EMDR in end-of-life-care

The end of life is difficult to understand and to go along with. Various studies have demonstrated that EMDR could be a helpful therapy for those patients; they often experience persisting difficulties in regulating their emotions, especially fear of the forthcoming unknown. In this practical workshop, EMDR is presented as a method in the treatment in End-Of-Life-Care. Palliative-patients experienced EMDR as a useful and motivating method. Furthermore, they felt encouraged to deal with their emotions in additional psychological treatments. EMDR is shown as a useful augmentation method to somatic strategies and medication in treating patients in End-Of-Life-Care by using videos, live-demonstrations and speech. Especially, important interweaves for palliative patients and the timing in therapy will be shown. Learning • Demonstrate the use of the EMDR-protocol for End-Of-Life-Care • Create specific interweaves for End-Of-Life-Care • Differentiation between the use of EMDR in PTSD and End-Of-Life-Care • Combination of behaviour and emotional level in the treatment for palliative patients • Use of negative and positive Cognitions in palliative patients

Conference

English

Karsten Böhm

Böhm, K. (2018, June). EMDR in end-of-life-care. In Grief and mourning: EMDR treatment. Presentation at the 19th EMDR Europe Conference, Strasbourg, France