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1. Robertson, J. M., & Williams, B. W. (2010). "Gender aware therapy" for professional men in a day treatment center. Psychotherapy Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 47(3), 316–326. doi:10.1037/a0021163.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
High accountability men in the medical,
legal, corporate, and mental health
professions sometimes engage in behavior
that violates their fiduciary responsibilities.
These highly skilled men may
engage in disruptive or explosive behavior,
cross sexual boundaries with
clients or patients, abuse substances, or
have other psychiatric problems that
compromise their workplace performance.
When this occurs, licensing
boards, professional societies, or supervising
executives often require the dysregulated
man to seek assistance. This
article reports on ways the Professional
Renewal Center incorporates recommendations
from “Gender Aware Therapy”
in developing a male-friendly approach
to conducting comprehensive
multidisciplinary psychological assessments,
and to providing intensive, multimodal,
weeks-long treatment services.
Keywords: Assessment Masculinity Professionals Treatment
Accuracy Verified: Yes
2. Trobisch-Lutge, S. (2010, July). "I am a consequential damage of detention" - Protreacted non-determinability in the reconstruction of traumatic experiences in the descendants of victims of political persecution byt the SED dictatorship in the GDR. Symposium (Samin Karim, Chair) conducted at the 1st EMDR Asia Conference, Bali, Indonesia.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
The descendants of the political persecution by the SED dictatorship in the GDR are in many ways involved in the history
of the persecution of their parents. 20 years after the “Wende” the reconstruction of parental distress is distinguished by
a high degree of protracted non - determinability. The descendants own traumatic experiences often join fragmented,
unsettling memory segments of the parental generation. Confusing persecution practices of the Stasi have often caused
grave personal uncertainties and as a consequence, have spread doubts until today about the reliability of autobiographical
memories. Internal decision making and processing while living under the conditions of a dictatorship - which included how
to deal with their own children, and the external influences of the persecuted parental generation are, from the viewpoint
of the descendants, difficult to distinguish from each other. A successful EMDR treatment is - in case of the emotional
distress of the descendants of political traumatised people - connected to a process of resolving perplex memory contents. Perpetrator-victim-collusions, which are often found in affected families, add to a concatenation of cumulative traumatic
events. The non - determinability in the reconstruction of traumatic experiences cause the formation of traumatic complexes
which negatively influence future events in the life of the descendants. Based on interview details of a qualitative study
with descendants of victims of political persecution by the SED dictatorship in which the possibilities of handling the more
difficult determination of initial traumatic events are discussed. By means of this the author clarifies the central themes of a
disconcerting reconstruction of the victim’s parental and own biography.
Keywords: GRD Political Persecution SED Dictatorship Victims
Accuracy Verified: Yes
3. 平岡 篤武 [Hiraoka Atsutake]. (2006). 子供のための福祉施設で子供とEMDRセッションは、性的逸脱行動を示したこと [EMDR sessions with a child in the welfare facility for children having shown sexual deviant behaviour]. Kodomo no Gyakutai to Negurekuto, 8(1), 29-38.
Language: Japanese
Format: Journal
Abstract:
ここでは子供のための福祉施設のケアの逸脱性行動を示す子とEMDRセッションについて報告されている。 1）半構造化面接をするため、自己観察は、被害者への思いやりの実現に向けて子供の可能性に関しての状況を明らかにするために、さらに犠牲者を間違って、積極的な海峡および/または支配の最終的な存在行うことで配置された。また、常軌を逸した性的行動の背後にある可能性経験に基づいて、以前の子供が性的虐待の被害者自身をしていたかどうかを確認する必要があった。 2）それが唯一の光/非重大な逸脱、人は性的虐待された逸脱子供の可能性に反映して、その存在に基づいて、必要と考えられるでしょう一般的にも。 3）は、事件の記録として性的虐待からフラッシュバックを説明し、EMDRは、性的逸脱行動が消失することが効果を適用した。過去のトラウマ記憶EMDR使用することで子供は開発中の通常のイニシアチブ-豊かな生活に戻ったことで、'安全なメモリに変更されました。 4）被害者にされて消えてしまった被害者を有するとの間のリンクとして、保護と介入手段を検討して児童相談センターや福祉施設からの協調努力のために、将来の必要性がある。 [著者抄録]
Here is reported about EMDR sessions with a child showing deviant sexual behaviour, in the care of the Welfare Facility for Children. 1) Semi-structured interviews were arranged in order to clarify the situation with regards to the child's potential for self-observation, compassion for the victim, realization of having done the victim wrong, further the eventual existence of dominating and/or aggressive straits. Further, based upon the possible sexual experience behind the deviant sexual behavior, there was a need to find out whether the child earlier had himself been a victim for sexual abuse. 2) Generally even if it only would be considered a light/non-serious deviance, one should, based upon its presence, reflect upon the possibility of the deviant child having been sexually abused. 3) As the case records describe flashbacks from sexual abuse, the EMDR was applied with the effect that the sexual deviant behaviour disappeared. By using EMDR the past traumatic memory was changed into a 'safe' memory, with the child having returned to normal initiative-rich life under development. 4) As the link between being victim and having victimized has disappeared, there is a future need for a coordinated effort from the Child Guidance Center and the Welfare Facility to consider the protection and intervention methods. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Child Children Sexual Abuse
Accuracy Verified: Yes
4. Koshal, A. (2010, June). The 4-fields-technic in the traumatherapy of complex traumatized and drug-addicted people (in methadone-treatment). In Addictions. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Hamburg, Germany.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Nowadays several international studies demonstrate
that the problem of drug-addiction is very often found in combination
with complex traumatization in early childhood and
youth. (Felitti. 2903; Kufner et al. 2000; Langeland et al. 2006;
Schmidt, 2000 etc.)
As we all know PTSD and the other trauma symptoms cause a
lot of psychophysical dysregulation. So the psychiatrist Khantrian
postulated already 1985 the "self-medication hypothesis of addictive disorders". Janina Fisher, Trauma Center Boston, 2000, called
this assumed combination of trauma-consequences and drug-addiction,
"compensatory strategies aimed at self-regulation"
In many years of working with drug-addicted people it became
very obvious that a high percentage of this people are using drugs,
for example to calm down after being aggressive, may be caused by an argue: or to reduce strong inner tensions; to sleep without
nightmares, to alleviate the feeling of helplessness and fear etc.
Drugs and alcohol do reduce all the mentioned symptoms for
a while. To learn to cope in another, more adaptive way, the
addicted people need to learn alternatives strategies for a good
functioning self-regulation.
After stabilization, the trauma therapy can start, so the patient
can reduce some of the sources of psychophysiological dysregulation.
Even when the addicted people still get methadone psychotherapy
is possible. Practical experience over a long time.
started 1990, did show a lot of successful treatments and that
methadone does not interfere a traumatherapy.
The 4-Fields-Technic is a special method of EMDR that was
developed by Jarero et al. 1997 in Mexico after a hurricane
disaster. Dorothee Lansch modified the group method into a
therapy-setting for single persons.
For complex traumatized and drug-addicted people this technic
is very helpful. The focus is more easy to keep in mind, - in
front of the eyes. In the 4-Fields-Technic the patient focuses
on a self-painted picture, that represents the worst part of a
trauma experience.
The patient keeps his focus on this picture, combined with bilateral
stimulation, till he feels the picture should be changed.
And so the process is going on till finished.
The participant will be able to learn:
- about the correlation between complex trauma and drug-addiction
- that drug-addicted people who get methadone are able to do
trauma therapy
-the 4-Fieids-Technic as a method to create resources.
Psychotherapy and specially psychotraumatherapy with drug-addicted
people who are as well in a methadone-treatment is for
many therapists still controversial. This presentation will give you
an idea how good it can work, based on various case series.
Keywords: 4-Fields-Technic Complex Trauma Drug Addiciton Methodone Treatment Symposium
Accuracy Verified: Yes
5. Koshal, A. (2012, June). The 4-fields-technique in the trauma therapy of complex traumatized and addicted patients [La técnica de 4-‐Campos en la terapia de trauma complejo y pacientes adictos, incluso en tratamiento de metadona]. Presentation at the annual meeting of EMDR Europe Association, Madrid, Spain.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
This
workshop
will
employ
lecture
and
demonstration
of
several
case
studies.
The
4-‐Field-‐Technique
is
a
special
method
of
EMDR
that
was
developed
by
Jarero
et
al.
1997
in
Mexico.
For
complex
traumatized
and
drug
addicted
people
this
method
is
very
helpful.
The
risk
to
trigger
other
trauma
clusters
is
quite
minor,
because
the
patient’s
concentration
is
focused
on
his
specific
picture
and
situation.
Several
international
studies
demonstrate
that
addicted
people
are
very
often
complex
traumatized.
(Felitti
et
al.,
2003;
Schmidt,
2000
etc.)
PTSD
and
other
trauma
symptoms
cause
a
lot
of
psychophysical
deregulation.
The
psychiatrist
Khantzian
realized
1985,
that
addicted
people
suffer
a
lot
from
different
symptoms
and
try
to
reduce
the
unbearable
inner
tension
in
using
drugs.
So
Khantzian
postulated
the
“self-‐medication
hypothesis
of
addictive
disorders”.
Janina
Fisher,
Trauma
Center
Boston,
2000,
interpreted
the
correlation
of
early
traumatization
and
drug-‐addiction
as
“compensatory
strategies
aimed
at
self-‐
regulation”.
20
years
of
psychotherapeutic
work
revealed,
a
high
percentage
of
addicted
patients
use
drugs
to
influence
their
emotional
states.
Drugs
and
alcohol
do
short
term
reduce
the
mentioned
symptoms.
Addicted
patients
need
to
learn
to
cope
in
another,
more
adaptive
way
to
get
a
better
functioning
self-‐regulation.
After
stabilization,
trauma-‐therapy
can
start.
So
the
patient
can
reduce
his
psycho-‐
physiological
deregulation.
Even
when
addicted
patients
are
still
in
a
methadone-‐
treatment
trauma-‐therapy
is
effective.
Practical
experiences
show
a
lot
of
successful
treatments.
Este
taller
empleará
la
presentación
y
demostración
de
muchos
estudios
de
caso.
La
técnica
de
4
campos
es
un
método
especial
de
EMDR
que
fue
desarrollado
por
Jarero
et
al.
1997
en
Méjico.
Para
gente
con
traumas
complejos
y
adictos
este
método
resulta
ser
muy
adecuado.
El
riesgo
de
disparar
grupos
de
traumas
es
menor,
debido
a
que
la
concentración
del
paciente
está
centrada
en
una
sola
imagen
y
situación.
Muchos
estudios
demuestran
que
los
adictos
son
muy
a
menudo
traumatizados
de
manera
compleja.
(Felitti
et
al.,
2003;
Schmidt,
2000
etc.)
El
TEPT
y
otros
síntomas
del
trauma
causan
muchas
desregulaciones
psicofisiológicas.
El
psiquiatra
Khantzian
se
dio
cuenta
en
1985,
que
la
gente
que
sufre
de
adicción
sufren
también
muchos
otros
síntomas
diferentes
e
intentan
reducir
su
tensión
interna
a
través
del
uso
de
sustancias.
Por
ello
Khantzian
postuló
“
La
hipótesis
de
la
automedicación
en
trastornos
adictivos”
Janina
Fisher,
Trauma
Center
Boston,
2000,
interpretó
la
correlación
de
la
traumatización
temprana
y
la
adicción
a
la
drogas
como
“
Estrategias
compensatorias
dirigidas
a
la
autorregulación”.
20
ańos
de
trabajo
psicoterapéutico
muestran
que
un
gran
porcentaje
de
pacientes
adictos
usan
drogas
para
modificar
sus
estados
emocionales.
Las
drogas
y
el
alcohol
reducen
a
corto
plazo
los
síntomas
mencionados.
Los
pacientes
adictos
necesitan
aprender
a
afrontar
de
manera
más
adaptativa
su
autorregulación.
Después
de
la
estabilización,
la
terapia
del
trauma
puede
empezar.
Por
ello
el
paciente
puede
reducir
su
desregulación
psicofisiológica.
Incluso
cuando
aún
están
sometidos
a
un
tratamiento
de
metadona
la
terapia
del
trauma
es
efectiva.
Las
experiencias
en
la
práctica
muestran
una
gran
cantidad
de
tratamientos
exitosos.
Keywords: 4-Fields-Technique Addiction
Accuracy Verified: Yes
6. Vogelmann-Sine, S., Popky, A. J., Lazrove, S., Sine, L., Speare, J., Wade, D., & Wade, T. (1995, June). Advanced clinical applications of EMDR to addictive behaviors. Symposium conducted at the EMDR Network Conference, Santa Monica, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
This workshop addresses the application of standard and modified EMDR treatment protocols to addictive and compulsive
behaviors including substance abuse/dependence, overeating, smoking, love addiction. Individuals with addictive and compulsive
behaviors frequently have suffered from childhood trauma and neglect resulting in developmental arrests, as well as a variety of
maladaptive behaviors which are trauma-related and serve to minimize pain. The successful implementation of EMDR to addictive
behaviors requires that EMDR be used as part of an overall treatment program carefully addressing the needs of individuals who
have been traumatized and are exhibiting addictive behaviors. A thorough diagnostic work up is needed aimed at assessing
comorbidity, dissociation, and a detailed trauma history covering childhood traumas and traumas suffered as adults including
traumas that occur as a consequence of addictive behaviors. Careful client preparation is essential to assist individuals in coping
adequately with the high levels of emotion experienced during EMDR Clients' readiness to stop compulsive/addictive behaviors
needs to be carefully evaluated.
A decision tree aimed at determining the appropriateness of EMDR to individuals diagnosed with addictive behaviors is presented
which assists clinicians in minimizing the premature use of EMDR. EMDR is a client centered method, and thus, careful pacing is
needed with this population to reprocess underlying traumatic issues. This frequently implies utilizing a modified EMDR treatment
protocol with only partial resolutions of underlying traumatic material. Guidelines will be discussed to assist clinicians in selecting
EMDR targets for optional results which relate to the stages of recovery. EMDR can be used at all stages of recovery to neutralize
the negative impact of memories contributing to problematic behaviors, such as urges to use, ambivalence about treatment, fear of
facing painfull feelings from the past. EMDR also has the power to install templates for future actions which assist individuals with
skill deficits in more rapidly acquiring necessary skills for a successful recovery. Examples of cognitive interweaves are presented
which take into consideration clients' readiness, as well as the need to accelerate the recovery process.
EMDR has a unique role in the recovery of traumatized individuals with addictive and compulsive behaviors since the accelerated
processing of negative experiences and the installation of positive adaptive cognitions assist clients in more rapidly overcoming
barriers throughout the recovery process. It also challenges rigid approaches to recovery which frequently stress that trauma work
should not be attempted before abstinence has been accomplished for a specified period of time. EMDR is especially valuable in
processing core issues which center around shame and manifest in cognitions, such as "I am defective," "There is something wrong
with me," "I am not good enough," "I am not quite right," "I don't belong," "I don't deserve to live." Case examples will be given as
to how such core issues can be targeted to accelerate the recovery process.
A.J. Popky has developed a specialized EMDR treatment protocol which targets levels of urges of addictive/compulsive behaviors
directly and installs a positive internal state of feeling empowered without relying on compulsive and addictive behaviors. Case
examples fiom clinical practice indicate that when levels of urges are targeted directly, underlying traumas frequently emerge
without increasing clients' usage. The symposium addresses the application of this protocol to a range of addictive and compulsive
behaviors.
The Wades' integrative psychotherapy combines ego-state therapy and EMDR in a psychosocial developmental context. Their
substance use disorders treatment program incorporates specialized applications of their integrative psychotherapy, which includes
both individual and group therapy and employs hypnosis as well as EMDR Their presentation focuses on applications of the
standard EMDR protocol in individual therapy, which is limited primarily to desensitization of dysphoric affect and reprocessing
negative cognitions associated with grief and trauma.
Their conceptual framework of substance use disorders proceeds from a goal of reducing the harm caused by substance use and a
primary distinction between functional and autonomous use (rather than the DSM conceptualizations of "dependence" or "abuse")
because this guides interventions. Initial treatment planning depends upon external constraints (e.g., lack of support for positive
change, hostile environment), internal limitations (e.g., severity of substance use and its effects, neurocognitive deficits, inadequate
"ego strength," lack of skills, disrupted psychosocial development, psychological trauma) and the nature of the substance use
disorder (i.e., functional, autonomous, or both).
Methods include education about substance use disorders and processes of change, group therapy to develop skills and obtain
feedback and support, individual therapy to correct disrupted development and resolve traumatic stress reactions, and exercises to
apply what is learned in real-life situations. The standard EMDR protocol is applied to disrupted development involving grief and
to resolve psychological trauma that lead to substance use. Case vignettes in which such applications of the standard EMDR
protocol were employed are presented in detail.
Keywords: Addictions Substance Abuse Symposium
Accuracy Verified: Yes
7. Colelli, G. (2003, September). After the World Trade Center disaster – Use of EMDR recent events protocol. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Denver, CO.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
The Recent Events Protocol was used extensively in the treatment of World Trade Center survivors, first responders and recovery workers. In
this workshop we will review the Recent Events Protocol and discuss the utilization in treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The
workshop will describe when it is appropriate to modify the Recent Events Protocol. Clinical examples for civilian and non-civilian personnel
will be presented. Specific techniques will be described on how to reprocess PTSD symptoms in 5 sessions or less even when the client has significant previous traumatic memories. The contrast in using the protocol for
PTSD symptoms as compared to grief will be discussed.
