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6201. Schmidt, S. J. (2001, December). Meeting needs with a resource sandwich. EMDRIA Newsletter, 6(Special Edition), 28-31.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
This article proposes an intervention for helping address and meet clients’ unmet childhood needs for any and all developmental stages. It starts with helping the client assimilate two resources, a pre-traumatized self (PTS) and a competent adult self (CAS).
Keywords: Resource-Focused EMDR
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6202. Schmidt, S. J. (1999, March). Resource-focused EMDR: Integration of ego state therapy, alternating bilateral stimulation, and art therapy. EMDRIA Newsletter, 4(1), 8, 10-13, 25-28.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
I conceptualize EMDR as the process of linking the trauma from one part of the brain to a solution in
another part of the brain, to reach an adaptive resolution. The standard EMDR protocol proposes
accomplishing this by focusing heavily on the trauma. Most of my clients are adult survivors of
childhood trauma and their tolerance of a trauma-focused protocol is often low. I wondered if the
same adaptive resolution could be accomplished by focusing primarily on the part of the brain
holding the solution rather than the trauma. I recently began developing a resource-focused
protocol, which borrows from Sandra Paulsen’s (1994, 1995, & 1996) suggestions for integrating
EMDR with ego state therapy, and Andrew Leeds’ (1997) protocol for resource development and
resource installation (RD/RI). This new protocol puts significant emphasis on developing and
strengthening the felt sense of well-being connected to resource ego states before EMDR processing,
and maintenance of the sense of well-being during EMDR processing. It involves using the clients’
drawings of resource ego states and traumatized ego states (drawn with the dominant and nondominant
hand) as anchors for ego state processing, and as the focal points in eye movements (EMs).
In this protocol, traumatic material is elicited only when sufficient internal resources, represented by
drawings, are displayed in front of the client. The intention of this approach is to minimize risk of
affect overwhelm and maximize the probability that the part of the brain holding the trauma will link
to the part of the brain holding the solution.
In my experience the resource-focused protocol
Keywords: Art Therapy Bilateral Stimulation BLS Ego State Therapy Resource-Focused EMDR
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6203. Schnurr, P. P. (1999, Winter). Control groups in psychotherapy research. PTSD Research Quarterly, 10(1), 1, 8.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Discusses the inferences that can be drawn from studies of
psychotherapy effectiveness, based on the type of therapy control
group that is used, with particular attention to eye movement
desensitization and reprocessing. [FAL]
Keywords: Methodology Psychotherapy Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6204. Schnurr, P. P. (2008, Summer). Treatments for PTSD: Understanding the evidence - Psychotherapy. PTSD Research Quarterly, 19(3), 1-3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The first practice guideline for PTSD was published in 2000 by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). Guidelines produced by the American Psychiatric Association and the US Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense followed later, along with guidelines by groups in the United Kingdom and Australia (see Kilpatrick’s column, this issue, for information about PTSD treatment guidelines and references for these works). Psychotherapy figures prominently in these guidelines, especially treatments that are based on cognitive-behavioral techniques. A lot of research has appeared since 2000, so much that the ISTSS is issuing an updated guideline in 2008.
This article describes key issues to consider in interpreting the underlying literature on psychotherapy (Schnurr, 2007) and suggests articles for readers who want to read the original sources to find out which techniques are most effective. The focus is on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and recent publications, although the bibliography includes a few references to older studies as well.
Keywords: Evidence Base Psychotherapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6205. Scholten, A. (2006, December). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): A controversial treatment for trauma survivors. Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Mental Health, 1-3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Proponents of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) claim it is a breakthrough treatment for those plagued with traumatic memories and other psychological problems. But does it actually work?
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a relatively new therapeutic technique that increasing numbers of mental health professionals are using in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), phobias, and a wide variety of psychological disorders. According to the American Psychiatric Association, this fairly complicated treatment includes elements of behavioral, cognitive, psychodynamic, body-based, and systems therapies.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6206. Schubot, E. D. (1993, Fall/Winter). Metaphors describing the EMDR process. EMDR Network Newsletter, 3(2), 5-7.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
I have found it useful to use metaphors
in describing EMDR to my clients.
I have gathered together several
that are from the Training and
the Network as well others that I have developed. Each of
these metaphors underscores different
positive aspects of using EMDR
and have opened my clients to the
amazing potential for healing that is
provided when working with EMDR.
Keywords: Metaphor
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6207. Schultz, E. A. (1993, Spring). A case study: Paradox and EMDR with paranoid schizophrenia. EMDR Network Newsletter, 3(1), 11-13.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The client, a 34 year-old woman diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia was first hospitalized at age 19. She took hard drugs for about one year at age 24, with the result that she became more paranoid. I started to treat her in June of 1993 and saw her for a total of 13 sessions during the next six months. In January of 1993, I began EMDR, using weekly one-and-one-half-hour sessions. After two sessions, the therapy was temporarily interrupted by a severe paranoid episode which made her feel hopeless. I have not used EMDR with her six times, and two more sessions remain.
Keywords: Paranoid Schizophrenia
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6208. Schwarz, R. (1997, January). The supportive use of EMDR in working with patients with dissociative identity disorder. EMDRIA Newsletter, 2(3), 21-23.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
When working with a client with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), how does the therapist know when an EMDR protocol will lead a client through a trauma to relative safety vs. precipitate an overwhelming abreaction because of all of the trauma linked up in the associative chain?
Keywords: DID Dissociative Identity Disorder
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6209. Segal, Z. V. (1994). Taking a closer look at EMDR. the Behavior Therapist, 17(7), 153.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
In what may be the first study of
its kind, researchers are trying to determine whether therapy that
incorporates an unusual trauma treatment helps victims of domestic
violence.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6210. Shapiro, E. (1993, Fall/Winter). EMDR: Warts and all. EMDR Network Newsletter, 3(2), 4-5.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
After my first training with Francine
in 1989, in Israel, I was excited by
this promising method and infected
with her enthusiasm. I went on to
use EMDR whenever I could in my
work at the Nazareth Ilite Educational
Psychological Service and in
my private practice, as well as during
my present sabbatical leave in London.
I often incorporated EMDR into
my work and felt comfortable and
confident with a wide range of clients,
ages, and difficulties and was
ready to explore further with the
method. Since my Level II training
in November of 1992, I have learned
to be more discerning, perhaps even
overcautious for the time being, in
applying EMDR. Reflecting over my
earlier years of bolder and freer uses
of EMDR, I did not encounter any
negative effects. The worst that happened
was that nothing much happened,
and this occurred in a minority
of cases (perhaps in less than
20%). Even with those cases, I had
noticed that there may have been a
tendency to underestimate positive
effects. One of the subtle difficulties
I observed assessing outcomes was
that the cognitive changes that occurred
were sometimes so spontaneous
and "naturally" that the client took
them for granted. I first notice this
phenomenon clearly in two cases.
Keywords: Outcome Positive Effects
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6211. Shapiro, F. (1993, Spring). Whence EMDR? Commentary. EMDR Network Newsletter, 3(1), 18-19.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Dr. Silver asked me to comment on his submission. Rather than attempt to make this a “counterpoint,” I would like to share the thoughts that reading it has engendered. This is in no way to be considered a definitive statement. Dr. Silver’s article is quite provocative and of great service and if EMDR is to thrive, it is essential that trained EMDR practitioners maintain a stance of on-going scrutiny and diversity.
Keywords: Response
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6212. Shapiro, F. (1992, May). Letters to the editor: Dr. Francine Shapiro responds. the Behavior Therapist, 15(5), 111, 114.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
No abstract available.
Keywords: Letter
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6213. Shapiro, F. (1996, June). Stray thoughts. EMDRIA Newsletter, 1(1), 2-5.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
As we move into the era of managed care, we can only hope that science will weigh more heavily in evaluation and guidance of clinical methods. Unfortunately, regardless of rhetoric to the contrary, this has not previously been the case.
