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The author describes ego-state therapy. This psychotherapy is used for treating multiple personality disorders. The author mentions the theoretical background of this method, and practical points. Initially, ego-state therapy was developed as a type…

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Now that the therapeutic relationship is firmly part of EMDR, it is time to show its uses with difficult populations. Skilful emphasis on empathic attunement beginning in the history taking phase with emphasis on using the Procedural Steps Outline…

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A biracial client's recovery from PTSD through the use of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is discussed to illustrate the interaction between ethnicity and phenotype as well as diagnosis and treatment considerations. This case…

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This workshop will provide a framework for treating complex PTSD (CPTSD) using EMDR. It will review core elements of PTSD, the three added features characteristic of CPTSD, then demonstrate EMDR case conceptualization and targeting strategies for…

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In this presentation, an overview of issues surrounding complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is discussed. Moreover, using case examples, the multifaceted nature of CPTSD presentations will be outlined, and participants will be given…

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"Using EMDR in Complex PTSD and Adult Attachment Disorders" was presented as a part of a symposium organized by Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D with additional papers by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., Friedhelm Lamprecht, MD and Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D.,…

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People who were exposed to chronic interpersonal traumas in their early life consistently demonstrate complex psychological disturbances and many of them meet the criteria for proposed diagnosis of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (complex…

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From a clinical point of view, there are a number of challenges when treating patients with Complex PTSD. These include client fears in confronting their memories and emotions, the possibility of severe abreactions, dissociative reactions that may…

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Repeated traumatic experiences within the family and/or community during critical early years leave children with symptoms of traumatic stress, interruptions in their emotional and social development, and disorganized attachment patterns. As a…

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It has been clinically established that EMDR Therapy with individuals suffering from complex PTSD has to be used with caution and includes a stabilization/preparation phase. More recently, researchers have suggested that evidence for a stabilizing…

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Research has demonstrated that EMDR is efficacious in treating PTSD. Many clinicians however treat clients with more complicated forms of PTSD resulting from early, repeated trauma experiences. This workshop will provide a framework for beating…

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In Complex PTSD symtoms related to the traumatic events are intertwined with aspects of personality disorders, social stress symptoms, attachment difficulties, but sometimes also borderline intellectual functioning. An important question to be asked…

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This workshop will provide a framework for treating complex PTSD using EMDR. It will first review the relevant characteristics of complex PTSD and then use this information to demonstrate EMDR case conceptualization, targeting strategies,…

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This workshop will provide a framework for treating complex PTSD (CPTSD) using EMDR. It will review core elements of PTSD and the added features of CPTSD, including dissociation, somatization, and affect dysregulation, then use this information to…

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Sandi’s workshop will provide a framework for treating complex PTSD using EMDR. It will first review the relevant characteristics of complex PTSD and then use this information to demonstrate EMDR case conceptualization and ways in which adaptive…

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This video presents information on treating complex PTSD. Topics discussed include: Importance of Stabilization Work, Stabilization Techniques, Adjunctive Therapies in PTSD Treatment, EMDR as Resource Development, Psychodrama, Group Therapy,…

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This presentation will focus on specific methods of applying the EMDR/Adaptive Information Processing model to 1) understand the origins of Complex PTSD in difficult childhood experiences, and 2) provide specific, clearly defined therapy “tools”…

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In this adaptation of her keynote address presented at the European EMDR Annual Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, in May, 2002, psychotherapist Carol Forgash explains that the context of psychotherapeutics has changed since the early years of EMDR.…

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In this adaptation of her keynote address presented at the European EMDR Annual Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, in May, 2002, psychotherapist Carol Forgash explains that the context of psychotherapeutics has changed since the early years of EMDR.…

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Objective Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is a classification within the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-11) that, besides the DSM-5 symptom clusters of post-post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), includes…

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Many trauma therapies, including EMDR, rely on the transformation of traumatic imagery to images of self-empowerment and safety, either spontaneously or by design. When traumatic memories resolve by transformation, many of the same areas of the brain…

