Browse Items (119 total)
Sort by:
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) scripted protocols and summary sheets: Treating trauma in somatic and medical-related conditions
This one-stop resource focuses on applying EMDR scripted protocols to medical-related conditions. Edited by a leading EMDR scholar and practitioner, it delivers a wide range of step-by-step protocols that enable beginning clinicians as well as…
The breastfeeding and bonding EMDR protocolSummary sheet: The breastfeeding and bonding EMDR protocol (Luber)
The process of giving birth and having a new baby are strong emotional experiences. Because of this intensity, many women are vulnerable to psychological problems, including anxiety, depression, and adjustment disorders. Breastfeeding is not simply a…
The EMDR recent birth trauma protocolSummary sheet: The EMDR recent birth trauma protocol
The Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Recent Birth Trauma Protocol has been specifically developed for intervention in the maternity ward when the delivery has been traumatic; the intervention may be used after several hours or…
The reenactment protocol: Treating trauma and trauma-related painSummary sheet: The reenactment protocol: Treating trauma and trauma-related pain (Luber)
Some clients have memories of traumatic events that are so painful they are difficult to process and move beyond. These memories are recalled differently than other memories. Clients often present with painful, disruptive, and frightening dreams,…
Medical trauma: EMDR therapy to treat the sequelae of somatic illness and medical treatment Summary sheet: Medical trauma: EMDR therapy to treat the sequelae of somatic illness and medical treatment (Luber)
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…
Illness and somatic disorders protocolSummary sheet: Illness and somatic disorders protocol (Luber)
When the perpetrator is the client's own body, the Illness and Somatic Disorders Protocol can be used. It is important to note that this protocol addresses both psychological and physical factors related to somatic complaints. This is not a…
Community trauma: A blueprint for support and treatment for trauma recovery network (TRN) responders from the Newtown, CT tragedySummary sheet: Community trauma: A blueprint for support and treatment for trauma recovery network (TRN) responders from the Newtown, CT tragedy (Luber)
A devastating fire in Stamford, Connecticut, on Christmas morning 2011 shook our town and took lives of three young children and their grandparents. We soon learned that the community has no organize mental health responders in place to help the…
Self-care for EMDR practitionersSummary sheet: Self-care for EMDR practitioners (Luber)
This protocol was derived from the notes of Neal Daniels, a clinical psychologist who was the director of the PTSD Clinical Team at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Always concerned about the welfare of clients and practitioners,…
The clinician self-awareness questionnaire in EMDR
Portions of this chapter are modified from EMDR and the relational imperative: The therapeutic relationship in EMDR treatment, by Mark Dworkin, for The Clinical Awareness Questionnaire [2005a], pp. 247-252) Whenever an EMDR treatment session becomes…
Self-care for EMDR practitioners
This protocol was derived from the notes of Neal Daniels, a clinical psychologist who was the director of the PTSD Clinical Team at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Always concerned about the welfare of clients and…
EMDR and phantom limb research protocol
The important elements of the EMDR and Phantom Pain Research Protocol are the following: (a) Client history taking and relationship building; (b) Targeting the trauma of the experience; and (c) Targeting the pain. This protocol is set up to follow…
EMDR pain protocol for current pain
It is estimated that approximately 30% of the population world-wide suffer from chronic pain. In this workshop you will learn how to use EMDR in order to treat patients who have specific forms of chronic pain e.g. phantom limb pain, whiplash and…
The desensitization of triggers and urge reprocessing (DeTUR) protocol
The DeTUR method is an urge reduction protocol used as the center of an overall methodology for the treatment of a wide range of chemical addictions and dysfunctional behaviors. This method was developed and refined by the author through client…
Pain control with EMDR
The treatment of chronic pain is a new and growing application of EMDR. The suitability of EMDR for chronic pain stems from a number of sources. There are similarities and overlaps between traumatic stress and physical pain that would suggest EMDR as…
CravEx: An EMDR approach to treat substance abuse and addiction
Thirty years of addiction research have provided sufficient evidence for the crucial role of memory in drug dependency. The addiction memory (AM) serves as a useful concept for obsessive-compulsive craving to be seen in drug addicted patients…
Dysfunctional positive affect: Codependence or obsession with self-defeating behavior
When there is a repetitive interaction pattern in a client's life that is difficult to resolve because the codependent behavior in question has become part of the client's identity or a lifetime way of connecting, it can be helpful to use a protocol…
Dysfunctional positive affect: To clear the pain of unrequited love
Feeling the pain of rejection by someone you love is one of the most difficult experiences that we can have as human beings. Often, this terrible feeling is, in part, based on an unrealistic idealization of the lost lover. This protocol assists your…
Dysfunctional positive affect: Procrastination
One way of thinking about procrastination is to regard it as a form of addiction; an addiction to putting things off. As with other addictive patterns, the client will choose a short-term gratification (i.e., of delay and avoidance) instead of going…
Dysfunctional positive affect: To assist clients with unwanted avoidance defenses
When working with ambivalence, it is helpful to identify the two or more sides of the ambivalence, such as the client who wants to work on a disturbing memory but is too afraid, or the client who wants to have an important conversation with someone…