As Coordinator of the California Network, I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to meet many of you who have attended our quarterly meetings in Sunnyvale. It has been a pleasure to interact with such talented people as the Special Interest Group…
Community mental health centers (CMHCs) and larger mental health agencies have a significant role in the provision of behavioral healthcare. CMHCs and larger agencies provide services to underserved groups and are actively involved in advocacy…
Which practices can be combined with EMDR and which combinations should be avoided? And according to which criteria? This symposium hopes to introduce new ethical questions to the EMDR community, questions that may have repercussions for national and…
Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), often resulting in dramatic symptom relief in clients, has become an increasingly popular treatment for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and a variety of other diagnoses and symptoms. EMDR…
This research study seeks to illuminate the impact of post-traumatic anxiety on elite level competitive cycling performance. Although there is much outcome research supporting the effectiveness of EMDR in treating post- traumatic anxiety in general,…
In March 2007 an EMDR Europe HAP project, in conjunction with the University of Birmingham, commenced in Northern Pakistan in the aftermath of the earthquake that occurred in the region October 2005. Presently over 75 mental health workers have now…
The present article is a response to R. May's commentary (see record 2005-03961-005) on our original article: "A Look at EMDR: Technique, Research and Use with College Students" (see record 2003-10645-005). May points out the controversial nature of…
This symposium features reports on two randomized controlled studies. The first study is of EMDR (as part of a multi-component treatment) compared to standard care only for 300 incarcerated teens in several New York state facilities. The second study…
EMDR is a standard method for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and consists of main two strategies which the first is desensitization and the second is the resource development and installation (RDI). The latter also has a protocol in…
EMDR therapy directly addresses the physiologically stored memory networks that underlie both psychological problems and mental health. The adaptive information processing model guides both case conceptualization and clinical application. The model…
This panel of EMDR therapy researchers provides clinicians an overview of the state of EMDR research and identifies priorities for future studies. The feasibility of conducting a randomized clinical trial is discussed and how to meet the challenges…
This panel of EMDR therapy researchers provides clinicians an overview of the state of EMDR research and identifies priorities for future studies. The feasibility of conducting a randomized clinical trail is discussed and how to meet the challenges…
Professor Jamie Hacker Hughes will discuss the importance of research in clinical practice, in the evaluation of therapies and protocols and, most importantly, the role of research in informing evidence-based practice for the EMDR therapist,…
These were subject to statistical analysis using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Chi-Square tests to examine the relationships between Questionnaire items for significance. A total of 9 subjects agreed to be interviewed regarding their EMDR practice…
EMDR is an empirically supported psychotherapy underpinned by a theoretical model known as adaptive information processing (AIP). EMDR is currently indicated within the NICE (2005) guideline as one of two recommended treatment interventions for PTSD.…
The need for research in the EMDR field has been clear since its beginning. EMDR therapists, like most other therapists, have been reluctant to combine clinical work and research despite offers of support from the EMDR community. One of the reasons…
This article reviews and analyzes two national studies of the efficacy of treatment for war veterans suffering from post–traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Acareful analysis of the studies conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)…
Mike will open the workshop by outlining the core concepts of attachment theory and discuss the empirical evidence supporting these. He will discuss the development of attachment theory referring to the neurobiology of secure attachment and…
Drawing on my professional practice and research, with children, young people and adults, this presentation aims to provide information about a range of approaches to the implementation of EMDR therapy, combining theory and practice. There will be…
In anxiety disorders, such as PTSD, brain imaging has demonstrated local modifications of functional activities using various techniques. In the present study the direct neuronal activities were measured in delta, theta and beta frequencies, using…
In anxiety disorders, such as PTSD, brain imaging has demonstrated local modifications of functional activities using various techniques. In the present study the direct neuronal activities were measured in delta, theta and beta frequencies, using…
