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Either in acute or chronic diseases, medical interventions, in adults and kids, might be potentially traumatic. This can be named "Medical Trauma". In kids this can disrupt attachment process. Frequently, psychotherapists must take part of…

This presentation introduces the necessity of approaching infant medical trauma through a dyadic lens. Often the continuing concern over a medical condition or the relief at the passing of that condition prevents therapists from appreciating that…

Somatic disorders like myocardial infarction or cancer, for instance, are based on various dysfunctions of physiological processes. The causes are manifold. Somatic illness is often life-threatening and even if it is not, it can bring along many…

This chapter focuses on the process of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing and its uses in the course of psychotherapy for children who have experienced medical trauma and other forms of traumatic events, either episodically or chronically.…

BackgroundEye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) has been utilised as an intervention for many different presentations since it’s development for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in 1987 by Francine Shapiro. One area for…

This chapter focuses on the process of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing and its uses in the course of psychotherapy for children who have experienced medical trauma and other forms of traumatic events, either episodically or chronically.…