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Spider phobia in children: Disgust and fear before and after treatment

Fear of spiders, disgust sensitivity, and spiders' disgust-evoking status were assessed in a group of spider phobic girls (n = 22) who applied for treatment, in a group of non-phobic girls (n = 21), and in the parents of both groups of children. The…

Tags: Disgust, Disgust Sensitivity, Exposure Therapy, Parents, Phobias, Spider Phobia

Single session treatment of nontraumatic fear of flying with eye movement sensitization reprocessing: Pre and post-September 11

Eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) was originally developed to treat traumatic memories. Since its development, the application of EMDR has proliferated to various disorders. A single session utilizing the EMDR approach applied to the…

Tags: 9/11, Clinical Case Study, Emotional Trauma, Empirical Study, Event Memory, Experience, Fear of Flying, Follow-up Study, Memory, Phobias, September 11, Single Session, Terrorism

The assessment and treatment of specific phobias: A review

Specific phobia is one of the most common and easily treated mental disorders. In this review, empirically supported assessment and treatment procedures for specific phobia are discussed. Exposure-based treatments in particular are highlighted given…

Tags: Phobias, Specific Phobia

EMDR versus exposure-in-vivo bij kinderen met een spinfobie EMDR versus exposure in vivo in children with a spider phobia

Uitgevoerd een cross-over studie van de werkzaamheid van EMDR en in vivo exposure bij de behandeling van spinangst bij kinderen en adolescenten. Human Ss: 22 Nederlandse school-kinderen en adolescenten (leeftijd van 10-14 jaar) (spinangst). Ss werden…

Tags: Children, Empirical Study, Exposure, Phobias

The use of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in treating a public speaking anxiety/phobia for individuals of high, moderate, and low absorption ability

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a relatively new and seemingly effective but controversial therapeutic treatment used primarily for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and related anxiety disorders such as phobias. In this…

Tags: Anxiety, Eye Movements, Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Public Speaking, Public Speaking Anxiety

Treatment of affect phobias using EMDR

Participants will be able to 1) describe and use Tomkin's Three System Model of Emotion; 2) differentiate between the regressive/hysterical and obsessive/compulsive character defensive styles and modify treatment plans accordingly; 3) describe and…

Tags: Affect Phobia, Phobias, Tomkin's Three System Model of Emotion, Two Triangles

Panic disorder and physiology phobia: EMDR treatment

Panic disorder can be viewed as a phobic fear of the body's physical sensations. It results from conditioning by the traumatic experience of having panic attacks. Conceptualizing panic disorder in this way provides a powerful way to structure…

Tags: Panic Disorder, Panic Disorders, Phobias, Physiology

Treating phobias or treating people? Of acronyms and the social context

Fobies is van die mees algemene versteurings wat onder die aandag van terapeute en dokters kom. Die klassieke behandeling van keuse was SD (sistematiese desensitisasie), soms in kombinasie met hipnose. Meer onlangs het VR- (virtuele realiteit)…

Tags: CBT, Memory Processing, Phobias, Social Constructionism, Systematic Desensitization, Virtual Reality Exposure

An intensive design investigation of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing of claustrophobia

Two claustrophobic subjects were treated with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), a new treatment for induced anxiety disorders. Both subjects were interviewed to construct detailed images of fear-related events before treatment.…

Tags: Claustrophobia, Phobias

Effects of eye-movement desensitization versus no treatment on repeated measures of fear of spiders

Multiple measures of fear of spiders were acquired during in vivo tests once before and several times after 7 subjects were exposed to an experimental rendition of eye-movement desensitization. The pre- and posttreatment measures were compared with…

Tags: Arachnophobia, Phobias, Spider Phobia

Commentary on the Bates et al. report on eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)

In their 1996 paper, Bates, McGlynn, Montgomery, and Mattke were critical of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) as an effective method of behavior therapy. The present commentary challenges the Bates et al. review of the literature,…

Tags: Arachnophobia, Commentary, Female, Phobias, Spider Phobia

The contributions of eye movements to the efficiacy of brief exposure treatment for reducing fear of public speaking

The present study was designed to isolate the effects of the eye-movement component of the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) procedure in the treatment of fear of public speaking. Seventy-one undergraduate psychology students who…

Tags: Americans, Clinical Trial, College Students, Empirical Study, Experimental Stressor, Female, Phobias, Psychophysiology, Treatment Effectiveness, Treatment Outcome

Traumatic memories, eye movements, phobia, and panic: A critical note on the proliferation of EMDR

In the past years, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has become increasingly popular as a treatment method for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The current article critically evaluates three recurring assumptions in EMDR…

Tags: Literature Review, Panic Disorders, Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Research Needs, Stressors, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization of medical phobias: Two case studies

We treated two medical phobic subjects with eye movement desensitization (EMD). Using detailed images of fear-related events, the treatment design conformed to an additive, within-series phase change to examine enduring effects. Results indicated…

Tags: EMD, Eye Movement Desensitization, Medical Phobia, Phobias

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

Use of EMDR in the treatment of water phobia at Navy boot camp: A case study

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has become one of the most scientifically researched mental health treatments in the world; yet little has been done specifically with active-duty service members. Initially used in the treatment…

