In this presentation Arianne will illustrate the use of EMDR with children with intergenerational trauma, severe presentations such as dissociative disorders and children out of home care. Actively involving their families in the healing process…
Many studies have shown that the relationship between child and caregivers is critical for healthy development of the child’s brain function, and for intergenerational transmission of attachment. Here, we propose a useful eye movement desensitization…
Unprocessed trauma can have a devastating impact on all areas of development (Van der Kolk et al., 2009). Chronically traumatised children can be difficult to engage in trauma-focused treatment, especially when they are removed from their families by…
The presenter will discuss the integration of ego state and systemic therapies with EMDR. The effects of tertiary dissociation on EMDR processing are described. Specific techniques for healing dissociative blocking, looping, and abreaction during…
Abstracts: My life, and somewhat accidental profession and career have made me a reluctant student of genocide and other mass atrocities, through witnessing the worst that man can do to fellow humans in places such as Rwanda, Srebrenica, Iraq, Sierra…
Most of the children who come to our Clinic are multi-traumatised and very often they have been hurt in their own families. Domestic violence is usually understood as physical and sexual abuse and neglect, and we have learned to look at the…