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Background and aimsComplex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) was introduced in the ICD-11 as a syndrome resulting from sustained, repeated, or multiple forms of traumat-ic exposure (e.g, sexual and/or physical abuse during childhood, severe…

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An Open Trial of EMDR in Patients with Chronic PTSD. Objective and Methods: The effectiveness of EMDR was evaluated in ten patients with chronic PTSD. Psychometric instruments were administered by an independent assessor before and after therapy.…

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Disorder of Extreme Stress - Complex PTSD - Proposed diagnosis by J. Herman (1992). PTSD as a diagnosis does not describe the symptoms of victims of interpersonal violence. Field-Study for DSM-IV: van der Kolk et al. (Am. J. Psychiatry, 1996 ).…

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This presentation will explore the formation and consolidation of emotions and memory, various possible neural mechanisms of EMDR's treatment effects; with an emphasis on cerebellar mechanisms, and their direct relation to information processing and…

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This presentation will explore the formation and consolidation of emotions and memory, various possible neural mechanisms of EMDR's treatment effects, with an emphasis on cerebellar mechanisms, and their direct relations to information processing and…

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In this workshop, EMDR and Ego state integrated treatment will be presented as a clinical model for dealing with current life and health problems which the presence of dissociation and PTSD exacerbates for complex trauma survivors (CTS). There are…

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EMDR and Ego State integrated treatment provides a clinical model for dealing with health problems in complex trauma survivors. Health problems are made more complex by the presence of dissociative disorders and PTSD symptoms in adult survivors. This…

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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), a chronic childhood onset posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is currently recognized as a treatable condition. It is considered the paradigmatic dissociative disorder and carries with it extreme posttraumatic…

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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,…

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Dissociative disorders (DD) are characterized by a discontinuity in the normal integration of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, bodily representation, motor control, and action. The life-threatening coronavirus disease 2019…

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EMDR treatment will be presented as a successful model for dealing with the attachment deficits and health problems of trauma survivors. The development of an EMDR Treatment Plan to treat both health and attachment problems with a focus on a Health…

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This chapter provides information that will help eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapists enhance their ability to provide effective EMDR treatment for clients diagnosed with complex trauma who are also dealing with current…

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) significantly affect occupational, educational, relational, and personal systems of a significant portion of the general population. Disagreement exists within the clinical and research…

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Complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is a diagnostic entity that will be included in the forthcoming edition of the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-11). It denotes a severe form of PTSD, comprising not only the…

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The consensus model of treatment for patients with complex posttraumatic syndromes emphasizes assuring adequate stabilization before and during uncovering and resolving of traumatic memories. Resource Development and Installation (RDI) has been…

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A cluster analytic investigation was conducted on measures of PTSD associated features (e.g., personality pathology, dissociative tendencies) to investigate whether empirically-defined clusters correspond to Herman's distinction between simple and…

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Complex-PTSD, while not a diagnosis in itself, is thought of as a category of PTSD resulting from multiple traumas, often occurring over time, often within an atmosphere of attachment disordered relationships and neglect. This workshop will provide…

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The workshop will start with a presentation of the newest research findings for the treatment of complex trauma.These findings contradict long (and dearly) held beliefs about the treatment of complex clients with psychosis, borderline personality…

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Purpose: The Adaptive Information Processing Model (AIP), originally developed by Shapiro, provides a model for understanding how trauma affects the brain and how healing occurs. Conclusions: The effects of trauma are thought to be much broader than…

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The following two case reports provide preliminary descriptive evidence to support the use of EMDR Resource Development and Installation in the stabilization phase of treatment with adult survivors of childhood neglect and abuse. Psychometric data…

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Complex PTSD is a proposed diagnosis that describes psychological sequelae of survivors with prolonged, repeated, and interpersonal trauma, including childhood physical abuse, incest, and other forms of family violence (Herman, 1992). The diagnostic…

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