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Even a skilled EMDR therapist often experiences that the adaptive information processing (AIP) does not go well. Since human existence is multi-layered and open system, so negative factors to consolidate traumatic memories before, during, and…

Tags: Brain Gym, CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Integrative Psychotherapy, SE, Somatic Experiencing, TFT, Thought Field Therapy

ブリーフセラピーの技法と実践 : EMDR、TFT、催眠Brief therapy techniques and practice: EMDR, TFT, hypnosis

Tags: Brief Therapy, Hypnosis, TFT, Thought Field Therapy

EMDRと相性のいい心理療法Psychotherapies compatible with EMDR

Tags: Brain Gym, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Eclectic Psychotherapy, Integrative Approach, Somatic Experiencing, TFT, Thought Field Therapy

“Echo attributions” and other risks when publishing on novel therapies without peer review

A special series on Thought Field Therapy in the Journal of Clinical Psychology provides an opportunity for psychologists to learn about techniques and theories outside the mainstream of our field. Unfortunately, by publishing this series of…

Tags: Echo Attribution, Power Therapies, TFT, Thought Field Therapy

Terapia del trauma psicológico EMDR, TIR y terapia del campo del pensamiento nuevos abordajes psicoterapéuticos en el tratamiento del trauma EMDR therapy, psychological trauma, TIR and Thought Field Therapy new psychotherapeutic approaches in the treatment of trauma

Los efectos psicológicos del trauma se expresan como cambios en la respuesta biológica al stress, produciendo alteraciones profundas en los mecanismos hormonales relacionados con éste, y en el procesamiento de la memoria. A partir de 1994, cuando el…

Tags: Energy Psychology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, TFT, Thought Field Therapy, TIR, Traumatic Incident Reduction

Reflections on active ingredients in efficient treatments of PTSD, Part 2

Part 1 of this essay summarized data and summarized the methods studied in the 'Active Ingredients' Project. Part 2 explores possible change-producing ingredients germane to each as well as across the methods

Tags: Dissociation, Kinesthetic, TFT, Thought Field Therapy, TIR, Traumatic Incident Reduction, V/KD, Visual

An orienting reflex/external inhibition model of EMDR and thought field therapy

The clinical phenomena of the conduct of EMDR and Thought Field Therapy were interpreted in light of concepts in the field of classical conditioning with emphasis on the orienting reflex and its external inhibiting effects on conditioned responses. A…

Tags: Cognitive Processes, Conditioned Emotional Response, TFT, Thought Field Therapy

An analog study of patient preferences for exposure versus alternative treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder

Although several efficacious treatments for PTSD exist, these treatments are currently underutilized in clinical practice. To address this issue, research must better identify barriers to dissemination of these treatments. This study investigated…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Therapy, College Students, Empirically Supported Treatment, Evidence-Based Practice, Exposure, Patient Preference, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Stressor, Survivor, TFT, Thought Field Therapy

Going for the cure

This article discusses the challenges that working with PTSD clients present to therapists who wish to avoid vicarious traumatization. In addition, the work of Charles Figley and Joyce Carbonell to further understanding and treatment of PTSD is…

Tags: Behavior Therapy, Commentary, Epidemiology, Neurolinguistic Programming, NLP, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, Research Needs, TFT, Thought Field Therapy, TIR, Traumatic Incident Reduction, Treatment Effectiveness

Reflections on active ingredients in efficient treatments of PTSD, Part 2

Part 2 of this paper focuses on possible active, change-producing elements of the four therapies for PTSD included in the Active Ingredients Demonstration Project (Figley, C and Carbonell, J., 1995). The methods studied were Eye Movement…

Tags: Neurolinguistic Programming, NLP, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychotherapeutic Processes, PTSD, TFT, Thought Field Therapy, TIR, Traumatic Incident Reduction

Pseudoscience and the commercial promotion of trauma treatments

The authors take as specific exemplars two of the popularized "power therapies" -- eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and thought field therapy (TFT) -- to demonstrate the influence of pseudoscience in the contemporary trauma…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Professional Criticism, PTSD, Scientific Research, Stressor, Survivor, TFT, Thought Field Therapy, Treatment Effectiveness

Finding the energy to heal: How EMDR, hypnosis, TFT, imagery, and body-focused therapy can help restore mindbody health (1st Ed.)

I have found that more traditional models of psychological healing, such as self-object relations, ego psychology, cognitive behaviorism, and developmental psychology, along with theories of trauma, dissociation, and attachment, are invaluable in…

Tags: Body Psychotherapy, Cognitive Therapy, Ego State Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Stressor, Survivor, TFT, Thought Field Therapy

The power therapies: A proposed mechanism for their action and suggestions for future empirical validation

Power Therapies claim to achieve rapid results in reducing fear elicited by a large number of situations. This paper presents a theory of how competition among stimuli may be the basis for how the Power Therapies work. The compelling features of…

Tags: Conditioned Emotional Response, Neurolinguistic Programming, NLP, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, TFT, Thought Field Therapy, TIR, Traumatic Incident Reduction

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

Power therapies, miraculous claims, and the cures that fail

Recent 'Power Therapies' claim near miraculous cures but fare less well under controlled testing. These developments recall for cognitive behavior therapists the history of past 'cures' that temporarily induced high levels of expectancies, but failed…

