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A clinical vignette: EMDR treatment of choking phobia

A vignette is a brief case report that makes a contribution to the literature, but which has used only EMDR's standard protocol measures. This vignette describes the treatment of a woman who developed a severe choking phobia following an allergic…

Tags: Adult, Anaphylactic Shock, Case Study, CBT, Child Abuse, Choking Phobia, Eating Disorders, Female, Phobias, Spouse Abuse, Survivor

A comparison of CBT and EMDR for sexually abused Iranian girls

14 randomly assigned Iranian girls ages 12-13 years who had been sexually abused received up to 12 sessions of CBT or EMDR treatment. Assessment of post-traumatic stress symptoms and problem behaviours was completed at pre-treatment and 2 weeks…

Tags: Brief Psychotherapy, CBT, Child Abuse, Cognitive Therapy, Elementary School Student, Empirical Study, Female, Incest, Iranians, Manual-Based Treatment, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Preadolescents, PTSD, Quantitative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

A comparison of eye movement desensitization and implosion-like therapy with adult victims of sexual abuse

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is a recently developed technique that has been reported in the literature to be effective in treating many of the symptoms associated with PTSD. This study investigated the role of saccadic eye movements…

Tags: Adult, Arousal, Child Abuse, EMD, Exposure Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Am I real?: Mobilizing inner strength to develop a mature identity

Chris was a 44-year old woman who had extremely low self-esteem, depression, panic attacks, and symptoms of dissociation when she began EMDR-facilitated therapy. Eye movement was used initially to reinforce healthy beliefs, physical sensations, and…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Anxiety Disorder, Case Study, Child Abuse, Cognitive Therapy, Depressive Disorder, Female, Life Experience, Neglect, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Self Esteem, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

An integrative treatment model of EMDR and family therapy for children with severe symptomatology after child abuse and neglect: A SCED study

BackgroundChildren who endured child abuse and neglect (CAN) may develop a spectrum of symptoms that goes beyond the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) alone. This can pose unique challenges within the treatment context that may…

Tags: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Family Therapy, Single-Case Experimental Design

Assessing the long-term effects of EMDR: Results from an 18-month follow-up study with adult female survivors of CSA

This 18-month follow-up study builds on the findings of a randomized experimental evaluation that found qualified support for the short-term effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in reducing trauma symptoms among adult…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Child Abuse, Empirical Study, Female, Follow-up Study, Quantitative Study, Rape, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Biology, childhood trauma, and murder: Rethinking justice

This article reviews recent findings in the developmental neurophysiology of children subjected to psychological trauma. Studies link extreme neglect and abuse with long-term changes in the nervous and endocrine systems. A growing body of research…

Brief psychological intervention with traumatized young women: The efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

To study the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with traumatized young women, 60 women between the ages of 16 and 25 were randomly assigned to 2 sessions of either EMDR or an active listening (AL) control. Factorial…

Tags: Americans, Battery, Child Abuse, Effects, Emotional Abuse, Empirical Study, Female, Follow-up Study, Incest, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Young Adults

Child abuse and voice hearing: Finding healing through EMDR

Public education campaigns are needed to proclaim the right of children to be safe in their own homes and to encourage both abusers and victims to seek help. Broad-based discussion of this problem, its causes, its consequences and its remedies, would…

Tags: Child Abuse, Voice Hearing

Childhood abuse, brain development and psychopathology

Childhood maltreatment is the most important preventable risk factor for psychiatric disorders. This keynote will explore the effects of different types of maltreatment on brain structure, function, and connectivity, and highlight the importance of…

Tags: Brain Development, Child Abuse, Psychopathology

Clinical applications of EMDR in treating adult survivors of childhood abuse and neglect

This workshop will focus on integrating EMDR into a phase-oriented recovery plan in treating adult survivors of childhood abuse and neglect. EMDR applications with the full range of trauma-related syndromes, including simple and complex PTSD,…

Tags: Borderline Personality Disorder, Child Abuse, Dissociative Disorder, Ego Strengthening, Neglect, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PSTD, Resource Development

Combining visual imagery and EMDR to treat traumatic symptoms of rape, child abuse, and sudden loss of a loved one

Participants will learn: 1) how to use visual imagery are a part of EMDR with rape victims who are terrified of their rapist; 2) how to use visual imagery as a part of EMDR with adults, adoelscents, and children who have been abused as a way of…

Tags: Child Abuse, Loss, Rape, Visual Imagery

Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing procedure in the treatment of traumatic memories: A replication study