Keywords: 9/11 Recent Events September 11th World Trade Center WTC
Accuracy Verified: Yes
8. Seidler, G. H. (2002). Aktuelle therapieansätze in der psychotraumatologie [Psychotraumatology: Recent therapy approaches]. Zeitschrift für Psychotraumatologie und Psychologische Medizin, 48(1), 6-27.
Language: German
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Psychologische Behandlung von traumatischen Belastungsstörungen mit EMDR
Heutige Therapieansätze in der Psychotraumatologie Zentrum rund um das Problem der effektiven Zugang zu spezifischen Trauma-Symptome: Einbrüche; affektive Abstumpfung und Vermeidungsverhalten, Übererregung. Unter seinem Lager aus dem deutschen und amerikanischen Leitlinien PTSD-Therapie, skizziert der Artikel die wichtigsten Therapiemethoden und bewertet sie im Hinblick auf die relevanten Qualitätskriterien. EMDR, kognitiv-behavioralen Ansätzen, modifizierte psychodynamische Methoden und Trauma-adaptierten stationären Psychotherapie können so lange empfohlen werden, da sie in Verbindung mit stabilisierenden Elemente-Therapie eingesetzt werden. Normalerweise sind weitere therapeutische Interventionen auch notwendig, Zeichnung auf traditionelle Methoden für die Integration des Traumas in den Patienten-Biographie. [Abstract Autor]
Present-day therapy approaches in psychotraumatology center around the problem of effective access to specific trauma symptoms: intrusions; affective blunting and avoidance behaviors; hyperarousal. Taking its bearings from the German and American PTSD therapy guidelines, the article outlines the most important therapy methods and assesses them in terms of relevant quality criteria. EMDR, cognitive/behavioral approaches, modified psychodynamic methods, and trauma-adapted inpatient psychotherapy can be recommended as long as they are used in conjunction with stabilizing therapy elements. Normally, further therapeutic interventions are also necessary, drawing on traditional methods for integrating the trauma into the patient's biography. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Psychotherapy PTSD Review Stressors Survivors
Accuracy Verified: Yes
9. Scurfield, R. M., & Wilson, J. P. (2003, April). Ask not for whom the bell tolls: Controversy in post–traumatic stress disorder treatment outcome findings for war veterans. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 4(2), 112-126. doi:10.1177/1524838002250763 .
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This article reviews and analyzes two national studies of the efficacy of treatment
for war veterans suffering from post–traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Acareful
analysis of the studies conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
Northeast Program Evaluation Center (NEPEC) reveals conceptual, methodological,
and design flaws in the research, which reports minimal treatment efficacy for
PTSD. Based on this limited, if not biased, data, the results were used for policy
purposes to dismantle inpatient PTSD hospital units and trauma-focus treatments.
Acritique is offered as a review to suggest how future studies might be conducted,
designed, and evaluated, including the need for independent, “outside”
peer reviews inasmuch as the issue of treatment outcomes generalizes to many
nonmilitary populations.[Sagepub]
Keywords: DVA Outcome Policy PTSD Research Therapy Treatment Vietnam Veterans
Accuracy Verified: Yes
10. van der Kolk, B. A. (1999, November). Assessment and treatment of complex PTSD. Specialty training course presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
While most research on PTSD has studied subjects exposed to single
trauma, in clinical practice the vast majority of treatment seeking
patients have histories of multiple traumas, usually interpersonal,
abuse. This gives rise to complex clinical pictures, of which
PTSD is just one dimension. The Trauma Center in Boston is a
large, multidisciplinary, developmentally focused Clinic which specializes
in the treatment of traumatized children and adults. Our
clinic uses a developmentally based assessment tool which helps in
the staging of appropriate treatment interventions. Special emphasis
is placed on providing patients with skills to deal with complex
trauma-based symptoms, such as dissociation, by teaching stablization with DBT techniques, psychoeducational groups, resource
installation, SIT, and body-oriented methods, in which patients are
taught skills to increase their internal locus of control. We will
review the rationale for various psychopharmacological interventions
and the role of groups to enhance the capacity for mutual
relationships. All treatment occurs on the foundation of continuity
of care with one individual therapist who follows the patient’s
progress,explores life issues, helps deal with re-enactment behaviors,
and does trauma-specific treatment, such as EMDR or CBT
for alleviation of trauma-specific symptoms. This conference will
explore these issues in depth and discuss in detail the staging and
applications of various treatment techniques in clinical practice.
Keywords: Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Complex PTSD C-PSTD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
11. Roberts, A. R. (2002, Spring). Assessment, crisis intervention, and trauma treatment: The integrative ACT intervention model. Brief Treatment & Crisis Intervention, 2(1), 1-21.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This article presents a conceptual three-stage framework and intervention model that should be useful in helping mental health professionals provide acute crisis and trauma treatment services. The ACT model stands for Assessment, Crisis Intervention, and Trauma Treatment. This new model may be thought of as a sequential set of assessments and intervention strategies. The ACT intervention model integrates various assessment and triage protocols with the seven-stage crisis intervention model, and the ten-step acute traumatic stress management protocol. In addition, this article introduces and briefly highlights the other eight narrative, theoretical, and empirically based papers in this issue that focus on mental health and crisis-oriented intervention strategies implemented within 1 month after the September 11, 2001, terroristic mass disaster at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Keywords: ACT Model Assessment Assessment Crisis Intervention Triage Crisis Assessment Crisis Intervention Trauma Treatment
Accuracy Verified: Yes
12. Veenstra, S., & de Roos, C. (2005, November). Behandeling van chronische pijn met EMDR [Treating chronic pain with EMDR]. Presentatie aan de eerste congres van de Vereniging EMDR Nederland, Ede, The Netherlands.
Language: Dutch
Format: Conference
Abstract:
In deze lezing staat de toepassing van EMDR bij de behandeling van chronische pijn centraal. Na een introductie over ‘pijn in het brein’ wordt aandacht besteed aan indicatiestelling: waarom en wanneer is EMDR geďndiceerd als behandeling voor chronische pijnpatiënten.
Verder worden de resultaten van een pilot-studie (drs. C. de Roos, Rivierduinen, Leiden; drs. A.C. Veenstra, St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Tilburg; dr. Y.R. van Rood, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Leiden) gepresenteerd. Deze studie werd uitgevoerd om het effect van Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing op chronische fantoompijn -na amputatie van een been- te onderzoeken. Tien patiënten werden behandeld tussen oktober 2003 en november 2004. Alle tien patiënten reageerden niet op eerdere pijnbehandelingen. Metingen vonden plaats voor en na de behandeling en bij een follow-up na 3 maanden.
Het derde deel van deze lezing is toegespitst op de toepassing van het EMDR pijnprotocol. Casuďstiek van patiënten met fantoompijn of post-whiplash klachten wordt geďllustreerd met videofragmenten.
In this lecture, the application of EMDR in the treatment of chronic pain center. After an introduction on "pain in the brain" focuses on needs assessment: why and when EMDR is indicated as a treatment for chronic pain patients.
Furthermore, the results of a pilot study (Drs C. Roos, Rivierduinen, Leiden, Dr AC Veenstra, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, Dr YR van Rood, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden) presented. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing of chronic phantom pain after amputation of a leg to investigate. Ten patients were treated between October 2003 and November 2004. All ten patients did not respond to previous pain treatments. Measurements were performed before and after treatment and a follow-up after 3 months.
The third part of this lecture focuses on the application of the EMDR protocol pain. Case histories of patients with phantom pain or post-whiplash symptoms is illustrated with video clips.
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In this lecture, the application of EMDR in the treatment of chronic pain center. After an introduction on "pain in the brain" focuses on needs assessment: why and when EMDR is indicated as a treatment for chronic pain patients. Furthermore, the results of a pilot study (Drs C. Roos, Rivierduinen, Leiden, Dr AC Veenstra, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, Dr YR van Rood, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden) presented. This study was conducted to investigate and evaluate the effect of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing of chronic phantom pain after amputation of a leg. Ten patients were treated between October 2003 and November 2004. All ten patients did not respond to previous pain treatments. Measurements were performed before and after treatment and a follow-up after 3 months.The third part of this lecture focuses on the application of the EMDR protocol pain. Case histories of patients with phantom pain or post-whiplash symptoms is illustrated with video clips.
Keywords: Chronic Pain
Accuracy Verified: Yes
13. Giti, S. M. (2011, May). Beyond social phobia: A review of the background, manifestations and varied therapeutic approaches for performance anxiety. Alliant International University, Los Angeles, California. 3503418.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
Performance anxiety is ubiquitous in our present culture and is considered one of
the most prevalent forms of anxiety. The famous actor and comedian Jerry Seinfeld once
joked, “ At a funeral, most people would rather be in the casket than giving the eulogy!”
While nearly eighty percent of people experience some form of anxiety when they are the
center of attention, individuals who experience performance anxiety are severely
distressed and debilitated by their anxiety (Plaut, 1990). In most cases, performance
anxiety threatens to restrain an individual’s profession, goals, education, relationships or
daily life activities. While the phenomenon of acute anxiety is commonly labeled as stage
fright in the world of the performing arts, in psychological literature it is rarely specified
or considered a diagnosable mental health disorder. It is often clustered with specific
phobias or social phobia.
Indeed, performance anxiety is not an experience solely limited to actors,
musicians, singers and dancers. It affects athletes, politicians, writers, students,
professionals, leaders, and individuals in all walks of life. For this reason, it is essential
that clinicians become educated in the etiology, symptoms, manifestations and
therapeutic approaches of performance anxiety.
Keywords: Socia Phobia Performance Anxiety
Accuracy Verified: Yes
14. Zangwill, W. (1995, June). Beyond the basics: Conceptual issues and advances in using EMDR. Presentation at the EMDR Network Conference, Santa Monica, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
This workshop is designed for those comfortable with the basics of using EMDR. We shall discusses the importance of developing
a conceptual framework in which to view the patient and his/her life experiences. Though any framework could potentially be used,
the one we shall use is that of Jefiey Young's Schema-Focused Cognitive therapy. This workshop is too brief to go deeply into
Jeff's work so let me give you some references. (Books: 1)Cognitive Therapy for Personality Disorders: A Schema Focused Appoach,
Professional Resource Exchange, Sarasota, F1, (813) 366-7913 Or 2) Reinventing Your Life, Young and Klosko. Jeff can be reached
at the CTC of NY (212) 717-1052). I would like to begin by presenting an overview of how I see the case conceptualization
enhancing the effectiveness of EMDR. Next I want to present a case illustrating the points I am going to make. Then, for the
remaining two thirds of the presentation, I would like us to share our experiences of cases using either this or your own framework.
Why conceptualize the case? Why not just treat the trauma directly? Because I assume that it is the interaction of the events a
person has experienced and the way in which they have interpreted, experienced and stored them that is most important in
determining the amount and kind of pain that remains. If you took a group of 100 people who had been in serious accidents, were
assaulted, etc. They will not all respond the same to the experience. Thus, I think that it is vitally important to "map" each patient's
own idiosyncratic set of vulnerabilities, his/her schemas or life themes.
One of the ways I do that is by attempting to combine all of the information that I obtain in the first few sessions. This would
include history taking, any paper and pencil measures I use, e.g., Lazarus' Multimodal Life History Questionnaire (Research Press,
Champagne, IL.); Young's Schema Questionnaire (Jeffrey Young, Cognitive Therapy Center of New York), and my experience of
the client in session. My assumption is that we all have specific vulnerabilities. In Young's system such issues as Emotional
Deprivation - the feeling that we shall never receive the kind of caring we need - Abandonment, Mistrust/Abuse, Defectives,
Vulnerability, Subjugation, Entitlement, etc., are assumed to be organizing themes around which memories and experiences are
stored. (Use 'Types of Fruit' metaphor here.)
Once you have identified these underlying vulnerabilities and life themes, educating patients as to the role of these early maladaptive
schemas in their present life difficulties is quite usefull in a variety of ways. First, is its explanatory power. One of the problems
clients often present is the pain of the event itself their subsequent reactions. How many of us have heard from our clients
variations on the theme of "What's wrong with me that this is still bothering me? It happened years ago; how come I'm still
overreacting?" Explaining that often the event was/is so painful because it taps into a whole series of memories (the childhood file
folders that Francine talks about in Level I), frequently increases clients' ability to understand their emotional reactions and reduces
their tendency to blame themselves. Second, it alerts you and the client to look for other examples in the past that might be
thematically connected and to be aware of situations in the future that might be troublesome. For example, imagine a client who
suffered a tremendous loss as a chlld through the death of a parent, divorce, etc. Through your interviews and data collection, you
realize that the issue of abandonment is a very pow& for them. Naturally, you would want to use EMDR to clean out any past
experiences connected to abandonment. However, you should anticipate that situations involving future separation will need to be
addressed. How will they react when their spouse goes on a business trip? The conceptualization around this theme alerts you and
the client to be aware of these issues. Also, it can be very helpfull in your couples work.
Take the example of the spouse that gets upset about over his wife's upcoming business trip. (Knowing that sometimes the upset
shows itself prior to the trip and sometimes it is only after they return that the spouse feels punished). Without knowledge of these
underlying schemas and life themes, the wife might interpret the husband's upset as a result of jealousy at her success, fear of her
growth, and as being a part of his controlling nature. With these interpretations, her anger and frustration would be understandable.
How differently might she respond if she saw his difficulty in her leaving as reflecting his fear of losing her and being abandoned
once again. Might this interpretation allow both of them to respond in ways helpful to the relationship?
With this brief background, let me present a case and show you how these issues fit together and how by conceptualizing the case
accurately I was able to provide better treatment. After if I finish this presentation, I want to open the floor to your comments and
questions. I would then like to propose that we take the remaining time for you to present your own cases that illustrate either the
usefulness of the conceptualization you did or the problems you ran into when you didn't.
Case # 1
Case discussion. Case presentations and discussion by participants.
Keywords: Conceptual Issues
Accuracy Verified: Yes
15. Kip, K. E., Sullivan, K. L., Lengacher, C. A., Rosenzweig, L., Hernandez, D. F., Kadel, R., Kozel, F. A., Shuman, A., Girling, S. A., Hardwick, M. J., & Diamond, D. M. (2013). Brief treatment of co-occurring post-traumatic stress and depressive symptoms by use of accelerated resolution therapy. Front Psychiatry, 4(11). doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00011.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This uncontrolled prospective cohort study evaluated the use of accelerated resolution therapy (ART) for treatment of comorbid symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder. Twenty-eight adult subjects, mean age of 41years (79% female, 36% Hispanic), received a mean of 3.7±1.1 ART treatment sessions (range 1–5). ART is a new exposure-based psychotherapy that makes use of eye movements. Subjects completed a range of self-report psychological measures before and after treatment with ART including the 17-item PCL-C checklist (symptoms of PTSD) and 20-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). For the PCL-C, the pre-ART mean (±standard deviation) was 62.5 (8.8) with mean reductions of −29.6 (12.5), −30.1 (13.1), and −31.4 (14.04) at post-ART, 2-month, and 4-month follow-up, respectively (p<0.0001 for comparisons to pre-ART score). Compared to pre-ART status, this corresponded to standardized effect sizes of 2.37, 2.30, and 3.01, respectively. For the CES-D, the pre-ART mean was 35.1 (8.8) with mean reductions of −20.6 (11.0), −18.1 (11.5), and −15.6 (14.4) at post-ART, 2-month, and 4-month follow-up, respectively (p≤0.0001 compared to Pre-ART score). This corresponded to standardized effect sizes of 1.88, 1.58, and 1.09, respectively. Strong correlations were observed at 2-month and 4-month follow-up for post-treatment changes in PTSD and depression symptom scores (r=0.79, r=0.76, respectively, p≤0.0002). No serious treatment-related adverse effects were reported. In summary, ART appears to be a promising brief, safe, and effective treatment for adults with clinically significant comorbid symptoms of PTSD and depression. Future controlled and mechanistic studies with this emerging therapy are warranted, particularly given its short treatment duration, and in light of current heightened emphasis on health care cost constraints.
Keywords: Accelerated Resolution Therapy ART Brief Treatment Depression Exposure Therapy Eye Movements Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Psychological Trauma PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
16. Knox, K. (2002, Spring). Case application of EMDR in trauma work. Brief Treatment & Crisis Intervention, 2(1), 49-53.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This article presents a case application applying Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in trauma work. An overview of the theoretical model will be presented, and examples from a hypothetical case will illustrate how this approach can be effective in minimizing the maladaptive and negative reactions from recent trauma experiences such as the World Trade Center mass murders of September 11, 2001.
Keywords: Emotional Trauma Empirical Study Grief Grief Work Model Nonclinical Case Study Rapid Eye Movement Stress Reactions Terrorism Trauma World Trade Center
Accuracy Verified: Yes
17. Cartwright, L. (2000, September-October). Case Studies: Expanding our tool kit: A new technique that compliments TFT and EMDR. Family Therapy Networker, 24(5), 71-82.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
In recent years, increasing numbers of therapists have discovered the effectiveness of neurologically based therapy techniques, such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Thought Field Therapy (TFT), not only for trauma, but for a wide range of problems, including anxiety, anger, grief and phobias. Like most therapeutic approaches, however, they provide remarkable results for one client and little or no results for another, no matter how skilled the therapist. Even more mysterious, they can significantly help a client with one problem, but not with a different problem. For instance, Sarah, age 40, had been suffering from depression for five years. The depression was triggered by the death of her father, loss of a good-paying job due to downsizing and her fiance's breaking off their engagement--all within a one-year period. After six months of increasing anxiety and worsening depression (accompanied by low energy, disinterest in life and withdrawal from social situations), Sarah entered therapy. Biweekly sessions for the next three years, which frequently included EMDR, significantly reduced her anxiety, but did not alleviate the depression. Nor did antidepressants. Years before, I had had a similar experience. EMDR had sharply reduced my obsessive-compulsive symptoms, but didn't help my depression. TFT eliminated recurring anger, but also didn't help my depression.
