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Treatment of gay men for post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from social ostracism and ridicule: Cognitive behavior therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing approaches

This report describes the clinical treatment of a sample of 4 gay men suffering from PTSD attributed to their repeated experiences with peer ridicule and ostracism throughout childhood and adolescence, caused by their gender variant appearance and…

Tags: Adult, Americans, CBT, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Gay Men, Homosexual, Male, Persecution, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Survivor

EMDR and phantom limb pain: Theoretical implications, case study, and treatment guidelines

This article reviews the literature on EMDR treatment of somatic complaints and describes the application of Shapiro's Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model in the treatment of phantom limb pain. The case study explores the use of EMDR with a…

Tags: Adaptive Information Processing, Adult, AIP, Amputation, Car Accident, Case Study, Depressive Disorder, Male, Pain, Phantom Limb, Physical Pain, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Survivor

A clinical vignette: Resource connection in EMDR work with children

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 a procedure for drawing on and strengthening a child's resources in all phases of EMDR…

Tags: Israelis, Psychotherapeutic Processes, School Age Children, Stressor, Survivor

Clinical Q & A

A contribution to the "Clinical Q & A" column, in which master clinicians answer questions posed by readers who are requesting assistance with clinical challenges. The question to which the authors are replying is "I recently took the EMDR…

Tags: Professional Training, Psychotherapeutic Processes

Power therapies and possible threats to the science of psychology and psychiatry

Objective: Advocates of new therapies frequently make bold claims regarding therapeutic effectiveness, particularly in response to disorders which have been traditionally treatment-refractory. This paper reviews a collection of new therapies…

Tags: Commentary, Energy Psychotherapy, Literature Review, Neurolinguistic Programming, NLP, Psychotherapeutic Processes, TFT, Thought Field Therapy, TIR, Traumatic Incident Reduction, Treatment Effectiveness

The acceptability and preference for the psychological treatment for PTSD

The acceptability and preference of psychological treatments is important in understanding patient treatment seeking, choice, engagement and attrition and possibly treatment response in health care. The acceptability of, and preference for, 14…

Tags: Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, College Students, Computer Assisted Psychotherapy, Empirical Study, Exposure Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Psychotherapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Preference, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychological Treatment, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Quantitative Study, Relaxation Therapy, Treatment Acceptability, Virtual Reality Exposure, Web-Based Survey

Using EMDR to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in a prison setting

This article describes the treatment of a young man who developed PTSD following the sudden unexpected miscarriage of his unborn child. He was diagnosed with this anxiety disorder while serving a term of imprisonment. He was treated with a…

Tags: Delayed Onset, Male, Miscarriage, Nursing, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prison Inmate, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness, Young Adults

A conceptual framework for treating traumatic memories and its application to EMDR

With burgeoning interest in trauma has come a proliferation of interventions for the treatment of intrusive memories. At this stage of development, uniformity of clinical practice in the trauma field is neither possible nor desirable. The literature…

Tags: Hallucination, Intrusive Thought, Memory Impairment, Neurophysiology, Professional Criticism, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness

Healing trauma: Creating a theoretical structure for nonverbal and expressive therapies in the treatment of trauma

Expressive and nonverbal therapies are increasingly being used in the treatment of trauma. This paper provides a theoretical structure that explains the mechanisms of therapeutic action so that empirical investigations can be conducted to determine…

Tags: Alexithymia, Body Psychotherapy, Cognitive Processes, Dance Therapy, Dissociative Disorder, Expressive Psychotherapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Somatic Symptom, Stressor

Self-healing interventions for clinical practice: Brief psychotherapy with WHEE -- the wholistic hybrid of EMDR and EFT

Potent self-healing approaches are now available to help people to deal with their stresses, anxieties, and pains of physical and emotional origins. The author, a wholistic psychiatrist, shares his clinical experiences in helping his clients deal…

Tags: Brief Psychotherapy, Energy Psychotherapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor

EMDR in der behandlung dissoziativer störungen EMDR in the treatment of dissociative disorders

