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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) psychotherapy: A medical guide to heal depression, anxiety, emotional trauma, stress, and panic attacks

This book is an important source that focuses on using the standard procedures and guidelines of EMDR Therapy as its framework to apply EMDR Therapy to anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and mood-related conditions. The scripts the essence of the…

Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Emotional Trauma, Medical Guide, Panic Attack, Stress

EMDR: Mind over matter, help psycho-trauma, depression, anxiety and PTSD

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) was initially developed as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but is now being used to treat a variety of complicated conditions including anxiety, depression, and addiction…

Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

Exam anxiety among graduate students: Use of EMDR to address relevant childhood trauma

The current research is aimed to explore the effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in dealing with the exam anxiety of university students. Based on Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model disturbing life events at…

Tags: Anxiety, Childhood Trauma, Graduate Student

Longitudinal multisite randomized controlled trial on the provision of the EMDR-IGTP-OTS to refugee minors in Valencia, Spain

The aim of this longitudinal multisite randomized controlled trial (RCT) was to evaluate the effectiveness of the EMDR-Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Ongoing Traumatic Stress (EMDR-IGTP-OTS) in reducing severe posttraumatic stress disorder,…

Tags: Anxiety, Depression, EMDR-IGTP-OTS, Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Ongoing Traumatic Stress, Minors, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Refugees

EMDR and nonpharmacological techniques for anxiety prevention in children prior to invasive medical procedures: A randomized controlled trial

Nonpharmacological Techniques (NPT) have been suggested as an efficient and safe means to reduce pain and anxiety in invasive medical procedures. Due to the anxious and potentially traumatic nature of these procedures, we decided to integrate an eye…

Tags: Anxiety, Non-Pharmacological Technique, NPT, Pain, Pediatric Psychology, Sedo-Analgesia

A mixed methods evaluation of EMDR for treating female survivors of sexual and domestic violence

This study assessed the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for women who experienced trauma due to sexual or domestic violence. Twenty-one adult female clients at a nonprofit agency participated in this mixed-methods…

Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Mixed Method, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

EMDR therapy can treat those with anxiety, trauma

“You may understand that the abuse wasn’t your fault cognitively ... but deep down inside, you may feel like, ‘I’m bad. It’s my fault.’ So we have them think about that experience and that negative belief, and we process that to the point where…

Tags: Anxiety, Trauma

The effect of the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing intervention on anxiety and depression among patients undergoing hemodialysis: A randomized controlled trial

Purpose: This study examined the effect of the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing intervention on depression and anxiety in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Design and Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, 90 patients were…

Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Hemodialysis, Nursing Care, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT

The effect of EMDR on childbirth anxiety of women with previous stillbirth

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a form of psychotherapy used for individuals who have experienced stress-related injuries. Having an unpleasant experience of previous childbirth can cause anxiety and fear of labor in…

Tags: Anxiety, Fear of Childbirth, Pregnancy, Stillbirth

Effectiveness of regular eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in therapy and reducing the symptoms of anxiety

Tags: Anxiety

میزان اثربخشی EMDR (حساسیت‌زدایی منظم از طریق حرکت چشم و پردازش مجدد) بر کاهش شدت افسردگی اساسی زنان و مقایسه آن با دارو درمانThe amount of the effectiveness of EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) on reducing the severity of major depression for women and compare it with the drug treatment

هدف پژوهش حاضر اندازه گیری میزان اثربخشی حساسیت زدایی منظم از طریق حرکت چشم و پردازش مجدد(ای.ام.دی.آر) بر کاهش شدت افسردگی اساسی زنان و مقایسه آن با دارودرمانی می باشد. نمونه شامل 15 زن است که برای اولین بار تشخیص افسردگی اساسی گرفته و نیز برای اولین…

Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Drug Therapy, Women

Efficacy of an eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) intervention for a head and neck cancer patient with intolerable anxiety undergoing radiotherapy

Radiotherapy (RT) is a mainstay of treatment for Head and Neck cancers (H&N-C), offered to nearly 75 percent of all H&N-C patients with either curative or palliative intent1. For many primary sites within the H&N, RT yields better…

Tags: Anxiety, Head and Neck Cancer, Radiotherapy

Randomized controlled trial on the EMDR integrative group treatment protocol for ongoing traumatic stress with adolescents and young adults patients with cancer

The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of the EMDR-Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Ongoing Traumatic Stress (EMDR-IGTP-OTS) in reducing posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, depression and anxiety…

Tags: Adolescents, Anxiety, Cancer, Depression, EMDR-IGTP-OTS, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