In the course of five years of research into neurologically based approaches, I happened upon a working hypothesis that explains such inconsistent results. The side-to-side eye movements of EMDR that activate the left and right hemispheres of the brain seem to help people resolve problems based on a lack of communication between the left and right hemispheres of the brain. The tapping, or front/back stimulation of acupuncture points, in TFT is effective when there is a lack of communication between the front and back of the nervous system (controlled by the energy center, well known to acupuncturists and martial artists, that lies below the navel). And since we are three-dimensional creatures, I hypothesized that some problems stem from a lack of communication between the top and bottom of the nervous system as well, which I correlate with the brain and the enteric nervous system of the digestive tract (the source of gut feelings). Working from this hypothesis, I have also developed processes to reintegrate the top/bottom dimension.
I have found that although certain emotions tend to be based within a given neurological dimension (indecisiveness is often in left/right, anxiety in front/back and depression in top/bottom, for example), a client may experience any emotion as a block within any dimension or combination of dimensions. As a result, depending upon both the client and the specific problem being addressed, a therapist might need to use techniques that facilitate integration of the left/right, front/back and/or top/bottom dimensions of the nervous system. When a client is blocked within two or three dimensions of the nervous system, working within just one dimension will sometimes activate healing across the entire nervous system. If this does not happen, it is then necessary to work in the remaining dimensions.
From these hypotheses I developed a system called Shifting Consciousness through Dimensions (SCtD), which provides therapists ways to assess the dimension(s) the client is blocked in, processes to identify, if necessary, which dimension to start with and specific integrating techniques for each dimension.
Keywords: TFT Thought Field Therapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
18. Struik, A. (2009). Casus 18 – Getraumatiseerd door een eigen misdrijf: Behandeling van een 15-jarig meisje dat vrijkomt uit de jeugdgevangenis [Case 18 – Traumatized by my own crime: Treatment of a 15-year-old girl who is realeased from a youth detention center]. In H. K. Hornsveld & S. Berendsen (Eds.), Casusboek EMDR, 25 voorbeelden uit de praktijk (1st Ed.), (pp. 259-264). Houten: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum. doi:10.1007/978-90-313-7358-1_26.
Language: Dutch
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
Gea is een meisje van 15 jaar met PDD-NOS (een stoornis in het autistisch spectrum; zie kader in de inleiding bij deel VI), waarvoor ze in behandeling is binnen de kinder- en jeugdpsychiatrie. Ze heeft gesprekken met een van mijn collega's waarin psycho-educatie centraal staat. Haar ouders hebben ouderbegeleiding omte leren omgaanmet de handicap van hun dochter. Gea leeft in haar eigen wereld en het is voor haar moeilijk om zich in te leven in gedachten en gevoelens van de mensen om haar heen. Ze reageert vaak vanuit haar eigen behoeften en gevoelens op anderen.
Gea is a girl of 15 years with PDD-NOS (a disorder in the autistic spectrum, see box in the introduction to Part VI), which it is pending in the juvenile and adolescent psychiatry. She talks with one of my colleagues that psychological education is central. Her parents learn to parent guidance omte omgaanmet their daughter's disability. Gea lives in her own world and it is difficult for her to act to live in thoughts and feelings of the people around her. She often responds from its own needs and feelings to others.
Keywords: Adolescents Crime Detention Center PDD-NOS
Accuracy Verified: Yes
19. Chilson, M. (2002, March 4). Client can direct treatment, define goals. Topeka, KS: Topeka Capital-Journal, B1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
A volunetter network of therapists trained in post-traumatic stress disorder is providing free treatment programs for people affected by the World Trade Center terrorist attack. The clinicians are trained in a technique called eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) that is proven to help the stress disorder, and the free service is part of the nonprofit Disaster Mental Health Recovery Network. The Mental Health Association of Suffolk County will provide names of EMDR specialists participating in the program. For information call the association at 631-226-3900, or 917-626-9117 for clinicians in the five boroughs. The Nassau County Mental Health Association also has social workers trained to deal with people contemplating suicide. The help line is 516-504-HELP.
Keywords: General Overview Topeka
Accuracy Verified: Yes
20. Staff. (2000). Complex PTSD in children II: Therapeutic interventions. Cavalcade Productions, Inc., Nevada City, CA.
Language: English
Format: Video
Abstract:
In this video series, Bessel van der Kolk and other clinicians from The Trauma Center, along with therapists Joyanna Silberg and Frances Waters, describe the assessment tools and therapeutic approaches that they have found most useful in working the severely traumatized in children. The clinician's role in such cases often includes working with parents or guardians as well as children, and can extend far beyond the therapy room to encompass psychoeducation and advocacy. For children with complex PTSD, safety must be established both externally and internally. Maintaining internal safety can be an especially difficult task when the child is highly dissociative. The presenters discuss ground techniques that can help a child to stay safe and stable, and describe the therapeutic modalities "play, talk, art, and group therapy" that they have found useful. Topics include controlling aggression, accessing emotions, changing the trauma story, and using EMDR.
Keywords: Children Clinical Judgment Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Complex PTSD C-PTSD Intervention Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Therapeutic Processes Treatment
Accuracy Verified: No
21. Renner, W., Banninger-Huber, E., & Peltzer, K. (2011). Culture-sensitive and resource oriented peer (CROP) - Groups as a community based intervention for trauma survivors: A randomized controlled pilot study with refugees and asylum seekers from Chechnya. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, 2011-1, 1-13.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Asylum seekers and refugees frequently suffer from post-traumatic stress and culturally sensitive methods towards reducing symptoms should be taken into account. The aim of the work reported here was to examine the effectiveness of Culture-Sensitive and Resource Oriented Peer (CROP) - Groups for Chechen asylum seekers and refugees towards reducing post-traumatic symptoms, anxiety, and depression. Some ninety-four participants were randomly assigned to 15 sessions of CROP - or Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) - Groups, to 3 single sessions of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), or to a Wait-List (WL). The results indicated that CROP was significantly superior to WL, and was equally effective as CBT in reducing post-traumatic symptoms, anxiety, and depression. Improvements still were present at three and six month follow-up occasions. EMDR yielded negative results. According to this pilot study, CROP-Groups pose a promising, culturally sensitive alternative to psychotherapy with Chechen migrants.
Keywords: Asylum Seekers Chechnya Community-Based Intervention CROP Culture-Sensitive and Resource Oriented Peer Pakistan Pilot Study Psychological Trauma Randomized Control Trial RCT Refugees Survivor Trauma Treatment Center Treatment Response Violent Situation in Pakistan
Accuracy Verified: Yes
22. de Roos, C., & Beer, R. (2010). De kracht van een behandeling: EMDR bij kinderen en jeugdigen [The strength of a treatment: EMDR with children and youth]. Cogiscope, 2(10), 28-31.
Language: Dutch
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
Welke gezichten gaan er schuil achter de hardwerkende behandelaren van psychotrauma,
wat zijn hun drijfveren, waarom kozen ze voor het vak en waar zijn ze door
beďnvloed? Eli ten Lohuis interviewt psychotherapeuten Carlijn de Roos en Renée
Beer, pioniers in het toepasbaar maken van de behandelmethode Eye Movement
Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) voor kinderen en jeugdigen.
Carlijn de Roos is klinisch en kinder- en jeugdpsycholoog. Zij werkt sinds 2000 bij
GGZ Kinderen en Jeugd, Rivierduinen te Leiden, waar zij coördinator is van het door
haar opgerichte Psychotraumacentrum. Tevens richtte zij mede de Vereniging EMDR
Nederland (VEN) op, waarvan zij thans voorzitter is.
Renée Beer, ook klinisch en kinder- en jeugdpsycholoog en gedragstherapeut, werkt
als coördinator van het Centrum voor Traumagerelateerde Stoornissen van De
Bascule, Academisch Centrum voor Kinder- en Jeugdpsychiatrie, te Amsterdam.
Which faces are hidden behind the hardworking practitioners of psychological trauma,
what are their motivations, why they chose the profession and where they are by
affected? Eli at Lohuis interviews psychotherapists Carlijn the Rose and Renee
Beer, pioneers in the applicability of the treatment method Eye Movement
Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for children and adolescents.
Carlijn the Rose is a clinical psychologist and child and youth. She works since 2000
Mental Health Children and Youth, Rivierduinen Leiden, where she is coordinator of the by
its established Psychotrauma Center. Also, she founded the Association co EMDR
Netherlands (VEN), of which she now chairs.
Renee Beer, and also clinical child and adolescent psychologist and behavioral therapist, works
as coordinator of the Center for Trauma Related Disorders of the
Bascule, Academic Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Amsterdam.
Keywords: Adolescents Children
Accuracy Verified: Yes
23. Dautovic, E. (2013, April). De toepassing van EMDR bij volwassenen met een complexe PTSS en een licht verstandelijke beperking: Practice en evidence based [The application of EMDR in adults with complex PTSD and mild intellectual disabilities: Evidence-based and practice]. In Onderzoek track 1 and 2. Presentatie op Het congres EMDR Vereniging EMDR Nederland, Nijmegen, Nederland.
Language: Dutch
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Mensen met een verstandelijke beperking hebben een verhoogde kans op het meemaken van, voor hen, ingrijpende life-events en in het verlengde hiervan een verhoogd risico op het ontwikkelen van een posttraumatische stressstoornis (PTSS). De prevalentie van PTSS blijkt significant hoger te zijn bij mensen met een verstandelijke beperking (VB) dan bij mensen zonder VB. Daarnaast valt in de praktijk, bij deze populatie, de hoge prevalentie van complexe PTSS op.
EMDR is een effectieve behandeling voor PTSS bij mensen zonder VB. Ook wordt EMDR al breed ingezet voor de behandeling van (complexe) PTSS bij mensen met een VB. Er is echter nog maar weinig onderzoek gedaan naar de effectiviteit van EMDR bij deze populatie.
Bij Kristal, centrum voor psychiatrie en verstandelijke beperking, wordt EMDR al een aantal jaar toegepast in de behandeling van volwassenen met een complex trauma en een (lichte) verstandelijke beperking. Hierbij wordt het EMDR-behandelprotocol voor jeugdigen, zoals door de VEN uitgegeven, trouw gevolgd. Dit, echter altijd in combinatie met een stabiliserende pre-treatment, welke onze doelgroep weerbaarder moet maken voor de spanning die een traumabehandeling kan opwekken.
Naast de praktische toepassing, welke deze benadering practice based maakte, heeft binnen Kristal tussen 2010 en 2013, synchroon aan de behandeling, een pilot-onderzoek naar de effectiviteit van deze behandeling gelopen. Dit met het doel deze benadering ook evidence based te maken.
People with intellectual disabilities have an increased chance of experiencing, for them, major life events and by extension an increased risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The prevalence of PTSD was significantly higher in people with intellectual disabilities (VB) than in those without VB. Furthermore falls in practice, in this population, the high prevalence of complex PTSD.
EMDR is an effective treatment for PTSD in people without VB. Even though EMDR is widely used for the treatment of (complex) PTSD in people with VB. However, there is little research on the effectiveness of EMDR in this population.
In Crystal, center for psychiatry and mental retardation, is EMDR for a number of years in the treatment of adults with complex trauma and a (mild) mental retardation . Here the EMDR treatment protocol for young people, as issued by the VEN, faithfully followed. This, however, always in combination with a stabilizing pre-treatment, which our audience resilient to make the stress of trauma treatment can generate.
Besides the practical application, which this approach practice based made, has within Crystal between 2010 and 2013, synchronously treatment, a pilot study on the effectiveness of this treatment occurred. This with the aim of this approach is to make evidence-based.
Keywords: Adults Intellectual Disabilities Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
24. Connell-Jones, G. (2011). Drug modulated EMDR Treatment for borderline personality disorder. Presentation at the 12th European Conference on Traumatic Stress (ECOTS), Vienna, Austria. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, Supplement 1, 189. doi:10.3402/ejpt.v2i0.7237189.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
From my clinical work over the past 4 years a case series of 15 women patients, all detained in a secure hospital for
periods of up to 30 years discharged after EMDR therapy. Some cases discussed in depth, others factor analysed as
case series. Drug modulation permitted intensive therapy. The factors of complex stress disorder are beeing
discussed and its simlarity to borderline personality disorder. The effects of long term instititutionalisation after
detention in security. The responsible clinician as ‘‘goaler and therapist’’ as well as therapeutic pitfalls are being
explored. The psychopathology of the flashback is contrasted with the psychpathology of the alter (dissociative
identity). Prognostic factors and outcomes are being presented. The implications for personality disorder as a
diagnosis contrasted with complex PTSD will be evaluated.
Keywords: Borderline Personality Disorder BPD Drug Modulation
Accuracy Verified: Yes
25. Cole, F. J. (1996, November). The effect of alpha theta brainwave production on self-efficacy in the treatment of substance abuse. California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno, CA. AAT 9734483.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
Two new brief treatments, Alpha Theta Brainwave Training (ATBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) were compared to Systematic Muscle Relaxation (SMR) training during the treatment of 45 hospitalized veterans in the Chemical Dependency Treatment Program of the Fresno Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center. Fifteen veterans were randomly assigned to three treatment groups, ATBT, EMDR, and SMR, to investigate whether these treatments affected self-efficacy, or confidence in the ability to resist the urge to drink. In behavioral change, self-efficacy levels are consistent predictors of short and long-term success. It was hypothesized that the greater the amount of time spent in theta brainwave frequency (4-8 Hz) during treatment, the greater the increase in self-efficacy. Brainwave activity, temperature, skin conductance and electromyographic levels were recorded during the treatment sessions. Measures of self-efficacy, self-efficacy expectancy, outcome expectancy, and level of overall physical and emotional symptoms were taken before and after treatment. Results indicated that all treatments increased self-efficacy and decreased overall physical and emotional symptoms in alcoholic subjects. Overall, there was no significant difference in the amount of time spent in theta brainwave frequency between groups, but results indicated that the treatments did produce a significant difference in the amount of time spent in theta brainwave frequency between the first and last treatment sessions in the groups. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering. 58(5-B), Nov 1997, pp. 2667.
Keywords: Brain Stimulation Drug Abuse Drug Rehabilitation Empirical Study Military Veterans Relaxation Therapy Self Efficacy Treatment Outcome/Clinical Trial
Accuracy Verified: Yes
26. Rubin, Al., Bischofshausen, S., Conroy-Moore, K., Dennis, B., Hastie, M., Melnick, L., Reeves, D., & Smith, T. (2001, July). The effectiveness of EMDR in a child guidance center. Research on Social Work Practice, 11(4), 435-457. doi:10.1177/104973150101100402 .
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Objective: This study evaluated the effectiveness of adding EMDR to the routine treatment regimen of child therapists. Method: 39 child guidance center clients were randomly assigned to an experimental group that received EMDR plus the center's routine treatment package or a control group that received only the center's routine treatment package. Results: Analyses of variance found no significant differences in Child Behavior Checklist scores between groups. Subanalyses conducted for 33 clients with elevated pretest scores found moderate effect sizes that approached, but fell short of, statistical significance. Conclusions: These findings raise doubts about notions that EMDR produces rapid and dramatic improvements with children whose emotional and behavioral problems are not narrowly connected to a specific trauma and who require improvisational deviations from the standard EMDR protocol. Further research is needed in light of the special difficulties connected to implementing the EMDR protocol with clients like those in this study. [Sage]
Keywords: Affective Disorders Behavior Problems Effectiveness Emotional & Behavioral Problems Empirical Study Treatment Treatment Effectiveness Evaluation Treatment Outcome/Clinical Trial
Accuracy Verified: Yes
27. Seijo, N. (2012). El yo rechazado EMDR y trastornos alimentarios [EMDR and eating disorders]. Revista Iberoamericana de Psicotraumatología y Disociación, 4(2), [6 pages].
Language: Spanish
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Todo lo que nos han dicho que somos y como nos han dicho que somos se vincula a nuestra imagen, detrás de esto hay un significado que en las personas con Trastornos Alimentarios (TA) cobra un valor que acaba convirtiéndose en el centro de sus vidas, alrededor de lo que giran.
El objetivo de este artículo es el explicar como se puede trabajar la distorsión de la imagen corporal desde la perspectiva del EMDR para poder llegar al trabajo de una de las partes más nucleares en los TA, como es la toma de conciencia del cuerpo real y llegar a la aceptación del mismo.
All you have told us that we are and how we have been told that we are linking our image, after this there is a meaning in people with Eating Disorders (TA) takes a value that ends up becoming the center of their lives, about which they rotate.
The aim of this paper is to explain how you can work the distortion of body image from the perspective of EMDR to get to work one of the nuclear parts in the TA, as awareness of the real body and reach to acceptance.