Psychologische Behandlung von traumatischen Belastungsstörungen mit EMDR. Die EMDR-Behandlung ist nach unserer Erfahrung eine sehr effektive Technik zur Behandlung von traumatischen Erinnerungen bei Patienten mit dissoziativen Störungen. Das Ziel der…

Tags: Dissociative Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes

EMDR and information processing in psychotherapy treatment: Personal development and global implications

EMDR: A peculiar technique. It may give one an idea of hocus-pocus: the eliciting of the eye-movement. But it isnt! And how it originated also is a peculiar story, but this I suppose is well known. It was a nice case of serendipity. The adaptive…

Tags: Cognitive Processes, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Stressor, Survivor

A trauma-focused individual therapy approach for adolescents with conduct disorder

Trauma is proposed as a key to understanding the development and persistence of conduct disorder in conjunction with other contributing factors. Trauma history is virtually universal in this population, and trauma effects can help to account for many…

Tags: Adolescents, Cognitive Therapy, Disruptive Behavior Disorder, Individual Psychotherapy, Males, Psychiatric Inpatients, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Stressor, Survivors

The use of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of psychogenic seizures

We present a case illustrating the use of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of psychogenic seizures. These seizures were events lasting many hours, necessitating frequent emergency room visits and an extensive…

Tags: Adult, Australians, Clinical Case Study, Cognitive Therapy, Empirical Study, Family Therapy, Female, Male, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Self Report Instrument, Spouse, Treatment Effectiveness, Vietnam, War

Single session treatment of test anxiety with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)

One session of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) appeared to be an effective treatment for test anxiety, reducing reported physiological distress, worry, and fears of negative evaluation. The research design included two…

Tags: Anxiety Disorder, Brief Psychotherapy, College Students, Empirical Study, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, Test Anxiety, Treatment Effectiveness, Treatment Outcome

The combined use of EMDR and hypnosis in the treatment of DID: The wreathing protocol:The imbrication of hypnosis and EMDR in the treatment of dissociative identity disorder and other dissociative responses

Tags: DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Hypnotherapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD

The "wall of fear:" The bridge between the traumatic event and trauma resolution therapy for childhood sexual abuse survivors

A multitude of published books and papers on child sexual abuse (CSA) describe symptoms, long-term effects, and therapy for survivors of abuse. However, the parallels between the nature of the sexual trauma event(s) as originally experienced by the…

Tags: Adult, Body Psychotherapy, Child Abuse, Effects, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Rape, Survivor, TIR, Traumatic Incident Reduction

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of traumatized gay men

Gay men suffering from traumatic experiences can benefit from Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing treatment (EMDR). In the past decade the theory and practice of EMDR has expanded to address acute and chronic childhood and adult traumas,…

Tags: Adult, Emotional Trauma, Gay Male, Homosexual, Homosexuality, Male, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor

EMDR and theoretical orientation: A qualitative study of how therapists integrate eye movement desensitization and reprocessing into their approach to psychotherapy

This study examined how 3 therapists from differing theoretical orientations (psychodynamic, humanistic, and cognitive–behavioral) integrate eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) into their work with clients. The consensual qualitative…

Tags: Assimulative Integration, CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Empirical Study, Humanistic Psychotherapy, Humanistic Therapy, Integrative Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Psychotherapy Integration, Qualitative Study, Treatment Outcome

Integrating EMDR into phase-oriented treatment for trauma

Originally introduced a century ago by Pierre Janet, phase-oriented treatment has been independently proposed by many authors and is now widely considered by trauma specialists to be the treatment of choice for PTSD and other posttraumatic disorders.…

Tags: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor

Distribution of targets in 400 eye-movement desensitization cases

In a series of 400 patients undergoing Eye-movement Desensitization (EMD), patients rarely reported more than 9 flashbacks or other focal targets, which may indicate the working memory limit. Eye-movement desensitization may operate by freeing…

Tags: Adult, Cognitive Processes, EMD, Eye Movement Desensitization, Psychotherapeutic Processes