The purpose of this replication study was either to support or refute the original Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing research conducted by Shapiro. The present study was amended with two additional indices to assess anxiety and social…

Tags: Adult, Anxiety, Child Abuse, Empirical Study, Experimental Replication, Incest, Memory, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Self-Evaluation, Social Adjustment, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

EMDR for clients with dissociative identity disorder, DDNOS, and ego states

Using EMDR with clients with dissociative identity disorder (DID) and other dissociative disorders (DDs) requires careful adaptation to allow the unique benefits of EMDR to be used productively, without risking unleashing a flood of traumatic…

Tags: Adult, Child Abuse, DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Survivor

EMDR in the treatment of adults abused as children

This book offers practical information about the use of EMDR in a typical clinical setting and presents innovations that build upon the information in Shapiro's 1995 book. It not only teaches many practical techniques that help the therapist when a…

Tags: Adult, Child Abuse, Incest, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Rape, Survivor

EMDR in the treatment of borderline personality disorder

Individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) usually experience significant impairment in their ability to function. Impulsivity, affect instability, interpersonal difficulties, and identity problems are hallmark features of this…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Borderline Personality Disorder, Case Study, Child Abuse, Clinical Case Study, Empirical Study, Female, Incest, Individual Psychotherapy, Interpersonal Difficulty, Interpersonal Interaction, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Qualitative Study, Rape, Suicide, Survivor, Treatment

EMDR terms and procedures: Resolution of uncomplicated depression

This chapter presents an example of a relatively uncomplicated eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment, which can provide a basis for understanding the more complex aspects of cases. The Ss was a man in his 40s with depression…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Child Abuse, Depressive Disorder, Male, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Rape, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

EMDR treatment of family abuse: Eye movement to "I" movement

This chapter presents an inside view of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) narrated by a client who was requested to tell her story to educate clinicians and clients so that others might be healed. The client's vivid account of her…

Tags: Adaptive Information Processing, Child Abuse, Cognitive Processes, Early Memory, Family Abuse, Family Systems Perspective, Memories

EMDR treatment of phobic symptoms in multiple personality disorder

Two multiple personality disorder patients with severe, persistent phobias were treated using Eye Movement Desensitization/Reprocessing (EMDR). Both patients achieved significantly beneficial results with a single session in one patient and two…

Tags: Adult, Child Abuse, DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Empirical Study, Female, Follow-up Study, Incest, Phobias, Rape, Survivor

EMDR treatment: Less than meets the eye

Examines EMDR and the experimental evidence surrounding it, which does not indicate that it is any more effective than other treatments for PTSD, despite its enthusiastic support.

Tags: Adult, Americans, Brief Psychotherapy, Child Abuse, Female, Longitudinal Study, Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Self Efficacy, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

EMDR: An evidence-based treatment for victims of trauma

More than half of the United States population has been affected by psychological trauma. Many individuals who survive traumatic experiences develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related psychological problems. Eye Movement…

Tags: Child Abuse, Crime Victim, Evidence-Based Practice, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

Extending EMDR: A casebook of innovative applications

"Extending EMDR" is divided into two parts: those cases in which it was possible to target a relatively small number of distinct traumatic experiences, and those in which the client's symptoms have resulted from ongoing childhood trauma or neglect…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Child Abuse, Complex PTSD, Defense Mechanisms, Depressive Disorder, Female, Life Experience, Male, Neglect, Personality Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing with traumatized youth

This chapter provides an overview of how eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) may be used to treat trauma/loss memories and related symptoms in children and adolescents. The literature on EMDR indicates not only that it works well,…

Tags: Bereavement, Child Abuse, Children, Community Violence, Effects, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Rape, Survivor

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

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic principles, protocols, and procedures (2nd 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: Adult, Assessment, Child Abuse, Children, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Symptom, Incest, Methodology, Neurophysiology, Patient Selection, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Spouse Abuse, Survivor, Veterans

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Evaluating its effectiveness in reducing trauma symptoms in adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse

The purpose of the study was to evaluate, through the use of a randomized experimental design, the effectiveness of EMDR in reducing trauma symptoms in adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse. No EMDR research to date has been exclusively…

Tags: Adult, Child Abuse, Clinical Trial, Empirical Study, Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Treatment Outcome

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Evaluating its effectiveness in reducing trauma symptoms in adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse

Tags: Adult, Child Abuse, Clinical Trial, Empirical Study, Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Treatment Outcome

Eye movement desensitization: Three unusual cases

Three complex cases are presented to document further the broad applicability of eye movement desensitization (EMD) for PTSD. In the first subject this disorder was combined with panic attacks; in the second, sexual dysfunction was an additional…