Keywords: Eating Disorders
Accuracy Verified: Yes
28. Post, L. L. (2000, September). EMDR case study: Micronesia. EMDRIA Newsletter, 5(3), 4-5.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
As a physician board-certified in Psychiatry,
Addiction Medicine, Addiction
Psychiatry, Sexology, Traumatology, and with
credentials in Massage Therapy, EMDR, and
as a Forensic Examiner, I have worked in
almost every practice setting imaginable and
with a broad variety of patients. Having been
based from a hospital, community clinic,
halfway-house residence, private office,
Veterans Administration Medical Center,
training institution, and doing outreach on the
streets, I am clinically familiar with the
behavioral challenges of children, adolescents,
young adults, old adults, couples, families, and
groups manifesting acute symptoms and
exacerbations of chronic disorders, with and
without chemical dependency, physical
problems, and sociological impairments. I like
to teach trainees, do interactive lectures, travel
and experience ‘difference.’ It is thus that I
have found myself a settled homeowner on
Saipan, a Manhattan-sized island that, as part
of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (U.S.), is the farthest-flung American
overseas possession. Always the outsider; here
among the various tan tones of complexion
found among the indigenous of the western
Pacific, I have experimented with several
interventional strategies, both to establish
rapport and some trust and also to start creating
that unique and culturally competent treatment
modality that will foster growth among my
patients. Cognitive-behavioral approaches
generally work better than insight-oriented
ones because of the ‘here-and-now’ mindset
of Chamorros, Carolinians, Yapese, Chukese,
Pohnpeians, Kosraeans, and Filipinos who
comprise the population base here. Let me
briefly discuss one fascinating case. Twenty two
year old Chamolinian woman, married and
with three young children was involved in a
minor motor vehicle accident. This accident was
a spinoff of a more serious one primarily
involving two other vehicles. In a large truck
(Toyota T100), she was not hurt, and the two
children riding with her were also unharmed.
Keywords: Case Study Micronesia
Accuracy Verified: Yes
29. Wirtz, U. (1997). EMDR das neue prozac der traumatherapie? Kontroverse um eine neue methode zur behandlung traumatischer störungen [EMDR treatment of trauma, the new Prozac? Controversy over a new method for the treatment of traumatic disorders]. U. Wirtz: in: Intra, Psychologie und Gesellschaft.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
Mit EMDR -Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing-(Augenbewegung,
Desensitivierung und Neuverarbeitung traumatischer Erfahrungen) ist in den letzten
Jahren in USA eine vielgepriesene, aber auch scharf kritisierte Behandlungsmethode für
posttraumatische Belastungsstörungen ins Zentrum heftiger ideologischer Debatten
gerückt.
With EMDR-Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (eye movement,
Desensitization and reprocessing of traumatic experiences) is in the past
Years in the U.S. a much-praised, but also sharply criticized the method of treatment for
post traumatic stress disorder at the center fierce ideological debates
moved.
Keywords: Prozac
Accuracy Verified: No
30. Guedalia, J. B., & Yoeli, F. (2009). EMDR emergency room and wards protocol (EMDR-ER). In M. Luber (Ed.), Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) scripted protocols: Basics and special situations, (pp. 241-250). New York: Springer Publishing Co.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
The EMDR-Emergency Room and Wards Protocol (EMDR-ER®) was developed by Dr. Judith Guedalia, after being present at more than 26 Mass Casualty Events (MCEs). She and the other members of Shaare Zedek Medical Center's Trauma Team attended to more than 38% of the 1,623 patients injured in Jerusalem terror attacks during the "Second Intifada." The Second Intifada spanned nearly 4 years, lasting from November 2000 until September 2004. The EMDR Emergency Room and Wards Protocol (EMDR-ER) Script is provided. [PsychoINFO]
Keywords: Emergency Room Protocol Wards
Accuracy Verified: Yes
31. Carlson, J. G., Chemtob, C. M., Rusnak, K., Hedlund, N. L., & Muroaka, M. Y. (1995, June). EMDR in combat-related PTSD: A controlled study. Presentation at the EMDR Network Conference, Santa Monica, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
In view of potential, but largely undocumented benefits of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) as an intervention for PTSD in combat veterans, in our laboratory a study of EMDR treatment included (1) randomized patient assignment, (2) clinically appropriate comparison (treatment and control) groups, (3) a 12-session EMDR protocol administered by experienced, EMDR trained clinicians, and (4) extensive clinical assessment, including physiological evaluation at pre-treatment, post-treatment, and 3-month follow-up. Thirty-five veterans who met DSM-IV criteria for PTSD completed an extensive multimodal assessment protocol. Assessment instruments included: The Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related PTSD, the Impact of Events Scale (IES), the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), a self-rating of overall severity of "PTSD symptoms," the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Spielberger State and Trait Anxiety Inventories (STAI). In addition, each subject completed a Stressful Scene Construction Questionnaire (SSCQ) in which scripts of specific traumatic combat incidents were prepared for presentation during psychophysiological assessment. Following pre-assessment, a subset of the subjects constituted a waiting list control (CON, N = 12). Routine clinical care for these subjects was available at the VA Medical Center. Seven of these subjects also participated in group sessions for discussion of PTSD designed as an attentional control. There were no differences between the two control subgroups and their data was combined for all subsequent analyses. For the treatment groups, subjects assigned to the EMDR (EMD, N = 10) and relaxation (RXT, N = 13) groups were seated in a semi-reclined chair and continuous measures were taken of muscle tension levels (four sites), hand temperature, skin conductance levels, heart rate, and blood pressure. For all subjects, there were 20 minutes in each of the baseline sessions with no additional stimuli presented. At the end of session 2 of baseline, the patients remained in the experimental room and were assessed for an additional 20 minutes (pre-treatment) during which the SSCQ scripts also were presented. There were two sessions per week with a minimum of one day between sessions. Each subsequent treatment session for the EMD and RXT subjects was approximately 60 minutes in duration, allowing for set-up time and briefing. In the EMD group, a standard protocol for the EMDR interventions was administered, including periodic SUDS ratings and VoC scaling of combat and related images and cognitions (cf Shapiro, 1995). In the RXT group, home relaxation tapes and biofeedback on four sites (face, neck, arm, and back) to assist lowered muscle tension were provided. Following 12 treatment sessions (post-treatment), and again after three months (follow-up) the psychometric instruments and psychophysiological assessment were readministered using the format outlined above. Relative to the other conditions, the EMDR treatment produced substantially more positive clinical effects at post-treatment and follow-up. Comparing the EMD group to the CON group, significant effects (p<.05 or better) were obtained on measures of PTSD including the Mississippi and PTSD symptoms self-rating, and on the Beck and STAI-Trait. Comparing the EMD group to the RXT subjects, significant differences were found on the Mississippi, the IES-Intrusion scale, the CAPS, PTSD symptoms ratings, and the STAI-Trait scale. No differences were obtained on any of the physiological measures. Therefore, the present results support the effectiveness of EMDR with combat veterans with chronic PTSD. The data strongly suggest that some previous negative results obtained when EMDR was applied to chronic and severe combat PTSD may have resulted from methodological artifacts, such as inadequate amount of treatment and therapist inexperience. While the failure to find physiological effects is consistent with results of other controlled treatment exposure trials in PTSD, this finding raises clinical and conceptual questions with respect to the arousal component of the disorder.
Keywords: Combat Controlled Study
Accuracy Verified: Yes
32. Beer, R. (2006). EMDR in de behandeling van jongeren met een eetstoornis [EMDR in the treatment of adolescents with an eating disorder]. Kinder- & Jeugdpsychotherapie, 33(3), 54-64.
Language: Dutch
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Eetstoornissen zijn ernstige ziektebeelden met een grote kans op een chronisch
beloop, hoge morbiditeitcijfers en veel co-morbiditeit (van Elburg & Rijken,
2004). In de DSM IV worden verschillende eetstoornissen onderscheiden:
Anorexia Nervosa, Boulimia Nervosa en Eetstoornis Niet Anders Omschreven.
Eetstoornissen komen meestal tot bloei tijdens de adolescentie. Bij Anorexia
Nervosa ligt de piek van het ontstaan tussen veertien en achttien jaar, Boulimia
Nervosa begint doorgaans pas na het zestiende jaar (Robbe e.a., 1999;
Fleminger, 2002; Vandereyken & Noordenbos, 2002). Anorexia Nervosa (AN)
heeft het hoogste mortaliteitspercentage van alle psychiatrische stoornissen en
bij adolescenten staat het op de derde plaats in de rij van meest voorkomende
stoornissen. Behandelingsresultaten zijn weinig bemoedigend (Vandereyken &
Noordenbos, 2002). Voor AN is nog geen ‘evidence based’ behandeling
voorhanden. Zie: National Institute of Clinical Excellence (2004) en de
Multidisciplinaire Richtlijn Eetstoornissen (2006). Behandelaars zijn daarom
nog steeds op zoek naar nieuwe invalshoeken.
Op de afdeling jeugdpsychiatrie van het Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
is een zorgprogramma eetstoornissen ontwikkeld, waarmee jongeren met AN en
met een Eetstoornis NAO worden behandeld door een multidisciplinair team2.
Zie voor een beschrijving van dit programma: van Elburg & Rijken (2004).
Tijdens mijn werkzaamheden voor deze afdeling (2000-2005) heb ik hieraan
mogen bijdragen door het implementeren van cognitieve gedragstherapie en
EMDR als potentiële onderdelen van een breed-spectrum behandeling. Een
beschrijving van een protocol voor cognitieve gedragstherapie is in
voorbereiding ( Beer & Tobias).
In dit artikel wordt beschreven hoe EMDR kan worden ingezet bij de
behandeling van jongeren met een eetstoornis. De hier beschreven experimentele status. De voorgestelde mogelijkheden zijn weliswaar
uitgeprobeerd door meerdere psychotherapeuten, maar van systematische
toetsing is nog geen sprake geweest. Een gedetailleerde beschrijving en
theoretische onderbouwing van de voorgestelde toepassing van EMDR is
eveneens in voorbereiding (Beer & Hornsveld). In dit artikel wordt besproken
waarom (theoretisch kader), hoe (aangrijpingspunten) en wanneer (timing)
EMDR kan worden ingezet. Na een aantal illustratieve behandelfragmenten
wordt besproken waarom het juist voor jongeren een waardevolle module kan
zijn in een multidisciplinaire behandeling (toegevoegde waarde). Afgesloten
wordt met een conclusie.
Eating disorders are serious illnesses with a high risk of chronic
course, high morbidity rates and many co-morbidity (Elburg & Rich,
2004). The DSM IV eating disorders several distinguished:
Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.
Eating disorders usually come to fruition during adolescence. In Anorexia
Nervosa is the peak of emergence between fourteen and eighteen, Bulimia
Nervosa usually begins after the age of sixteen (Robbe et al, 1999;
Fleminger, 2002; Vander Eyken & Noorden, 2002). Anorexia Nervosa (AN)
has the highest mortality rate of all psychiatric disorders and
among adolescents is on the third row of the most common
disorders. Treatment results are very encouraging (Vander Eyken &
Noorden, 2002). AN is no "evidence based treatment
available. See: National Institute of Clinical Excellence (2004) and
Multidisciplinary Directive Eating Disorders (2006). Clinicians are therefore
still looking for new angles.
The adolescent psychiatry department at the University Medical Center Utrecht
is an eating disorder care program developed for young people with AN and
with an ED-NOS treated by a multidisciplinary team2.
For a description of this program from Elburg & Rich (2004).
During my work on this section (2000-2005) I have this
may contribute by implementing cognitive behavioral therapy and
EMDR as potential components of a broad-spectrum treatment. A
description of a protocol for CBT in
preparation (Beer & Tobias).
This article describes how EMDR can be used in the
treatment of adolescents with eating disorders. The described experimental state. The options proposed are indeed
tested by several therapists, but systematic
review has not been a case. A detailed description and
theoretical underpinning of the proposed use of EMDR is
also in preparation (Beer & Horn Field). This article discusses
why (theoretical framework), how (targets) and when (timing)
EMDR can be used. After several treatments illustrative excerpts
discuss why it is a valuable youth module
in a multidisciplinary treatment (value added). Completed
with a conclusion.
Keywords: Adolscents Eating Disorders
Accuracy Verified: Yes
33. 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
34. Pozzi, M. A. (2008, Novembre). EMDR nel supporto psico-sociale de Erba [EMDR in the psycho-social support de Grass]. Presentazione Le applicazioni cliniche del EMDR Congresso Nazionale, Milano, Italia.
Language: Italian
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Il CRSP (centro di ricerche e studi in psicotraumatologia) sede di Erba, operativo giŕ da alcuni anni sul territorio , si č trovato ad intervenire, nell'emergenza all'evento critico avvenuto ad Erba (Co) l'11 dicembre 2006 ( tristemente noto come “Strage di Erba”) . Si č lavorato in un complesso intervento di Psicologia dell'Emergenza. Questo ha visto applicati i criteri e le azioni derivanti dal modello teorico del Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) di George S. Everly e Jeffrey T. Mitchell (1983). Secondo questi criteri viene individuata una vittima di secondo tipo, una bimba di 8 anni (amica degli aggressori) seguita in psicoterapia individuale per PTSD ad un mese dall'evento, con EMDR. Questo č il tema principale della relazione.
Riteniamo inoltre, di poter contribuire nell'esplicitare il nostro operato, di quanto sia possibile intervenire in un evento critico , sensibilizzando gli amministratori comunali, gli operatori del soccorso e la popolazione sull’importanza e utilitŕ dell’intervento psicologico nei contesti d’emergenza. Attivando una capillaritŕ dell’intervento stesso: piů destinatari, piů metodologie usate e flessibilitŕ , con un lavoro di rete sul territorio. Ed infine con interventi efficaci sul PTSD quali il trattamento con EMDR.
The CRSP (center for research and studies in psychotraumatology) when Grass, operating for some years in the area, was found to intervene in emergency critical event occurred in Erba (CO) December 11, 2006 (notorious as "Massacre of Erba"). He worked in a complex intervention of Emergency Psychology. This has since applied the criteria and actions arising from the theoretical model of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), George S. Everly and Jeffrey T. Mitchell (1983). According to these criteria, identified the victim of a second type, a child of 8 years (friend of the attackers) followed in individual psychotherapy for PTSD one month after the event, with EMDR. This is the main theme of the report. We also can help make explicit what we are doing what is possible to intervene in a critical event, sensitizing the community leaders, emergency workers and people on the importance and utility of psychological intervention in emergency situations. Activating a capillary of the action: multiple recipients, more flexibility and methodologies used, with a working network in the area. And finally with PTSD on effective interventions such as treatment with EMDR.
Keywords: CISM Critical Incident Stress Management Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
35. Rubin, A., & Bischofshausen, S. (1997, July). EMDR outcomes in a child guidance center: Preliminary findings. In EMDR research with children and adolescents. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, San Francisco, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Keywords: Adolescents Children
Accuracy Verified: Yes
36. Silver, S. M., Rogers, S., Knipe, J., & Colelli, G. (2005, February). EMDR therapy following the 9/11 terrorist attacks: A community-based intervention project in New York City. International Journal of Stress Management, 12(1), 29-42. doi:10.1037/1072-5245.12.1.29.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This article presents the results of a time-limited psychological relief effort using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) following the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Clients made highly significant positive gains on a range of outcome variables, including validated psychometrics and self-report scales. Analyses of the data suggest 2 broad conclusions: EMDR is a useful treatment intervention both in the immediate aftermath of disaster as well as later; the longer treatment is delayed, the greater the level of disturbance experienced by clients. Also discussed are problems in conducting research during mass disaster response situations. A demonstration of an analog to a wait-list control group is provided. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: 9/11 Americans Crisis Intervention Empirical Study Quantitative Study September 11 Survivors Terrorism Terrorist Attacks Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
37. Nijdam, M, J., Olff, M., & Gersons, B. (2009, November). EMDR versus brief eclectic psychotherapy in the treatment of PTSD: A randomized clinical trial. In M. Olff, J. J. Ter Heide, M. J. Nijdam, & S. Guay (Chairs), Advances in evidence-based treatment for PTSD. Symposium conducted at the 25th annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Atlanta, GA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
A large number of studies have demonstrated the efficacy
of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement
Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) in the
treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and metaanalyses
have shown similar effect sizes for both treatment
conditions. However, less is known about the effectiveness
of these treatments in routine clinical care. Therefore, we
conducted a randomized clinical trial that compared EMDR (n
= 70) to a form of CBT, Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy (BEP; n =
70). Treatment conditions resembled routine care as much as
possible. Participants were outpatients who were referred to the
Center for Psychological Trauma of the Academic Medical Center
with a diagnosis of PTSD after various kinds of type I trauma.
Primary outcome was PTSD symptomatology as measured by
the Impact of Event Scale – Revised. Other measures that were
applied to assess pre-post differences were the Structured
Interview for PTSD, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis
I disorders, MOS Short Form -36, and Posttraumatic Growth
Inventory. Preliminary analyses indicate a significant decrease
in PTSD symptomatology for both treatment conditions, with an
earlier decrease of symptoms in EMDR compared to BEP. Results
of the complete trial will be presented and clinical implications of
the findings are discussed.
Keywords: Eclectic Therapy Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Random Clinical Trial RCT Symposium
Accuracy Verified: Yes
38. Boodman, S. G. (2001, October 30). EMDR, In the eye of the storm: Volunteers offer a controversial trauma therapy to September 11 survivors. Washington, DC: The Washington Post, Health, F01.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
Now proponents of a controversial and increasingly popular treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, are offering free therapy sessions to the latest group of traumatized Americans: survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks at the Pentagon and World Trade Center, relatives of those who were killed and workers involved in the ghastly rescue and recovery efforts.
