I was working with a woman who had been repeatedly molested by her teenage brother when she was very young. As we reached the end of the session, she was aware that as a child, she left her body so he could not hurt her. Although she believed that it…
It took years of counseling and a process sometimes used with trauma victims called EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - for John Dougherty to remember the day Carley first raped him.
Childhood abuse memories can be activated at significant developmental periods or at stressful life events. Childbearing is especially vulnerable due perhaps to uncontrollable factors such as rapid changes in the woman's body, uncertainty and pain of…
Low sexual desire disorder is the most common sexual dysfunction in women. There is no standard definition for "normal" sexual desire and there are many factors that can influence it, hence, low desire can be one of the more difficult sexual…
Thanks to a European Equal project the sexually abused children who came to our Center for therapy have been treated with EMDR. We will illustrate, through the use of clinical examples, the main therapeutic issues, the difficulties and strategies in…
This hour and a half presentation addresses the use of cognitive and imaginal interweaves in the treatment of adult survivors of sexual abuse. The overall course of treatment with EMDR is briefly outlined including a variety of interweave…
Child sexual abuse is prevalent worldwide and can result in adverse psychological effects that persist into adulthood. Therapists must identify therapeutic treatments for adult survivors of child sexual abuse who continue to experience psychological…
Cet atelier a pour objectif de présenter une modalité de traitement individuel, pour victimes d’agression sexuelle, qui combine deux approches, soit l’EMDR et le traitement MASTR pour Motivation-Adaptive Skills-Trauma Resolution (Greenwald, 2005).…
Participants will learn: 1) how to best integrate EMDR into their work with sexual abuse survivors; 2) how to use imagery techniques throughout EMDR treatment of sexual abuse survivors and in the beginning, middle, and end of individual ongoing EMDR…
"La terapia EMDR ha obtenido reconocimiento internacional como tratamiento de elección para el trastorno de estrés postraumático, aunque su utilización se ha extendido a numerosas patologías. Desde EMDR se entiende que el origen de los síntomas está…
An interview with therapist Celia Grand, EMDR facilitator and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy trainer with trauma survivors and their partners. Celia blends her expertise in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) with her extensive…
Trauma treatment after sexual abuse for people with developmental disabilities People with disabilities have an increased vulnerability to experience violence and abuse. Also they have more negative experiences in general and are more often treated…
Introduction: Rape and sexual trauma are two of the most prevalent traumatic experiences linked to mental health problems. A challenge exists in the treatment of such traumas. This study focuses on three case studies treating sexual trauma using Eye…
Dreamwork is a highly effective tool in working with survivors who are in the active stages of working through their abuse. As they begin to focus on painful memories, whether they are repressed or not, often post traumatic stress symptoms are…
This paper is based upon a qualitative study which investigated the experiences of survivors of sexual abuse perpetrated by Roman Catholic Priests. The premise of the research was based upon a perceived assumption that such a distinct form of sexual…
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is frequent, with rates for significant abuse estimated at 15-20% of the female population and 8-10% of the male population. Such CSA frequently leads to significant short-term and long-term sequalae including a multitude of…
Domestic violence is a multifaceted complex trauma that can incorporate many attributes of violence be that physical, sexual, psychological, systemic and economic in nature and which can be both extremely overt and/ and covert. Internationally crime…
This paper investigated the psychosocial effects of 8 youth sexual abuse survivors perpetrated by prominent religious leader in the capital of Jakarta. Based on the investigation, I planned some treatment recommendations. I found that some themes…
性的虐待の実態を提示し、外傷の重症度に影響を与える要因を議論することを目的とした作者。また、治療的アプローチ、EMDRの実装に関連するポイント、EMDRの認知織り特定のタイプ、および虐待を受けた人のためのストレス対処戦略の獲得だけでなく、臨床医自身の二次外傷性ストレスに対する対策がある発表した。The authors aimed to present the actual state of sexual abuse and discuss factors that affect the…
