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This workshop will address the spectrum of eating disordered behaviors from a trauma perspective with EMDR therapy. Individuals are rarely born with distorted eating patterns. An increasing number of studies make the connection between adverse life…

Dissociative processes, common in a wide variety of psychological disorders (e.g., PTSD, Anxiety Disorders, Personality Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, etc.) can interfere with effective EMDR treatment. The information processing system gets…

Reports an error in 'EMDR treatment for children with PTSD: Results of a randomized controlled trial' by Abdulbaghi Ahmad, Bo Larsson and Viveka Sundelin-Wahlsten (Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 2007, Vol 61[5], 349-354). In the presentation of the…

When Franchino finished his time at the treatment center, he already felt much better. He went into the center with his anxiety level usually at a 7 or an 8 out of 10. These days? Franchino said he’s usually a 2 or a 3, but still has bad days. As…

Natasha has since undertaken a course of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) in order to distance herself from memories of the accident and her family in distress.

The woman said she believes she retrieved memories because her brain is healing from injuries sustained during the incident, not as a result of a controversial form of therapy called eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR.

“Patients need help with ‘now’ but don’t usually come in knowing what’s bothering them is a past trauma,” said counseling trainer Bonnie Mikelson. [Excerpt]

Terry Waite will speak about the events which lead to his captivity in Lebanon. He will make particular reference to his experience in strict solitary confinement for almost five years and the methods he devised to enable him to retain both mental…

This would seem intuitive, but Dr. Shapiro says parents sometimes nervously or forgetfully brush off kids' concerns about news events, making fears feel more potent and shameful. In a tragedy like this, kids are bound to have concerns, if not…

Lef, ondernemerschap en betrokkenheid. Drie kwaliteiten die ontwikkelingspsycholoog Arianne Struik helpen om haar missie na te jagen: acht maanden per jaar verblijft ze in Australië, waar ze in afgelegen streken Aboriginal-kinderen helpt bij…

Today, clinicians generally consider E.M.D.R. an effective treatment for trauma. The World Health Organization and American Psychological Association have recommended it for people with PTSD and have issued guidelines for administering treatment. In…

A career soldier, who had fought in both Gulf wars and was suffering from PTSD and alcoholism, experienced a severe panic attack whilst watching the opening scenes of the film “Saving Private Ryan”. After 8 sessions of EMDR he asked if he would be…

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Nog niet zo heel lang geleden werd verondersteld dat patiënten met borderline problematiek succesvol behandelen onmogelijk is. Inmiddels zijn er diverse behandelingen effectief gebleken. Deze behandelingen resulteren zelfs effecten in relatief korte…

Dissociation is a common response for children who experience abuse, severe neglect, or extreme disorganized attachment. EMDR can help (1) increase a child´s sense of safety and stability, (2) decrease disconnection between aspects of self, and (3)…

Background: Anorexia of the Female Adolescent is the most important and most dangerous kind of anorexia. This anorexia manifests itself precisely during the phase of a young woman's blossoming femininity and fertility. With the menarche begins the…

"Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing“ (EMDR) ist die Bezeichnung für eine psychotherapeutische Methode, die von der amerikanischen Psychologin Francine Shapiro entwickelt wurde (Shapiro 1998). Das Grundprinzip von EMDR besteht darin, dass…

EMDR steht für »Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing« und heißt übersetzt »Desensibilisierung und Neuverarbeitung mit Augenbewegungen« — obwohl sich für manche Patienten die Bedeutung »einmal musst du ran« oder »erst muss der Dreck raus«…

The aim of this study is to initiate the use of EMDR in the business area. In line with this, we designed a project with 23 sales representatives from the distributor of a multinational company. Pre and post-testing tools were; BDE, STAI 1-2, MTE…

EMDR therapists who are also Family Therapists have integrated EMDR into their work mainly on a one to one basis. This workshop will demonstrate how to use EMDR conjointly with couples and families. The first step is making the decision as to when to…

High accountability men in the medical, legal, corporate, and mental health professions sometimes engage in behavior that violates their fiduciary responsibilities. These highly skilled men may engage in disruptive or explosive behavior, cross sexual…

