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The experiences of EMDR therapists when working with PTSD symptom clients. A focus on ‘vicarious growth’Simplified Title of study: How EMDR therapists’ make sense of positive experiences from working with clients who present with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Trauma therapists increasingly use EMDR when working with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and trauma clients as it is recommended by NICE guidelines (2005) however until recently research focused on the negative impact of trauma work.…

Tags: EMDR Therapists, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), Posttraumatic Growth, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Vicarious Growth (VG), Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth (VPTG)

眼动脱敏与再加工和舍曲林治疗伴童年创伤的青少年抑郁症的效果比较 Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing versus sertraline in the treatment of depressed adolescents with childhood trauma

背景伴童年创伤的青少年抑郁症患儿的抑郁症状常更严重，且对药物不敏感。眼动脱敏与再加工（EMDR）在治疗创伤有关的心理疾病中发挥了其独特的优势，近年来也逐渐用于抑郁症的治疗并取得了一定的成果，但国内相关研究较少。目的比较EMDR和舍曲林治疗伴童年创伤的青少年抑郁症患儿的效果差异，以探索更优的临床治疗方案，并为进一步推广EMDR的临床应用提供科学数据。方法…

Tags: Adolescents, Anxiety, Comparative Effectiveness Research, Depressive Disorders, Posttraumatic Growth, Psychological, Sertraline

Abordaje EMDR para duelo traumático

Objetivo: El presente artículo describe los resultados cualitativos de la aplicación de un protocolo específico de EMDR en un caso de una paciente que cursa un duelo traumático. Método: Se revisan aspectos teóricos relacionados en la terapia EMDR, el…

Tags: Bilateral Stimulation, Brain Hemispheres, Dual Attention, Early Intervention, Posttraumatic Growth, Trauma, Traumatic Episode Protocol

眼动脱敏与再加工和舍曲林治疗伴童年创伤的青少年抑郁症的效果比较Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing versus sertraline in the treatment of depressed adolescents with childhood trauma

背景　伴童年创伤的青少年抑郁症患儿的抑郁症状常更重，且对药物不敏感。眼动脱敏与再加工（EMDR）在治疗创伤有关的心理疾病中发挥了其独特的优势，近年来也逐渐用于抑郁症的治疗并得到了一定的成果，但国内相关研究较少。目的　比较 EMDR 和舍曲林治疗伴童年创伤的青少年抑郁症患儿的效果差异，以探索更优的临床治疗方案，并为进一步推广 EMDR 的临床应用提供科学数据。方法　收集 2020 年 12 月至 2022 年 2 月就诊于遵义医科大学附属医院心理门诊的 60…

Tags: Adolescents, Depression, Efficacy Comparison, Posttraumatic Growth, Psychological Resilience, Psychology, Sertraline

EMDR on vicarious trauma and posttraumatic growth in the helper of abused children and family

The multidisciplinary team experience daily exposure to cases of child abused, which is likelihood to develop vicarious trauma and do not seek for therapy.Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of eye movement…

Tags: Abuse, Children, Family, Poster, Posttraumatic Growth, Vicarious Trauma

EMDR treatment for trauma

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is one of the two most empirically supported treatments for adult populations with noncombat, single-episode posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with the other being exposure therapy. This entry…

Tags: Bilateral Stimulation, Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Combat-Related PSTD, Complex Trauma, Dual Attention Stimulation, Exposure Therapy, Posttraumatic Growth, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to facilitate posttraumatic growth: A prospective clinical pilot study on ferry disaster survivors

Objective:The purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) on post-traumatic growth (PTG). Methods:This study was conducted using a sample of ten survivors of a large-scale…

Tags: Posttraumatic Growth, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Resilience, Trauma

Growing up in the shadow of the warrior: Personal experience of EMDR and post traumatic growth

Tedeschi & Calhoun (1995) stated that "(Post Traumatic) Growth occurs when the trauma assumes a central place in the life story" (p85). With this in mind, this symposium presentation focuses on a first-hand account of personal trauma and what…

Tags: Posttraumatic Growth, PTG, Symposium

Use of pre-treatment mental health screening measures to predict posttraumatic growth in veterans treated with EMDR

The purpose of the study was to investigate which mental health screening measures would be the best predictors of posttraumatic growth for B=Veterans (N=32) admitted to a PTSD Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program who received EMDR individual…

Tags: Posttraumatic Growth, Screening Measure, Veterans

Processing trauma: studies into posttraumatic stress disorder, eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing and posttraumatic growth

While PTSD results in various symptomatology, key characteristics concern a sense of being "stuck" on the trauma which keeps the person reliving it through thoughts, feelings and images and a need to avoid anything which reminds them of the trauma.…

Tags: Posttraumatic Growth, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

Complex trauma: Road to psychiatric dysfunction or path toward posttrauma growth?

Healthcare service providers, as well as, mental health practitioners, frequently associate the suffering of complex trauma with pathology, mental illness, personality disorders and severe psychiatric dysfunction. Clients are perceived as difficult…

Tags: Complex Trauma, Posttraumatic Growth

In search of the antonym to trauma: An eye movement desensitisation & reprocessing perspective on positive psychological changes after trauma

This book, derived from the author's PhD thesis, examines the lived experience of positive psychological changes following trauma. Negative changes, including psychiatric diagnoses, have understandably, been the focus of research for well over a…

Tags: Posttraumatic Growth, PTG, Trauma

The posttraumatic growth path: An emerging model for prevention and treatment of trauma-related behavioral health conditions

The aim of this study is threefold. First, the current evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are reviewed. Treatments reviewed for efficacy include prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive processing therapy, and eye…

Tags: Integrative Therapy, Posttraumatic Growth, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTG, PTSD, Resiliency, Trauma

Posttraumatic growth and PTSD symptoms in response to brief eclectic psychotherapy and EMDR

Brief eclectic psychotherapy for PTSD: New evidence: Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy (BEP) is a multimodal treatment for PTSD comprising five essentials: psychoeducation; imaginal exposure; writing assignments and mementos; domain of meaning and…

Tags: Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy, New Evidence, Posttraumatic Growth, PTSD, Symposium