Narcissistic trauma and adaptions to the standard EMDR protocol for healing this complex trauma

Clients who suffer narcissistic trauma from their families of origin, romantic relationships, or in the workplace often have deep-seated blocking beliefs. Without adaptations to the standard protocol, progress is typically slow or unsuccessful due to a lack of generalization. This lack of progress can be caused by memory networks around a negative cognition that have thousands, or even tens of thousands of targets. To efficiently and effectively target these Mega Clusters there are many possible adaptations in every phase of the protocol that helps make EMDR Therapy more effective in these complex cases.

Conference

English

Candise Leininger

Leininger, C. (2022). Narcissistic trauma and adaptions to the standard EMDR protocol for healing this complex trauma. Presentation at the EMDR Canada Annual Conference, Virtual