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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 in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: An investigational study of the eye movement component using a within-subject design

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a recently developed psychotherapy treatment procedure which combines imaginal exposure with eye movements and is reported to dramatically reduce negative symptoms associated with trauma related…

Tags: Avoidance, Case Study, Clinical Trial, Empirical Study, Female, Intrusive Thought, Middle Aged, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness, Treatment Outcome

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in battered women: Alleviation of post-traumatic stress disorder

This study assessed the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in treating battered women. 5 battered women who received EMDR treatment experienced a significant reduction from pre to posttest (approximately 45 days) in…

Tags: Adult, Anxiety Disorder, Battery, Disorder, Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Shelter Resident, Spouse Abuse, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of panic disorder with agoraphobia

This article describes a comprehensive treatment of a case of panic disorder with agoraphobia. A thorough history taking revealed that experiential contributors had a pivotal role in the development of the condition. Therefore, eye movement…

Tags: Adult, Agoraphobia, Case Study, Clinical Case Study, Female, Italians, Panic Disorder, Phobias, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Stressor, Survivor, Trauma

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing treatment of rape trauma: A case report -- eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)

Reports the successful use of EMDR by a male therapist in treating a 39 year old female rape survivor.

Tags: Adult, Case Study, European American, Female, Rape, Survivor

Imaginary crimes: Resolving survivor guilt and writer's block

A 45-year old female professor of creative writing complained of depression, obsessing about an ex-boyfriend, and a writing block. She is in ongoing but episodic treatment within the framework of a psychodymanic model, specifically Control Mastery…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Cognitive Therapy, Depressive Disorder, Female, Guilt, Life Experience, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Survivor

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

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

Filling the void: Resolution of a major depression

This case demonstrates the value of EMDR in rapidly resolving a major depression by processing a series of traumatic memories. The themes of loss, overwhelming helplessness, and inadequacy weave through each of these memories and tie them together.…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Case Study, Depressive Disorder, Female, Life Experience, Surgical Procedure, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Postpartum depression: Helping a new mother to bond

"Karen" was a young mother who came to me in desperate shape, suffering from acute postpartum depression, unable to bond with, or to take care of, her new baby. This case demonstrates how a therapist can skillfully integrate EMDR with dreams,…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Bonding, Case Study, Childbirth, Depressive Disorder, Female, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

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

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

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

Does a visual perceptual disturbance characterize trauma-related anxiety syndromes?

The i-test was developed to assess the visual-perceptual disturbances (VPDs) frequently reported by anxious patients. Persons with the disturbance report a specific abnormal illusion of movement when they maintain a fixed gaze at the i-test stimulus.…

Tags: Adult, Anxiety, Assessment, Children and Adolescents, Depressive Disorder, Female, Injury, Male, Memory Retrieval Technique, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Somatic Symptoms, Survivors, Trauma, Treatment Effectiveness, Visual Hallucinations, Visual Perceptual Disturbance, Witness

The relative effectiveness of EMDR versus relaxation training with battered women prisoners

5 women prisoners with a history of being battered and who met the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD were assessed (A phase) and provided with structured relaxation training (RT) (B phase, or placebo treatment), followed by eye movement desensitization and…

Women's trauma and healing in Japanese culture

This dissertation explores the reality of women's trauma and the effective treatment for traumatized women in Japanese culture. Current research on PTSD supports the universality of many of the biologically determined components of PTSD experiences,…

Tags: Adult, Cross Cultural Assessment, Cross Cultural Treatment, Diagnostic Validity, Empirical Study, Female, Japanese, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor

Treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder using eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing: Two case studies

In my experience of using EMDR with clients from Latin American backgrounds, a number of old traumatic experiences emerge earlier in the process of therapy than conventional psychotherapeutic treatment. These memories were mainly related to life…

Tags: Argentines, Australians, Case Study, Central Americans, Dog Bite, Female, Immigrant, Middle Aged, Multiple Traumatic Events, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Surgical Procedure, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

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

Peaceful heart: A woman's journey of healing

Although I had a relatively happy childhood, I picked up many unspoken messages from the people around me about my physical body and my self-worth. At age 17, I was brutally beaten and raped in my family home. Based upon these often misinterpreted…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Effects, Female, Personal Narrative, Rape, Survivor

Occurrence and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in an elderly patient after a traffic accident

In our present study, we report on the development of PTSD after a traffic accident and present the trauma-specific treatment with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Despite the controversy about its novelty and other competing…

Tags: Aged, Car Accident, Case Study, Female, Germans, Headache, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness

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

An approach to psychotherapy toleration: The Distress/Endorsement Toleration Scale (DEVS) clinical outcome studies

The issue of treatment tolerance within the field of psychotherapy is, at best, a nebulous construct and has been commonly evaluated via rates of subject attrition and homework compliance. This research presents the psychometric properties of a…

Tags: Adult, Australians, Cognitive Therapy, Distress, Endorsement, Family Therapy, Female, Male, Outcome, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Questionnaire, Self Report Instrument, Spouse, Tolerance, Treatment, Treatment Effectiveness, Veterans, War

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

Utilizing EMDR and DBT techniques in trauma and abuse recovery groups

Marsha Linehan's dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a wonderfully effective treatment for people with borderline personality. It is a non-blaming, compassionate, therapeutic approach, based solidly on research data about what borderline…

Tags: Adult, Borderline Personality Disorder, Cognitive Therapy, Comorbidity, DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Female, Group Psychotherapeutic Process, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapy, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor

EMDR bij debehandeling van Type II psychotrauma: Een casus EMDR in the treatment of Type II psychotrauma: A case-study

Deze casus beschrijft de toepassing van EMDR bij de behandeling van ernstige en herhaalde seksueel misbruik. Tijdens een patiënt in de psychiatrische behandeling EMDR werd gebruikt om ongevoelig en "opwerken" de traumatische herinneringen. Zoals…

Tags: Case Study, Clinical Case Study, Empirical Study, Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Survivor, Young Adult

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

Repairing failures in bonding through EMDR

Maternal-infant bonding is an intense emotional tie between mother and infant that often begins during pregnancy and continues after birth. Prolonged physical separation from one's infant or traumatic interference can sometimes impede this process,…

Tags: Attachment, Bonding, Case Study, Clinical Case Study, Female, Integrative Psychotherapy, Maternal, Maternal Infant Bonding, Mother Child Relations, Parenting Behavior, Physical Separation, Pregnancy, Separation Reaction, Stressor, Survivor, Trauma

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

Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of specific phobias: Four single-case studies on dental phobia

A series of single-case experiments was used to evaluate the application of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to traumatically induced dental phobia. Following two to three sessions of EMDR treatment, three of the four patients…

Tags: Adult, Case Study, Dental Procedure, Female, Follow-up Study, Male, Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Young Adults

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

Post-traumatic stress disorder overcome by eye movement desensitization: A case report

PTSD is an exceptionally stressful syndrome that has been extremely difficult to treat. The prognosis was recently dramatically improved by the introduction of eye-movement desensitization. This paper reports, in substantial detail, a case that was…

Tags: Adult, Americans, EMD, Eye Movement Desensitization, Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Survivor

Eye-movement desensitisation: Symptom change in post-traumatic stress disorder

A novel approach is described for the treatment of PTSD. Eye-movement desensitisation (EMD) requires the patient to generate images of the trauma in the mind and define physiological and emotional arousal states. While concentrating on these states,…

Tags: Adult, Australians, EMD, Eye Movement Desensitization, Female, Longitudinal Study, Male, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye-movement desensitization to overcome post-traumatic stress disorder

A new treatment using a saccadic eye-movement desensitisation (EMD) procedure has recently been introduced to treat PTSD, a disorder that has been difficult to treat in the past. The treatment is claimed to be very rapid and successful. This paper…

Tags: British, Car Accident, Case Study, Female, Middle Aged, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Survivor

A controlled study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disordered sexual assault victims

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a new method developed to treat PTSD. This study evaluated the efficacy of EMDR compared to a no-treatment wait-list control in the treatment of PTSD in adult female sexual assault victims. 21…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Empirical Study, Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, Rape, RCT, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

A controlled comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing versus exposure plus cognitive restructuring, versus waiting list in the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder

A total of 105 patients with PTSD were randomly allocated to eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) (n = 39) versus exposure plus cognitive restructuring (E + CR) (n = 37) versus waiting list (WL) (n = 29) in a primary care setting.…

Tags: Adult, Brief Psychotherapy, British, Cognitive Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Female, Male, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Its cautious use in the dissociative disorders

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is described in terms of clinical phenomena, the need for appropriate training in EMDR, and the consistency of neural network theory with BASK theory of dissociation. EMDR treatment failures occur…

Tags: Adult, Crisis Intervention, Dissociative Disorder, Female, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization across images: A single case design

The use of eye movement desensitization (EMD) was investigated in a multiple baseline across two images. The subject was diagnosed as suffering from PTSD and had suffered from two distinct traumas which continued to generate intrusive disturbing…