The breastfeeding and bonding EMDR protocolSummary sheet: The breastfeeding and bonding EMDR protocol (Luber)

The process of giving birth and having a new baby are strong emotional experiences. Because of this intensity, many women are vulnerable to psychological problems, including anxiety, depression, and adjustment disorders. Breastfeeding is not simply a…

Tags: Adjustment Disorder, Anxiety, Birth, Bonding, Breast Feeding and Bonding EMDR Protocol, Breastfeeding, Depression, Protocol

EMDR therapy with a head and neck cancer client groupSummary sheet: EMDR therapy with a head and neck cancer client group

Clients with head and neck cancer (H&NC) can often experience high levels of distress and anxiety related to their diagnosis, condition, treatment, levels of functioning, relationships, self-esteem, and quality of life. The multifaceted nature of…

Tags: Anxiety, Cancer, Distress, Head and Neck Cancer, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Quality of Life

EMDR in the treatment of adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder: A case study

Most of the empirical evidence supporting the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has been with individuals suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This case study reports on the successful treatment of…

Tags: Adolescents, Anxiety, Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive–Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD

Comparison of efficacy of eye movement, desentization and reprocessing and cognitive behavioral therapy methods in the treatment of stress disorder

Background: According to symptom oriented of drug therapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eye movement, desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) were increasingly used. The aim of this…

Tags: Anxiety, CBT, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Subjective Units of Disturbance, SUD, Validity of Cognition, VoC

Randomized controlled trial on the provision of the EMDR integrative group treatment protocol adapted for ongoing traumatic stress to female patients with cancer-related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms

This randomized controlled trial extended the investigation previously conducted by Jarero et al. (2015) which found that the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing Integrative Group Treatment Protocol adapted for ongoing traumatic stress…

Tags: Anxiety, Cancer, Depression, IGTP-OTS, Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Ongoing Traumatic Stress, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT

Therapy with an eye for detail

Our eye movements become rapid when we recall traumatic events. A controversial theory maintains that controlling this could be an effective therapy. Geraldine Walsh Investigates. [Excerpt]

Tags: Anxiety, General, Overview, Therapy

EMDR & mindfulness in-depth interventions for anxiety, depression, panic, trauma and other disorders

State-of-the-art treatment for trauma, PTSD and common overlaps: -- Depression -- Panic Disorder -- Reactive Attachment Disorder -- Sensory Integration Problems -- Generalized Anxiety Disorder -- Conduct Disorder. Take home: 8 Stage protocol of EMDR…

Tags: Anxiety, Mental Illness, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Treatment

EMDR e os tiques. O EMDR como psicoterapia para os tiques e alguns estudos de casoEMDR and tics in children. EMDR therapy procedures and case studies

Os Tiques são uma manifestação frequente nas crianças e que muitas vezes estão relacionados com ansiedade e eventos traumáticos. O EMDR como modelo psicoterapêutico tem demonstrado grande eficácia na resolução de perturbações de ansiedade e…

Tags: Anxiety, Protocol, Tic Disorder

The efficacy of an EMDR intervention for a cancer patient with intolerable anxiety undergoing radiotherapy

Introduction Treatments for Head and Neck cancer (H&N-C) are often complex and burdensome, involving a 6- to 7- week radiotherapy (RT) regimen that may be augmented by concurrent chemotherapy1. Receiving RT can cause discomfort and anxiety to…

Tags: Anxiety, Cancer, Poster, Radiotherapy

A non-randomized controlled trial of EMDR on affective symptoms in patients with glioblastoma multiforme

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain cancer and its survival after diagnosis is less than 2 years. Therefore, GBM patients are especially prone to co-occurring psychological conditions such as anxiety and depressive disorders.…

Tags: Anger, Anxiety, Brain Cancer, Coherence, Depression, Glioblastoma Multiforme

Eye movements and memory

Stage fright’s reign of terror may be on the wane for performing artists. A new psychotherapeutic technique, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), has shown that it can not only eliminate performance anxiety but can actually enhance…

Tags: Anxiety, Artists, Performance Enhancement, Performers

Comparison of eye movement desensitization reprocessing and cognitive behavioral therapy as adjunctive treatments for recurrent depression: the European Depression EMDR Network (EDEN) randomized controlled trial

Background: Treatment of recurrent depressive disorders is currently only moderately successful. Increasing evidence suggests a significant relationship between adverse childhood experiences and recurrent depressive disorders, suggesting that…

Tags: Adjunctive Therapy, Antidepressant, Anxiety, CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EDEN, European Depression EMDR Network, Quality of Life, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Traumatic Stress