Keywords: Clinical Methods Evaluation Guidance
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6214. Shapiro, F. (1997, January). Stray thoughts. EMDRIA Newsletter, 2(3), 17-19.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
There is an obvious need for dispassionate reviews of all methods of psychotherapy. Unfortunately, misinformation often has colored the atmosphere surrounding the appraisal of EMDR. I will use part of this column to try and give a summation of a number of errors, and the actual historical facts.
Keywords: Research Review
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6215. Shapiro, F. (1998, March). Stray thoughts. EMDRIA Newsletter, 3(1), 2-4.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The field of psychology has suffered the loss of four of its pioneers...Joseph Wolpe, Andrew Salter, Viktor Frankl, and Hans Eysenck.
Keywords: Pioneers
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6216. Shapiro, F. (1992, Winter). Stray thoughts: Memory retrieval. EMDR Network Newsletter, 2(3), 1-3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
It appears as though one of the heritages
ofthe psychodynmc model is the belief
in the need for "uncovering memories"
as necessary prerequisites for "working
themthrough." Consequently, it appears
as though some EMDR-trained clinicians
have decided to use a combination
of EMDR and hypnosis for "memory
retrieval." While hypnosis has been a
highly successful and standard form of
practice for many years, its interaction
effects with EMDR have not been systematically
investigated. Therefore, I
would like to issue some additional words
of caution in this regard, since each
clinician is bound to approach issues of
possible "repression" and "resistance"
in ahighly subjective manner. The points
are made below in order to highlight
factors that might possibly have been
forgotten or overlooked by some clinicians
in the merging of variant models.
Keywords: Memory Retrieval Repression Resistance
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6217. Shapiro, F. (1993, Winter). Stray thoughts: Issues of compliance in EMDR. EMDR Network Newsletter, 3(3), 1-2.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Too often the limitations of the
therapist's model, repertoire of interventions,
or ability to interact with the
client are dismissed as due to client
"resistance." While client resistance
and non-compliance may certainly be
issues that need to be overcome, the
interaction between the client and the
clinician should not be discounted as
possibly contributing to the lack of the
therapeutic effect.
Keywords: Compliance Resistance
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6218. Shapiro, F. (1992, December). Stray thoughts: Frozen childhood, Bio-electrical valence. EMDR Network Newsletter, 2(2), 1-2.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Clinical observations of EMDR treatment
sessions indicate that therapeutic
results are often achieved through
the progressive emergence of an adult
perspective, particularly when the client
was previously locked into the
emotional responses of a childhoodbased
trauma. Clearly, most childhood
experiences are infused with a
sense of powerlessness, lack of choice,
lack of control, and inadequacy. Even
the best of childhoods have moments
when the parents attempt to leave for
the evening and the child feels abandoned,
powerless, and uncared for.
Indeed, an entire generation of children
was raised by a book that dictated
feeding hours and parents were
encouraged to avoid reinforcing the
child's crying for food at other times.
Consequently, thousands of children
were left crying in the dark for food.
Regardless of the fact that language
was not yet encoded, arguably, this
situation set up certain emotional
nodes regarding "Self," "Suffering,"
and "Others." The EMDR model posits
that the wide variety of childhood
experiences are neurological touchstones
for many dysfunctions.
Keywords: Bio-electrical Valence Children Trauma
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6219. Shapiro, F. (1994). Stray thoughts: Affect, imagery, and memory. EMDR Network Newsletter, 4(3), 1-3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
It has appeared me that affect
plays a pivotal, and perhaps under It has appeared me that
plays a pivotal, and perhaps under appreciated, role in the information processing we observe in EMDR therapy. I have found that the ability to achieve positive treatment effects is not based on the ability to retrieve images, but rather on the ability to tap into the network of dysfunctional material through the affect and connected body sensations. As I have explored in earlier Newsletters, in the Accelerated Information Processing model, the dysfunctionl information is typified by its storage in state-specific form, along with its inability to link up with
more adaptive information characterized by
different affect. In either case,
the parallel positive or negative cognitions
are merely constructions which
are simply verbal manifestations of
the affect. These verbalizations allow
the dysfunctionally stored information
to be more readily accessed which, in
turn, stimulates physical sensations
that can be both focal points for the
client during processing, and indications
of the degree of treatment success.
Keywords: Affect
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6220. Shapiro, F. (1997, June). Stray thoughts: The search for integration. EMDRIA Newsletter, 2(4), 13-15.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Since EMDR is an integrated mode of psychotherapy, there are incorporated principles, protocols, and procedures that are compatible with al the major modalities. It is important to remember that this integration was developed over time in order to strengthen EMDR treatment effects. That development is on-going and every trained clinician has the ability to assist in making the procedures and protocols more robust. The only caveat is to make sure that the treatment effects derived from any alteration or change of existing practices leads to treatment effects that are at least as good, or better than those currently achieved. The best way to determine that is through standardized and behavioral measures that document robust and stable effects over time.
Keywords: Treatment Effects
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6221. Shapiro, F. (1993, Fall/Winter). Stray thoughts: Cautions. EMDR Network Newsletter, 3(2), 1-4.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
I have compiled the following list that
should be kept in mind in regards to
client safety factors. It is being included
in this column both as a reminder
and as an incentive for clinicians
to write in with other items they
consider important for screening or
client care.
Keywords: Cautions Client Safety Factors
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6222. Shapiro, F. (1995). Stray thoughts. EMDR Network Newsletter, 5(3), 1-2.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
One of the most upsetting professional
experiences I have so far encountered
occurred in November 1995. One of
the participants at the Level I1 training
in New York handed me a letter
from a relative of hers. She had suggested
that her sister get EMDR treatment
and counseled her to call the
EMDR Institute office for a referral.
The following are excerpts from the
letter:
Keywords: General
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6223. Shapiro, F. (1992, May). Stray thoughts. EMDR Network Newsletter, 2(1), 1-2.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Questions have arisen about the use
of EMDR in the courts and the
comparison to hypnosis. So far
EMDR is not well enough known to
have been tested in court; it is simply
described under the rubric of cognitive-
behavioral techniques (as it is
for insurance purposes). However, I
want to make sure everyone realizes
that just because a scene emerges
during an EMDR session, does not
mean that it is "true" in a literal
sense. Things can be "truly experienced
without having actually happened.
Keywords: Cancer Patients Protocol Courts Hypnosis Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Severe Illness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6224. Shapiro, F. (1994, Summer). Shapiro’s response [to Steketee and Goldstein]. the Behavior Therapist, 17(7), 157-158.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Steketee's and Goldstein's
thoughtful comments concentrate
on the need for empirical
study of EMDR and I could not agree
more. Treatment outcome research is
notoriously scarce and traditionally
lags far behind clinical practice. For instance,
13 years after PTSD was officially
classified in the 1980 DSM-111,
only six controlled clinical treatment
studies were cited in the published literature
(Solomon, 1992) and four of these were limited to male Vietnam
combat veterans.
Keywords: Letter
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6225. Shapiro, F. (1992, Summer). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in 1992. ASCH News Letter, 32(2), 7-8.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6226. Shapiro, F. (2001, September). The challenges of treatment: Evolution and integration. EMDRIA Newsletter, 6(3), 14-15.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
No abstract available.
Keywords: Commentary History Hypnotherapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6227. Shapiro, F. (1991, August). Worth repeating. EMDR Network Newsletter, 1(1), 1-2.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
This column is devoted to statements that
were made in the workshop that should be
ingrained in the mind of every EMDR
practitioner. Since EMDR is still in the
"experimental stage" (i.e., replication studies
have not yet confiremed its efficacy, the
EMDR-trained clinicians are the frontline
spokespeople. In order to avoid misunderstandings
of untrained clinicians and
laypeople, please recall the following: EMDR is not a "cookiecutter; Reprocessing a trauma is like removing a quilt from the bed; Using EMDR is like opening a stuck faucet; Client safety is paramount; Never attempt EMDR In a nonclinical
setting; EMDR is an interface with your
clinical skills; Clients are at risk if EMDR is attempted by untrained clinicians; and Clients should not be placed at risk
without their informed consent.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6228. Shapiro, F. (1991, August). EMDR: A cautionary note. EMDR Network Newsletter, 1(1), 3-4.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The responses to my article, "Eye Movement
Desensitization & Reprocessing:
From EMD to EMDR -- A New Treatment
Model for Anxiety and Related
Traumata" in the May 1991 (Vol. 14, No.