L’outil EMDR en alcoologie: Reflexions theoriques et cliniques EMDR in alcoology: Theoretical and clinical reflections

La méthode EMDR, conçue et développée par Shapiro, est une psychothérapie qui, selon les études les plus récentes (Inserm, 2004), peut être efficace dans la résolution des troubles de stress post-traumatique (SSPT). Son auteur pense qu'il s'agit d'un…

Tags: Alcoholism, Evaluation, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Psychotherapy, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness

Recommendations and illustrations for combining hypnosis and EMDR in the treatment of psychological trauma

Three experienced therapists, trained in hypnosis and EMDR, distilled some tentative hypotheses about the use of hypnosis in EMDR from fifteen cases, two presented here. When a therapist uses hypnosis with EMDR, it seems that the client is having…

Tags: Hypnotherapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Review, Treatment, Treatment Effectiveness

EMDR in the treatment of borderline personality disorder

Individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) usually experience significant impairment in their ability to function. Impulsivity, affect instability, interpersonal difficulties, and identity problems are hallmark features of this…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Borderline Personality Disorder, Case Study, Child Abuse, Clinical Case Study, Empirical Study, Female, Incest, Individual Psychotherapy, Interpersonal Difficulty, Interpersonal Interaction, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Qualitative Study, Rape, Suicide, Survivor, Treatment

The wreathing protocol: The imbrication of hypnosis and EMDR in the treatment of dissociative identity disorder and other dissociative responses

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), a chronic childhood onset posttraumatic stress disorder, is currently recognized as a treatable condition. It is considered the paradigmatic dissociative condition and carries with it extreme posttraumatic…

Tags: DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Review

Adaptive information processing: EMDR clinical applications and case conceptualizations

EMDR is guided by the Adaptive Information Procesing paradigm, which differentiates it from other forms of psychotherapy. The implications of this paradigm will be explored in relation to a variety of recent clinical case studies and research…

Tags: Adaptive Information Processing, Adolescents, AIP, Cognitive Processes, Family Systems Therapy, Females, Integrative Psychotherapy, Memories, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Self Concept

ECEM (Eye Closure Eye Movements): Integrating aspects of EMDR with hypnosis for treatment of trauma

The paper addresses distinctions between hypnotic interventions and Eye Movement Desensitizing and Reprocessing (EMDR) and discusses their effect on persons who have symptoms of PTSD. Eye movements in hypnosis and EMDR are considered in terms of the…

Tags: ECEM, Eye Closure Eye Movements, Hypnotherapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor

Adaptive information processing and case conceptualization

EMDR is guided by the Adaptive Information Processing paradigm, which differentiates it from other forms of psychotherapy. The model was formulated to describe clinical phenomena observed in EMDR, successfully predict treatment effects, and guide…

Tags: Adaptive Information Processing, Adolescents, AIP, Cognitive Processes, Family Systems Therapy, Females, Integrative Psychotherapy, Memories, Plenary, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Self Concept

Protocol for the utilization of EMDR with grief and mourning

EMDR can be utilized within an overall framework for treatment of grief and mourning. Processes tat mourners go through to accommodate and assimilate the loss, and how EMDR can be utilized for each process, will be discussed. EMDR can also be…

Tags: Bereavement, Grief, Mourning, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Survivor

A four activity model of psychotherapy and its relationship to eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and other methods of psychotherapy

This paper presents a general, information processing, model of psychotherapy based on Shapiro's EMDR, that includes both recently developed and traditional psychotherapy methods. It is posited that methods of psychotherapy can be conceptualized as…

Tags: Cognitive Processes, Psychotherapeutic Processes

Utilization of EMDR in the treatment of grief and mourning

Participants will: 1) understand and learn about the six processes of grief; 2) learn about the application of EMDR to grief; 3) learn about complications of grief recovery; and 4) learn how to utilize EMDR in resolving complications.