Tags: Navy, Phobias, Trauma

Case presentation: "Swimming/fish phobia" - A single session case using an abbreviated EMDR protocol

I have been using a short EMDR session along the same protocol lines as Parnell(1999), being less pedantic about the ordered protocol set-up. While the patient tells me about self and their issues, I consider the necessary approach. In this case the…

Tags: Fish Phobia, Phobias, Swimming Phobia

Dog solution to cat phobia

Editor's Note: Dr Campbell-Beattie provides us with a creative, three session EMDR case utilizing both visual/light and auditory bilateral stimulation to resolve a cat phobia. Readers may especially appreciate his example of the potential value of…

Tags: Cat Phobia, Phobias

EMDR: A new treatment procedure for trauma and phobias

EMDR or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a new treatment procedure for persons suffering from trauma and phobias. Recently developed, it offers the potential for fairly rapid treatment for persons suffering from post-traumatic stress…

Tags: Phobias, Trauma

Applications of EMDR to children: EMDR in the treatment of darkness phobia in children

EMDR in the treatment of darkness phobia in children: 1. Overview of Darkness Phobia: A. Assessment of Childhood Phobias; B. Definition; C. Prevalence; D. Consequences. 2. Treatment Literature on Darkness Phobia: A. Invivo Exposure; B. Imaginal…

Tags: Children, Darkness Phobia, Phobias

Treatment of anxiety and phobias with EMDR: Rapid conceptualization: Effective procedures and proposals for changes of the protocol

Fears and phobias associated with EMDR situations where a single event for the well-structured, and short-term treatment is not compelling. Exposure in vivo EMDR'ın cognitive behavioral interventions, such as advantages, the fear-inspiring…

Tags: Anxiety, Phobias

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

Treatment of specific phobias with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Protocol, empirical status, and conceptual issues

This paper considers the current empirical status of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as a treatment method for specific phobias, along with some conceptual and practical issues in relation to its use. Both uncontrolled and…

Tags: Literature Review, Phobias, Review, Treatment Effectiveness

EMDR for panic disorder with agoraphobia: Comparison with waiting list and credible attention-placebo control conditions

In a randomized controlled trial, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA) was compared with both waiting list and credible attention-placebo control groups. EMDR was significantly better than…

Tags: Adult, African Americans, Asian Americans, Clinical Trial, Empirical Study, European American, Panic Disorders, Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT, Treatment Effectiveness, Treatment Outcome

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for panic disorder: A case series

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a new technique that has shown some promise in the treatment of traumatic memories, was evaluated in this pilot study. Subjects were seven clients suffering from panic disorder who received EMDR…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Anxiety Disorders, Empirical Study, Panic Disorders, Phobias, Treatment Effectiveness

The application of EMDR in the treatment of specific phobias

Participants will 1) gain an understanding of when and how to apply the phobia protocol; and 2) learn to integrate the use of adaptive coping skills and exposure techniques into their EMDR work with phobic individuals.

Tags: Phobias, Specific Phobia

EMDR and hypnosis in the treatment of phobias. Eye movement and desensitization and reprocessing

Clinical hypnosis and EMDR have both been employed in the treatment of phobias. EMDR has been a controversial treatment method with the research showing mixed results concerning its efficacy. Many studies have shown the effectiveness of hypnosis in…

Tags: Hypnotherapy, Phobias, Review

Overcoming fear and phobia

Help finally came through a newer method of psychotherapy - Rapid Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprogramming, or EMDR. The therapy helped Morris to make a major life turnaround, she says. "It was not a bandage. For me, it was a genuine miracle."

Tags: Fear, Phobias

EMDR in the treatment of panic, phobia, and obsessive compulsive disorders

Tags: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Panic Disorders, Phobias

Keep an eye on the latest phobia cure

John Spector, currently the only clinical psychologist fully-trained in EMDR, has found the technique invaluable with patients, including those traumatised by assaults, road accidents or having seen, a close friend in the military die.

Tags: John Spector, London, Phobias

Does EMDR work?

Provides information on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR), a single-session cure for post-traumatic stress disorder, addictions and phobias. Invention of EMDR; Details of an EMDR therapy; Controversy surrounding the…

Tags: Addiction, General, Overview, Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

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

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 and the role of the clinician in psychotherapy evaluation: Towards a more comprehensive integration of science and practice

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an integrative psychotherapy approach that has been consistently evaluated as efficacious in the treatment of PTSD. The information processing model that guides its clinical application posits…

Tags: Assessment, C-PTSD, Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Complex PTSD, EVT, Integration, Pain, Phobias, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness

The use of hypnosis and EMDR combined with energy therapies in the treatment of phobias and dissociative, posttraumatic stress, and eating disorders

The treatment of dissociative disorders, PTSD, eating disorders, and phobias is frequently difficult and traumatic for the client. One author (LG) has been treating clients with a combination of hypnosis, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing…

Tags: Adult, Dissociative Disorders, Eating Disorders, Energy Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy, Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Stressors, Survivor, TFT, Thought Field Therapy