Tags: Adult, Case Study, Child Abuse, EMD, Eye Movement Desensitization, Female, Incest, Male, Multiple Traumatic Events, Panic Disorder, Police Personnel, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Sexual Dysfunction, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Wounds and Injuries

Healing hidden pain: Resolving the effects of childhood abuse and neglect

When EMDR is incorporated into a treatment plan, the treatment outcome is primarily determined by the clients' willingness and ability to trust their therapists and face the painful feelings that are limiting their functioning. Each treatment plan…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Case Study, Child Abuse, Female, Life Experience, Neglect, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Self Concept, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Innovation, controversy, and consensus in traumatology

Controversy follows innovation and threats to the status quo in many social domains, including the sciences. This article briefly summarizes information from the philosophy of science and data from studies of conflict in diverse fields. It then…

Tags: Child Abuse, Commentary, False Memory, Rape, Scientific Research, Survivor

Intimate partners: A context for the intensification and healing of emotional pain

A case of a lesbian couple is presented in which one partner experienced early sexual abuse and the other a series of major losses (beginning with the death of her mother) in early childhood. The first partner developed an alcohol addiction and the…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Case Study, Child Abuse, Family Therapy, Female, Homosexual, Incest, Interpersonal Interaction, Psychiatric Disorders, Rape, Survivor

It takes a village: Caring for a traumatized art student

One of the fascinating developments in mental health care in the last decade has been the appearance of specific psychotherapies for various psychiatric illnesses. Perhaps the best known of these is dialetical behavior therapy (DBT), pioneered by…

Tags: Borderline Personality Disorder, Case Study, Child Abuse, Cognitive Therapy, College Students, Drug Therapy, European American, Female, Incest, Individual Psychotherapy, Partial Hospitalization, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Rape, Survivor, Young Adults

Lifting the burden of shame: Using EMDR resource installation to resolve a therapeutic impasse

With Meredith, what had seemed an insurmountable impasse using a standard PTSD protocol had become amenable to significant resolution when addressed with a non-standard protocol. The key to this approach was to install multiple positive resources…

Tags: Adult, Case Study, Child Abuse, Defense Mechanism, Disease, Female, Neglect, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Process, PTSD, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Marital therapy, EMDR, Herman's model of recovery from trauma: The journey of one woman and her family

Judith Herman delineates a 3-stage model of recovery from trauma: (1) Safety; (2) Remembrance and Mourning; (3) Reconnection. She criticises current treatment methods for their failure to make a difference in the "constrictive symptoms of numbing and…

Tags: Adult, Australians, Car Accident, Child Abuse, Family Therapy, Female, Marital Issue, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Outcome research on behavioral and cognitive-behavioral treatments for trauma survivors

In this chapter, we describe the current status of outcome research on behavioral and cognitive-behavioral therapy for PTSD. In this endeavor, we describe these treatments and outline their empirical foundations, providing rationale for their use. We…

Tags: Americans, Behavior Therapy, Child Abuse, Cognitive Therapy, Female, Male, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Veterans, Vietnam, War

Preliminary evidence of efficacy for EMDR resource development and installation in the stabilization phase of treatment of complex posttraumatic stress disorder

This article reviews the complexity of adaptation and symptomatology in adult survivors of childhood neglect and abuse who meet criteria for the proposed diagnosis of Complex PTSD, also known as Disorders of Extreme Stress, Not Otherwise Specified…

Tags: Adult, Child Abuse, Complex Empirical Study, Female, Neglect, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, RDI, Review, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Scientific investigations into EMDR (Part I) - Brief psychological intervention with young high-risk females: A comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing with active reflective listening

Tags: Americans, Battery, Child Abuse, Effects, Emotional Abuse, Female, Incest, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Young Adults

Sexual abuse survivors’ perceptions of the effectiveness of EMDR and eclectic therapy

Objective: This article examines survivor perspectives of the effectiveness of two different treatments for trauma symptoms among adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse -- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and eclectic…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Child Abuse, Depressive Disorder, Empirical Study, Female, Individual Psychotherapy, Mixed Method, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Quantitative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

The "wall of fear:" The bridge between the traumatic event and trauma resolution therapy for childhood sexual abuse survivors

A multitude of published books and papers on child sexual abuse (CSA) describe symptoms, long-term effects, and therapy for survivors of abuse. However, the parallels between the nature of the sexual trauma event(s) as originally experienced by the…