Tags: Bereavement, Complicated Grief, Grief, Mourning, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Survivor

Potential contributions of hypnosis to ego-strengthening procedures in EMDR

This paper explores how hypnotic principles can be systematically incorporated into the standard EMDR protocol to enhance various ego strength capacities during EMDR treatment. Expanding these skill areas can widen the therapeutic window of…

Tags: Hypnotherapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Review, Treatment, Treatment Effectiveness

Adaptive information processing and case conceptualization

EMDR is guided by the Adaptive Information Processing paradigm, which differentiates it from other forms of psychotherapy. The model was formulated to describe clinical phenomena observed in EMDR, successfully predict treatment effects, and guide…

Tags: Adaptive Information Processing, Adolescents, AIP, Cognitive Processes, Family Systems Therapy, Females, Integrative Psychotherapy, Keynote, Memories, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Self Concept

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and the anxiety disorders: Clinical and research implications of an integrated psychotherapy treatment

Four recent, independent, rigorously controlled studies of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) have reported that 84 to 100% of single-trauma victims no longer maintain the posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis after the equivalent…

Tags: Anxiety Disorder, Literature Review, Methodology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Research Needs

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Information processing in the treatment of trauma

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an efficacious and efficient treatment for PTSD. This article provides a brief overview of the findings of 20 controlled-outcome studies and describes Shapiro's Adaptive Information Processing…

Tags: Clinical Case Study, Cognitive Processes, Empirical Study, Information Processing, Literature Review, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Treatment Process

Utilization of EMDR in the treatment of grief and mourning

Participants will: 1) understand and learn about the six processes of grief; 2) learn about the application of EMDR to grief; 3) learn about complications to grief recovery; and 4) learn how to utilize EMDR in resolving complications.

Tags: Bereavement, Grief, Mourning, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Survivor

EMDR and emotionally oriented couples therapy

When reviewing past and current research on the role of emotion in couples therapy, there appeared to be a lack of articulation concerning how emotional expressions and relational dynamics are affected by emotional trauma that has not been accessed.…

Tags: Empirical Study, Family Therapy, Literature Review, Marital Issue, Nonclinical Case Study, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

EMDR as an integrative psychotherapy approach: Experts of diverse orientations explore the paradigm prism

Beyond the talking cure: somatic experience and subcortical imprints in the treatment of trauma; The developing mind and the resolution of trauma: some ideas about information processing and an interpersonal neurobiology of psychotherapy; EMDR and…

Tags: Adult, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Psychotherapy, Stressor, Survivor

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing

Discusses the efficacy of EMDR in the treatment of child and adolescent trauma survivors, with two case examples of succesful EMDR therapy in preadolescents.

Tags: Children and Adolescents, Disruptive Behavior Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Preadolescents, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Stressors, Survivors

Energy psychology & EMDR: Combining forces to optimize treatment (1st Ed.)

As clinical and consulting psychologists, we have continually searched for ever better ways to help people. At this point after almost 60 years of combined practice, we have come to rely on energy psychology (EP) and eye movement desensitization and…

Tags: Energy Psychotherapy, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Stressor, Survivor

Combining eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and energy therapies

Observing that there has been a rapid increase in the number of practitioners trained in both eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and the energy psychotherapies, the authors describe ways to combine these modalities to increase their…

Tags: Energy Psychotherapy, Latin Americans, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Stressor, Survivor, TFT, Thought Field Therapy

The application of EMDR to the treatment of personality disorders

Since its inception in 1987, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has evolved into an integrated approach to psychotherapy that synthesizes aspects of the major psychological orientations. As such, its comprehensive treatment effects…

Tags: Personality Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Theories

EMDR in the treatment of adults abused as children

This book offers practical information about the use of EMDR in a typical clinical setting and presents innovations that build upon the information in Shapiro's 1995 book. It not only teaches many practical techniques that help the therapist when a…

Tags: Adult, Child Abuse, Incest, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Rape, Survivor

EMDR solutions: Pathways to healing

This book is a manual for doing EMDR with diverse client populations. [Text, P. 3]TOPICS TREATED: The strategic developmental model for EMDR; Integrating resource development strategies into your EMDR practice; EMDR for clients with dissociative…

Tags: Anxiety Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Stressor, Survivor

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

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