Using EMDR during the stabilization phase for patients with complex trauma

This presentation offers a systematic approach for the treatment of patients with complex traumatization. The first step involves assessing the severity of the illness, using Babette Rothchild's trauma classification. A variety of techniques will then be introduced, all of which have recently been successfully combined with bipolar EMDR stimulation, and which serve to increase stability and resources ["a safe place", Forgash's body sensation resource, working with the inner child, Popkin's "position of power", Hofmann's absorption routine, the CIPOS-technique developed by Knipe and Forgash, etc.]. The lecture closes with a survey of methods useful for fractioning trauma in EMDR.

Conference

English

Christine Rost

Rost, C. (2005, June). Using EMDR during the stabilization phase for patients with complex trauma. Presentation at the 6th EMDR Europe Association Conference, Brussels, Belgium