5) issue of the Behavior Therapist, have been both gratifying and, at times, disturbing.
After receiving numerous requests
for a "description of the revised
procedure," and upon rereading the article,
I can see that I did not make sufticiently clear
the fact that clients are at risk
if untrained clinicians attempt to use
EMDR.
Keywords: Cautions
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6229. Shapiro, F. (1994). Stray thoughts: The eight phases of EMDR treatment. EMDR Network Newsletter, 4(2), 1-4.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
EMDR consists of eight essential
phases and should always be used
within a comprehensive treatment
plan. It is never to be attempted without
appropriate preparation and the
opportunity for reevaluation. The following
is a quick review of the crucial
phases for EMDR treatment.
Keywords: Eight Phases
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6230. Shapiro, F. (1995). Stray thoughts. EMDR Network Newsletter, 5(1), 1-2.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The report of the bombing in Oklahoma
City was extremely painful for
many of us. As I watched TV, I was
struck again by the level of pain we
put each other through, and the level
of suffering some of us endure. It also
made me think of the obligation we
have as mental health professionals
to the world at large.
Keywords: Oklahoma City Bombing
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6231. Shapiro, F. (1995). Stray thoughts: Procedural Elements. EMDR Network Newsletter, 5(2), 1-3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Over the years I have been asked a number of times why the EMDR procedural steps are done in the present order. I would like to give a brief summary to clear up any confusion.
Keywords: Procedural Elements
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6232. Shapiro, F. (1990, July). Eye movement desensitization procedure: A new treatment for anxiety. The California Psychologist, 18-19.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) procedure is a recently developed rapid treatment for anxiety and traumatic memories. Although, according to the DSM-III, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops from a "psychologically traumatic event that is generally outside thr ange orusual human experience," many people are affected. Symptoms include nightmares, flashbacks and intrusive thoughts based on inidents of combat, rape, incest, accidents and natural disasters such as the 1989 Lom Prieta earthquake. Clinical experience has demonstrated that one to four sessions iwth EMD are sufficient to produce cessation of trauma-related anxiety and pronounced symtomatology suffered by victims of such events.
Keywords: Anxiety Commentary Hypnotherapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6233. Shapiro, F. (1995, November). Note from Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. The Harvard Mental Health Letter, 7.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
After the publication of the preceding article, "What is EMDR?", the editors
of the Harvard Mental Health Newsletter were deluged with letters of protest.
They wrote back to one correspondent, "We have received so many thoughthful
criticisms of the Herbert and Meuser piece that we now believe we made a
mistake in publishing it. Somehow, nobody on our Editorial Board knew
enough about this to scotch their piece." Therefore, the editors chose one of
the letters (shown below) to help set the record straight. Clearly, however,
the article caused an unwarranted dissemination of misinformation among
the Lay and professional community.
Keywords: Letter
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6234. Shapiro, F. (1993). EMDR déjà vu. the Behavior Therapist, 16(8), 187-188.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The letter from Dr. Thomson in
Nova Scotia (the Behavior Therapist, Vol.
16, No. 4, pp. 113-114) addresses
some interesting issues. First of all, let
me say that I sympathize with his
travel problem. The Australians called
it the "tyranny of distance." Therefore,
after a half dozen clinicians flew
into the US to be trained, they coordinated
a series of workshops in Australia
later that year. During that first trip
to Australia we trained almost 500 clinicians
in EMDR, and another 350 clinicians
six months later. The simple
message here is "coordinate it and we
will come." The larger issue, however,
remains client safety and the consequent
need for quality control.
Keywords: Training
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6235. Shapiro, F. (1991, December). Stray thoughts. EMDR Network Newsletter, 1(2), 1-3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
As I have mentioned in the workshops, I
feel that there is an experiential base to
most existing pathologies. One of the beauties
of EMDR is the ability to metabolize
quickly the dysfunctional residue of the
past and shift the material into something
useful and fruitful. In the Intermediate
Training (now the Level I1 Training), I
cover ways of rapidly accessing this painful
information so that it can be more easily
assimilated into a functional superstructure.
(In the following material, I am assuming
the reader has taken the Level I1
Training.)
Keywords: General
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6236. Shapiro, F. (1992). Commentary on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing method: Response to Johnson’s review. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter, 12(2), 6-7.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
No abstract available.
Keywords: Letter
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6237. Shapiro, F. (1994, Summer). EMDR: In the eye of a paradigm shift. the Behavior Therapist, 17(7), 153-156.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
EMDR is presented by its founder [Shapiro] as a method for allowing long delayed learning to take place through as yet unknown neural mechanisms which are triggered by the repetitive eye movements of the procedure. In Stekete and Goldstein's appraisal of research examining EMDR's effectiveness we begin to see the contours of an empirical response to some of the earlier miraculous and enigmatic clinical case reports using this procedure. [Adapted from Introduction]
Keywords: Professional Criticism Reply Psychophysiology Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6238. Shapiro, F. (1991, May). Eye movement desensitization & reprocessing procedure: From EMD to EMD/R--A new treatment model for anxiety and related traumata. the Behavior Therapist, 14(5), 133-135.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
This article examines the author's physiological explanation for the efficacy of eye movement desensitization, referencing the use of this treatment in her earlier (1989) study of Vietnam War veterans and victims of rape who had PTSD-related symptoms and traumatic memories.
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Psychophysiology PTSD Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6239. Shapiro, F. (1991, September). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A cautionary note. the Behavior Therapist, 14(8), 188.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Stresses that EMDR should be used only by trained clinicians.
Keywords: Letter
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6240. Shapiro, F. (1994). Stray thoughts. EMDR Network Newsletter, 4(1), 1-4.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
I thought it might be interesting to
review some of the prevalent theories
regarding the effectiveness of EMDR.
Keywords: Procedural Elements Eye Movements
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6241. Shapiro, F. (2010, Spring/Summer). EMDR therapy: Adaptive information processing, clinical applications and research recommendations. Trauma Psychology Newsletter, 12-18.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
I want to begin by thanking the Division for honoring
me with the 2009 Award for Outstanding Contributions
to Practice in Trauma Psychology. I was very touched
to have received the award in the 20th year since the publication
of my first article in the Journal of Traumatic
Stress in 1989. I also appreciate this invitation to
provide an update on some of the recent advances
in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
(EMDR) practice that are relevant to the Division,
along with a clarification of its current procedures
and theoretical underpinnings. For instance, due in
part to my first publication, which described “EMD”
solely in terms of desensitization with repeated
return to the target memory, many in the field
are unaware that, as EMDR, it is no longer simply
an exposure treatment. In fact, with the accent
on “reprocessing,” EMDR pays only occasional attention to the initial target and, importantly,
includes the facilitation of an association process
that actually contradicts most of the tenets of current exposure
therapies. Therefore, I will also take this opportunity to explain
some of the differences between these treatment orientations,
since this distinction points the way to additional clinical
applications and research opportunities. [Excerpt]
Keywords: Adaptive Information Processing AIP Ressearch
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6242. Shapiro, F. (2012, September). EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs: Building sustainable mental health resources worldwide. ISTSS Traumatic StressPoints, 26(5), 2-3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs (HAP) began in 1995 as a response to the Oklahoma City bombing. An FBI agent who had previously received EMDR therapy called requesting help, stating that the local mental health professionals were overwhelmed by the task. After a needs assessment, approximately 100 volunteer clinicians trained in EMDR therapy were rotated in to provide pro bono treatment for the bombing victims and front-line responders. A program evaluation indicated that over 80 percent achieved beneficial treatment effects within three sessions, and, in the same year, a study using a delayed treatment control group also showed positive results (Wilson, Becker & Tinker, 1995). Subsequently, free trainings in EMDR therapy were offered and provided to 290 clinicians in collaboration with local agencies. The feedback was so positive that a 501(c)3 organization was soon established. [Excerpt]
Keywords: EMDR-HAP
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6243. Shapiro, R. (2001, December). The two-hand interweave. EMDRIA Newsletter, 6(Special Edition), 15-17.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The Two-Hand Interweave is an easily grasped, physicalized method of creating an EMDR interweave that differentiates between two ideas, ego state, or cognitions. The Two-Hand arose from hypnotic and movement therapy techniques that involve imagining different ego states, functions or beliefs as being in different parts of the body and moving them through. In this paper, use of the Two-Hand Interweave is described a) as a way to contrast two sides of a dilemma, b) as a way to contrast or integrate two ego states, c) was a way to differentiates between a projection, and the actual other person, d) as a tool to differentiate between an affect and true self-definition and 3) in couples’ therapy.
