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A Community of Heart Profile: Steven M. SilverIn a world filled with conflict, confused thinking and cacophony, Steven M. Silver is the person that you want covering your back. Whether it is on a…
A Community of Heart Profile: Roger SolomonIn this time of increasing world-wide disasters -both natural and man-made- and in the wake of September 11 th , I have joined many of my colleagues…
A Community of Heart Profile: John SpectorWhen I think back to when I learned EMDR compared to now, I marvel at the numbers of people who are trained in this methodology. I can go anywhere in…
A Community of Heart Profile: Robert TinkerBob Tinker is no stranger to trauma. It began when he was 5 years old and his mother died of breast cancer. In retrospect, he realized that this event…
A Community of Heart Profile: David WilsonOver the many years that I have known David Wilson, each time I meet or talk with him I learn something I did not know before about him. Whether he is…
A Community of Heart Profile: Sandra WilsonWhen I think of Sandra Wilson, I think of a kaleidoscope of dynamic shapes and colors coinciding with the different facets of her life: caring friend,…
This report describes the clinical treatment of a sample of 4 gay men suffering from PTSD attributed to their repeated experiences with peer ridicule…
This study shows how three changes (one addition to the EMDR protocol, plus two alterations) were used in the treatment of anxiety disorders. The…
Since its introduction, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) (Shapiro, 1989) has received the attention of many mental health…
The willingness of a victim to re-experience trauma through the use of words and felt emotion, to approach rather than avoid the experience under…
General practitioners have an important role to play in helping patients after exposure to severe psychological trauma. In the immediate aftermath of…
When Army Major Kyle Head returned from duty in Iraq in 2004, he watched a debriefing slide show on post-traumatic stress disorder and thought, as…
This study investigates changes of stress-related psychophysiological reactions after treatment with EMDR. 16 patients with PTSD following type I…
Excerpt: EMDR has come a long way in the 20 years since Francine Shapiros 1987 walk in the park. At that time, she noticed that rapid eye movements…
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has emerged as a promising new treatment for trauma and other anxiety-based disorders. However,…
This article reviews the literature on EMDR treatment of somatic complaints and describes the application of Shapiro's Adaptive Information Processing…
A vignette is a brief case report that makes a contribution to the literature, but which has used only EMDR's standard protocol measures. This…
A contribution to the "Clinical Q & A" column, in which master clinicians answer questions posed by readers who are requesting assistance with…
As remarkable as breast cancer killing a record 190,000 individuals in 2001 is the modern phenomenon of increased survival. With a relative five-year…
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMD/R) is an effective treatment used in the Veterans Administration System with combat veterans and…
Thousands of victims of phobias, rape, childhood abuse, natural disasters, and combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder have benefited from a…
Burn injury is often a devastating event with long-term physical and psychosocial effects. Burn scars after deep dermal injury are cosmetically…
Objective: The authors present a multidimensional meta-analysis of studies published between 1980 and 2003 on psychotherapy for PTSD. Method: Data on…
Although most military personnel returning from recent deployments will readjust successfully to life in the United States, a significant minority…
EMDR Fidelity Rating Scale: Rating of introductory phases of treatment (history and treatment planning, preparation, safe place exercise; rating of…
Panic disorder is estimated to affect more than 4% of the U.S. population. It is assumed that this incident rate increases during crisis situations.…
Crime victims, police officers, fire fighters, and field workers who are no longer disturbed by the aftereffects of violent assaults and/or the…
Der Artikel gibt einen Überblick über die Folgen psychischen seelischer Belastungen oder durch aktuelle high Trauma. Nach einem historischen Abriss…
The impact of PTSD on the sleep of patients is widely reported. However, the parameters that can be altered are not the same for all patients. Some…
Whereas most patients with PTSD construct a narrative of their trauma over time, it is a characteristic of PTSD that sensory elements of the trauma…
Shapiro, in her response to Metter and Michelson, criticizes that their failure to replicate must have been because they used an 'aberrant version' of…
It's called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and it first entered the field of clinical psychology in the late 1980s. Since its…
Treatment of sex offenders who have been themselves sexually abused in their childhood, offers a significant challenge for many therapists. The…