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EMDR Master Series – II

Dissociation is a normal human process. We all dissociate. Some individuals are so severely and chronically traumatized that, in order to survive, they split their awareness into at least two levels or streams of consciousness - one level being the…

Tags: Accelerated Information Processing, AIP, DID, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder

Mindfullness, dissociation, EMDR and the anterior cingulate cortex: A hypothesis

Hypotheses on the neurobiology of a mindfulness-dissociation continuum are presented. Crucial to the hypotheses are the observations of a reciprocal interaction between the cognitive and affective subdivisions of the anterior cingulate cortex and the…

Tags: Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Bilateral Activation, Dissociation, Emotional Trauma, Gyrus Cinguli, Hypnosis, Hypnotic Dissociation, Hypothesis, Mindfulness, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Reciprocal Interaction

Treating dissociation in the spectrum of personality disorders: Integrating EMDR and ego-state treatment

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…

Tags: Dissociation, Ego Development, Ego State Therapy, Personality Disorder

EMDR - Une révolution et un changement de paradigme thérapeutiques EMDR – A therapeutic revolution and paradigm shift

La présentation comporte trois volets. Le premier volet présente le fondement neurologique de l’EMDR qui est centré sur les réseaux neuronaux de la mémoire - ce qui permet une compréhension nouvelle des phénomènes dissociatifs et qui fait ressortir…

Tags: C-PTSD, Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Complex PTSD, Dissociation

Healing the heart of trauma and dissociation with EMDR and ego state therapy

The powerful benefits of EMDR in treating PTSD have been solidly validated. In this groundbreaking new work nine master clinicians show how complex PTSD involving dissociation and other challenging diagnoses can be treated safely and effectively.…

Tags: Dissociation, Ego State Therapy

Reflections on active ingredients in efficient treatments of PTSD, Part 2

Part 1 of this essay summarized data and summarized the methods studied in the 'Active Ingredients' Project. Part 2 explores possible change-producing ingredients germane to each as well as across the methods

Tags: Dissociation, Kinesthetic, TFT, Thought Field Therapy, TIR, Traumatic Incident Reduction, V/KD, Visual

Adapting EMDR techniques in the treatment of dysregulated or dissociative patients

Since its inception, EMDR [Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing] has been understood by both clinicians and patients as a powerful vehicle for processing traumatic experience but one to be undertaken only when the patient has achieved some…

Tags: Dissociation, Dysregulation

Profits from the benefit of structural dissociation on the application with EMDR for complex-traumatized clients

Clients with chronic and complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) caused by severe traumata in childhood, are often still treated inadequately, especially when they developed additional dissociative symptoms or a Dissociative Disorder. There is a…

Tags: Complex Trauma, Dissociation

Psychotherapy of dissociative disorders: New strategies and new techniques in a new perspective

Tags: Dissociation, Symposium

The neurobiology of dissociation: Current findings and treatment approaches

Current research in neuroscience and the neurobiology of dissociation is discussed and its connection to a wide variety of traumatic stress syndromes and attachment related disorders. Dissociation is a normal and adaptive response to overwhelming…

Tags: Dissociation, Neurobiology

Treating dissociation in the spectrum of personality disorders: Integrating EMDR and ego state treatment

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. New evidence from the fields of neuroscience, regarding the normative multiplicity of the…

Tags: Dissociation, Ego State Therapy, Personality Disorder

Advanced clinical strategies for clients with complex PTSD and dissociation

Clients with complex PTSD and dissociation present many challenges. The neurosciences have helped us to begin to understand and deal with them through a recent clarification of mirror neurons and associated neural structures in both the clinician and…

Tags: C-PTSD, Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Complex PTSD, Dissociation

Bereavement, EMDR & structural dissociation of the personality theory

The Poster Presentation will address the therapeutic issues of a complex bereavement case with traumatized history in a bicultural society. EMDR as an integrative psychotherapeutic approach and theory like the “Structural Dissociation of the…

Tags: Dissociation, Personality Theory, Poster

When Tiger Woods is optimally focused "in the zone", he wins: Is it due to absorption, concentration, desensitization, flow and/or optimal brain wave states

The Absorption that allows an athlete, a surgeon, an astronaut or a musician to get into the Zone, i.e., to block out all distractions unrelated to performance has been assessed by Tellegen, Csikszentmihalyi and others in self-report measures. It…

Tags: Absorption, Celebrity, Concentration, Desensitization, Dissociation, Flow, Neurofeedback, Performance Enhancement, The Zone, Tiger Woods

The integration of EMDR in the treatment of dissociative clients

This workshop will focus on the use of EMDR in the treatment of patients who span the dissociative spectrum. The participants will learn how to understand dissociative process from simple to complex dissociation and how to utilize EMDR in their…

Tags: Dissociation, Dissociative Disorder

Hidden selves: Treating dissociation in the spectrum of personality disorders

This chapter will examine the applications of the ego state concepts and techniques to all phases of the EMDR process in order to facilitate the treatment relationship--especially with the lonely, vulnerable ego states--as well as identify and…