Tags: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, TFT, Thought Field Therapy, TIR, Traumatic Incident Reduction, Treatment Effectiveness

Power therapies, miraculous claims, and the cures that fail

Recent "Power Therapies" claim near miraculous cures but fare less well under controlled testing. These developments recall for cognitive behavior therapists the history of past "cures" that temporarily induced high levels of expectancies, but failed…

Tags: Commentary, Placebo, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, TFT, Thought Field Therapy, TIR, Traumatic Incident Reduction, Treatment Effectiveness

Novel and controversial treatments for trauma-related stress disorders

The purpose of this chapter is to critically examine novel or controversial interventions for psychological trauma and its sequelae. Because the field of trauma treatment has recently witnessed a substantial increase in unusual treatments with…

Tags: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, TFT, Thought Field Therapy, Treatment Effectiveness

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

Personal accounts - Four therapists and a client: A personal journey

A psychiatric nurse therapist describes his experience of suffering a mental disorder, variously diagnosed as PTSD, obsessive compulsive disorder, and panic disorder, and variously treated by a succession of therapists with strong orientations to…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Male, Managed Care, Mental Health Personnel, Nurse, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Panic Disorder, Personal Narrative, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, TFT, Thought Field Therapy

Invisible force

Of course, not all therapists who learn TFT stick to it exclusively. Many combine talk therapy with both TFT and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), in which a client recalls a traumatic memory while moving his or her eyes in a…

Tags: Energy Psychology, TFT, Thought Field Therapy

A systematic clinical demonstration of promising PTSD treatment approaches

Traumatic Incident Reduction, Visual-Kinesthetic Dissociation, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and Thought Field Therapy were investigated through a systematic clinical demonstration (SCD) methodology. This methodology guides the…

Tags: Neurolinguistic Programming, NLP, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, TFT, Thought Field Therapy, TIR, Traumatic Incident Reduction, Treatment Effectiveness

Promising PTSD treatment approaches: A systematic clinical demonstration of promising PTSD treatment approaches

Traumatic Incident Reduction, Visual-Kinesthetic Disassociation, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and Thought Field Therapy were investigated through a systematic clinical demonstration (SCD) methodology. This methodology guides the…

Tags: Neurolinguistic Programming, NLP, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, TFT, Thought Field Therapy, TIR, Traumatic Incident Reduction, Treatment Effectiveness

Case Studies: Expanding our tool kit: A new technique that compliments TFT and EMDR

In recent years, increasing numbers of therapists have discovered the effectiveness of neurologically based therapy techniques, such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Thought Field Therapy (TFT), not only for trauma, but for…

Tags: TFT, Thought Field Therapy

Power therapies: Evidence vs. miraculous claims

Poole, de Jongh and Spector ask for empirical research rather than emotive arguments when evaluating EMDR. When one applies this standard, Poole et al.s remaining points are devoid of substance. EMDR, like other Power Therapies, is a miracle cure…

Tags: Letter, Placebo, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Power Therapies, PTSD, Sham Therapies, Stressor, Survivor, TFT, Thought Field Therapy, TIR, Traumatic Incident Reduction, Treatment Effectiveness

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

Browse Items (26 total)

EMDRとTFTーPTSDの新しい治療ー精神科治療学New treatment of EMDR and TFT-PTSD

Eclectic and integrative use of brain gym, TFT, SE, and CBT with EMDR

ブリーフセラピーの技法と実践 : EMDR、TFT、催眠Brief therapy techniques and practice: EMDR, TFT, hypnosis

EMDRと相性のいい心理療法Psychotherapies compatible with EMDR

“Echo attributions” and other risks when publishing on novel therapies without peer review

Terapia del trauma psicológico EMDR, TIR y terapia del campo del pensamiento nuevos abordajes psicoterapéuticos en el tratamiento del trauma EMDR therapy, psychological trauma, TIR and Thought Field Therapy new psychotherapeutic approaches in the treatment of trauma

Reflections on active ingredients in efficient treatments of PTSD, Part 2

An orienting reflex/external inhibition model of EMDR and thought field therapy

An analog study of patient preferences for exposure versus alternative treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder

Going for the cure

Reflections on active ingredients in efficient treatments of PTSD, Part 2

Pseudoscience and the commercial promotion of trauma treatments

Finding the energy to heal: How EMDR, hypnosis, TFT, imagery, and body-focused therapy can help restore mindbody health (1st Ed.)

The power therapies: A proposed mechanism for their action and suggestions for future empirical validation

The use of hypnosis and EMDR combined with energy therapies in the treatment of phobias and dissociative, posttraumatic stress, and eating disorders

Power therapies, miraculous claims, and the cures that fail

Power therapies, miraculous claims, and the cures that fail

Novel and controversial treatments for trauma-related stress disorders

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

Personal accounts - Four therapists and a client: A personal journey

Invisible force

A systematic clinical demonstration of promising PTSD treatment approaches

Promising PTSD treatment approaches: A systematic clinical demonstration of promising PTSD treatment approaches

Case Studies: Expanding our tool kit: A new technique that compliments TFT and EMDR

Power therapies: Evidence vs. miraculous claims

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