Keywords: Two-Hand Interweave
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6244. Silver, S. (1993, Spring). Whence EMDR?. EMDR Network Newsletter, 3(1), 17-18.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
In the past several years, we have seen EMD evolve into EMDR both in concept and methodology. Training, at both levels, has changed steadily. Presenters at the two annual EMDR conferences have discussed this evolution and, in some cases, have attempted to supply structures upon which EMDR, was well as other therapeutic approaches, could hung.
Keywords: Training
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6245. Silver, S. (2004). EMDR military update. EMDRIA Newsletter, 9(3), 17.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
A number of EMDRIA members have asked about
the possibility of assisting returning Iraq War
veterans possibly as volunteers working for the
military or the Department of Veterans Affairs. Steve
Silver, Ph.D, Director of the inpatient PTSD
Program at the VA Medical Center in Coatesville,
PA, provided us with the following information.
Keywords: Military
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6246. Silver, S. M. (2002, January/February). EMDR and terrorism: Combating fear of the future. EMDRNews.com, 1, 3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The events of September 1lth further stimulated the growing interest in the uses of EMDR for traumatic reactions to terrorism. For many years EMDR has been used with survivors of terrorism all over the world and this has led to a greater understanding of terrorism, how to respond to it, and how to treat the reactions it produces.
Keywords: Terrorism
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6247. Silver, S. M. (1995). The “active ingredient” project and EMDR perspective of a participant. EMDR Network Newsletter, 5(3), 4-5.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
As one of the two EMDR clinicians
involved in the "Active Ingredient"
project (Roger Solomon being the
other), I have found myself receiving
a number of questions about the other
therapies investigated and how they
might relate to EMDR. In the EMDR
Level I trainings I have conducted, it
has become clear that some clinicians
have heard a variety of storiesof what
took place at Florida State University
(under the direction of Charles Figley,
Ph.D.), where the project was conducted,
which has led to some unfortunate
misunderstandings.
Keywords: Active Ingredient
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6248. Simon, M. J. (2000, September). A comparison between EMDR and exposure for treating PTSD: A single-subject analysis. the Behavior Therapist, 23(8), 172-175.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The intent of this study is to use a single-subject analysis to compare the efficacy of EMDR to imaginal exposure for the treatment of PTSD. More specifically, this study compared exposure and EMDR for treating symptoms associated with the traumatic memories reported by two subjects diagnosed with PTSD. Standardized assessments were used to measure severity of trauma-related intrusive thoughts and sleep disturbances, whereas levels of symptoms were tracked throughout treatment and at 3-month follow-up. [Text, p. 173] [Pilots]
Keywords: Empirical Study Exposure Therapy Females Posttraumtic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6249. Smith, T. (1993, Spring). A case study. EMDR Network Newsletter, 3(1), 19-20.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Following my Level I training, I had a long laundry list of issues that I wanted to tackle with EMDR. Bear in mind that I have received approximately three years of one- to tow-times-per-week talk therapy from three different clinicians ranging in orientation, as well as a complete psychoanalysis four times per week for 4.5 years.
Keywords: Case Study
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6250. Solomon, R. M. (1992, December). Protocol for desensitization of recent traumatic events. EMDR Network Newsletter, 2(2), 12-13.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Go through the incident with the
client "frame by frame," with the
client describing what took place
moment by moment. It is important
that the client not only describe the
events that occurred, but also the
perceptions, thoughts, and feelings
he or she experienced. Be sure to
ask about the aftermath of the event.
Keywords: Protocol Recent Event
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6251. Solomon, R. M. (1999, September). Utilization of EMDR in crisis intervention. EMDRIA Newsletter, 4(3), 11, 13-14, 31-33.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
A crisis or traumatic situation occurs when a person is involved in a situation that results in an overwhelming sense of vulnerability and/or lack of control (Solomon, 1995). These situations can shatter basic assumptions about how the world works, interfering with the victim’s ability to assimilate and accommodate the event (Janoff-Bulman, 1992). Three major themes that commonly need to be addressed by victims of critical incidents are 1) responsibility for the event, 2) personal vulnerability and lack of safety, and 3) issues of control and self-efficacy (Shapiro, 1995).
Keywords: Crisis Intervention
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6252. Spates, C. R., Waller, S., & Koch, E. I. (2000, Summer). A critique of Lohr et al's (1998) review of EMDR and Lipke's commentary: Of messages and messengers. the Behavior Therapist, 23(7), 148-154.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Our goals are as follows: (a) to propose what we believe is a reasonable context within which to evaluate data pertinent to EMDR; (b) to examine how the evidence fits within an evaluation of the more general treatment outcome literature on PTSD; (c) to suggest a constructive direction for future research. [Adapted from Text, p. 148]
A comment on: Jeffrey M. Lohr, David F. Tolin, and Scott O. Lilienfeld, "Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: implications for behavior therapy", Behavior Therapy 29(1): 123-156 (Winter 1998) [20817] and Howard J. Lipke, "Comments on 'Thirty years of behavior therapy..." and the promise of the application of scientific principles", Behavior Therapist 22: 11-14 (1999).
Keywords: Methodology Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6253. Spindler-Ranta, D. C. (1999, Fall). Slaying the monsters. EMDRIA Newsletter, Child and Adolescent Issue, Special Edition, 4(4), 9-10.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Child & adolescent and EMDR issue: A closer look
When young children are traumatized, they lose a sense of control over their everyday life. I have developed the "Slaying the Monsters" technique to help children regain that sense of control
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6254. Staff (1995). EMDR in Belgrade, former Yugoslavia. EMDR Network Newsletter, 5(2), 13.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Mental health workers feel overwhelmed and burned
out by the increased amount of motional disturbance brought on not only by direct experiences of war, but by Living at its edge. Because of this Barbara's discusses the need of more training of EMDR professionals who can assist the mental health workers and suffering refugees in the Serbian part of former-Yugoslavia.