Keywords: 9/11 General Overview Volunteers Washington, DC
Accuracy Verified: Yes
39. Forgash, C. A. (2002, June). EMDR/ego state work in trauma response situations: Working with survivors of the WTC 9/11 tragedy. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, San Diego, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Therapists who respond to massive trauma find that some clients (i.e., people who escaped the WTC Towers, rescue workers, firefighters, and those who have lost family members) may be triggered into reexperiencing earlier traumas and may present with a dissociative disorder. Integration of EMDR and Ego State Therapy provides a safer approach. Unresolved trauma necessitates dealing with ego states that hold earlier memories/symptoms to prevent poor response to standard EMDR. This presentation emphasizes practical, safety focused innovations; planing for longer EMDR treatment; developing resources, stability and readiness; container and imagery exercises to help clients deal with triggering stressful situations. This workshop will provide handout and bibliography; case illustrations and slides of clients treated in the aftermath of disaster.
Keywords: 9/11 Disaster Ego State Therapy September 11th Survivors World Trade Center WTC
Accuracy Verified: Yes
40. Solomon, R. M. (2002). EMDR:n pitka matka tunnustetuksi hoitomuodoksi [Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: We have come a long way, with a long way to go]. European Society for Trauma and Dissociation. Retrieved from http://www.estd.org/fi/ARTICLES/EMDRn_pitka_matka_tunnetuksi_hoitomuodoksi.pdf on 8/16/2012.
Language: Finnish
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Minulla on ilo ja kunnia osallistua traumaterapiassa keskuksen hankkeen raportti kirjallisesti sekä muisto-seminaari. Olen käynyt Suomessa useita kertoja vuodesta 1995. Joten haluan jakaa joitakin maata suomalaisten saamistani käsityksiä. Monet lahja maailmalle mielestä Suomi on sauna. Kyllä, kylvyt ovat ihania, ja ne ovat saatavilla Yhdysvalloissa. Mielestäni Suomi on todellinen lahja maailmalle ja Fazerin Sininen suklaa, jota taas on vaikea löytää Yhdysvalloista.
It is an honor and pleasure to take part in this conference which celebrates the Trauma Center. I have been coming to Finland several times a year since 1995. I want to share some of my impressions about Finland the Finnish people. Many would say that the gift Finland has given to the world is the sauna. Yes, saunas are wonderful and are available in the US. But I think the real gift of Finland is Fazer Blue chocolate, which is difficult to find in the United States.
Keywords: Trauma Centre Therapy Project
Accuracy Verified: Yes
41. Brown, J. (2001, October 4). EMDR: The mystery cure. Salon.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
Oct. 4, 2001 1 Dr. Uri Bergmann has heard some horrific stories lately. Several of his
therapy patients had worked for the Port Authority, on the 69th floor of World Trade
Center 1, and their memories of Sept. 1 1 are gruesome.
Keywords: General Overview Uri Bergmann
Accuracy Verified: Yes
42. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for PTSD. (2001). Empirical evidence regarding behavioral treatments for PTSD, Factsheet. Washington, DC.
Language: English
Format: Publication
Abstract:
EMDR involves having the patient bring to mind images of the trauma while engaging in back-and-forth eye movements (or while alternating oneâs attention back and forth using taps or sounds). It also addresses trauma-related negative beliefs. It has been shown to be more effective than psychodynamic, relaxation, supportive, or placebo wait list therapies (where patients are put on a waiting list to receive treatment but don't actually receive it by the time they are tested). Research comparing EMDR to the more generally accepted cognitive-behavioral techniques shows significantly better results with CBT than with EMDR, particularly at three-month follow-up. CBT results also show greater sustainability. Research looking at the different components of EMDR shows that the eye
movement component adds no additional treatment effect to the imagery exposure and the process of dealing with negative beliefs.
Keywords: Behavioral Treatments Fact Sheet Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
43. Stofsel, M. (2005, November). Ervaringen met EMDR bij complex trauma [Experience with complex trauma and EMDR]. Presentatie op het Eerste Congres van de Vereniging EMDR Nederland, Ede, Nederland.
Language: Dutch
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Binnen de instelling waar ik werk, het SinaiCentrum (gespecialiseerd in de behandeling van de psychische gevolgen van structureel geweld bij slachtoffers van de tweede wereldoorlog (concentratiekampoverlevende, jappenkampoverlevenden, verzetsmensen, burgeroorlogsgetroffenen), de tweede generatie, vluchtelingen, asielzoekers en veteranen uit recente oorlogsgebieden treffen wij vooral type 2 trauma/complex trauma aan. De afgelopen drie jaar heb ik een ruime ervaring opgegaan met de toepassing van EMDR bij deze doelgroepen.
De toepassing van EMDR bij type 2 trauma is een nog relatief nieuw gebeid. In deze lezing wil ik stilstaan bij de ervaringen met betrekking tot
- de indicatiestelling en diagnostiek,
- stabilisatiefase, therapeutische relatie en de organisatorische inbedding hiervan,
- keuzes met betrekking tot de te bewerken situaties en hoe beelden van mekaar te onderscheiden,
- abrecations,
- aantal sessies,
- de taaiheid en soms moeizame vooruitgang,
- verwevenheid met andere problematiek,
- de fouten die gemaakt kunnen worden.
Ik zal een ander illustreren met enig video-materiaal
Daarna gelegenheid tot diskussie.
Within the institution where I work, the Sinai Center specializing in the treatment of psychological consequences of structural violence in victims of WWII (concentration camp survivor, Japanese camp survivors, resisters, civil war victims), second generation refugees, asylum seekers and veterans of recent war zones we especially take Type 2 trauma / complex trauma. In the last three years I have extensive experience in applying EMDR absorbed by these groups.
The application of EMDR in type 2 trauma is a relatively new gebeid. In this lecture, I want to experience on
- The indication and diagnostics,
- Stabilization phase, therapeutic relationship and the organizational embedding of this,
- Choices about the situations and how to edit images of each to distinguish
- Abrecations,
- Number of sessions,
- The toughness and sometimes painful progress
- Integration with other problems,
- The mistakes that can be made.
I will illustrate with some video material with the opportunity for discussion afterwards.
Keywords: Complex Trauma
Accuracy Verified: Yes
44. Bergmann, U. (2001, December). Experiences of EMDR treatment of World Trade Center survivors of September 11. EMDRIA Newsletter, 6(4), 33-34.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
My experience in treating the
survivors of the World Trade Center
(WTC) disaster of September 11
has, to date, been comprised of three groups:
those who witnessed the event from the
adjacent streets of the Wall Street financial
district; those who were in the World Trade
Center, on the lower floors of the North Tower
(first tower hit) and were able to escape rather
quickly from the building; and those who were
on the upper floors (75th to 50th), taking a
lengthy time to get down the stairs and then
witnessing the most horrific of events inside
the WTC plaza and in the street, as the towers
collapsed. To date, I have treated 21 survivors.
Keywords: 9/11 World Trade Center WTC
Accuracy Verified: Yes
45. Scroppo, F. (2001, December). Extreme stress. Chatelaine Magazine for Canadian Women, 74(12).
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
Most of us have suffered bouts of severe stress triggered by work or family troubles. At other times, the anxiety stems from trauma such as physical abuse, a serious car accident or witnessing the World Trade Center tragedy. In the past, professionals advised people with acute stress and post-traumatic stress disorder to get long-term counselling. These days, more and more therapists are turning to a much shorter form of therapy: eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).
Keywords: Stress
Accuracy Verified: Yes
46. Gurel, D. (2004). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and post-traumatic syndrome: A case report. Turkiye Klinikleri Journal Medical Science, 24(6), 689-696.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
In the present case study, a patient who had become physically disabled due to a fracture caused by a traffic accident and who subsequently showed signs of gross psychological trauma underwent eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the Clinic of Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, Ankara Ministry of Health Education and Research Hospital. Before EMDR, the patient was so resistant to medical treatment that he would allow neither doctor nor physiotherapist to approach him. After two sessions of EMDR, he remembered neither the traumatic event of the traffic accident itself nor the resulting medical treatment. He began to cooperate with doctors and physiotherapists during subsequent care. Weekly follow-up interviews over 6 months revealed a dramatic improvement in well-being, which continued to be observed in two follow-up interviews occurring at 3-month intervals after his discharge from the hospital. The ostensible purpose of EMDR technique is the reorganization of traumatic memory and the provision of a kind of psychic respite for the patient. Indeed, the patient in this study was able to lower his resistance to medical treatment and physical therapy as a direct consequence of EMDR sessions. Our observations with this patient provide the basis of a discussion regarding the efficacy of the EMDR technique.
Keywords: Eye Movement Psychological Stress Trauma
Accuracy Verified: No
47. Cerone, M. R. (2000). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the psychological treatment of combat-related guilt: A study of the effects of eye movements. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. AAT 9990301.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of eye movements in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and to test the efficacy of EMDR in the treatment of guilt associated with combat trauma. EMDR was compared to a non-eye movement (NEM) analog, which entailed the full EMDR procedure minus the eye movements. A single-case multiple component cross-over design across 7 participants was utilized.Participants were combat veterans who were receiving inpatient treatment for PTSD at the Coatesville Veterans Administration Medical Center. 4 participants were introduced first to the EMDR condition and 3 participants were introduced first to the NEM analog condition. Each participant was exposed to both conditions. Dependent measures included: (1) pre- and post-treatment scores on the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-IV - One Week Symptom Status Version (CAPS-SX), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Impact of Event Scale (IES), and Trauma Related Guilt Inventory (TRGI), (2) self-monitoring data on the frequency and intensity of intrusive thoughts, disturbing dreams, and guilt, and (3) measures of participants' subjective level of distress within sessions and pre- and post-treatment using the Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDS). As measured by SUDS ratings, EMDR resulted in a greater decrease in dyphoric affect within-session than the NEM analog. EMDR also resulted in a significant decrease in mean SUDS ratings from pre- to post-treatment. EMDR resulted in significant decreases in combat-related PTSD symptomatology, as measured by pre- and post-treatment scores on the CAPS-SX, BDI, and IES. EMDR also resulted in significant decreases in mean pre- and post-treatment frequency of self-reported intrusive thoughts and mean pre- and post-treatment intensity of intrusive thoughts, disturbing dreams, and guilt. Additionally, EMDR resulted in a significant decrease in pre- and post-treatment scores on one scale and two subscales of the TRGI. No differences in the mean frequency and intensity of self- reported intrusive thoughts, disturbing dreams, and guilt were detected between EMDR and the NEM analog. Results of the present study support the role of eye movements in attaining treatment gains with EMDR. Additionally, this study supports the efficacy of EMDR in the treatment of combat-related guilt. [Author Abstract]
Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering. 61(10-B), Apr 2001, pp. 5555.
Keywords: Adults Americans Empirical Study Guilt Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Treatment Effectiveness War Veterans
Accuracy Verified: Yes
48. Atkinson, J. (1998, Sep). The eyes have it. Texas Monthly, 26(9), 60-68.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
By the time that vietnam veteran Jerry Smith (not his real name) found his way to psychologist John Black at the Veterans Administration North Texas Health Care System in Dallas in the fall of 1995, he was an absolute mess. In and out of the V.A. system since 1976 suffering from depression, anxiety, alcoholism, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), he had tried various medications and sat through hours of conventional therapy to no avail. He was an unemployable shut-in: Driving anywhere or visiting the mall—being in any crowd, in fact—made him anxious. He was tormented by sleep terrors, meaning he would wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. And he was so morose that in the previous year he had checked into the V.A. center ten times, five for attempting or considering suicide.
The V.A. first tackled 53-year-old Smith’s drinking problem in the center’s substance-abuse ...
Accuracy Verified: Yes
49. Duke University Health System. Center for Integrative Medicine. (2006). Focus on: EMDR. In The Duke encyclopedia of new medicine: Conventional and alternative medicine for all ages, (pp. 272-273) London: Rodale.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Accuracy Verified: Yes
50. Shapiro, F. (2012, March 19). Getting past the past: Healing the suffering heroes of war. Big Think. Retrieved from http://www.bigthink.com/ideas/getting-past-the-past-healing-the-suffering-heroes-of-war?page=1 on 3/19/2012.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
As a psychologist for the last 20 years, the first combat veterans I treated were those of the Vietnam War. When I walked into my local Veterans Outreach Center, I was startled to see how much suffering still existed. Although the war had ended twenty years earlier, these men were still haunted by their experiences. It was then that I learned about the depth of their suffering. The memories they often talked about, ones that still awoke them screaming from nightmares, involved the people who had died. One veteran spoke of the guilt he felt because, after going to war at the age of 19 to serve his country and help his fellow soldiers, he discovered that to do that he had to take lives. He cried as he recounted his fear that the artillery he had called in to save his battalion might have killed children in a nearby village. Others spoke of being powerless as they watched a friend die. They felt anger, fear, powerlessness and above all guilt. [Excerpt]
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Veterans War
Accuracy Verified: Yes
51. Tutarel-Kislak, S. (2004, December). Görme engelli bireyde göz hareketleriyle duyarsizlastirmave yeniden isleme tedavi yönteminin dize Hhafifçe vurma alternatifininuygulanmasi: Bir olgu sunumu [A knee tapping variant of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing with a blind person: A case report]. Türk Psikoloji Yazilari, 7(14), 77-90.
Language: Turkish
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Bu çalışmada, Göz Hareketleriyle Duyarsızlaştırma ve Yeniden İşleme yaşlı, kör erkek üniversite öğrencisi bir 26 yıl kullanıldı. Onun görsel handikap nedeniyle, diz vurma işlemi EMDR alternatif olarak kullanılmaktadır. kardeşinin ölümünden sonra intihar girişiminde sonra müşteri bir kriz merkezinde tedavi oldu. Onun psikolojik sıkıntı (ve, görmek ve dokunmak onu morga zorla kardeşinin ölümünden sonra, örneğin, soğukluk ve koku ölüm vücudun hakkındaki duyumları) özel anıları ile ilgili, günlük yaşamda onu rahatsız etti. kardeşinin ölüm, intihar öyküsü, suçluluk, çaresizlik hakkında O'nun anıları ve düşüncelerini o diğerleri seans boyunca değerlendirildi hayal kırıklığına söyledi. Bilişsel-örgü tekniği de oturumları sırasında kullanılmıştır. Kısa Semptom Envanteri (KSE) ön ve son test ölçümleri olarak uygulanmıştır. üç ay kadar, bu BSI puanları genellikle indirdi olduğu bulunmuştur takip iki seans ve bir aylık ve sonra. Ayrıca, o onun kişisel gelişim bir ilerleme olduğunu bildirdi. Olgu bildirilmektedir bir kör kişi ile EMDR tekniğinin formu dokunarak diz ilk başarılı uygulama olduğunu anlamda ilginçti. Bu çalışmanın sonuçları travmatik görüntüleri canlılığını işitme nedeniyle ve kokulu o EMDR çalışmalarda olarak azalmış olacaktır dokunmadan gösterdi. Bu makalede ayrıca EMDR yöntemi ve etkinlik hakkında olumsuz sonuçlarını içermektedir. (PsycINFO Veritabanı Record (c) 2008 APA, tüm hakları saklıdır) (dergi soyut)
In this study, the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing was used with a 26 years old, blind male university student. Because of his visual handicap, knee tapping procedure has been used as an alternative to the EMDR. After his brother's death he attempted to suicide and then the client had a therapy in a crisis center. His psychological distress related to specific memories (e.g., after his brother's death, being forced to the morgue to see and touch him, and his sensations about coldness and scent of the death body) was bothering him in his daily life. His memories about his brother's death, suicidal history, guiltiness, helplessness, and his thoughts that he disappointed the others were evaluated throughout the sessions. Cognitive-weave technique was also utilized during the sessions. The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) was applied as a pre and post test measures. After the two sessions and one-month and three-month follow-up, it was found that the BSI scores were generally lowered. In addition, he reported that he had a progress in his personal growth. The case reported here was interesting in the sense that it was the first successful application of knee tapping form of the EMDR technique with a blind person. The results of this study showed that the vividness of traumatic images due to hearing, smelling and touching would be reduced as in the EMDR studies. This article also includes the negative results about EMDR method and its efficacy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)(from the journal abstract)
Keywords: Blind Clinical Case Study Knee Knee Tapping
Accuracy Verified: Yes
52. Forgash, C. A., & Copeley, M. (2008). Healing the heart of trauma and dissociation with EMDR and ego state therapy. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co.
Language: English
Format: Book
Abstract:
"This book pioneers the integration of EMDR with ego state techniques and opens new and exciting vistas for the practitioners of each." --From the foreword by John G. Watkins, PhD, founder of ego state therapy
"This is a book about polypsychism and trauma. It offers a number of creative syntheses of EMDR with several models of polypsychism. It also surveys and includes many other models of contemporary trauma theory and treatment techniques. The reader will appreciate its enrichment with case examples and very generous bibliographic material. If you are a therapist who works with patients who have been traumatized, you will want this book in your library." --Claire Frederick, MD, Distinguished Consulting Faculty, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center
"Training in EMDR seems to have spread rapidly among therapists in recent years. In the process, awareness is growing that basic EMDR training may not be adequate to prepare clinicians to effectively treat the many cases of complex trauma and dissociation that are likely to be encountered in general practice. By integrating it with ego state therapy, this book may just serve as a crucial turning point in the development of EMDR by providing a model for productively applying it to the treatment of this important and sizeable clinical population." --Steven N. Gold, PhD, President Elect, APA Division of Trauma
The powerful benefits of EMDR in treating PTSD have been solidly validated. In this groundbreaking new work nine master clinicians show how complex PTSD involving dissociation and other challenging diagnoses can be treated safely and effectively. They stress the careful preparation of clients for EMDR and the inclusion of ego state therapy to target the dissociated ego states that arise in response to severe and prolonged trauma. [Springer]
Keywords: Dissociation Ego State Therapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
53. Simone, M. (2012, June). Hypnosis and EMDR with athletes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of EMDR Europe, Madrid, Spain .
