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Case report: Brief, intensive EMDR therapy for borderline personality disorder: Results of two case studies with one year follow-up

Exposure to adverse childhood events plays an important role in the development of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Emerging evidence suggests that trauma-focused therapy using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) can be…

Tags: Abuse, Borderline Personality Disorder, Case Studies, Neglect, Trauma

Using EMDR to treat intimate partner relationship break-up issues

The Break-Up Aid Procedure (BUAP) is a proposed EMDR intervention designed to address the difficulties that some patients experience when trying to overcome a complex break-up. The procedure aims to not only target the consequences of the break-up,…

Tags: Abuse, Attachment, Break-Ups, Relationship, Traumatic Experience

Does EMDR therapy ave an effect on memories of emotional abuse, neglect and other types of adverse events in patients with a personality disorder? Preliminary data

BackgroundLittle is known about the effectiveness of trauma-focused therapies for memories of events not meeting the A-criterion of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). ObjectiveDetermining the effect of EMDR therapy on memories of emotional abuse,…

Tags: Abuse, Neglect, Personality Disorder

Dual perspectives on art therapy and EMDR for the treatment of complex childhood trauma

Background:This article explores art therapy and EMDR for the treatment of complex PTSD caused by childhood sexual abuse, from the point of view of both client and therapist. It was co-written with a former client who wishes to remain anonymous.…

Tags: Abuse, Complex Trauma, CSA, Embodiment, Interoception, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

EMDR on vicarious trauma and posttraumatic growth in the helper of abused children and family

The multidisciplinary team experience daily exposure to cases of child abused, which is likelihood to develop vicarious trauma and do not seek for therapy.Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of eye movement…

Tags: Abuse, Children, Family, Poster, Posttraumatic Growth, Vicarious Trauma

Trauma from abuse, suggestibility and EMDR

One of the most complete definitions of Trauma describes it as an "extreme, unsustainable and inevitable threatening experience, in the face of which the individual experiences a sense of helplessness", an event outside the range of usual human…

Tags: Abuse, Suggestion, Trauma

AnnaLynne McCord says that she underwent therapy which revealed she was abused when she was 8 years old

AnnaLynne McCord spoke out on Sunday about undergoing a psychotherapy treatment, which she says has unlocked traumatic memories of abuse as a child.

Tags: Abuse, AnnaLynne McCord

講演録被虐待児童への動物介在療法を活用したEMDR治療EMDR therapy using animal intervention therapy for abused children

Tags: Abuse, Animal Assisted EMDR, Children

虐待を受けた子どもへのEMDR : 動物介在療法を活用してEMDR to abused children: Taking advantage of animal intervention therapy

Tags: Abuse, Animal Assisted EMDR, Children

Case conceptualisation, treatment planning & target sequencing when using EMDR therapy with survivors of complex, early relational neglect & abuse: A framework integrating AIP, attachment theory & structural dissociation

When working with survivors of early, complex relational neglect and trauma, clinicians trained in EMDR therapy trained need a comprehensive framework for case formulation, treatment planning and developing a targeting sequence. This presentation…

Tags: Abuse, Adaptive Information Processing, AIP, Attachment, Case Conceptualization, Neglect, Structural Dissociation, Target Sequencing

A story of rough weather and stormy seas: Abused children and EMDR

This workshop will focus on how to integrate EMDR therapy with family therapy where children have suffered abuse, broadening the therapeutic perspective for this specific population. Abuse is defined clinically as witnessing violence, emotional or…

Tags: Abuse, Children

Healing the origins of trauma: EMDR psychotherapy for children exposed to violence and abuse

This workshop will review mandated reporting responsibilities for mental health professionals who work with children and adolescents and meet licensing requirements. Trauma reprocessing through the 8 phases of EMDR Therapy ignites the healing of…

Tags: Abuse, Children, Violence

Tratamiento con EMDR en menores victimas de abuso EMDR treatment with children victims of abuse

Las estadísticas acerca del maltrato físico de los niños son alarmantes. Se estima que cientos de miles de niños han recibido abuso y maltrato a manos de sus padres o parientes. Los que sobreviven el abuso, viven marcados por el trauma emocional, que…

Tags: Abuse, Children, Symposium

Healing trauma with eye movement integration - with reference to victims of controlling and abusive relationships

Tags: Abuse, Relationships

Trauma da abuso e EMDR: Presentazione di una ricerca in corso Abuse trauma and EMDR: A presentation of current research

La tesi “Trauma da abuso e EMDR: presentazione di una ricerca in corso” mira ad esplorare il trauma in un’ottica sia psicologica che neurobiologica. Recenti ricerche dimostrano che i sopravvissuti affetti da Disturbo Post-traumatico da Stress (PTSD)…

Tags: Abuse, Research

Behandeling van de gevolgen van kindermishandelingTreating the effects child abuse

Compiled at the request of the Aan de staatssecretaris van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport, [The The Secretary of State for Health, Welfare and Sport] requested Gezondheidsraad [the Health Council of the Netherlands] compile this 130 page national…

Tags: Abuse, Children, Guidelines

EMDR for the treatment of children in the child welfare system who have been traumatized by abuse and neglect

Children who have experienced abuse and neglect can be challenging for even the seasoned child therapist. This chapter describes an empirically supported treatment approach for such children: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR),…

Tags: Abuse, Attachment, Child Welfare System, Children, Clinical Intervention, Empirically Supported Treatment, Healthy Attachment Figure, Neglect, Physical Symptom, Psychotherapy Treatment, Reparative Work