Keywords: Serbia Refugees War Yugoslavia
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6255. Staff. (2004, February 23). Doctor urges Pentagon to endorce EMDR. Mental Health Weekly, 14(8), 7-8.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Presents information related to the endorsement of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing by the U.S. Department of Defense. [Academic Search Premier]
Keywords: Pentagon
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6256. Staff. (2003, August 18). In case you haven’t heard.... Mental Health Weekly, 13(31), 8.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
According to U.S.-based Scripps Howard News Service, therapy involving patients moving their eyes back and forth is making inroads. Stephen Christman, a psychology professor at the University of Toledo, has found a 20-30 percent memory recall improvement in patients who watched lights flashing from side-to-side on a computer screen. The research builds on a therapy called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which has been used since 1989 to help people overcome traumatic memories.[Academic Search Premier]
Keywords: Research
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6257. Staff. (1996, November). Hawaiian schools offer EMDR to students traumatized by hurricane. Brown University Child & Adolescent Behavior Letter, 12(11), 5.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Reports on the Hawaiian school's giving of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing treatment (EMDR) to students traumatized by hurricane. Reasons for the recommendation of EMDR treatment; Statistic of students suffering from hurricane-related distress in Hawaii; Students' transformation after the treatment.[Academic Search Premier]
Keywords: Hawaii Hurricane Recent Events Trauma
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6258. Staff. (2007, March 24). Rehabilitation program trains counselors in EMDR. East Jerusalem YMCA.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Between the 21st and 24th of March a group of 28 psychosocial counselors from all over the West Bank gathered at the EJ YMCA Rehabilitation Program centre, in Beit Sahour, for a first level training course in Eye Movement
Keywords: Training
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6259. Staff. (1994, September). EMDR study yields positive results. Psychotherapy Letter, 6(9), 11.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Reports on the findings from a clinical trial suggesting the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). How EMDR is conducted.[Manisses Comm]
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Treatment
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6260. Staff. (2007, June). The latest, greatest treatments for PTSD. Carlat Psychiatry Report, 5(6). Retrieved from http://www.thecarlatreport.com/index.asp?page=wp530200711859 12/8/2007.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
At least in Britain, it’s official: psychotherapy works better than medication for PTSD. You shouldn’t be too surprised. The last time we covered PTSD (TCPR April 2004) we reviewed the SSRIs and found them to have evidence of only modest efficacy.
Now, according to the latest treatment guidelines from Britain's National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), antidepressants are no longer recommended as a first-line treatment, but cognitive therapy is. You can check out these guidelines for free at http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG26/guidance/pdf/English.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6261. Staff. (2002, November/December). Alternative treatments for anxiety disorders: EMDR. Triumph Newsletter.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: The alternative therapy addressed in this article is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) developed by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. in 1987. One day, while walking in a park, Dr. Shapiro made a connection between her involuntary eye movements and the reduction of her negative thoughts. She decided to explore this link and began to study eye movements in relation to the symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by the development of symptoms after exposure to a traumatic event. Symptoms can include re-experiencing the event - either in flashbacks or nightmares - avoidance of reminders of the event, feeling jumpy, having difficulty sleeping, having an exaggerated startle response, and experiencing feelings of detachment.
Keywords: Anxiety Disorders General Overview
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6262. Staff. (2002, February). EMDR. The Harvard Mental Health Letter, 4-5.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Mental health professionals often disagree about
some aspect of psychotherapy, but it’s rare for these
disputes to be as prolonged and intense as they have
been in the case of eye movement desensitization
and reprocessing (EMDR). This unconventional
technique, developed by the American psychologist
Francine Shapiro, was originally intended for the
treatment of traumatic stress reactions and anxietyprovoking
memories.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6263. Staff. (2003). What is the scientific status of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy?. Clinician's Research Digest, 21(5).
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has enjoyed rapid dissemination and adoption since being introduced by Christine Shapiro in the 1980s as a 1-session treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other anxiety disorders. EMDR is now offered as a treatment for a variety of other problems, including substance abuse, personality disorder, and athletic performance enhancement, and large numbers of therapists have been trained by the EMDR Institute.
Keywords: Anxiety Disorders Athletic Performance Drug Abuse Personality Disorders Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Treatment
Accuracy Verified: No
6264. Staff. (2001, December). Is EMDR effective? A meta-analytic answer. Clinician's Research Digest, 19(12), 5.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
A recent meta-analysis of 34 experimental treatment studies and 2 within-participant studies attempted to answer the following 4 questions about eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): (1) Is EMDR effective? (2) Are eye movements necessary? (3) Is EMDR more or less effective for different client populations? and (4) Is EMDR more or less effective on the basis of whether the therapist was trained by the EMDR Institute? The authors conclude that EMDR is a more effective treatment than no treatment and nonspecific treatments. In addition, EMDR seems not superior but rather equal in effectiveness to other exposure-based therapies.
Keywords: Efficacy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6265. Staff. (1997, May). Using EMDR to treat psychological trauma. Clinician's Research Digest, 15(5), 3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
This article discusses outcome studies on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). It is noted that EMDR was originally designed for rapid treatment of traumatic memories, but practitioners have also applied it to such other problems as phobias, panic disorder, grief, chemical dependence, and dissociative disorders. Since the development of EMDR, numerous outcome reports in the form of case studies, single-subject experiments, and group design experiments have appeared in the literature. Several studies and meta-analyses of EMDR are described. While one meta-analysis concluded that the effects of EMDR are (a) not strong, (b) most apparent with self-report measures but absent with physiological indices of the disorder, and (c) absent altogether in some studies, other authors believe this is an overstatement. Two other meta-analyses note that there have been more controlled studies of EMDR than all other treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and both acknowledge a range in findings. It has been suggested that there are numerous explanations for negative or limited findings for EMDR, most notably the use of chronic, multiply traumatized veterans (where secondary gain may be a concern), lack of treatment fidelity, and insufficient length of treatment.
Keywords: Emotional Trauma Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6266. Staff. (2002, June). EMDR: Past, present, and future. Clinician's Research Digest, 20(6), 5.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Notes that the January 2002 Journal of Clinical Psychology presented a special issue on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Research, theory, and controversies were addressed, and 2 specific outcome versies studies were reported. It appears there are now sufficient data to consider EMDR an effective treatment for civilian PTSD. Although there is not sufficient research to draw conclusions about the relative effectiveness of EMDR and other treatments for PTSD (e.g., cognitive-behavioral, exposure), evidence suggests that EMDR may be more efficient (requiring fewer sessions) and more tolerable (fewer dropouts) than other treatments.
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6267. Staff. (2007, May 4). Posttraumatic stress disorder therapy. Drug Week, Expanded Reporting, 62.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Researchers detail in "On treatment with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder in public transportation workers--a randomized controlled trial," new data in post-traumatic stress disorders. According to recent research published in the Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, "Previous studies on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) investigated a variety of treatments and included mostly patients victims of sexual and combat assault. This study aimed to determine the short-term efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in occupation-based PTSD."
Also published in Biotech Business Week, Expanded reporting, 706 - April 30, 2007
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6268. Staff. (2007, November 19). Reports outline life sciences study findings from Merrimack College, Psychology Department. Biotech Business Week, Expanded Reporting, 1204.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
A new study, 'Effect of bilateral eye movements on frontal interhemispheric gamma EEG coherence: implications for EMDR therapy,' is now available (see also Life Sciences). "The use of bilateral eye movements (EMs) is an important component of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. The neural mechanisms underlying EMDR remain unclear," scientists in the United States report.
Keywords: Research
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6269. Staff. (2007, November). EMDR aktiverar samma mekanismer som REM-sömn [Similarities between EMDR and REM sleep]. Psykologtidningen, (11) 8-9.
Language: Swedish
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Mycket talar för att EMDR-behandling mot posttraumatisk stress
aktiverar samma system i hjärnan som REM-sömn, visar en ny svensk
studie. REM-sömn har i normala fall en viktig roll för bearbetning av
påfrestande upplevelser.
There are many indications that EMDR treatment for post-traumatic stress
activate the same system in the brain that REM sleep, according to a new Swedish
study. REM sleep is normally an important role for working
stressful experiences.
Keywords: REM Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6270. Staff. (2001, January 19). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing debunked. Reuters Health, 7(2). Retrieved from http://www.icsahome.com/logon/elibdocview.asp?Subject=Eye+Movement+Desensitization+and+Reprocessing+Debunked 0n 8/22/2012.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Dr. Herbert's group concludes, "If procedure is heavily promoted through extraordinary claims, those claims must be accompanied by equally extraordinary empirical evidence."
