EMDR in the treatment of victims of torture

As trauma therapists we are increasingly encountering the challenges of using EMDR cross-culturally with highly traumatised clients who are refugees from wartorn countries and/or oppressive regimes. This presentation seeks to address some of the issues to be taken into consideration and the difficulties in working with the victims of systematic infliction of physical and/or psychological torture. Use of EMDR with these highly traumatised individuals will be examined and ways in which the basic EMDR protocol may need to be adapted to treat these highly traumatised individuals will be examined.

Conference

English

Alexandra "Sandi" Richman

Richman, A. (2006, March). EMDR in the treatment of victims of torture. Presentation at the 4th EMDR Association UK & Ireland Annual Conference, London, UK