The exploration of self-efficacy in clinicians when conducting eye movement desensitization reprocessing

This document discusses best practices for the use of eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) for the specific purpose of helping those who suffer from trauma and more specifically post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It has become a forefront issue and concern for the United States government and the Veterans Administration due to all the veterans coming back from combat not coping well with life. The trauma they have experienced has culminated into an average of 22 veterans per day completing suicide as a result of exasperating confusion, depression, and a send of being lost without hope for recovery (V.A., 2018). When the VA became aware of the success rate of veterans being helped to stave off suicidal ideation from the EMDR therapy they were all in to allow this to be an acceptable treatment authorized by the government. The purpose of the research in this dissertation was to learn about any stone that may have been left unturned that would allow the EMDR practice to work as efficiently as possible. It was discovered that whereas much approved evidenced-based treatments currently being used for the relief of trauma, EMDR has not been researched from the standpoint of the full capability of the clinician administering the therapy. What if it were learned that in cases that were not successful from the treatment it was due to a clinicians’ self-efficacy not being high but rather a low self-efficacy (SE). This could potentially be very important information for the therapeutic community in their efforts to insure they had the best SE possible to be the best at performing EMDR and saving lives. This research will help explain the impacts of SE as it relates to EMDR and PTSD. The other traditional; evidenced based will also be mentioned in comparison

Dissertation/Thesis

English

Joseph Sessa

Sessa, J. (2022). The exploration of self-efficacy in clinicians when conducting eye movement desensitization reprocessing.    (Dissertation, Amridge University)