Keywords: Skepticism
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6271. Steketee, G., & Goldstein, A. J. (1994, Summer). Reflections on Shapiro’s reflections: Testing EMDR within a theoretical context. the Behavior Therapist, 17(7), 156-157.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
As Shapiro points out, controversy
has surrounded Eye
Movement Desensitization and
Reprocessing (EMDR) since it was first
described. Although some of this controversy
pertains to training methods
and clinical issues (see the Behavior
Therapist, 1992), most of it focuses on
insufficient empirical study. Regardless
of whether EMDR represents a
paradigm shift as Shapiro suggests, its
clinical utility depends on empirical
demonstration of clinical efficacy and
mechanisms of action. We summarize
the available literature here to balance
Shapiro's views. In accord with Shapiro's
view that EMDR targets the
blocking effects of trauma in any context
on normal information processing,
we agree that EMDR needs to be
tested not only with posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), but also with
other disorders whose etiology may be
traumatic.
Keywords: Research
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6272. Sternberg, D., Solomon, R., Wildwind, L., Marun, J., Silver, S. M., Lipke, H., Davis, J., & Werk, K. (1992, Autumn). The eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) debate. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter, 12(3), 2.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
It would be a serious error
to consider that EMDR procedure can
be learned and taught without instruction
or feedback as to how well one is
developing skill in the use and application of
of EMDR...
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6273. Stickgold, R. (1998, September). Sleep, memory, PTSD and EMDR. EMDRIA Newsletter, 3(3), 16.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Several lines of evidence suggest that EMDR may help in the treatment of PTSD by activating memory processing systems normally activated during REM sleep but dysfunctional in the PTSD patient.
Keywords: Memory Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PSTD Sleep
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6274. Sweeney, S. (2013, January-April). EMDR: Recovering lives by moving out trauma. The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal, 54-60.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
A methodology unique to EMDR [is] bilateral stimulation
of the brain’s hemispheres. While the client focuses on the
physical sensations, images, and negative thoughts related
to his traumatic event, his eyes follow the movements of
a light bar, or the therapist’s fingers, for about 30 seconds.
However, research into EMDR has discovered that moving
the eyes is not the only way for bilateral stimulation to occur.
Other methods, such as alternating tones played through
headphones or the therapist tapping the client’s hands one
after the other, have been found to be just as effective. [Excerpt]
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6275. Sweet, A. (1995, January). A theoretical perspective on the clinical use of EMDR. the Behavior Therapist, 18(1), 5-6.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Compares Foa and Kozak's model of emotional processing with the PTSD outcome literature, and discusses the value of EMDR in clinical practice.
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6276. Sweet, A. (1991, August). Review: Chemtob, C., Roitblat, H. L., Hamada, R. S., Carbon, J. G., Twentyman, C. T. (1988) A cognitive action theory of post traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders (2, 253-275). EMDR Network Newsletter, 1(1), 3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The authors of this paper attempt to integrate the existing models of PTSD from associative learning theory, psychodynamic theory, and information processing models of the brain. In the integration they elaborate on a "hierarchical network view of cognition" and specifically detail how it might account for PTSD symptoms.
Keywords: Cognitive Action Theory Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Review
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6277. Sweet, A. A. (1991, December). Review: Wilson, Jonathan. (1990) The meaning of dreams Scientific American, 11, 86-96.. EMDR Network Newsletter, 1(2), 8.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
After a brief overview of the history of
dreams and their supposed origins, he
sets forth his theory that dreaming is a
pivotal aspect in the processing of memory,
specifically memory that may have
survival value for the organism. Using
his research on subprimate animals, Dr.
Winson believes that he has isolated a
brain wave (theta) that is the electrochemical
marker for the processing of
survival information in the brain. He
further reports that in these lower organisms,
the only other time this brain
wave is present (other thaii in foraging,
escaping, sexual behavior, predating, etc.)
is during REM sleep.
Keywords: Dreams Rapid Eye Movement REM
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6278. Tanner, L. (2007, August). Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR). The Birth Trauma Association Newsletter, 2-3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
EMDR is a form of therapy developed by Dr Francine Shapiro in the 1980’s. She had noticed that whilst remembering an unpleasant event in her own life, she could take control over the impact it had on her emotionally by a series of rapid eye movements.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6279. ter Heide, F. J. J. (2008). Berichten uit het veld: Stabiliseren of verwerken? [Reports from the field: Stabilize or process?]. Cogiscope, 4(3), 39.
Language: Dutch
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Onder behandelaars van getraumatiseerde
asielzoekers en vluchtelingen wordt soms hevig
gediscussieerd over de vraag met welke interventies
deze patiënten het beste geholpen zijn.
Bijvoorbeeld: een vluchtelinge, slachtoffer van
oorlogsgeweld, durft niet te slapen uit angst
voor nachtmerries en heeft geen dagstructuur.
Helpen we haar eerst om haar dagstructuur
te verbeteren, zodat ze een traumagerichte
therapie daarna beter aankan? Of behandelen
we eerst haar traumatische herinneringen met
EMDR of cognitieve gedragstherapie, zodat ze
weer kan slapen en zelf haar dagen kan structureren?
Of misschien moeten we deze benaderingen
combineren in een dagklinische behandeling?
Kortom, wat is de beste inhoud en
timing van onze interventies? [Excerpt]
Among practitioners of traumatized
asylum seekers and refugees is sometimes fierce
discussed the question with which interventions
these patients are best helped.
For example, a refugee, victim of
war, afraid to sleep for fear
for nightmares and has no daily structure.
We help her to her first day structure
improve, so they trauma-focused
therapy after better handle? or treating
we first her traumatic memories
EMDR or cognitive behavioral therapy, so they
weather can sleep and can structure itself? her days
Or maybe we need these approaches
combine in a partial hospitalization treatment?
In short, what is the best content and
timing of our interventions? [Excerpt]
Keywords: Reprocessing Stabilization
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6280. Terreri, L. (2005). EMDR e crisi d'astinenza [EMDR and withdrawal symptoms]. Bollettino per le Farmacodipendenze e l'Alcolismo del Ministero della Salute, 28(3/4), 25.
Language: Italian
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
L’EMDR (acronimo di Eye Movement Desensitization
and Reprocessing) è un metodo clinico ben strutturato
che può integrare i programmi terapeutici aumentandone
l’efficacia. Francine Shapiro ha scoperto che alcuni tipi
di stimolazione esterna possono aiutare molto efficacemente
una persona a superare un evento traumatico o
emotivamente disturbante. Il metodo utilizza principalmente
i movimenti oculari prodotti in un paziente invitandolo
a seguire il movimento della mano del terapeuta
(ma anche altre forme di stimolazione destro/sinistra come,
ad esempio, il tapping sulle mani). L’EMDR si basa
sull’ipotesi che l’evento traumatico “congeli” l’informazione
nella sua forma ansiogena originale, nello stesso
modo in cui è stato vissuto. L’informazione bloccata,
“congelata” nelle reti neurali, continua a provocare vari
disturbi psicologici. Pensare ad un evento traumatico
mentre contemporaneamente il paziente esegue determinati
movimenti oculari, invece, genera l’effetto di riprendere
o accelerare l’elaborazione dell’informazione. L’EMDR
provoca una migliore comunicazione tra gli emisferi
cerebrali ristabilendo l’equilibrio eccitatorio/inibitorio e
permette il raggiungimento di una risoluzione adattiva,
integrata in uno schema cognitivo ed emotivo positivo,
dell’esperienza del paziente. Il metodo, quindi, permette
una desensibilizzazione rapida dei ricordi traumatici e
una ristrutturazione cognitiva che porta a una riduzione
significativa dei sintomi del paziente.