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract: My intention is to present a model of intervention in sport psychology that I have defined with the acronym O.R.A., using techniques of Gestalt therapy, EMDR protocol adapted to peak performance and Hypnosis Eriksoniana. The O.R.A model was conceived and developed from my working experience as a sport psychologist of elite athletes of various disciplines. ORA in Italian means NOW and the acronym stands for: Obiettivi (Objectives); Risorse (Resources); Autoefficacia (self-efficacy). Being myself an athlete and having had the opportunity to make an experience / internship of about 4 months at a sports center for professional athletes still continuing to follow a few, I could realize that it is important to them essentially a work of defining targets from which to identify the resources needed to achieve them through EMDR. This allows an increase of self-efficacy as one goes to work with the four sources identified by Bandura and that identify past successful experiences, the feelings connected, verbal persuasion and reference models. The work is enhanced by the use EMDR with hypnosis Eriksoniana that allows you to experience a future scenario more vividly, more multi-sensory experience where the athlete may be able to excel in his sport performance.
Keywords: Athletes, Hypnosis
Accuracy Verified: Yes
54. Shusta-Hochberg, S. R. (2003). Impact of the World Trade Center disaster on a Manhattan psychotherapy practice. Journal of Trauma Practice, 2(1), 1-16. doi:10.1300/J189v02n01_01.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
On September 11, 2001, when two hijacked planes destroyed the World Trade Center, the world changed. As a clinical psychologist practicing in Manhattan, and specializing in trauma, the author has found the event's impact upon her work to be profound. For most of her patients, in particular the severely dissociative, this event triggered the deepest feelings of vulnerability, fear and rage. She describes the varied trauma responses of her patients, effective interventions, and her own experiences as a psychologist and a New Yorker both on and since September 11. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: 9/11 Americans DID Dissociative Identity Disorder Personal Narrative Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Psychologists PTSD September 11 Survivors Terrorism Terrorist Attacks
Accuracy Verified: Yes
55. Staff. (1999, November 1). In the midst of autumn, life is tough in tent cities. Turkish Probe (Turkish Daily News).
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
The Turkish Psychologists' Association is providing psychological intervention for earthquake victims through the Trauma Treatment Center, established jointly with experts from the American Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Institute (EMDR).
Keywords: Earthquakes Tent Cities Turkey
Accuracy Verified: Yes
56. Talan, J. (2001, October 23). In the mix. Melville, NY: Newsday, Health & Discovery, C04.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
A volunteer network of therapists trained in post-traumatic stress disorder is providing free treatment programs for people affected by the World Trade Center terrorist attack. The clinicians are trained in a technique called eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) that is proven to help the stress disorder, and the free service is part of the nonprofit Disaster Mental Health Recovery Network. The Mental Health Association of Suffolk County will provide names of EMDR specialists participating in the program. For information call the association at 631-226-3900, or 917-626-9117 for clinicians in the five boroughs. The Nassau County Mental Health Association also has social workers trained to deal with people contemplating suicide. The help line is 516-504-HELP.
Keywords: Overview General Melville, NY
Accuracy Verified: Yes
57. Woodward, V. (2000, December). Incorporating EMDR and psychodrama into therapy. EMDRIA Newsletter, 5(Special Edition), 16-18.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The Mental Health Treatment Supervisor at the Danville Center for Adolescent Females where I worked previously is a secure, residential treatment program for girls between ages 14 and 18 who have been adjudicated by the courts. Residents are supervised at all times. There is almost continuous interaction with staff, except for brief periods when residents are expected to work on clinical issues in their rooms. Doors to rooms are always open during waking hours, with 15-minute checks performed. Residents deemed to be at risk of hurting themselves or others can be placed on one-to-one supervision. If a resident become physically aggressive or is threatening to herself or others, she can be restrained.
Keywords: Psychodrama
Accuracy Verified: Yes
58. Berson, C. (2008, September 19). Innovative trauma center opens in Newhallville. New Haven Independent, New Haven, CT.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
Over the years, EMDR has been used to treat survivors of traumatic experiences ranging from death of a loved one to rape. EMDR clinicians have worked with survivors on an individual basis as well as with victims of large-scale events — from 9/11 to violence in the Middle East. Shapiro emphasized the importance of treating mental trauma; if gone untreated, it can breed further violence in the community.
Keywords: New Haven Trauma Center
Accuracy Verified: Yes
59. Ackerman, M. (2012, July 3). Is EMDR the cure?. The Fix, Addiction and Recovery Straight Up. Retrieved from http://www.thefix.com/content/emdr-cure-for-addiction-10083?page=1 on Juky 14, 2012.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
When Nicole, a 40-year-old teacher from Santa Barbara, began doing EMDR therapy, she had already been in regular old therapy since the age of 18. But despite years of cognitive behavioral work, she suffered an emotional breakdown at 38 and wound up at an inpatient treatment center. While being in treatment helped, what brought Nicole back to normalcy was a form of psychotherapy known as EMDR—which stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and involves a therapist leading a patient through an eight-phase treatment, including a series of left-to-right and right-to-left eye movements, in a way that’s meant to process memories stored in the brain. Within a matter of weeks of once-a-week treatments, Nicole realized just how much her past experiences of bad romantic relationships were affecting her physically. “I realized that I was engaging in my addiction to avoid emotional pain,” she says. “When you don’t have a full self, you fill that emptiness with whatever substance you can get. Because EMDR is so focused on how trauma is stored in your body, it allowed me to experience the grieving process that I needed and let me release the negative emotions that were affecting me.”
Keywords: Addiction
Accuracy Verified: Yes
60. Seijo, N. (2011, Julio). La distorsion de la imagen corporal en TCA y EMDR [The distortion of body image in eating disorders and EMDR]. En Aplicación de EMDR en el tratamiento de distintos trastornos (Francisca García Guerrero, Coordinadora). Simposio realizado en el IX Congreso Nacional de Psicología Clínica, San Sebastián, Espańa.
Language: Spanish
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Los trastornos de la conducta alimenticia (TCA), entre los cuales está la anorexia y la
bulimia nerviosas, constituyen un problema de salud emergente que tiene un fuerte
impacto en nuestra sociedad. La problemática de estos trastornos es tan variada y
multifactorial que exige una atención y actuación que incluya los aspectos clínicos,
familiares, pero también culturales, sociales y especialmente, educativos. Nos encontramos ante un síndrome diagnóstico de origen complejo y afectación multidimensional, cuyo tratamiento debe ser capaz de llegar desde la superficie al fondo de su etiología. Todo lo que nos han dicho que somos y como nos han dicho que somos se vincula a nuestra imagen, detrás de esto hay todo un significado que en las personas con TCA cobra una relevancia mayor porque se acaba convirtiendo en el centro de sus vidas alrededor de lo que giran, de lo que proyectan sus dolor, su falta de conexión con el mundo y en lo que se acaba convirtiendo en su mundo distorsionado. Los elementos de trabajo que aparecen en el tratamiento de personas con TCA son el deseo de delgadez, el control y la vergüenza, TCC, reacciones defensivas condicionadas, imagen corporal, dificultades de apego, maltrato
físico, sexual, negligencia, disociación, descontrol de los impulsos, TCA como anestesia emocional, automutilaciones, necesidad de límites, etiquetas, personaje, figura masculina de apego, familias disfuncionales, etc. (Quílez, 2009).
Los profesionales que trabajan con TCA disponen en el EMDR de un modelo
psicológico capaz de dar una respuesta eficaz a estos pacientes. El objetivo de esta
comunicación es el explicar como se puede trabajar con EMDR para poder tomar
conciencia de unos de las partes mas nucleares en el trabajo de los TCA como es la toma de conciencia del cuerpo real y llegar a la aceptación del mismo.
The feeding behavior disorders (ED), one of which is anorexia and
bulimia nervosa, are an emerging health problem that has a strong
impact on our society. The problem of these disorders is as varied and
multifactorial requiring attention and action, including the clinical,
family, but also cultural, social and especially educational. We are facing a syndrome diagnosis of complex origin and multidimensional impairment, its treatment should be able to reach from the surface to the bottom of its etiology. All you have told us that we are and how we have been told that we are linking our image, behind this there is a whole meaning that people with TCA charges a higher relevance because it ends up turning into the center of their lives around so they spin, what project their pain, their lack of connection to the world and when it eventually becomes distorted your world. Work items that appear in the treatment of patients with eating disorders are the desire for thinness, control and shame, TCC, conditioned defensive reactions, body image, attachment difficulties, abuse
physical, sexual, neglect, dissociation, poor impulse control, emotional eating disorders as anesthesia, self-mutilation, need for limits, labels, character, male figure of attachment, dysfunctional families, etc.. (Quílez, 2009).
Professionals working with eating disorders have the EMDR model psychologically able to respond effectively to these patients. The objective of this
communication is to explain how EMDR can work with in order to make awareness of some of the most nuclear parts of the TCA work as awareness of the real body and reach acceptance.
Keywords: Eating Disorders Symposium
Accuracy Verified: Yes
61. Tarquinio, C. (2007, Mai). La therapie EMDR: Dans la prise en charge du traumatisme psychique [The EMDR method: A psychotherapeutic treatment for PTSD]. Revue Francophone Du Stress et du Trauma, 7(2), 107-120.
Language: French
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Depuis 1989, de nombreux articles ont démontré l'efficacité de l'EMDR (mouvement Eyes
désensibilisation et retraitement) la méthode et, en moins de dix ans, cette thérapie est devenue le modčle pour le traitement psychothérapeutique du trouble de stress post-traumatique (SSPT) qui a conduit ŕ un grand nombre d'études. Il existe en effet aujourd'hui plus d'articles sur des études contrôlées du traitement de l'ESPT utilisation de la thérapie EMDR que pour tout autre type d'intervention clinique, y compris les traitements médicamenteux (cf. Centre national pour le SSPT). Le but de cet article
est de permettre une meilleure compréhension de la thérapie EMDR tout d'abord en proposant un guide théorique de l'approche. Deuxičmement, nous évaluerons 15 études contrôlées et randomisées qui, ŕ l'ensemble de confirmer la bonne efficacité de cette approche thérapeutique dans le traitement du SSPT. Enfin, aprčs avoir présenté dans un
de maničre globale le protocole de base de la thérapie EMDR, nous présenterons bričvement un cas clinique traité avec cette approche.
Since 1989, numerous articles have demonstrated the effectiveness of the EMDR (Eyes movement
desensitization and reprocessing) method and, in less than ten years, this therapy has become the model for the psychotherapeutic treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which has led to a great number of studies. There are in fact more articles today on controlled studies of the treatment of PTSD using EMDR therapy than for any other type of clinical intervention, including medicinal treatments (cf. National Center for PTSD). The aim of this paper
is to allow a better understanding of EMDR therapy by firstly proposing a theoretical guideline of the approach. Secondly, we will evaluate 15 controlled and randomized studies which on the whole confirm the good effectiveness of this therapeutic approach in the treatment of PTSD. Finally, after having presented in a
comprehensive manner the basic protocol of EMDR therapy, we will briefly present one clinical case treated with this approach.
Keywords: Empirical Study Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Quantitative Study Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
62. Tokyo. (2011, May 5). Lack of PTSD specialists in Japan raises worries about a mental health crisis. Tokyo, Japan: The Yomiuri Shimbun.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
Commonly practiced in Europe and the United States, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is said to help patients work through traumatic memories.
During treatment, a patient recalls an experience while the therapist waves his or her finger in front of the patient from side to side like a windscreen wiper.
However, there are fewer than 20 EMDR specialists available in Tohoku, according to Masaya Ichii, a professor at the Center for Research on Human Development and Clinical Psychology at Hyogo University of Teacher Education.
This kind of psychotherapy is not common in Japan because therapists do not receive much compensation. (Excerpt)
Also printed in the The Republic, Columbus, IN (http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/JAPAN-QUAKE-PTSD_5037116/JAPAN-QUAKE-PTSD_5037116/).
Keywords: Disaster Earthquake Japan Tsunami
Accuracy Verified: Yes
63. Baker, J. (2002, April 22). Lawrence therapists work with EMDR process to offer a different direction in healing. Lawrence, KS: Lawrence Journal-World.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
"They used it initially with Vietnam vets (suffering from
PTSD). We use it a lot now with sexual traumas. Now, the one
thing I really like about EMDR, if anybody is really stuck in
therapy, it can serve as a wonderful way to go in, try it and
see if you can get unstuck, even if you're not working with a
trauma," said Ed Bloch, a licensed specialist clinical social
worker.
Bloch and his wife, Jena Bloch, a licensed clinical marriage
family therapist, own the Life Enrichment Center, 5200 Bob
Billings Parkway.
Keywords: General Lawrence Overview
Accuracy Verified: Yes
64. McLeod, H. (2013, Februrary 2013). The magic of EMDR. The County Journal, Washburn, WI., February 21, 2013 County Journal, 4pp .
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
What started out as a flash of insight for California psychologist Francine Shapiro in 1987, EMDR has now become the pack leader of treatments for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). There are three EMDR therapists at Bay Area Mental Health Center (BAMHC) in Washburn. One of them, Barb Snyder, M.S.Ed., LPC, was the first to introduce this therapy to the Chequamegon Bay area in 1995
Keywords: Chequamegon Bay General, Overview
Accuracy Verified: Yes
65. EMDR Sweden. (2002, Februari). Medlemsbladet. EMDR-Bladet: Medlemstidning för EMDR-Sverige, 4(1), 1-7.
Language: Swedish
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Table of Content: 1.Vinterbrev frĺn vĺr
ordförande; 2 "Child trainer's
training" med Bob
Tinker och Sandra
Wilson i Colorado
Springs, 26-30
november 2001; 4 Bankpersonal utsatt för
rĺn
Av Raili Hultstrand,
Leg.psykolog. leg.psykoterapeut
Adjunkt i psykoterapi vid S:t
Lukas Utbildningsinstitut; 5 Verksamhetsberättelse
för Föreningen EMDR
Sverige april 2001 –
mars 2002; 6 Nationellt Kunskapscentrum i katastrofpsykiatri; 7 Ĺrsmöte & studiedag den 15 mars; 7 Utbildningar. Konferens; 7 Notiser
1.Winter letter from our president; 2 Child Trainer's Training with Bob Tinker and Sandra Wilson in Colorado Springs, November 26-30, 2001; 4 Bank Staff exposed to robbery, by Raili Hultstrand, Adjunct professor of Psychotherapy of S:t Lukas Utbildningsinstitut; 5 Activity report of the EMDR Swedish Association, April 2001-March 2002; 6 Learning Center for disaster psychiatry; 7 Annual meeting & workshop of March 15;
7 Training. Conferences; 7 Notices
Keywords: Disaster Psychiatry
Accuracy Verified: Yes
66. Noorthoorn, E. O., Havenaar, J. M., de Haan, H. A., van Rood, Y. R., & van Stiphout, W. A. (2010). Mental health service use and outcomes after the Enschede fireworks disaster: A naturalistic follow-up study. Psychiatric Services, 61(11), 1138-1143. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.61.11.1138 .
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Objective: This study documented the number of people seeking help for mental health problems after a fireworks disaster in Enschede, the Netherlands. It describes their diagnostic characteristics, interventions provided, and their results. Methods: Researchers coded data from intakes and medical charts of all patients who sought help (N=1,659) and entered treatment (N=663) at a disaster relief service between May 13, 2000 (day of the disaster), and June 1, 2004. Patients who received more than eight treatment sessions (N=394) and were in treatment one year after the disaster were interviewed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) (N=228, response rate, 58%) and other questionnaires (N=271, response rate, 69%). Results: In the population probably exposed, the cumulative referral-incidence for disaster-related mental health problems over four years was approximately 10%; in terms of referrals to the mental health facility over five years, the proportion of disaster-related referrals was 5.7%. Among adults, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was the most common clinical diagnosis (53%, chart sample). However, depression was the most common CIDI diagnosis (58%, CIDI interview sample). The recovery rate was about 50% on the basis of clinical judgment (chart sample), between 69% and 76% on the basis of "healthy" scores on symptoms, and between 39% and 60% in social and physical functioning (interview sample). Conclusions: Apart from persons seeking support during the first weeks postdisaster, the largest influx occurred after about one year and was limited in size. Clinicians in specialized services should be aware that conditions other than PTSD, such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and somatoform disorders, are also quite common after disasters. (Psychiatric Services 61:1138—1143, 2010)
On the afternoon of May 13, 2000, a fireworks deposit situated in a residential area exploded, killing 22 people and injuring about 1,000 in the center of Enschede, a town in the east of the Netherlands. As a result approximately 1,500 houses were damaged, of which 498 had to be demolished, leading to displacement of 4,163 inhabitants (1). An estimated 17,000 individuals were probably exposed in one way or another to this disaster (1). The event was immediately declared a national disaster. In response, a nationwide support effort was launched and funds were allocated for research to document health consequences of this disaster. As a result, data about health, well-being, and medical service use have been systematically collected since the early days after this event (2,3,4,5).
