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…
Participants will: 1) learn about the underlying neurobiology of opiates and dissociation; 2) become aware of possible caveats and contraindications for the use of opoid antagonists; and 3) learn how opoid antagonists may be used as an adjunctive…
Participants will: 1) learn a model, based on recent developments in neuroscience and the neurobiology of dissociation, that guides therapeutic interventions in general and EMDR treatment in particular; 2) apply effective treatment planning, target…
This workshop will focus on current advances in the dissociative disorders, emphasizing scientific information supporting the diagnosis, recent advances in assessment, and the most current advances in treatment. The application and appropriateness…
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…
The integration of EMDR with Ego State therapy will be presented as a comprehensive approach to treatment of the wide spectrum of personality disorders. These diagnostic categories include individuals manifesting character pathology, borderline…
The integration of EMDR with Ego State therapy will be presented as a comprehensive approach to the treatment of the wide spectrum of personality disorders. The histories of these clients often include early repeated experiences of abuse deprivation,…
The integration of EMDR with Ego State therapy will be presented as a comprehensive approach to the treatment of the wide spectrum of personality disorders. The histories of these clients often include early repeat experiences of abuse, deprivation,…
The early studies of trauma in late 19th century Paris centered on the clinical phenomenon of conversion hysteria, a dissociative disorder. Janet and Freud wrote extensively on this topic, and actually described many of the posttraumatic syndromes…
Conceptual Framework. In Ego State Disorders, moderate levels of dissociation are present for the purpose of isolating overwhelming affect or untenable conflict from conscious awareness. There are parts of the self'which are experienced by the host,…
Participants will learn: 1) how a history of early abuse and/or neglect induces severe attachment pathology in infants and toddlers; 2) the deleterious effects of early abuse and neglect on the development of right brain coping systems, specifically…
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…
EMDR is not the focus of this program. Participants will: 1) become acquainted with interview questions and diagnostic instruments that access for the presense of a dissociative disorder; 2) learn current thinking concerning the etiology of…
Participants will: 1) learn that in Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and Binge Eating Disorder (BED), food, the abused substance, provides the means for reenactment of childhood emotional trauma and how food facilitates a re-experiencng of unresolved affects…
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…
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…
The use of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EM.D.R) to integrate fractionated, dissociated traumatic memories in a patient with multiple personality disorder is presented on videotape. Two EM.D.R sessions, performed one year apart,…
The integration of EMDR with Ego State Therapy will be presented as a comprehensive approach to the treatment of (he wide specturm of personality disorders. New evidence from the fields of neuroscience. regarding the normative multiplicity of the…
The integration of EMDR with Ego State Therapy will be presented as a comprehensive approach to treatment of the wide spectrum of personality disorders. These diagnostic categories include individuals manifesting character pathology, borderline…
The integration of EMDR with Ego State Therapy will be presented as a comprehensive approach to treatment of the wide spectrum of personality disorders. These diagnostic categories include individuals manifesting character pathology, borderline…
The integration of EMDR with Ego State Therapy will be presented as a comprehensive approach to treatment of the wide spectrum of personality disorders. These diagnostic categories include individuals manifesting character pathology, borderline…
Ths paper will offer general guidelines in the application of EMDR with the dissociative disorders, with paramount concern for client day. The intended audience is the established clinician who is new to the diagnosis and treatment of dissociative…
This workshop will present an integrated approach to the treatment of clients diagnosed with complex trauma. Ego state work, somato-sensory work and EMDR are utilized to help such clients deal with dissociation, internal fragmentation, and…
EMDR is increasingly being utilized to treat highly challenging clients with a variety of diagnoses including complex PTSD, DESNOS, and a range of dissociative disorders. The dissociative processes commonly described as part of the PTSD spectrum, are…
The repetitive traumatic patterns our clients come to us to change are not only psychological but somatic, clearly reflected in posture, energy level, movement, regulation of arousal and other physical attributes. Changing these patterns cannot be…
A model is proposed, based on recent research in neuroscience and the neurobiology of dissociation and attachment, that guides therapeutic interventions in general and EMDR treatment in particular. Participants will become familiar with specific…
Individuals with dissociative disorders present unique therapeutic difficulties for most therapists. These clients have developed an intricate and often creative defense structure to protect themselves from painful emotions and traumatic memories.…
Endogenous opiates play a major role in attachment and they are also involved in dissociative processes and somatoform dissociation. The presentation discusses the adjunctive use of opoid antagonists both during stabilization and trauma processing…
For those clients who are suffering from Complex PTSD, especially those whose condition originates in childhood abuse or neglect, dissociation is likely to be part of the presenting clinical picture. To the extent that dissociation is occurring, the…
Personality is a multiplicity, encompassing many different states of mind. Ego state is a useful term describing a state of mind in which certain thoughts, feelings, and behaviors tend to operate together. The well-functioning adult will shift ego…
The successful treatment of left lower limb phantom pain with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing psychotherapy is reported. A theory of traumatic dissociation is proposed to explain the phantom limb pain.
I have been using EMDR with many of my clients a number of whom had been sexually assaulted as children and have suffered other childhood trauma. While it is very helpful for most clients, I have found that some, who had suffered repeated and early…
The integration of EMDR with Ego State therapy will be presented as a comprehensive approach to the treatment of the wide spectrum of personality disorders. The histories of these clients often include early repeat experiences of abuse, deprivation,…
The integration of EMDR with Ego State therapy will be presented as a comprehensive approach to the treatment of the wide spectrum of personality disorders. The histories of these clients often include early repeat experiences of abuse, deprivation,…
The integration of EMDR with Ego State therapy will be presented as a comprehensive approach to the treatment of the wide spectrum of personality disorders. The histories of these clients often include early repeat experiences of abuse, deprivation,…
The integration of EMDR with Ego State therapy will be presented as a comprehensive approach to the treatment of the wide spectrum of personality disorders. The histories of these clients often include early repeat experiences of abuse, deprivation,…
This case discussion focuses on a traumatically blinded man. Treatment involved stabilisation using ego-state work with bilateral stimulation, followed by trauma processing work using EMDR. The aim of this paper is to assess his response to this…