EMDR (which stands for Eye Movement desensitization
and Reprocessing) is a well-structured clinical method
that can integrate treatment programs increasing
effectiveness. Francine Shapiro discovered that certain
of external stimulation can help most effectively
a person to overcome a traumatic event or
emotionally disturbing. The method mainly uses
eye movements produced in a patient requesting
to follow the movement of the hand therapist
(But also other forms of stimulation right / left as,
For example, tapping on your hands). EMDR is based
on the assumption that the traumatic event "freeze" information
anxiety in its original form, the same
way it was lived. Information blocked
"Frozen" in neural networks, continues to cause various
psychological disorders. Think of a traumatic event
simultaneously while the patient performs certain
eye movements, however, creates the effect of return
or accelerate the processing. EMDR
leads to better communication between the hemispheres
restoring brain balance excitatory / inhibitory and
allows the achievement of adaptive resolution,
embedded in a positive emotional and cognitive schema,
experience of the patient. The method, therefore, allows
a rapid desensitization of traumatic memories and
a cognitive restructuring that leads to a reduction
significant symptoms of the patient.
Keywords: Withdrawal Symptoms
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6281. Terreri, L. (2008, ). EMDR nei pazienti con tossicodipendenza: integrazione tra protocollo standard e protocolli modificati [EMDR in drug dependent subjects: integration between standard and modified protocols]. Bollettino Sulle Dipendenze, 31(4), 215-224.
Language: Italian
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Riassunto, Alcuni autori (Shapiro F., Omaha J., Popky A.J., Hase M.), ipotizzano che il metodo EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) possa essere utile ai pazienti tossicodipendenti sia per avere una migliore adattabilità e funzionalità del comportamento sia per allontanare il tempo delle ricadute.
Tuttavia gli studi con l’EMDR applicato alle tossicodipendenze sono rari e in Italia pressoché
assenti. L’autore, con l’intento di offrire un input per stimolare future ricerche, riassume il protocollo standard dell’EMDR, il protocollo DSRC sulla desensibilizzazione degli stimoli e la rielaborazione della compulsione e il protocollo DRDA sulla desensibilizzazione e rielaborazione del ricordo del disturbo d’astinenza. Nei soggetti che hanno effettuato i vari protocolli EMDR è stato possibile rilevare un risultato
positivo a breve termine tramite i punteggi delle scale SUD (Subjective Units of Disturbance), VOC
(Validity of Cognition), LOU (Level of Urge) e anche attraverso la valutazione di disegni effettuati prima e dopo la seduta EMDR.///
Shapiro F., Omaha J., Popky A. J., Hase M. et al. have speculated that Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) could be useful in the treatment of drug addicted subjects, to reach better adjustment and behavioural functioning and/or to increase the time interval between relapses. Currently,
studies reporting the use of EMDR with drug addicted patients are scarce and, in Italy, absent. The article, in order to offer an input to stimulate further research and increase its application, summarizes the
EMDR method and considers the possibility for the use of the “Standard EMDR protocol”, the
“Desensitization of Triggers and Urge Reprocessing” protocol and the “Withdrawal Disorder Memory Desensitization and Reprocessing” protocol within the Public Drug Abuse Departments. Subjects who underwent the various EMDR treatment protocols showed positive results in the short-term period, when tested with SUD (Subjective Units of Disturbance), VOC (Validity of Cognition) and LOU (Level of Urge)scales. Encouraging results were also obtained through the evaluation of drawings done by the subjects
before and after the EMDR treatments.[Author Abstract]
Keywords: Affect Bridge Compulsion Trauma Withdrawal
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6282. Thomas, R., & Kafoury, A. (2008, Spring). EMDR HAP in India, Indian EMDR set to bloom. HAP What's Happening Now Newsletter, 4(3), Supplement to the Spring Newsletter.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
In 1995 Dr. Sushma Mehrotra of Mumbai first read about a new therapy called EMDR. After studying all of the information available to her, she introduced it to the Bombay Psychological Association and then to the Bombay Psychiatric Society. To make sure she understood it correctly, Dr. Mehrotra established contact with EMDR training facilitator and HAP volunteer, Ann Kafoury. She later invited Ann to come to India to give a presentation on EMDR to mental health professionals. Since that time they have worked together to develop trainings and to bring EMDR to the people of India. Ann has served as the coordinator of EMDR HAP programs in India since that time.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6283. Thomas, S. S. (1993, Winter). Eye movement “glitches” and slower passes: The importance of observing how the eyes move during EMDR. EMDR Network Newsletter, 3(3), 15-16.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
This is a note on the relationship between the resolution, in EMDR, of a problem or target issue and the degree of freedom, or smoothness, of eye movements.
Keywords: Eye Movements
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6284. Thompson, S. S. (1993, Winter). Eye movement "glitches" and slower passes: The importance of observing how the eyes move during EMDR. EMDR Network Newsletter, 3(3), 15-16.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
This is a note on the relationship between the resolution, in EMDR, of a problem or target issue and the degress of freedom, or smoothness, of eye movements. It is my observation that when the eyes can move freely and steadily, on a path without "glitches" (without stops and starts, roughness, blinking or jerkiness), it is likely, if the client has been attending to the target and not dissociating, that the issue is resovled.
Keywords: Eye Movements
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6285. Thomson, M. (1993, April). EMDR redux. the Behavior Therapist, 16(4), 113-114.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
No abstract available.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6286. Thomson, S. S. (1997, January). Music and the brain in EMDR therapy: Is music, itself, EMDR?. EMDRIA Newsletter, 2(3), 23-28.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
This paper brings together my experiences with music in EMDR therapy and the experiences of myself and others with music and the brain. I describe some of the components and forms of music--e.g. imagined music, humming, singing, dance-like movements in EMDR, eliciting fom the client the words of a song, retelling the negative cognitions for a deeply-embedded song, and thythm and chanting--and how, together with EMDR, they can evoke open, integrative states which are more amenable to deep change that either is alone. I believe that since music has some of the basic attributes as EMDR, music by itself may be included with EMDR techniques, e.g. eye movements, clicking, tapping, etc.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6287. Thomson, S. S. (1995). On circumcision, other childhood medical procedures and EMDR. EMDR Network Newsletter, 5(2), 8.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
I was using eye movements with a 47-year-
old client, Jay (pseudonym), focusing on an unnecessary tonsillectomy when he was about 9 years old. These operations were done on both his older brother and himself-just because this was what was done in those days. He described seeing his
brother being wheeled, semi-conscious, out of the operating room with blood coming out of his mouth. He thought to himself, "Well, he's not dead . . . (is he?)." He was then dragged kicking and screaming to the operating
room. His parents did not visit
him for the 3 days he he had been promised some. As we was in the hospital. He got no ice cream, though were finishing the EMDR processing
of this set of incidents, I asked him if he had been circumcised. (I had been meaning to ask about this since he was
intensively processing a list of traumas in a short period of time before leaving the state for a new job. I chose this moment "out of the clear blue sky.") He said, "Well, it's funny you ask this because for the last ten minutes I have been feeling a sharp pain all around. . . there" (the head of his penis). As he moved his eyes, focusing on the sharp pain, it got increasingly dull until it went away. (Incidentally, processing this pain may have elicited, or made him feel safe enough to realize, another related fact-his attitude toward his body.)
Keywords: Children Circumsion Medical Procedures
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6288. Timoshchuk, I. G. (1997, January). EMDR: Functions providing the dynamics of transformation. EMDRIA Newsletter, 2(3), 15-16.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
In psychotherapy, the solving of a client’s problems is usually connected with the transformation of his or her personal features or some aspects of his or her experience. These could be changes in his or her systems of values, personal meanings and rules, habitual behavioral patterns, etc. These changes derive from the complex of deep transformations involving while systems of psychics. The system analysis of the multilevel hierarchical; structure formed by connections between the conscious and unconscious allows us to detest both the changing mechanisms and main functions providing the transformation, e.g., to solve a problem.
Keywords: Transformation
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6289. Tripolt, R. (2010, Oktober). EMDR in bewegung [EMDR in motion]. EMDRIA Deutschland e.V. Rundbrief, 21, 16-23.