In contrast to the wealth of publications about the epidemiology of mental health problems after a disaster (6,7), there are only few studies that describe help-seeking behavior for these problems in a population stricken by disaster, or the outcomes of interventions. In this article we present the results of a chart study and interviews in early and later phases of treatment of adults who sought help from mental health services for disaster-related problems. The aim of the study was to evaluate mental health service delivery to persons affected by the fireworks disaster in Enschede during the period from May 2000 to May 2005. This study documented the number of people seeking help for disaster-related psychological problems, their sociodemographic and diagnostic characteristics, the interventions that they received, and some results of these interventions. To our knowledge this is the first systematic investigation of all adults seeking specialized mental health care in a disaster-stricken area.
Keywords: Enschede Fireworks Disaster
Accuracy Verified: Yes
67. Smeltzer, N. J. (1998, February 2). New psychiatric treamtent is allowing emotional wounds to heal. Columbus, OH: The Columbus Dispatch, Home Final, News, 05C.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
Any new treatment in psychiatry meets with skepticism, said Dennis Quigley, a licensed social worker at Ohio State University Medical Center. He said EMDR works best in helping people get over an anxiety without verbal discussion of the issue.
Keywords: Columus Dennis Quigley General Overview
Accuracy Verified: Yes
68. Kelley, S. D., & Bozorg, A. (2010, December). Outcomes of trauma-induced psychogenic nonepileptic attacks treated with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. Poster presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, San Antonio, TX.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Rationale: Because of high rates of trauma (44-100%) and abuse (23-77%) among PNEA
patients, it has been suggested that PNEA are a clinical expression of a PTSD subtype. Although
little is known about psychological treatments that are most effective with PNEA, EMDR has
proved to be an effective treatment for trauma and is now showing promise in the treatment of
PNEA patients with trauma and abuse histories. This presentation details outcomes of 74 patients
with PNEA, the majority of whom have such histories, who have been referred for mental health
treatment.
Methods: This study integrates EMDR into the mental health treatment of PNEA patients
referred after video EEG monitoring confirmed the presence of psychogenic attacks and
diagnostic interviews revealed virtually ubiquitous trauma and abuse histories/experiences. Data
were analyzed for patients referred over a 6-year period from a hospital-based clinic serving
Floridians and persons from the southeastern US.
Results: The study protocol was comprised of 2-3 initial sessions for diagnosis and rapport
building followed by weekly EMDR ranging from 3 to 15 sessions. Of 74 patients referred, 31
were from distant locales and were matched with mental health practitioners in their home
locations. 43 patients were interviewed; 20 were seen for consultation only - they refused
treatment, preferring to pursue disability benefits. 21 of 23 remaining had trauma and abuse
histories. 14 of those realized complete remission of PNEA with EMDR; 8 discontinued
treatment because of relocation, transportation difficulties, and the like. Followup reveals no
return to seizure status.
Conclusions: EMDR appears to be an efficacious intervention in the psychological treatment of
PNEA patients with trauma histories. A two year highly innovative single center randomized
controlled tial comparing EMDR with another innovative promising approach, Neurofeedback
Therapy (NFT) is planned for the fall of 2010 for 60 patients.
Keywords: Trauma-Induced Psychogenic Nonepileptic Attacks
Accuracy Verified: Yes
69. Lipke, H. (2011, August). An overview of EMDR. Author.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method of psychotherapy developed by psychologist Francine Shapiro as a treatment for psychological distress associated with trauma, when she chanced to notice a connection between a decrease in her own emotional distress over a personal concern after having spontaneously moved her eyes back and forth. Integrating her eye movement (em) observation with aspects of, at least, imaginal exposure, cognitive therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and mindfulness teachings, and adding an early positive psychology idea, Shapiro developed a treatment, which she informally tested. Shapiro (1989a) first systematically tested her work in a wait list control study of 21 subjects recruited from local mental health centers, including a DVA veteran readjustment center. Remarkably, all of her first 21 subjects showed profound single session desensitization effects. In addition, Shapiro (1989b) published a case study in a journal edited by Joseph Wolpe, an originator of behavior therapy, in which Wolpe, in an editorial footnote, endorsed Shapiro’s rapid effects from his own informal replication. [Excerpt]
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70. Hasanovic, M., Pajevic, I., Morgan, S., & Kravic, N. (2011, May). P03-140 - EMDR training for mental health therapists in postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina who work with psycho-traumatized population for increasing their psychotherapy capacities. European Psychiatry, 26(Supplement 1), 1309. doi:10.1016/S0924-9338(11)73014-0 .
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
After war 1992–1995 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH), whole population was highly psych-traumatized. Mental health therapists had no enough capacities to meet needs of population. They are permanently in need to increase their psychotherapy capacities. EMDR is a powerful, state-of-the-art treatment. Its effectiveness and efficacy has been validated by extensive research. National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended it as one of two trauma treatments of choice.
Aim:
To describe non profit, humanitarian approach in sharing skills of Eye Movement Reprocessing and Desensitization (EMDR) to mental health therapists in BH from Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) of UK & Ireland.
Method:
Authors described educational process considering the history of idea and its realization through training levels and process of supervision.
Results:
Highly skilled and internationally approved trainers from HAP UK & Ireland came four times to Psychiatry Department of University Clinical Center Tuzla in BH where they provided completed EMDR training for 24 trainees: neuro- psychiatrists, residents of neuro-psychiatry and psychologists from eight different health institutions from six different cities in BH. After finishing training process, trainees are obliged to practice their EMDR therapy in daily practice with real clients under the supervision process of HAP UK & Ireland trainers to become certified EMDR therapists. Regarding big physical distance between supervisors and trainees, supervision will be realized via Skype Internet technology.
Conclusion
Psychotherapy capacities of mental health psychotherapists in postwar BH could be increased with enthusiastic help of EMDR trainers from HAP UK&Ireland.
Keywords: Bosnia-Herzegovina Mental Health Therapist Post-War Trauma
Accuracy Verified: Yes
71. Silver, S. (2008, March 11). Phillytalk: Ask the writers and experts - Ask Dr. Steve Silver - Help! PTSD is ruining my life. Philadephia, PA: Philadelphia Enquirer.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
Dr. Steve Silver has worked with trauma survivors and their families since 1972, including 26 years as director of the inpatient PTSD program at the Coatesville V.A. Medical Center. Now retired from the V.A., Silver continues to serve in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard as a psychologist. He was an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in combat in Vietnam.
Keywords: Philadelphia Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Steve Silver
Accuracy Verified: Yes
72. Nijdam, M., Olff, M., & Gersons, B. (2006, November). Posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic cognitions in response to trauma-focused psychotherapy. Poster presented at the 22nd annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Fall Conference, Hollywood, CA .
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
In clinical research it is important to address both vulnerabilities and
positive processes that occur in response to traumatic stress.
Therefore, we chose the concepts of posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic
cognitions to examine how these reactions change in
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response to trauma-focused psychotherapy. In this presentation, preliminary
data from a randomized controlled trial comparing Eye
Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (n =
70) and Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy (BEP; n = 70) are presented.
Participants were patients of the Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic of the
Academic Medical Center / De Meren who had a diagnosis of PTSD
following various kinds of type I trauma. Posttraumatic growth was
assessed with the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, whereas posttraumatic
cognitions were examined by use of the Posttraumatic
Cognitions Inventory. Both measures were administered at pre- and
postassessment to determine whether these concepts change after
EMDR and/or BEP. Changes in and relationships between these variables
are presented and future directions for research arising from
the findings are discussed.
Keywords: Cognitions Poster Posttraumatic Growth Inventory
Accuracy Verified: Yes
73. Goode, E. (2004, March 9). Psychology police challenge theories. Torrance, CA: Daily Breeze, A7.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
The challengers have also criticized a number of fashionable therapies, including "critical incident" psychological debriefing for trauma victims, eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, and other techniques.
"These guys are sort of the Ralph Naders of psychology," said David Barlow, director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University.
Keywords: General Overview Torrance, CA
Accuracy Verified: Yes
74. Porpiglia, T. (2011, June 30). PTSD can be managed!. Salem-News. Retrieved from http://www.salem-news.com/articles/june302011/managing-ptsd-tp.php on 2/3/2013.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
In 1987, a new technology called Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) was in the early stages of development. An internationally respected PTSD expert, psychologist Charles Figley, director of the Institute of Traumatology at Florida State University, did a formal research project on EMDR in 1993. Additionally, Figley also researched Thought Field Therapy (TFT – the grandfather of EFT), Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) and Visual Kinesthetic Dissociation (VKD) at the same time. Figley and an associate conducted the research because Figley deeply understood that the conventional therapies were not suitable for treating PTSD. That research proved both EMDR and TFT as effective treatments for PTSD both achieving over 50% reduction in symptoms. Although the DOD has officially approved EMDR for PTSD treatment (http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?), many VA centers do not allow its use.
In the interim, psychiatrist and PTSD expert Bessel van der Kolk, presently the Medical Director at the Trauma Center in Massachusetts, (http://www.traumacenter.org/) began groundbreaking researching on PTSD. Dr. van der Kolk is trained in both EMDR and TFT/EFT and now endorses the use of Energy Psychology methods like EFT to alleviate the symptoms of PTSD in a very gentle, quick, safe and easy manner.
Keywords: General Overview Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
75. Martinez, V. A. (2010, November 15). PTSD in children: New technique helps therapists help kids cope. El Paso Times.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
Therapist Tim Mendoza of the El Paso Child Guidance Center observes a young patient with post-traumatic stress disorder before using a new technique called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. The technique involves a patient recalling an unpleasant memory while moving his or her eyes side to side and breathing deeply until the distress is reduced. (Niki Rhynes / El Paso Times)
Keywords: Children Mendoza Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
76. Steinbach, R. (2005, November-December). PTSD treatment: The eyes may have it: Psychotherapists at the North Chicago VA Medical Center are finding success with an unusual treatment for severe psychological trauma. Vanguard, 51(6), 12-14.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
Post-traumatic stress disorder, like any other psychological trauma, is difficult to diagnose, and often, even more difficult to treat. Unlike setting a fractured bone or removing a ruptured appendix, there's just no physical way to cure this ailment. However, a team of psychotherapists at the North Chicago VA Medical Center's PTSD Treatment Clinic is finding that a somewhat physical procedure may indeed offer some success. In this article, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is explored as a possible treatment for severe psychological trauma.
Keywords: Emotional Trauma Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Trauma Treatment
Accuracy Verified: Yes
77. Bergmann, U., & Grand, D. (2002, May). Reports from the field: Treating the survivors of the World Trade Center attack of September 11. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Frankfurt, Germany.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Keywords: 9/11 World Trade Center WTC
Accuracy Verified: Yes
78. Cevikthe, I. (1999, October 29). Republic is our treasure. Turkish Daily News.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
The Turkish Psychologists Association has initiated psychological treatment for earthquake victims through the Trauma Treatment Center, established jointly with experts from the American Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Institute (EMDR). The Trauma Treatment Center was introduced on Wednesday by Dr. Emre Konuk, the director of the Turkish Psychologists Association's Istanbul Office, and representatives of EMDR Dr. Philip Manfield and Dr. James Knipe. Konuk said they had contacted EMDR three days after the earthquake for psychological treatment of the victims. Konuk, who noted that they had prepared a one-year program as the result of the cooperation, said they established a Trauma Treatment Center for carrying on work as an organization. The training of volunteer psychologists who will work at the center is being undertaken by EMDR, experts of problems related to trauma. Seventeen experts will come to Turkey twice at four-month intervals to provide training to 115 psychologists on active treatment techniques for trauma.
Keywords: Earthquakes Turkey
Accuracy Verified: Yes
79. Hurley, E. C. (2010, November). A response to the meta-analysis by Albright & Thyer: What best serves our troops?. Behavioral Interventions, 25(4), 349-353. doi:10.1002/bin.314.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Comments on Does EMDR reduce post-traumatic stress disorder symptomatology in combat veterans? by David L. Albright and Bruce Thyer (see record 2010-02408-001). As an Army Chaplain and psychotherapist for 30 years, I have used a variety of psychotherapy modalities to treat soldiers and military families in various combat zones, as well as military installations in the United States. In this capacity I have found eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) to be efficacious in the treatment of both trauma and life adjustment issues. In my present position as Director of Soldier Center, Clarksville, TN, I use EMDR on a daily basis to treat soldiers and veterans recovering from combat trauma. Based on my extensive experience in the successful application of EMDR, I am dismayed by the pre-suppositional bias against and potentially serious misrepresentations of EMDR that are evident in the Albright and Thyer article from the authors' very first mention of it. The authors have done a great disservice to clinicians, as well as to veterans, with their paper. In summary, the best way to serve our troops is to urge comparative research between EMDR and the extant cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) treatments. Our men and women in uniform deserve the best treatment possible. EMDR has amply demonstrated its efficacy with multiple trauma populations and should not be minimized because of subjective biases and misinformation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Albright Letter Thyer Troops
Accuracy Verified: Yes
80. Scarf, M. (2004). Secrets, lies, betrayals: How the body holds secrets of a life and how to unlock them. 1st ed. New York: Random House.
Language: English
Format: Book
Abstract:
Bestselling author Scarf (Intimate Partners; Unfinished Business) explores new therapies that claim to be able to "reprocess" or "detoxify" traumatic memories through physical manipulation of the nervous system. Via accessibly presented neuroscience, Scarf explains how the body stores memories of intensely stressful experiences. A writer rather than a clinician (she's a senior fellow at Yale's Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy), Scarf generates her data through meeting women subjects in marital distress and exploring their pasts through gentle discussion. Throughout, Scarf weaves her own autobiographical reflections, centered on painful memories of an autocratic father and a negligent mother. Seeking to advance her own emotional well-being, she enters into a reprocessing therapy session and becomes an advocate of the technique; she persuades one of her subjects to try it out, with apparently successful results. Although the physical ailments presented in Scarf's account seem extremely slight, she makes much of a sense of emotional breakthrough and release. Scarf's investigation into the methodology of reprocessing therapies is scientifically limited, yet she does allow us some insights into how they function. Admirers of her work will enjoy her ability to evoke relationship dynamics (including abusive relationships), her seductively flowing style and her emphasis on perceptive readings of life histories. Readers with a serious interest in psychology will find little cutting-edge scholarship here, and some may question why all Scarf's subjects are women.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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81. Daniels, N. (2009). Self-care for EMDR practioners. In M. Luber (Ed.), Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) scripted protocols: Basics and special situations, (pp. 399-400). New York: Springer Publishing Co.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
This protocol was derived from the notes of Neal Daniels, a clinical psychologist who was the director of the PTSD Clinical Team at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Always concerned about the welfare of clients and practitioners, he put together a short, simple, and effective protocol for the practitioner, on the completion of any session where there was negative affect remaining. In Neal's words, "The procedure is short, simple, effective. Right after the session or later on in the day when it is possible, bring up the image of the patient; do 10-15 eye movements; generate a positive cognition and install it with the patient's image and another 10-15 movements. Once the negative affects have been reduced, realistic formulations about the patient's future therapy are much easier to develop. Residual feelings of anger, frustration, regret, or hopelessness have been replaced by clearer thoughts about what can or cannot be done. Positive, creative mulling can proceed without the background feelings of unease, weariness, and ineffectiveness. Daily, weekly, or even career-long "burn-out" can be viewed as the accumulated residual of negative feelings that were not dealt with effectively when they occurred." The idea was to work on the material right after the session or later in the day when time allowed. The Clinician Self-Care Script is provided [PsycINFO Database]
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82. van der Weele, J., & With, A. (2007, June). Stabilization groups with ethnic minority women after domestic violence: Presentation of a model based on structural theory of dissociation, EMDR, intercultural comunication and expressive artwork. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Paris, France.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Alternative to violence has developed a group treatment model structured by the theory of structural dissociation and EMDR trauma treatment theory. Woman with ethnic minority background received short terms group treatment at a shelter for victims of domestic violence at an outpatient clinic and at a domestic violence family treatment center. The groups were supplements to individual therapy/counseling. We have had 10 groups; one with only Pakistani women, several mixed ethnic minority cultural groups with translation and groups in “simple Norwegian.” Recruitment was enhanced by the policy of sharing of symptoms and problems today with no obligation to share about personal past. The model has low drop out rate and therapist working with the individuals report more effective treatment sessions. For some women the group becomes the preferred choice of treatment. We discovered that early phase trauma work can be done in a group format with severely and recently traumatized women. Methods used are resource installation and safe place work, increase awareness of negative/positive cognitions, butterfly hug, nightmare protocol, expressive art therapy techniques as grounding, breathing techniques working with personal borders, working with imagination and playfulness. Structural therapy of dissociation concepts as ANP/EP structures and mental capacity, working from here and now, focusing on the ANP above EP's are woven into how the therapists regulate the group process and plan content. The theory organizes how we handle flashbacks, current acute crisis and how we focus on the womens’ personal trauma. We also teach about the effect of violence in relationships, the need to work on personal safety and the needs of children in the aftermath of violence. Theory from the field of intercultural communication gave us guidelines in working with women from high context, indirect and collectivistic cultures. A workbook for the clients on violence, PTSD symptoms and stabilisation treatment has been developed in the aftermath of these groups and is translated into several languages. We will present the material at the conference in the structure of the early fase trauma treatment group format. Showing in vivo how we apply the theory to severely traumatized women. We will share some of our favorite group exercises, metaphors and group rituals. Our goal is: 1. to show how the theory of structural dissociation serves as guideline for organizing and resulting treatment with severely traumatized clients in groups. 2. Give insight into typical adjustments that have been made to tailor treatment to ethnic minority populations. 3. Explain how expressive art work needs to make adjustments to the population of severely traumatized women. 4. Finally show how the group uses elements from EMDR and enhances individual EMDR work. In our experience, the stabilisation groups have integrated the heart, mind and body in the work of healing with a population that is often found difficult to treat effectively. We hare started to retain other therapists in using the model and are in the process of applying for a research grant.
