In cases of dissociative and personality disorders, affect phobias in the client or clinician can disrupt reprocessing. EMDR therapy can still be effective when clinicians have the conceptual understanding and perceptual skills to recognize these…
Affect phobias may also be described as psychodynamic or dissociative defenses or as ego state conflicts. When patients present with affect phobias and fail to progress with standard EMDR procedural interventions, EMDR therapy can still be effective…
Participants will be able to 1) describe and use Tomkin's Three System Model of Emotion; 2) differentiate between the regressive/hysterical and obsessive/compulsive character defensive styles and modify treatment plans accordingly; 3) describe and…