EMDR : PTSD以外の精神疾患への適用の有効性EMDR: Effectiveness of application to mental illness other than PTSD

Tags: Anxiety, Control Study, Depression, Review

EMDR as add-on treatment for psychiatric and traumatic symptoms in patients with substance use disorder

Background:Substance use disorders (SUD) are patterns of substance use leading to severe impairment on social, working and economic levels. In vivo and clinical findings have enhanced the role of the brain's stress-related system in maintaining SUD…

Tags: Adverse Childhood Experience, Anxiety, Depression, Dissociation, Psychiatric Symptoms, Substance Use Disorder, Traumatic Stress

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing im psychokardiologischen setting: Traumaspezifische verarbeitung des schocks durch den implantierbaren kardioverter-defibrillator Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in psychocardiological settings: Trauma-specific processing of shock due to implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Kardiologische Fachgesellschaften empfehlen, bei Patienten nach Schocks durch den implantierbaren Kardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) neben Depression und Angst auch Traumasymptome zu screenen. Dies hat einen hohen Bedarf an spezifischen…

Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Heart Disease, Patient Safety, Resources

Performance blocks in sport: Recommendations for treatment and implications for sport psychology practitioners

Sport psychologists are increasingly confronted with performance difficulties where athletes mysteriously lose the ability to execute automatic movements. Traditionally referred to as the yips or lost move syndrome, the generic term performance…

Tags: Anxiety, Lost Move Syndrome, Performance Blocks, Trauma, Yips

The effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) on prospective imagery and anxiety in golfers

In this study we make a novel contribution by examining the effects of an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) intervention on detrimental prospective imagery in four amateur golfers, using a single-case multiple-baseline…

Tags: Anxiety, Golf, Golfer, Imagery

Anxiety treatment by eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in patients with myocardial infarction

Background: Anxiety after myocardial infarction is a very common problem leading to an increase in complications and hospitalization length. Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate a 12-month follow-up of the effect of eye movement…

Tags: Anxiety, Myocardial Infarction, Nursing Care

The OptiMUM-study: EMDR therapy in pregnant women with posttraumatic stress disorder after previous childbirth and pregnant women with fear of childbirth: Design of a multicentre randomized controlled trial

Background: Approximately 3% of women develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after giving birth, and 7.5% of pregnant women show a pathological fear of childbirth (FoC). FoC or childbirth-related PTSD during (a subsequent) pregnancy can lead to…

Tags: Anxiety, Fear of Childbirth, Obstetrics, Postpartum, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Pregnancy, PTSD, Trauma

Treatment of fears and other anxiety-related conditions with EMDR L’EMDR et le traitement des peurs et autres conditions reliées à l’anxiété

Over the recent years we have learned a great deal about how EMDR should be applied to get the best results in resolving disturbing memories and other mental representations that are critical in the development and maintenance of clients’ fears. This…

Tags: Anxiety, Fears

A randomized, controlled trial of wholistic hybrid derived from eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and emotional freedom technique (WHEE) for self-treatment of pain, depression, and anxiety in chronic pain patients

In this pilot study, a convenience sample of 24 chronic pain patients (17 with chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia) were randomized into WHEE treatment and wait-list control groups for 6 weeks. Assessments of depression, anxiety, and pain were…

Tags: Anxiety, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic Pain, Depression, WHEE

Pediatric seizure-related posttraumatic stress and anxiety symptoms treated with EMDR: A case series

Purpose: To examine the potential effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in children with epilepsy-related posttraumatic stress and/or anxiety symptoms, using a case series design. Methods: Five children (aged 818) with…

Tags: Anxiety, Children, Epilepsy, Trauma

EMDR - Ett komplement till psykodynamisk behandling av trauma, fobier, ångest och depressionEMDR - A complement to psychodynamic treatment of trauma, phobias, anxiety and depression

Bakgrund: Jag vet inte hellervad somliander nar man anvander EMDR (Eyernovement desensitization andrq, roessii.lg}. Emellertid vetjag av egen erfarenhetatt for en legitirnerad psykopeut iir det en oerhort effektiv metod, speciellt ibehandling av…

Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Phobias

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy scripted protocols and summary sheets: Treating anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and mood-related conditions

Tags: Anxiety, Mood-Related Condition, Obsessive-Compulsive-Related Condition, Protocols, Summary Sheet

The effect of eye movement with desensitization and reprocessing on anxiety induced by dressing pain in burn patients

Introduction: Burn is an injury that can results in pain in patients. On the other hand, burn treatment measures also lead to pain and anxiety among these patients. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of eye movement with…