Keywords: Artwork Domestic Violence Dissociation Ethnic Intercultural Communication Minority Stabilization Women
Accuracy Verified: Yes
83. Silver, S. M., Rogers, S., Knipe, J., & Colelli, G. (2005). A study of a psychological relief effort conducted in New York City following September 11th: Preliminary results of a pro bono community based intervention project. Unpublished.
Language: English
Format: Other
Keywords: 9/11 September 11th World Trade Center WTC
Accuracy Verified: Yes
84. York, S. (2002, November 10). Therapist works on healing, letting spirit move you. Flint, MI: The Flint Journal, The Fenton Press (Edition), Community, FP01.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
The EMDR machine, which uses eye movement to stimulate the brain to "pull out the negative and put in the positive," is one of several treatments offered by Callard-Moore, 33, at her office in the Fenton Creative Health Center on N. Long Lake Road.
Keywords: General Flint Overview
Accuracy Verified: Yes
85. Cahill, P. (2000, August 25). Therapy may help some recover from disorders. Springfield, MA: Union-News, All, Health & Science, E01.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
But now there's a new choice, called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
It's a therapy so low-tech that it sounds like magic or science fiction. But it works, and in a fraction of the time that it takes talk therapy to work, said George Abbott, a psychologist at the Center for Behavioral Health at Holyoke Hospital who also has a private practice in Northampton.
Keywords: General Overview Springfield
Accuracy Verified: Yes
86. Colelli, G., & Patterson, B. (2008). Three case reports illustrating the use of the protocol for recent traumatic events following the World Trade Center terrorist attack. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 2(2), 114-123. doi:10.1891/1933-3196.2.2.114.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Following the attacks on the New York World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program initiated a response establishing the New York City Disaster Mental Health Recovery Network. The network provided coordination and assistance to local psychotherapists who volunteered to provide treatment to individuals directly affected by the tragedy. The psychotherapists utilized both the EMDR standard protocol and the EMDR Recent Events protocol during the initial aftermath and ongoing recovery at the World Trade Center site. The development of the network is reviewed, and detailed descriptions are provided regarding three cases to illustrate the use of the EMDR Recent Events protocol. The research findings reported by Silver, Rogers, Knipe, and Colelli that demonstrated support for EMDR as a postdisaster treatment are summarized. Further research is recommended. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: 9/11 Adults Americans Case Report Man-Made Disasters Recent Events Protocol September 11 Survivors Terrorism Terrorist Attacks
Accuracy Verified: Yes
87. Issad, T., Negre, I., & Pailler, C. (2005, Novembre). TO51 - EMDR chez le douloureux chronique: Prise en charge dans un centre anti-douleur [EMDR in the chronic pain: Supported in a pain control center]. Douleurs: Evaluation - Diagnostic - Traitement, 6(Supplement 1). doi:10.1016/S1624-5687(05)80407-X.
Language: French
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Aucun résumé disponible.
No abstract available.
Keywords: Chronic Pain Pain Control Clinic
Accuracy Verified: Yes
88. Crudele, B. (2012, November 16). Touch, sound and light help heal inner wounds. Marine Corps Times. Retrieved from http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/article/20121126/NEWS/211260306/Touch-sound-and-light-help-heal-inner-wounds 4/9/2013.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
EMDR therapy, recognized by the Defense Department as an evidence-based treatment for PTSD, includes image exposure, desensitization, cognitive processing, assessment, psychoeducation and coping strategies, according to the Naval Center for Combat & Operational Stress Control.
During each session, patients are asked to recall a traumatic event and identify the positive and negative feelings associated with the event. Repetitive exercises including bilateral eye movements, with simultaneous bilateral sounds through headphones and tapping sensations in the palms, are provided to stimulate both hemispheres of the brain.
The most common task is side-to-side eye movements, allowing the patient to focus on the provider's moving finger or a light bar. The exercises are conducted for each traumatic event until the patient reassesses or recalibrates his level of emotional distress. [Excerpt]
Keywords: Military Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Veterans
Accuracy Verified: Yes
89. Midboe, A., Benight, C., Harding, A., Iwaishi, S., & Johnson, L. (2002, November). A trauma-based treatment intervention for domestic violence victims. Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Baltimore, MD.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Twenty-four participants from a local domestic violence center were selfselected
into an individual therapy-plus-standard advocacy group (P/SA) or a
standard advocacy (SA) group. The center’s advocacy staffed administered
treatment for the SA group and the P/SA group. In addition to the SA treatment
received by individuals in the P/SA group, there were also six licensed
therapists who provided a manualized treatment incorporating CBT and
EMDR. Symptoms of PTSD, depression, CSE, self-esteem, and coping skills
were assessed.Additionally, saliva sample measurements were taken to examine
the effect of treatment on the regulation of salivary cortisol. Results indicate
that participants in the P/SA treatment condition experienced a
significantly greater reduction in intrusive symptomatology and overall level
of PTSD symptom severity, as well as a greater increase in CSE over time
than those individuals in the SA condition. Moreover, changes in CSE were
related to changes in psychological symptoms in individuals in the P/SA group
from pretreatment to posttreatment and at follow-up.Almost no linear relationship
between changes in CSE and other psychological variables in the SA
group emerged.A minimal impact of treatment on coping skills was observed.
There was a move towards a greater regulation of salivary cortisol at posttreatment
in the P/SA group.
Keywords: Domestic Violence Poster
Accuracy Verified: Yes
90. Zandvoort, J. (2013, April). Traumagerichte psychotherapie bij kinderen en jongeren: een gerandomiseerde vergelijking (RCT) tussen EMDR en Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy bij kinderen en jongeren met posttraumatische stress klachten [Trauma-focused psychotherapy for children and adolescents: a randomized comparison (RCT) between EMDR and Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy for children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress symptoms]. In Onderzoek track 1 and 2. Presentatie op Het congres EMDR Vereniging EMDR Nederland, Nijmegen, Nederland.
Language: Dutch
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Trauma en posttraumatische stress klachten komen ook bij kinderen en jongeren (hierna kinderen) frequent voor. Trauma gerelateerde symptomen bij deze leeftijdsgroepen kunnen leiden tot verminderde schoolprestaties, problemen in het sociale functioneren en een verstoring van (hersen) ontwikkeling. In de afgelopen decennia zijn er talloze onderzoeken uitgevoerd naar de behandeling van trauma klachten bij kinderen. Trauma gerichte cognitieve gedragstherapie (TF-CBT) en EMDR zijn het meest onderzocht. In het merendeel van de kinderen dat wordt behandeld met één van de therapieën verminderen de traumaklachten aanzienlijk of verdwijnen de klachten in het geheel, echter bij een deel van de kinderen persisteren klachten ook na behandeling. Studies waarin TF-CBT en EMDR direct met elkaar worden vergeleken zijn zeer schaars. Dit terwijl de resultaten van dergelijke vergelijkende studies op de lange termijn een belangrijke bijdrage kunnen leveren aan het vooraf bepalen welke behandeling bij welk kind de meeste kans van slagen heeft.
In de afgelopen twee jaar zijn kinderen tussen de 8 en 18 jaar, die met een (partiële) posttraumatische stressstoornis werden gediagnosticeerd bij het trauma centrum van de Bascule, gevraagd om deel te nemen aan een vergelijkende behandelstudie (INTACT studie). Onderzoeksdeelnemers werden at random toegewezen aan ofwel 8 geprotocolleerde TF-CBT sessies ofwel 8 geprotocolleerde EMDR sessies. In totaal werden 48 kinderen gerandomiseerd. Uitgebreide traumadiagnostiek vond plaats voor behandeling, 1 week na behandeling, 6 maanden na behandeling en 1 jaar na behandeling.
In de huidige voordracht zullen de behandelresultaten worden gepresenteerd. De presentatie zal zich toespitsen op behandeleffecten op postraumatische stress symptomen gemeten door middel van de CAPS-CA. Er zal verder worden stilgestaan bij het potentiële belang van de onderzoeksresultaten voor de klinische praktijk en vooruitgekeken worden op toekomstig (neurobiologisch) vervolgonderzoek.
Trauma and posttraumatic stress symptoms also occur in children and adolescents (hereafter children) frequently. Trauma-related symptoms in these populations may lead to decreased school performance, problems in social functioning and disruption (brain) development. In recent decades there have been numerous studies on the treatment of trauma symptoms in children. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) and EMDR are the most studied. In the majority of children being treated with any of the therapies significantly reduce trauma symptoms or the symptoms disappear altogether, however, some of the children symptoms persist even after treatment. Studies in which TF-CBT and EMDR directly be compared are very scarce. This while the results of such comparative studies on the long term a significant contribution to the pre-treatment to determine which child the best chance of success.
During the past two years, children between 8 and 18 years, with a (partial) post-traumatic stress disorder were diagnosed in the trauma center of the Bascule, asked to participate in a comparative treatment study (INTACT study). Research participants were randomly assigned to either 8 protocolled TF-CBT sessions or 8 protocolled EMDR sessions. A total of 48 children were randomized. Extensive trauma diagnosis occurred before treatment, 1 week after treatment, 6 months after treatment and 1 year after treatment.
In the current proposal, the treatment results are presented. The presentation will focus on treatment effects on post-traumatic stress symptoms measured by the CAPS-CA. There will also be given to the potential importance of the findings for clinical practice and are looking ahead to future (neurobiological) follow-up study.
Keywords: Adolescents Chidren Posttraumatic Stress Disoreder PTSD Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
91. Grand, D. (2002, June). Treating survivors of the World Trade Center disaster with natural flow EMDR resorting. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, San Diego, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Since the 9/11 attack, EMDR clinicians have been treating hypertraumatized clients aided by the Natural Flow EMDR model. This resourcing approach uses dilution of SUDS with positive body sensations, modified eye movements, continuous auditory BLS, and self-administered tactile processing. This model draws from the creative flow of EMDR processing with "essential listening" and "no assumptions" leading to the clients' "essential truths" and healing resolution.
Keywords: 9/11 Disasters Natural Flow EMDR September 11th World Trade Center
Accuracy Verified: Yes
92. National Center for PTSD. (2011, February). Understanding PTSD treatment. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Veteran's Affairs.
Language: English
Format: Publication
Abstract:
Do you or a loved one have PTSD? There is no need to suffer. Treatment works. If you have PTSD - posttraumatic stress disorder - you don't have to suffer. There are good treatments that can help. This booklet describes therapies and medications that are proven to help people with PTSD. You'll hear from experts about what treatment is like, and how it can help you. Don't let PTSD get in the way of your enjoyment of life, hurt your relationships, or cause problems for you at work or school. PTSD treatment works.
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Treatment
Accuracy Verified: Yes
93. Pessina, C (2007, June). The use and adaptation of EMDR technique with sexually abused children. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Paris, France.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Thanks to a European Equal project the sexually abused children who came to our Center for therapy have been treated with EMDR. We will illustrate, through the use of clinical examples, the main therapeutic issues, the difficulties and strategies in order to exceed them. In particular, we will address the following topics: the use of "menus,” the use of positive installations, how to identify targets, how to exceed the use of psychological defenses, mainly dissociative, etc. We will then highlight the advantages of using EMDR with those children.
Keywords: Children Sexual Abuse
Accuracy Verified: Yes
94. Zabukovec, J. (2008, September). The use of EMDR in medical settings. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
The EMDR treatment method and the Adaptive Information Processing model provide helpful ways to conceptualize medical issues and other issues that bring clients into treatment in medical settings. A framework to incorporate EMDR into a comprehensive treatment plan for medical patients will be provided. Case examples will be used to demonstrate case conceptualization issues, along with the eight phases of EMDR treatment. This workshop is designed for the EMDR professional who works in a medical setting. The presenter works in a VA medical center; while the focus will be on her work with veterans, the information provided may be adapted to work in civilian populations.
Keywords: Medical Settings
Accuracy Verified: Yes
95. Yoder, P. (2002, June). Using energy psychology techniques with EMDR. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, San Diego, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
EMDR is a proven tretment for many disorders including emotional distress and trauma. At times, however, the level of distress can be so severe that the use of EMDR can be difficult or impossible to use without flooding the client with overwhelming and debilitating emotions. The incorporation of Energy Psychology techniques into the standard protocol for EMDR can contain and reduce the level of distress to allow for successful treatment with EMDR. This workshop will introduce participants to the basic theory of Energy Psychology and teach several techniques to reduce overwhelming affect and to relax and center the client.
Keywords: Energy Psychology
Accuracy Verified: Yes
96. Solomon, R. M. (1998). Utilization of EMDR in crisis intervention. Crisis Intervention and Time-Limited Treatment, 4(2-3), 239-246.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
A critical incident is a situation that results in an overwhelming sense of vulnerability and/or lack of control. Information taken in during the traumatic situation may become dysfunctionally stored in the brain, unable to process, resulting in PTSD symptoms. Clinical issues that arise in the emotional aftermath often center around one or more of the following issues: (1) responsibility for the event, (2) personal vulnerability and present safety, and (3) lack of control and efficacy. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic method that can accelerate the processing of the blocked information resulting in a decrease of symptoms and adaptive resolution. Rather than forcing a person through stages of recovery, EMDR reprocesses dysfunctionally stored information, enabling recovery to take place in a way that is natural for the client. Consequently, within an appropriate clinical framework, EMDR can be applied in the days and weeks following critical incidents to help people process trauma. Case examples illustrate the use of EMDR in the aftermath of a critical incident to deal with issues of responsiblity, present safety, and efficacy. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Stressors Survivors Traumatic Grief
Accuracy Verified: Yes
97. Russell, M. C. (2012, June). Who cares? Part II: Mortgaging the future of veteran's mental healthcare. Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-c-russell-phd-abpp/who-cares-part-ii-mortgag_b_1588631.html on 6/19/2012.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
At the time of this writing in mid-2012, there has been notable progress in terms of increased opportunities for DoD clinicians to obtain EMDR training and ensuring military beneficiary access to EMDR therapy, however the Military Health System has never researched EMDR since its 1989 inception, a remarkable gaffe given frequent reports of EMDR's effectiveness by military mental health practitioners. Moreover, to date, the Military Health System has spent well-over $400 million in researching PTSD and TBI, but has yet to conduct a single randomized clinical trial (RCT) on EMDR -- despite a decades-long war and an irate Joint Chief of Staff. Meanwhile the lead agency for training and research in Institutional Military Medicine, the DVA's National Center for PTSD, continues its staunch all-out resistance toward EMDR. In fact, despite PTSD research funding increasing from $9.9 million in fiscal year 2005 to $24.5 million in fiscal year 2009, the DVA has refused to fund a single clinical trial on EMDR since 1998. This is entirely mystifying given the significant positive results from the VA's last RCT on EMDR.
Keywords: Blog Department of Defense Department of Veteran's Affairs Military Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Veterans
Accuracy Verified: Yes
98. Gattinara, P. C. (2009). Working with EMDR in chronic incapacitating diseases: The experience of a neuromuscular diseases center. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 3(3), 169-177. doi:10.1891/1933-3196.3.3.169.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This article examines the use of EMDR in a rehabilitation center to deal with traumatic experiences associated with serious incapacitating disease. Through clinical examples, the author describes the utility and function of EMDR treatment in helping both patients and their families overcome the frightening events related to the worsening of the illness and in helping them cope with feelings of loss and separation. The usefulness of attachment theory for a better comprehension of the dysfunctional interpersonal patterns that can arise between family members is discussed. In addition, the importance of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is explored in helping to facilitate secure attachment relationships between patients and their caregivers, allowing the families to grow closer and more supportive. EMDR appears to offer specific advantages in treating this especially difficult population, affording patients who live with a chronic condition of extreme physical vulnerability a sense of greater control over their own bodies and therefore over their own lives.
Keywords: Attachment Neuromuscular Pathologies Respiratory Crisis Traumatic Events
Accuracy Verified: Yes
99. Botkin, A. L. & Hogan, C. (2009). Zwischen trauer und versöhnung IADC, therapeutische kommunikation mit verstorbenen - Heilung von schuld und trauma. 1. Aufl, Kirchzarten bei Freiburg: VAK-Verl.-GmbH .
Language: German
Format: Book
Abstract:
Weitere Angaben Verfasser: Dr. Allan L. Botkin ist Psychotherapeut mit eigener Praxis. 20 Jahre lang hat er am Veterans Administration Hospital in Chicago mit Kriegsveteranen gearbeitet, wo er Menschen behandelte, die massivste Traumata erlitten hatten. Dr. R. Craig Hogan ist Direktor des Business Writing Center, eines Online-Trainingsinstituts für professionelles Schreiben....
Keywords: After Death Communication
Accuracy Verified: Yes