Tags: Dissociation, Personality Disorder

The role of EMDR in crisis intervention

EMDR is a procedure capable of assisting with MPD patients by defusing acute distress associated with current crises. In order to benefit from EMDR without risking retraumatization, the diagnosis of MPD needs to be established and consent obtained…

Tags: Dissociation, Multiple Personality Disorder

Treatment of dissociation with EMDR when war interrupts the process: The integration of EMDR with e-mail therapy

This article describes the integration of e-mail correspondence with EMDR treatment for a woman with a fear of driving and a diagnosis of dissociative disorder, not otherwise specified (DDNOS). When the client first presented for treatment, her…

Tags: Dissociation, Dissociative Disorder, E-Mail, Not Otherwise Specified, War, Writing

Treating dissociative identity disorder with EMDR, ego state therapy, and adjunct approaches

Therapists who choose to work with clients with dissociative identity disorder (DID) enter into the complex, confusing worlds of some of the most wounded clients they will ever encounter. For that very reason, they are the people who are most in need…

Tags: DID, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Ego State Therapy

Memoria clinica d'un cas en psicoterapia: Tratamiento de un caso de disociacion con hipnosis y EMDR conbinados Treatment of a case of dissociation combined with hypnosis and EMDR

La paciente, a la que llamaremos R, es una mujer de 35 años, físicamente explosiva, pide consulta por las dificultades que tiene para “sentir algo” cuando tiene relaciones sexuales con su pareja, con la que convive desde hace año y medio. Se queja de…

Tags: Dissociation, Hypnosis

Using EMDR with children who dissociate

Dissociation is a common response for children who experience abuse, severe neglect, or extreme disorganized attachment. This workshop will briefly describe the effect of dissociation on a child’s inner world and the emotional, behavioural,…

Tags: Children, Dissociation

ACT-AS-IF and ARCHITECTS approach to utilizing ego state therapy, somatic psychotherapy and EMDR with highly dissociative clients

This article discusses ACT-AS-IF and ARCHITECTS approach to utilizing ego state therapy, somatic psychotherapy and EMDR with highly dissociative clients.

Tags: Act-As-If, Architects, Dissociation, Ego State Therapy, Somatic Psychotherapy

Looking through the eyes of trauma and dissociation: An illustrated guide for EMDR clinicians and clients

The triumph of this book is its emphasis on giving voice to disowned parts of self. Recent advances in the fields of trauma and dissociation have revolutionized treatment. In this book, Dr Paulsen uses over 100 of her original cartoons and an…

Tags: Dissociation, Trauma

Un caso clínico de trastorno de identidad disociativo (TID) tratado con EMDR e ICV: Una cierta integración (que para la paciente ha representado una experiencia vitalizante mayúscula) A clinical case Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) treated with EMDR and ICV: A certain integration has been reached (which for the patient has represented a major revitalizing experience)

Se aborda el caso de una paciente que sufre un TID (como consecuencia de una infancia traumática). Se presentan las principales características del caso y de los cambios que se fueron produciendo en las sesiones del tratamiento (EMDR e ICV…

Tags: DID, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, MPD, Multiple Personality Disorder, Psychological Trauma, Psychotherapy, VCI Psychotherapy

The utilization of muscle testing as an ideomotor signal: How to bypass dissociation, ratify EMDR protocols and assess covert ego states

The Eve Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing procedure requires the development of a protocol comprised of the patient’s inner experiences in the forms of images, emotions, sensations, cognitions and Likert scale type ratings. Some individuals…

Tags: Dissociation, Ego States, Muscle Testing

Evolución histórica del concepto de disociación History of the concept of dissociation

Tags: Dissociation, History

'Dissociative processes' and EMDR - Staying connected

Dissociative processes, common in a wide variety of psychological disorders (e.g., PTSD, Anxiety Disorders, Personality Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, etc.) can interfere with effective EMDR treatment. The information processing system gets…

Tags: Dissociation, Dissociative Disorder

EMDR and ego state therapy: Healing complex trauma and dissociation

We all display particular patterns of thinking, feeling and acting, depending on the situation. The transition is usually seamless in well-adjusted people, but where there has been disrupted attachment or sustained early life trauma the result is…

Tags: Dissociation, Ego State Therapy, Trauma

Medlemsbladet

2) Nyheter!; 3) Hälsning från ordförande; 3) Psykoterapimässan 2008; 4) Referat från studiedagen 25 april 2008; 4) Om dissociation och annat skumt; 6) Fas åtta: Uppföljning/utvärdering; 8) Certifierade EMDR-terapeuter juni 2008; 9) Kalendarium; 10)…

Tags: Dissociation, Phase Eight

Using EMDR to treat complex PTSD and dissociation

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…

Tags: C-PTSD, Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Complex PTSD, Dissociation

Case conceptualization: Decision points in EMDR with children for attachment, dissociation, and concurrent diagnosis including OCD, ADHD, and PTSD

This presentation will focus on illustrating decision points in EMDR in case conceptualization with children involving complex diagnoses. Videotapes will include sessions with young children diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),…

Tags: ADHD, Attachment Disorder, Case Conceptualization, Children, Dissociation, Inverse Protocol, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

Part I: Right brain affect regulation: An essential mechanism of development, trauma, dissociation and psychotherapy

Dr. Schore will discuss current models of the neurobiology of attachment, detailing the enduring positive and negative impact of interactively regulated and dysregulated bodily-based affective transactions on the organization of the infant’s…

Tags: Dissociation, Mechanism of Action, Plenary, Right Brain Affect Regulation, Trauma

Part II: Right brain affect regulation: An essential mechanism of development, trauma, dissociation and psychotherapy

For those who are interested in hearing more on this topic, this half day workshop will be a continuation of the morning Plenary.

