EMDR therapy to C-PTSD patients, using “VILLA”: Conceptualisation and shifting
Description
Background and aims
EMDR practitioners know that there can be no EMDR therapy without a thorough history taking and a rigorous treatment plan [1]. However, for patients with C-PTSD [2] it is often difficult. We end up with a long trauma history, and the target plans become very complicated to carry out. In this poster, we will present a versatile tool, combining phase 1 “history taking” and phase 2 “preparation” Designed as a conceptualisation tool for complex traumas, "VILLA" will help emdr practitioners to approach repeatedly traumatised patients securely.
Methods
The "VILLA" tool allows us to conceptualize patient, to define our priority objectives by articulating the different "life parts" of patient. Each of them can be the object of a partitioned target plan and can be worked on independently. This tool will also be useful for phase 2, by promoting the patient's shifting. This is essential for patients with repeated trauma who have developmental impairment in emotional regulation and executive functions. These impairments will have an impact on their shifting.
Results
The "VILLA" tool, through its usability, allows to partition the story taking and to develop the shifting of the patient during phase 2. A clinical vignette will allow us to report on the work done with a patient according to the different life parts we have constructed.
Conclusions
We provide to practitioners with a turnkey tool to guide them in their progressive and controlled treatment.
EMDR practitioners know that there can be no EMDR therapy without a thorough history taking and a rigorous treatment plan [1]. However, for patients with C-PTSD [2] it is often difficult. We end up with a long trauma history, and the target plans become very complicated to carry out. In this poster, we will present a versatile tool, combining phase 1 “history taking” and phase 2 “preparation” Designed as a conceptualisation tool for complex traumas, "VILLA" will help emdr practitioners to approach repeatedly traumatised patients securely.
Methods
The "VILLA" tool allows us to conceptualize patient, to define our priority objectives by articulating the different "life parts" of patient. Each of them can be the object of a partitioned target plan and can be worked on independently. This tool will also be useful for phase 2, by promoting the patient's shifting. This is essential for patients with repeated trauma who have developmental impairment in emotional regulation and executive functions. These impairments will have an impact on their shifting.
Results
The "VILLA" tool, through its usability, allows to partition the story taking and to develop the shifting of the patient during phase 2. A clinical vignette will allow us to report on the work done with a patient according to the different life parts we have constructed.
Conclusions
We provide to practitioners with a turnkey tool to guide them in their progressive and controlled treatment.
Format
Conference
Language
English
Original Work Citation
Sorel, O., & St. James, J. T. (2023, June). EMDR therapy to C-PTSD patients, using “VILLA”: Conceptualisation and shifting. Poster presentation at the EMDR Europe Research and Practice Conference, Bologne, Italy
Citation
“EMDR therapy to C-PTSD patients, using “VILLA”: Conceptualisation and shifting,” Francine Shapiro Library, accessed May 17, 2024, https://francineshapirolibrary.omeka.net/items/show/28531.