Tags: Adult, Body Psychotherapy, Child Abuse, Effects, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Rape, Survivor, TIR, Traumatic Incident Reduction

The biology of trauma: Implications for treatment

During the past 20 years, the development of brain imaging techniques and new biochemical approaches has led to increased understanding of the biological effects of psychological trauma. New hypotheses have been generated about brain development and…

Tags: Child Abuse, Children and Adolescents, Criminal Behaviors, Forensic Evaluation, Literature Reviews, Neglect, Neuroendocrinology, Neurophysiology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Survivors

The effectiveness of EMDR with adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse

A randomized experimental evaluation found support for the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in reducing trauma symptoms among adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse. 59 women were assigned randomly to…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Brief Psychotherapy, Child Abuse, Empirical Study, Female, Follow-up Study, Longitudinal Study, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Practice Effectiveness, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Self Efficacy, Survivor, Trauma, Treatment Effectiveness

The imprint of childhood physical and emotional abuse: A case study on the use of EMDR to address anxiety and lack of self-esteem

This article examines the use of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in helping a client address problems with persistent anxiety and a lack of self-esteem. During EMDR treatment, the client explored the dichotomous thinking that had…

Tags: Adult, Anxiety, Child Abuse, Childhood Emotional Abuse, Childhood Physical Abuse, Clinical Case Study, Emotional Abuse, Empirical Study, Female, Lack of Self-Esteem, Patient History, Self-Esteem

The invisible volcano: Overcoming denial of rage

The case in this chapter integrates EMDR and interpretive short-term dynamic therapy as contrasted with cognitive, interpersonal, or existential short-term therapies. I became interested in Davanloo's technique of intensive short-term dynamic…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Anger, Anxiety Disorder, Brief Psychotherapy, Case Study, Child Abuse, Defense Mechanisms, Depressive Disorder, Female, Life Experience, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

The modifications of the EMDR protocol for sexually abused children

There is an increasing interest in using the procedures of EMDR with sexually abused children because of its effectiveness in treating PTSD and trauma in adults and children. Within the literature clinicians have reported modifications of the…

Tags: Child Abuse, Empirical Study, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Qualitative Study, Rape, School Age Children, Survivor

The use of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) within a multi-modal treatment program for child victims of extrafamilial sexual abuse

Sexual abuse has created multiple short and long term problems for many individuals in society today. It often occurs in childhood and the scars that are left can be permanent. Statistically, it occurs with far greater frequency than should be…

Tags: Brief Psychotherapy, Child Abuse, Empirical Study, Extrafamilial Sexual Abuse, Family Therapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, School Age Children, Survivor

Trauma resolution treatment as an adjunct to standard treatment for child molesters: A qualitative study

A literature review of current treatment models for child molesters and contemporary theories of etiology suggests a gap between theory and practice. Despite emerging recognition of the importance of addressing etiological issues in sexual offender…

Tags: Abuse Propensity, Adult, Child Abuse, Child Molester, Clinical Trial, Cognitive Therapy, European American, Male, Perpetrators, Qualitative, Rape, Sex Offender, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Treating the child abusers

Child sex abuse is probably the most taboo subject in Britain despite the increased reporting and publicity given to it. And those who are involved with treating child sex offenders are inevitably faced with a difficult task, but there are rewards,…

Tags: Child Abuse, London, Perpetrators, Treatment

Treating traumatic memories: A case report on the eye movement desensitization procedure

There are at present three published papers on the eye movement desensitization procedure. This paper reports two successfully treated cases, one with traumatic memories of childhood sexual abuse, and the other based on memories of a terminally ill…

Tags: Case Study, Child Abuse, Death of Sibling, Female, Interpersonal Interaction, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Survivor, Young Adults

子ども虐待へのEMDRによる治療1―子どもへの治療― 海野千畝子 Therapies for child abuse 1: For children

本書は、被虐待児の治療で有名なあいち小児保健医療総合センターで、チームを組んで長年臨床心理士として治療にあたってきた著者の被虐待児への心理臨床の集大成である。被虐待児は愛着の形成過程に問題が多く、病的解離の症状を呈することも多い。そのため心理治療は困難な面が多く、医師・看護師・福祉士などと協同して働きかけなくてはならない。様々な試みの紹介と、子どものこころが開かれてゆくことを通して親子関係の改善にまで通じる心理臨床の貴重な症例が収められている。This book is a culmination…

Tags: Child Abuse, Children

子ども虐待へのEMDRによる治療2―親への治療―杉山登志郎 Therapies for child abuse 2: For parents

Tags: Child Abuse, Parents

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