Tags: Dissociation, Mechanism of Action, Right Brain Affect Regulation, Trauma

EMDR for children with trauma and dissociation: Case conceptualization from stabilization to integration

This workshop initially will review the 8 phase EMDR protocol for implementation with severely traumatized and dissociative children and provide advanced skills utilizing the EMDR protocol with this population. The 8 phase EMDR protocol will be…

Tags: Case Conceptualization, Children, Dissociation, Stabilization, Trauma

"Blank" ...Using EMDR with children who dissociate

Dissociation is a common response for children who experience abuse, severe neglect, or extreme disorganized attachment. EMDR can help (1) increase a child´s sense of safety and stability, (2) decrease disconnection between aspects of self, and (3)…

Tags: Children, Disorganized Attachment, Dissociation, Severe Neglect, Therapist Training

EMDR and dissociation

Patients with dissociative disorders usually are a complex traumatised population that has an increased risk of complications during their treatment course. In treating these patients EMDR can be one of the key treatment approaches in a therapy…

Tags: Dissociation

The method of constant installation of present orientation and safety (CIPOS)

The CIPOS method can be used to extend the healing power of EMDR to many clients who are potentially vulnerable to dissociative abreaction because of a dissociative personality structure, or because of the client's intense fear of their own memory…

Tags: CIPOS, Constant Installation of Present Orientation and Safety, Dissociation, Memory, Present Orientation, Protocol, Psychotherapeutic Technique, Safety, Trauma

Modified resource development and installation (RDI) procedures with dissociative clients

The Resource Development Installation (RDI) intervention described here focuses on helping dissociative clients develop resources to address their issues. There are three steps to the intervention: Step 1. Introduces EMDR and the procedure. Step 2.…

Tags: DID, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Memory, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Protocol, Psychotherapeutic Technique, PTSD, RDI, Resource Development and Installation, Trauma

Dissociation: The key to understanding and treating traumitization

A precise understanding of trauma-related dissociation is essential for clinical practice, including the use of EMDR with traumatized patients. The existence of many conflicting and vague definitions of dissociation that include a mixture of…

Tags: Dissociation, Keynote

Stabilization and EMDR treatment of young dissociative children

Tags: Children, Dissociation, Stabilization, Treatment

Stabilization groups with ethnic minority women after domestic violence: Presentation of a model based on structural theory of dissociation, EMDR, intercultural comunication and expressive artwork

Alternative to violence has developed a group treatment model structured by the theory of structural dissociation and EMDR trauma treatment theory. Woman with ethnic minority background received short terms group treatment at a shelter for victims of…

Tags: Artwork, Dissociation, Domestic Violence, Ethnic, Intercultural Communication, Minority, Stabilization, Women

Personality disorders as a variant of dissociative phenomena. Treatment with an integration of EMDR and ego-state work in the healing of self

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…

Tags: Complex Trauma, Dissociation, Ego State Therapy, Personality Disorder

EMDR with two adolescents suffering from dissociative symptoms after sexual abuse: both with considerable weight-loss during treatment

Clinical case-presentation of EMDR-treatment of a boy and a girl, sixteen and eighteen years of age respectively, both with a history of different dissociative symptoms. Both were sexually abuse and both had a considerable weight-loss during…

Tags: Children, Dissociation, Sexual Abuse, Symposium

The body as a shared whole: Somatic interventions for working with trauma and dissociation

To stabilize overwhelming symptoms, integrate memories, and overcome the terror of intimacy, traumatized clients must establish sufficient safety in the body that they do not continue to recreate the unsafe world of childhood. Otherwise, the “child…

Tags: Dissociation, Somatic Intervention, Trauma

Advanced treatment of dissociation, personality disorders, couple and disaster survivors

Tags: Couples, Disaster, Dissociation, Personality Disorder

Integrating EMDR and ego state treatment: Addressing dissociation and PTSD in adult sexual abuse survivors and their negative impact on physical health

Tags: Dissociation, Ego State Therapy, Physical Health, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Sexual Abuse Survivor

Assessing dissociation in the visually impaired

This case discussion focuses on a traumatically blinded man. Treatment involved stabilisation using ego-state work with bilateral stimulation, followed by trauma precessing using EMDR. The aim of this paper is to assess his response to this approach,…

Tags: Dissociation, Visually Impaired

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