自閉スペクトラム症のクライエントをどのように鑑別し,どのようにプランニングするか (特集 つカエル臨床アセスメント : どう見立て,どうプランニングするか) Differential diagnosis and EMDR treatment planning for clients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Description
自閉スペクトラム症(ASD)の人々は、特有の脳の発達により、生活様式、行動、能力において独自の特徴を持っている。そのため、周囲から「奇妙」「異質」と見なされ、不当な扱いを受けることが多く、それがトラウマの原因となる。EMDR(眼球運動による脱感作と再処理)を希望するクライアントの中には、一般人口に比べてASDの割合が高い傾向がある。 ASDの脳は定型発達とは異なるため、トラウマへの反応も異なり、両側性刺激への反応もASD特有のものとなることが多い。したがって、ASDのクライアントに安全にEMDRを実施するためには、正式な診断がなくてもASDの傾向があるかどうかを評価する必要がある。また、ASDの特性を考慮したEMDRの実施方法を工夫することも求められる。 本論文では、ASDクライアントへのEMDR実施における評価方法と再処理時の注意点について述べている。
People with Autism-Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are distinctive in terms of lifestyle, behavior and capabilities due to their characteristic brain development. Thus, they are often viewed as strange and different, and, as a result, are frequently treated unfairly by others, causing trauma. Of clients who want EMDR, the proportion of those with ASD is generally higher than observed in the general population. As ASD brains develop differently from the norm, their brains react differently to trauma and hence their response to bilateral stimulation are often unique to ASD. Therefore, in order to implement EMDR safely to ASD clients, it is necessary to assess whether the client appears to have ASD even if they have never been fully diagnosed. It is also necessary to devise measures for implementing EMDR bearing ASD characteristics in mind. This paper describes methods of assessment and points of caution for reprocessing.
People with Autism-Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are distinctive in terms of lifestyle, behavior and capabilities due to their characteristic brain development. Thus, they are often viewed as strange and different, and, as a result, are frequently treated unfairly by others, causing trauma. Of clients who want EMDR, the proportion of those with ASD is generally higher than observed in the general population. As ASD brains develop differently from the norm, their brains react differently to trauma and hence their response to bilateral stimulation are often unique to ASD. Therefore, in order to implement EMDR safely to ASD clients, it is necessary to assess whether the client appears to have ASD even if they have never been fully diagnosed. It is also necessary to devise measures for implementing EMDR bearing ASD characteristics in mind. This paper describes methods of assessment and points of caution for reprocessing.
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Journal
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Japanese
Original Work Citation
Amano, T. (2017, May). [Differential diagnosis and EMDR treatment planning for clients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)]. Japanese Journal of EMDR Research and Practice, 9(1), 23-30. Japanese
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“自閉スペクトラム症のクライエントをどのように鑑別し,どのようにプランニングするか (特集 つカエル臨床アセスメント : どう見立て,どうプランニングするか) Differential diagnosis and EMDR treatment planning for clients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD),” Francine Shapiro Legacy Library, accessed November 9, 2025, https://francineshapirolibrary.omeka.net/items/show/24629.