Tags: Americans, Assaults, Car Accident, Case Study, EMD, Female, Longitudinal Study, Middle Aged, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Survivor

The counting method: Applying the rule of parsimony to the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder

A study is described comparing Prolonged Exposure, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and the Counting Method with 51 multiply-traumatized women. Measures of PTSD were significantly reduced by all three methods, but differences among the…

Tags: Adult, Counting Method, Exposure Therapy, Female, Imaginal Exposure, Multiple Traumatic Events, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Women

Eye movement desensitization of body image

This single case history reports the use of eye movement desensitization, a new cognitive therapy procedure originally developed for PTSD and similar problems, to treat anxieties and body image problems resulting from operation scars and a degree of…

Tags: Adult, Case Study, Disfigurement, Female, Physical Pain, Self Concept, Surgical Procedure, Survivor

Treatment of choking phobia by targeting traumatic memories with EMDR: A case study

Choking phobia is a specific phobia characterized by fear and avoidance of swallowing foods and liquids. It often develops following an episode of choking on food. A prospective case study of a 30-year-old woman with a phobia of choking, acquired…

Tags: Adult, Female, Medical Procedures, Multiple Traumatic Events, Phobias, Report, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

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

Case presentation of a tattoo-mutilated, Bosnian torture survivor

Torture is used to create fear, destroy individuals and communities, and to suppress unwanted political or religious views. The survivor of torture often endures significant physical and psychological trauma. The basis for treating this trauma varies…

Tags: Bosnians, Case Study, Cognitive Therapy, Depressive Disorder, Disfigurement, Drug Therapy, Female, GAD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Middle Aged, Muslim, Plastic Surgery Treatment, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Refugees, Survivor, Torture, Yugoslav Wars of Secession

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): A closer look at treatment outcome

EMDR therapy, using bilateral audio-tones as the stimulus, was given to 30 women for two to six sessions (the number determined by the individual). Results from the Impact of Event Scale (IES) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) suggested…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Female, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

EMDR bij de behandeling van PTSS na verkrachting EMDR treatment of PTSD following rape

Dat verkrachting een ingrijpende gebeurtenis is, behoeft geen betoog. Niet zelden is een posttraumatische stressstoornis (PTSS) het gevolg. Behandeling is dan noodzakelijk. In dit artikel wordt beschreven hoe bij een dergelijke behandeling gebruik…

Tags: Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rape, Survivor, Young Adults

A comparison between EMDR and exposure for treating PTSD: A single-subject analysis

The intent of this study is to use a single-subject analysis to compare the efficacy of EMDR to imaginal exposure for the treatment of PTSD. More specifically, this study compared exposure and EMDR for treating symptoms associated with the traumatic…

Tags: Empirical Study, Exposure Therapy, Female, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

A controlled comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing versus exposure plus cognitive restructuring versus waiting list in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder

A total of 105 patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were randomly allocated to eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) (n = 39) versus exposure plus cognitive restructuring (E + CR) (n = 37) versus waiting list (WL) (n =…

Tags: Adult, Brief Psychotherapy, British, Cognitive Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Female, Male, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

안구운동 민감 소실 및 재처리 요법(Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) 치료 후 국소 뇌 혈류 변화：두 증례의 SPECT 연구Changes in the regional cerebral perfusion after EMDR: A SPECT study of two cases

Over the last decade, EMDR(Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) has emerged as a promising new treatment for trauma and other anxiety-based disorders. However, neurobiological mechanism of EMDR has not been well understood. Authors report…

Tags: Adult, Brain Imaging, Car Accident, Female, Koreans, Neurophysiology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychiatric Inpatients, PTSD, Rape, SPECT, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is een nieuwe behandelingsmethode voor posttraumatische stress–stoornis en andere trauma–gerelateerde angstklachten. In essentie behelst EMDR het volgende: cliënten nemen een traumatische of…

Tags: Anxiety, Case Study, Children, Female, Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Spider Phobia, Trauma-Related Anxiety

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic method that was developed in the late 1980s by Shapiro. EMDR is based on specific and repetitive rapid eye movements similar to those experienced naturally in rapid eye movement…

Tags: Female, Traumatic Memories

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) as a time-limited treatment intervention for body image disturbance and self-esteem: A single subject case study design

This single subject case study implemented in the private practice setting examined body-image disturbance and self-esteem. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is the treatment modality. The Self-Esteem Rating Scale and the Body…

Tags: Anorexia, Body Image Disturbance, Bulimia, Clinical Case Study, Eating Disorders, Empirical Study, Female, Self-Esteem, Single Subject Design

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