Using a person's religious beliefs to enhance EMDR outcomes

Participants will: 1) learn the importance of addressing religious or spiritial issues; 2) learn how EMDR can interface with religious or spirital beliefs; 3) learn ways that non-clergy therapists can reduce faith-related resistance; 4) review strategy for dealing with common religous issues, fears, spiritual questions, and blocking beliefs; 5) learn to apply a variety of spirital and/or biblical cognitive interweaves; 6) learn how to use EMDR to strengthen positive religious experiences while unraveling destructive ones; and 7) learn how to lead patients in "EMDR prayer" to enhance safe place and to strengthen outcomes.

Conference

English

Peggy Avent

Avent, P. (2000, September). Using a person's religious beliefs to enhance EMDR outcomes. Presentation at the 5th EMDR International Association Conference, Toronto, ON