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Innovative clinical applications

Neurologically-based therapies such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) are being clinically implemented and researched in the field of psychotherapy. While EMDR has a theoretical base and some research support for its…

Tags: Anxiety, Conflict, Depressive Disorders, Dyspareunia, Eating Disorders, Interpersonal Interaction, Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Sexual Dysfunction, Somatic Symptom, Stressors, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Treating spider phobia with eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing: Two case reports

Two spider phobics were first treated with Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and then received an exposure in vivo session. Results showed positive effects of EMDR, but also suggest that it is especially self-report measures that…

Tags: Arachnida, Clinical Case Study, Empirical Study, Phobias, Spider Phobia

Treating phobic children: Effects of EMDR versus exposure

This study examined the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and exposure in the treatment of a specific phobia. 26 spider phobic children were treated during 2 treatment phases. During the first phase, which lasted 2.5…

Tags: Adolescents, Children, Empirical Study, Phobias, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing versus exposure in vivo: A single-session crossover study of spider-phobic children

Background: Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) is a relatively new therapeutic technique that has been proposed as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety complaints. Method: We compared the efficacy of EMDR…

Tags: Empirical Study, Exposure Therapy, Phobias, Spider Phobia

Treatment of specific phobias with EMDR: Conceptualization and strategies for the selection of appropriate memories

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has been shown to be a structured, noninvasive, time-limited, and evidence-based treatment for unprocessed memories and related conditions. This paper focuses on EMDR as a treatment for specific…

Tags: Cognitive Therapy, In Vivo Exposure, Phobias, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Specific Phobia, Stressors, Survivor

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

Through the eyes of a child: EMDR with children

Explores the use of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with children and adolescents. The book demystifies the application of EMDR for children, from the first session with the parents to later sessions with children at all…

Tags: Children, Mental Disorders, Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Stressors, Survivor, Therapeutic Processes

EMDR in hospital intervention

The therapeutic effectiveness of EMDR has been wel1 documented since 1989, but the technique is far from reaching its optimal utilisation in the clinical and psychological world. I wish to present a case in which the improvement on the part of the…

Tags: Adult, Case Study, Female, Medical Procedure, Multiple Traumatic Events, Phobias, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Een procedure voor de behandeling van aan trauma gerelateerde angst Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): A procedure for the treatment of trauma-related anxiety

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR ) is een relatief nieuwe procedure op het terrein van de psychotherapie. Ervaringen met EMDR geven aanleiding tot hoopvolle verwachtingen van de behandeling van diverse aan trauma gerelateerde…

Tags: Clinical Case Study, Dental Phobia, Empirical Study, Follow-up Study, Panic Disorder, Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Opmerkelijke veranderingen na één zitting met eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Een geval van angst voor misselijkheid en braken Noteworthy changes after one session with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A case of fear of nausea and vomiting

In deze bijdrage worden enkele principes van Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) beschreven. Met name het ‘reprocessing’ gedeelte van deze procedure wordt nader toegelicht, waaronder de selectie van negatieve en positieve cognities…

Tags: Adult, Case Study, Dutch, Female, Phobias

Eye movement desensitization versus image confrontation: A single-session crossover study of 58 phobic subjects

Eye movement desensitization (EMD) and a control procedure, image confrontation (IC) were compared in a group of 58 phobics, 31 of them arachnophobes. [There were 7 cases of "traumatic phobia" and 1 of "classical PTSD."] Subjects confronted…

Tags: Accident, Adult, British, Dog Bite, Dog Phobia, EMD, Exposure Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization, Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

A clinical vignette: EMDR treatment of choking phobia

A vignette is a brief case report that makes a contribution to the literature, but which has used only EMDR's standard protocol measures. This vignette describes the treatment of a woman who developed a severe choking phobia following an allergic…

Tags: Adult, Anaphylactic Shock, Case Study, CBT, Child Abuse, Choking Phobia, Eating Disorders, Female, Phobias, Spouse Abuse, Survivor

眼動減敏訊息再處理法中「眼動」與「正向認知」成分對於懼蟑症之療效眼動減敏訊息再處理法中「眼動」與「正向認知」成分對於懼蟑症之療效 The efficacy of eye movement and positive cognition components of EMDR in the treatment of cockroach phobia

陳致豪眼動減敏訊息再處理法中「眼動」與「正向認知」成分對於懼蟑症之療效眼動減敏訊息再處理法（Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing; EMDR）是Shapiro（1989a, 1989b）所發展的一套治療方法，最早被用來治療創傷後壓力疾患（post traumatic stress disorder;…

Tags: Cockroach Phobia, Eye Movements, Phobias, Positive Cognition, Psychotherapy

EMDR and phobias: Treatment of fears and phobias with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) EMDR bei angst: Und panikstörungen

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has been shown to be a structured, noninvasive, time-limited, and evidence-based treatment for the processing of memories of traumatic conditioning events and related symptomatology. There is a…

Tags: Dental Phobia, Phobias, Shark Phobia, Vomiting Phobia

A trial of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) compared to systematic desensitization in the treatment of specific phobias

Tags: Phobias, Treatment

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