scan reveals residual tension.
Between sessions, as a self-regulation tool.
After a hard moment, to calm the body.

Clinical notes

The script runs through the standard body areas: head, shoulders, chest, belly, hips, legs, feet. Pace is user-controlled — they tap “Next” when they’re ready to move on.