The World Health Organization and several international guidelines (e.g., Cochrane Review) recommend EMDR for treating PTSD in children, adolescents and adults. The EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP) provides individual EMDR…
Background and objectiveThe present work aims at describing our experience in psychological support of healthcare professionals from Udine Hospital (Italy) during COVID-19 pandemic through EMDR-IGTP (Eye Movement Desensitization and…
Background and aimsCOVID-19 pandemic represents one of the most catastrophic events of recent times. The population of healthcare workers (HCW) was the most affected. The present study aimed at investigating PTSD in a sample of Italian HCW during…
Residential nursing homes were particularly badly affected by the first wave of COVID-19, with large numbers of their frail person getting infected with COVID-19 and dying. The staff in these structures were catapulted into a reality very different…
A body of research has demonstrated the efficacy of timely psychotherapy in the acute phase of traumatization. COVID19 emergency represented for several reasons a highly traumatic event for the most of professionals involved in patients’ care…
The coronavirus or COVID-19 is a reality that is affecting European countries in different ways. The purpose of this text is to share the reflections of what we have experienced, observed and done in dealing with the Coronavirus emergency. By writing…
The following series of guidelines, suggestions and tips grew out of the work that we/EMDR Italy have been doing with clients and groups during the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic in the earliest days of the pandemic. These are based on our…
To find a psychotherapeutic method to treat post-traumatic symptoms in refugees and asylum seekers population is at the present a major need, and a main and necessary task; it has to satisfy the requirements of being effective, reasonably short, easy…
Introduction: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapeutic treatment resolving emotional distress caused by traumatic events. With EMDR, information processing is facilitated by eye movements (EM) during the recall of a…