Language: German
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Im Folgenden geht es um die Möglichkeit der Erweiterung des EMDR Protokolls um die
Dimension der Bewegung: Die Ebene der Kognitionen (PK/NK, VoC), der Emotion (SUD) und
der Körperwahrnehmung (Körpertest) wird um die Reflexionsebene der Bewegung und der
Bewegungswahrnehmung ergänzt. Dieses kann die Wirkweise von EMDR verstärken und bei
dissoziativen TraumapatientInnen die unmittelbare Anwendung von EMDR oft erst
ermöglichen. Dazu wird der Einsatz von Elementen aus 5 Rhythmen Bewegungstherapie, Tanz
und körperorientierten therapeutischen Techniken vorgestellt und anhand eines Fallbeispieles
illustriert.
I now turn to the possibility of extending the EMDR protocol to the Dimension of the movemen: the level of cognition (PC/NC,VoC ), emotion (SUD )and of body awareness (body test) is the reflection plane of movement and Motion perception complements. This may enhance the mode of action of EMDR and dissociative trauma patients, the direct application of EMDR often only allow. For this purpose, the use of elements from 5 Rhythms movement therapy, dance and body-oriented therapeutic techniques and presented a case study
illustrated.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6290. Tudor, T. (1994). Healing the heart: EMDR in post-unification MPD therapy. EMDR Network Newsletter, 4(1), 8-9.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: M
ultiple Personality Disorder (MPD)
represents the most severe form of
the Dissociative Disorders. The predominant
symptoms are disturbances
in the normally integrative functions
of identity and memory (American
Psychiatric Association, 1987). There
has been an explosion of interest in
the disorder since about 1984
Putnam, 1989; Ross, 1989), with many
articles focusing upon phenomena,
diagnosis, and treatment. The treatment
articles have focused primarily
upon thechallengingissues that have
to be dealt with prior to the eventual
unification ofthe mind, as represented
by the fusions of the various alter
personalities. Relatively little has
been written about the post-unification
phase of treatment, except that
treatment does not end with unification
(Kluft, 1988).
Keywords: Post-Unification MPD Therapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6291. Tutarel-Kıslak, S. (2002). Cinsel tacize maruz kalan kişiler üzerinde kontrollü EMDR uygulamaları [Sexual harassment on the victim controlled EMDR applications]. Türk Psikoloji Bülteni, 8(26-27), 75-78.
Language: Turkish
Format: Newsletter
Keywords: Sexal Harassment
Accuracy Verified: No
6292. Twombly, J. H. (2001, December). Safe place imagery: Handling intrusive thoughts and feelings. EMDRIA Newsletter, 6(Special Edition), 35-38.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
This paper will expand on the EMDR protocol of Safe Place Imagery (SPI) making it useful to a wider range of clients. Clients with overt and covert trauma histories will frequently experience traumatic intrusions in to the Safe Place or not be able to find one. Knowledge of trance both explains these phenomena and informs the process of teaching these clients to block out intrusions. Use of SPI with clients with complex ego states and Dissociative Disorders will also be discussed.
Keywords: Dissociative Disorders Safe Place Imagery SPI
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6293. Unknown. (1995, May). Eye movement, desensitization treats PTSD in children. Clinical Psychiatry News, 23(5), 10.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Keywords: Children Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6294. van Deusen, K. M. (2004, Summer). Bilateral stimulation in EMDR: A replicated single-subject component analysis. the Behavior Therapist, 27(4), 79-86.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
This study attempted to determine whether the eye movement component of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) was necessary to account for positive treatment effects in subjects with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A single-subject alternating treatments design was replicated across four subjects to compare the effectiveness of EMDR with the effectiveness of a modified EMDR procedure in which the eyes remained in a natural state. The comparative procedure was chosen to eliminate the contribution of distraction and the addition of any other form of bilateral stimulation. The first hypothesis was supported. Subjects showed statistically significant pre- (baseline) to posttreatment improvement following EMDR and the modified EMDR procedure (without eye movements). The second hypothesis was not supported. While subjects significantly improved following both EMDR and the modified, without-eye-movements EMDR procedure, there were no statistically significant differences between treatments on within- or between-session measures. Instead, both treatments were found to be effective in reducing trauma and global symptoms in the four female subjects who participated in the study. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Bilateral Stimulation BLS Empirical Study Quantitative Study Single-Subject Componnent Analysis
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6295. van Winkle, V. (1999, Fall). Breaking the cycle of violence: EMDR treatment of a traumatized violent teen girl. EMDRIA Newsletter, Child and Adolescent Issue, Special Edition, 4(4), 26-31.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Children, adolescents, and EMDR: A closer look
This is a case study of an 11-year-old girl in residential treatment with a poor prognosis. Her diagnoses include Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, ADHD, and PTSD with frequent explosive episodes.
Keywords: Adolescents Violence
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6296. Vanderlaan, L. L. (2000, December). The resolution of phantom limb pain in a 15-year old girl using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. EMDRIA Newsletter, 5(Special Edition), 31-34.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The successful treatment of left lower limb phantom pain with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing psychotherapy is reported. A theory of traumatic dissociation is proposed to explain the phantom limb pain.
Keywords: Dissociation Phantom Limb Pain
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6297. Veenstra, A. C. (2002). Behandeling van pijn met EMDR [Treatment of pain with EMDR]. Nieuwsbrief EMDR, 2.
Language: Dutch
Format: Newsletter
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6298. Veltman, D. (2007, Apr). Feedback from the E.M.D.R.I.A. Conference. Australiasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, WA Chapter Newsletter, 3(2), 3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The plenary guest speaker was Francine
Shapiro PhD, the originator and developer of
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
(E.M.D.R.).
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6299. Ventura, M. (2006). La desensibilización y el reprocesamiento por medio de movimientos oculares [EMDR] en el tratamiento del trauma emocional [Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing EMDR for the treatment of emotional trauma]. Psicología Conductual Revista Internacional de Psicología Clínica de la Salud, 14(3), 387-400.
Language: Spanish
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Eye Movement desensibilización y reprocesamiento [EMDR] fue desarrollado originalmente para el tratamiento de recuerdos traumáticos. Este procedimiento incluye la exposición imaginación, el reprocesamiento cognitivo y estimulación bilateral inicialmente decidió considerando inducida por los movimientos oculares. El procedimiento consta de ocho fases, en busca de la desensibilización del impacto emocional y cognitivo de reprocesamiento de recuerdos y pensamientos inquietantes desarrollado tras un traumatismo. Aunque hay muchos estudios que apoyan su eficacia, se conoce muy poco sobre los mecanismos subyacentes. EMDR es una de las técnicas reconocidas por la American Psychological Association [APA] como eficaz para el tratamiento del trastorno por estrés postraumático [TEPT] y algunos estudios han demostrado su eficacia en el tratamiento de otros problemas de salud mental. (Registro de bases de datos PsycINFO (c) 2008 APA, todos los derechos reservados)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing [EMDR] was originally developed to treat traumatic memories. This procedure includes imagination exposure, cognitive reprocessing and bilateral stimulation initially decided by considering induced eye movements. The procedure consists of eight phases, looking for desensitization of the emotional impact and cognitive reprocessing of disturbing memories and thoughts developed after trauma. Although there are many studies supporting its effectiveness, very little is known about the underlying mechanisms. EMDR is one of the techniques recognized by the American Psychological Association [APA] as effective for treating posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD] and some studies have proved its effectiveness in the treatment of other mental health problems. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Bilateral Stimulation Cognitive Processes Cognitive Reprocessing Emotional Trauma Eye Movements Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Trauma Traumatic Memories
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6300. Vogelmann-Sine, S., & Sine, L. F. (1993, Winter). EMDR with clients in recovery from chemical dependency. EMDR Network Newsletter, 3(3), 12-15.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
We have found that the treatment protocol outlined below has been very helpful in our work with clients suffering from substance abuse or dependence.
Keywords: Addictions Chemical Dependency Protocol Substance Abuse
Accuracy Verified: Yes
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