EMDR is a psychotherapeutic approach developed by Francine Shapiro that uses dual attention stimulation, such as eye movements, bilateral sound, or bilateral tactile stimulation, to resolve symptoms resulting from exposure to a traumatic or…

Using filmed EMDR session segments of a young child and an adolescent, analysis of the manifest challenges and presentations of complex trauma will be demonstrated. Creative use of EMDR to accommodate the developmental, personality and situational…

"Hospital trauma" may result when medical procedures are painful or frightening, making a child feel threatened or helpless. This presentation will describe three cases of trauma resulting from necessary medical treatment. Participants will watch…

The descendants of the political persecution by the SED dictatorship in the GDR are in many ways involved in the history of the persecution of their parents. 20 years after the “Wende” the reconstruction of parental distress is distinguished by a…

I will be presenting the case of an Iranian refugee in the UK who was imprisoned for many years in Iran and subject to prolonged torture. I will discuss the use of integrated EMDR and sensorimotor psychotherapy in his treatment, and outline how…

Sammendrag Problemområde: Det er gjort begrenset forskning på bruken av de kreative art-terapiene, når det gjelder barn med PTSD (Goodman, Chapman & Gant (2009). Foreløpig finnes det kun en randomisert kontrollert studie (Chapman, Morabito,…

This study was undertaken to determine if mental health clinicians employ a chronological approach to organizing the treatment of multiple traumas while using the EMDR modality. Secondly, the opinions of these therapists were mined to see if they…

Cerebella, a gifted facilitators, is teaching a level I training in Austin when fire alarms in the hotel lobby suddenly create fear and panic in our heroine. Unable to overcome her trauma on her own, she seeks the help of a renknown EMDR therapist,…

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As Coordinator of the California Network, I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to meet many of you who have attended our quarterly meetings in Sunnyvale. It has been a pleasure to interact with such talented people as the Special Interest Group…

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This chapter presents a play-based intervention that addresses the challenge of providing eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) to early elementary school–aged boys. Their energy level, restlessness, and need to engage physically can…

The presentation will describe consecutive days EMDR treatment of active duty warriors and recent veterans in a weeklong program designed to address Combat-related PTSD. Additional modalities were offered to enhance participants’ capacity to identify…

Everything we have heard we are, and the way we were told to be, is tied to our image. Behind this there is a meaning that in people with Eating Disorders acquires a value that ends up becoming the centre of their lives, around which they revolve.…

The "Tower of hands" (TOH) is an EMDR-based emergency intervention practiced and clinically approved in the field for groups and families in acute traumatic situations. It consists a combination of the AIP model understanding, the ERP intervention…

The EMDR protocol works with powerful efficiency much of the time to resolve the traumas and disturbing life experiences of our clients. Sometimes, EMDR processing loops or remains stuck. This can also be seen when a target goes to 0/7 and then pops…

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This article presents the detailed case of a 27-year-old man who began to suffer from intrusive imagery after watching a brutal scene in the TV series Game of Thrones. The content of the intrusive imagery included images of people with enucleated…

Some people survive trauma only to find themselves continuing to live in very real danger of further deliberate harm. This happens, for example, on a large scale where the state uses repressive violence against communities and at a personal level in…

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The use of EMDR with younger age children presents extra challenges for the practitioner who often needs to include the child’s parents/carers as a resource in the treatment process. Parents /carers can become the child’s spokesperson through…

During the last year demand for psychological interventions has increased due to a number of factors. This, as well as personal factors, has led me to reflect more on how to best provide effective EMDR therapy. Questions asked during EMDR Case…

Medscape Medical News summarized that "those who received PE or EMDR for 8 weeks had a greater reduction in trauma symptoms and were more likely to achieve 'loss of diagnosis' compared with wait-listed participants. In addition, the PE group was more…

A special series on Thought Field Therapy in the Journal of Clinical Psychology provides an opportunity for psychologists to learn about techniques and theories outside the mainstream of our field. Unfortunately, by publishing this series of…

This presentation will enable you to identify that EMDR therapy, guided by the AIP model, has become a psychotherapeutic modality in its own right. We will focus on the concept of psychotherapy: As early as 1989, F Shapiro noted : “I realized how…
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