Psychoedukacia a EMDR v dynamickej psychoterapii v azylovom dome pre tyrane zeny Psychoeducation and psychotherapy, EMDR in the dynamic in the asylum house for abused women

Program azylového domu pre týrané ženy sa zameriava nielen na zabezpečenie ochrany klientky, ktorá opustila prostredie domáceho násilia, ale poskytuje aj konkrétnu sociálnu starostlivosť a emocionálnu podporu. Súčasťou programu je individuálna…

Tags: Abuse, Conscious and Unconscious, Half-Way House, Identity, Personality Development, Positive Change in Perception, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Psychotherapeutic Intervention, Sentences of Focus, Violence, Women

被虐待児の治療 (特集家族と暴力) Treatment of abused children (Family Violence Special)

Tags: Abuse, Children, Treatment

The integrative use of EMDR and clinical hypnosis in the treatment of adults abused as children

The potential benefits of the use of a permissive style of clinical hypnosis as a therapeutic medium to enhance eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) trauma treatment are explored. A comparative review of hypnosis and EMDR is provided,…

Tags: Abuse, C-PTSD, Children and Adolescents, Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Complex PTSD, Hypnosis, Integrative Use, Young Adults

EMDR & the treatment of adult survivors of childhood abuse and neglect: EMDR aanpassingen voor disregulatie bij Complexe PTSS EMDR adaptations dysregulation in complex PTSD

Wanneer clienten met vroege, chronische traumatisering door middel van EMDR behandeld worden, moet de therapeut vaak als een soort ‘psychobiologische regelaar’ functioneren, om ervan verzekerd te zijn dat cliënten binnen hun Window of Tolerance…

Tags: Abuse, C-PTSD, Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Complex PTSD, Keynote, Neglect

Using imagery and EMDR to facilitate the healing of adults with a history of abuse and neglect

Tags: Abuse, Imagery, Neglect, Poster

Guidelines for the treatment of adults abused or possibly abused as children (with attention to issues of delayed/recovered memory)

These guidelines provide practicing clinicians with information regarding psychotherapy with adults who: 1) disclose an abuse history (physical, sexual, emotional) at the beginning of therapy, 2) do not disclose abuse despite having knowledge and…

Tags: Abuse, Delayed Recovery Memory

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic principles, protocols, and procedures (1st Ed.)

This book reviews research and development; discusses theoretical constructs and possible underlying mechanisms; and presents protocols and procedures for treatment of adults and children with a range of complaints. Among the many clinical…

Tags: Abuse, Adult, Assessment, Child Abuse, Children, DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Symptom, Incest, Methodology, Neurophysiology, Patient Selection, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Survivor, Veterans

Working with perpetrator-identified early childhood abuse survivor

In using EMDR with early childhood abuse suwivors, I often find more resistance and denial than with clients who experienced later abuse. Also, the weakened egoof the patient allows for slower progress through intensely affect-laden work.

Tags: Abuse, Perpetrators, Survivor

EMDR in the treatment of adults abused as children

Participants will: 1) be able to describe the three phases of treatment; 2) be able to use at least three ego strengthening methods using EMDR, including identification, development, and installation of inner and outer resources important for…

Tags: Abuse, Adult, Blocked Processing, Ego Strengthening, Imaginal Interweave, Targeting, Transference

Strengthening the self: Principles and procedures for creating successful treatment outcomes for adult survivors of neglect and abuse

Tags: Abuse, Adult, Neglect, Survivor

The eyes heal it: Therapy eases painful memories

But a neurological process called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing as a possible cure for the disorder has piqued interest, and the WHO will send Denver psychiatrist Bert Furmansky across the world to see if the process can help some of…

Tags: Abuse, Children, Denver, Rape, Refugees, Veterans, War, Women

The confirmation and disconfirmation of memories of abuse in DID patients: A naturalistic clinical study

The charts of 34 dissociative identity disorder (DID) patients in treatment with the author were reviewed for instances of the confirmation or disconfirmation of recalled episodes of abuse occurring naturalistically in the course of their…

Tags: Abuse, DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Memories

Trauma/abuse memories with a client diagnosed with MPD

Dissociation is the result of overwhelming trauma. The major feature of patients with Dissociative Disorders is a disturbance or alteration in the normally integrative functions of identity, memory, or consciousness (American Psychiatric Association,…

Tags: Abuse, Memories, MPD, Multiple Personality Disorder

Effects of EMDR on previously abused child molesters: Theoretical reviews and preliminary findings from Ricci, Clayton, and Shapiro

We publish in this issue a preliminary and tentative account of the reduction of deviant sexual arousal, as measured by phallometry, by eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR). The purpose of this editorial is to show that the…

Tags: Abuse, Child Molester, Editorial, Pedophilia, Physiology, Sexual Arousal

Divorced from justice: The abuse of women and children by divorce lawyers and judges

Outside of death, divorce is considered the highest possible stress in a person's life; this stress is unnecessarily prolonged and made worse due to the widespread and systemic abuse inflicted particularly on women in our American divorce courts. …

Tags: Abuse, Children, Divorce Lawyer, Judges

Incorporating EMDR in a residential setting for abused adolescent females

Participants will learn: 1) how EMDR is utilized in a residental facility for abused adolescent females; 2) how to use milieu staff to reinforce and strengthen EMDR work from individual sessions; 3) how EMDR and Linehan's DBT methodology can work…

Tags: Abuse, Adolescents, DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Females, Residential Settings

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