Tags: Anxiety, Burns, Dressing Pain, Pain

Treatment of fears and other anxiety-related conditions with EMDR

Over the recent years we have learned a great deal about how EMDR therapy should be applied to get the best results in resolving disturbing memories and other mental representations that are critical in the development and maintenance of clients’…

Tags: Anxiety, Fear, Flashforward

EMDR self treatment

What if there was a little known and method to not only treat but cure depression and anxiety...in as little as a single 20 minute session? It's possible and it's being used effectively by counselors and psychologists around the world. Gaining…

Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Kindle Only, Practice, Theory

EMDR et TCC chez des patients atteints de cance: Etude comparative de leurs effets sur l'ESPT, l'anxiété et la dépression EMDR and CBT for cancer patients: Comparative study of effects on PTSD, anxiety, and depression

Cette étude-pilote teste l’effi cacité comparée de la thérapie EMDR (désensibilisation et retraitement par les mouvements oculaires) et de la thérapie cognitive comportementale (TCC) dans le traitement de l’état de stress post-traumatique (ESPT) chez…

Tags: Anxiety, Cancer, CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapy, PTSD

EMDR therapy uses eye movements to overcome trauma, anxiety, phobias

He was even afraid of the bedroom he shared with his wife. Panic attacks also interfered with his job. After trying prescription medication, he eventually turned to clinical psychotherapist Carmen Collier for help at New Wellness Associates in Green…

Tags: Anxiety, Phobias, Trauma

A randomised controlled trial on the effects of EMDR supportive therapy and waiting list group on depression, anxiety, PTSD levels and coping strategies in a group of unemployed individuals

Objectives: The present study aims to experimentally test for differences between EMDR, supportive therapy and waiting list group on depression, anxiety, post-traumatic symptomatology and use of coping strategies in a group of recently unemployed…

Tags: Anxiety, Depression, PTSD Symptom, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Supportive Therapy, Symposium, Unemployed

Eye movements for anxiety

In "Can Eye Movements Treat Trauma?" [Head Lines], Tori Rodriguez cites new evidence that eye movements are an effective ingredient in eye movement de sensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). In our column "Taking a Closer Look" [Facts and Fictions in…

Tags: Anxiety, Letter

Improvement of mood and sleep alterations in posttraumatic stress disorder patients by eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients exhibit depressive and anxiety symptoms, in addition to nightmares, which interfere with sleep continuity. Pharmacologic treatment of these sleep problems improves PTSD symptoms, but very few studies have…

Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapy, Sleep Fragmentation

認知症患者の感情的な規制上のRDIの影響Effect of RDI on a dementia patient's emotional regulation

なお、RDIは、それが構造化陽性回想（ライフレビュー）を促進することがポイントに否定的な感情を低減するのに有効であると考えられる。本研究では、認知症患者への影響を検討した。 RDIアプリケーションの感情的な規制。被験者は、GDS-SJに6点以上を獲得し二十から一から（介入群、スタンバイグループからの3から4）アルツハイマー型認知症と7科目を持っていた。 2方向ANOVAで分析すると3測定ステージをXと、内2のグループの設計、介入群の抑うつ感が低下した。不安感も減少し、肯定的な感情が改善された。…

Tags: Anxiety, Autobiographical Memory, BPSD, Dementia, Depression, RDI, Resource Development and Installation

Effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy on public speaking anxiety of university students

Background: Public speaking anxiety is a prominent problem in the college student population. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing on public speaking anxiety of college…

Tags: Anxiety, Public Speaking, Students

Efficacy of comprehensive psychotherapeutic intervention on anxiety among chronic low back pain patients

In recent years, comprehensive pain programs were seen to be successfully treated. Patients based on a combination of psychological and physiotherapeutic interventions. The present investigation was carried out to study the efficacy of comprehensive…

Tags: Anxiety, Low Back Pain

Reducing anxiety and enhancing physical performance by using an advanced version of EMDR: A pilot study

Background: The main aim of this pilot study was to investigate an advanced version of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for reducing anxiety. Methods: Fifty participants were asked at two times of measurement (T1 and T2 with a…

Tags: Anxiety, Performance, Pilot Study

Absorption technique and EMDR to enhance the motivation, reduce anxiety and increase confidence of athletes for preparing the province competition

43 athletes from many kind of sport like football, wushu, shooting, tae kwon do, gymnastics, athletics and billiards complained lack of confidence and anxious related bad experience in competitions they have been followed before. In general, though…

Tags: Absorption Technique, Anxiety, Athlete, Competition, Confidence, Techniques

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