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a trauma treatment with origins date back to 1987 by its founder Francine Shapiro. EMDR is based on an information-processing model and is being used to treat traumatic symptoms. Clinicians in…
Determining Readiness for EMDR Trauma Processing: • Neither diagnosis nor trauma history determine readiness for trauma processing or response to treatment • Though studies often exclude subjects with suicidal ideation, dissociation or substance…
This is a practical guide to objectively scored measures of child/adolescent post-traumatic stress symptoms. It is geared to the field-based researcher and the practicing clinician, who must balance scientific value with the limitations inherent in…
More sessions may be needed for combat trauma. Large treatment effect size compated toother approaches in;cuding flooding. Failire of physiogical measures has theoretical implications. [Excerpt]
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a treatment approach found to be efficacious for trauma-related disorders. This article provides an overview of the EMDR treatment process and briefly describes treatment components. It reviews…
Crittenton Children's Center has received a two-year, $10,000 grant from the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Research Foundation to conduct a first of its kind study addressing trauma in children. [Excerpt]
EMDR therapy is widely recognized as an empirically supported trauma treatment and was given an “A” rating in the most recent practice guidelines of both the DVA/DOD and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Meta-analytic findings…
Besides providing an overview of current EMDR research, this presentation examine related clinical implications. Although EMDR is efficacious in PSTD treatment, different studies have achieved a range of results. Factors that might account for this…
Pour cet ouvrage de 700 pages, le Professeur Cyril Tarquinio s’est entouré de Marie-Jo Brennstuhl, Hélène Delluci, Martine Iracane, Jenny Ann Rydberg, Michel Silvestre, et Eva Zimmerman afin de se lancer dans une synthèse « de 20 ans de développement…
The empirical justification for the use of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy as part of the repertoire of interventions used in response to humanitarian endeavors continues at a pace. A devastating earthquake, measuring 7.6…
Research psychologists often complain that practitioners disregard research evidence whilst practitioners sometimes accuse researchers of failing to produce evidence with sufficient ecological validity. We discuss the tension that thus arises using…
After the extraordinary success of the previous Frontiers Research Topic dedicated to “Present and future of EMDR” (500,000 views), this is a sequel to the same topic, and is a result of increasing interest in this pioneering psychotherapeutic…
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an evidence-based psychotherapy which has been recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a first-choice treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (WHO, 2013). The new…
Tijdens deze presentatie wordt ingegaan op de werkgeheugentheorie als verklaring voor de effectiviteit van EMDR. Verschillende onderzoeken worden gepresenteerd die laten zien dat het belasten van het werkgeheugen zowel de subjectieve believing van…
Introduction: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapeutic treatment resolving emotional distress caused by traumatic events. With EMDR, information processing is facilitated by eye movements (EM) during the recall of a…
This study received the support of the French EMDR Association: Emmanuelle Dobbelaere received a grant for her thesis. The basic EMDR protocol and the peak performance protocol created by Foster and Lendl, enriched with positive psychology (2012)…
We will present the first data of a large Randomized Clinical Trial (N >100) on EMDR and addiction conducted in six Dutch outpatient addiction care centres. Patients were outpatient alcohol dependent patients without PTSD. Participants were…
Nem todo profissional engaja-se na atividade científica. Além de questões vocacionais e tecnológicas, é comum encontrar-se mesmo uma reação aversiva ao tema. Nem sempre a exclusão dessa atividade é uma questão de escolha. Propõe-se incitar nessa…
Participants will be able to: 1) describe relevant research on EMDR with childhood trauma; 2) analyze the developmental tasks that are affected by childhood trauma; 3) use case study data to illustrate how EMDR enables reprocessing of trust,…
Until recently we had little knowledge how to help people integrate such disintegrated traumatic imprints. Traditionally, before the advent of contemporary methods of treatment outcome evaluation, many clinicians, from Pierre Janet to Milton Erikson…
This presentation introduces the work of the late Francisco Varela, a neurobiologist famous for his landmark theory, with Humberto Maturana, of Autopoiesis: The Organization of the Living (1972). More recently Varela is known as co-author of The…
