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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
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2. 平岡 篤武 [Hiraoka Atsutake]. (2006年5月). 加害的性逸脱行動を行った男児(被害者)にEMDRを導入した心理ケア (特集 〔日本子ども虐待防止学会〕第11回学術集会(北海道大会)) [Perpetrators were male gender deviant behavior (victim) was introduced to the psychological care EMDR (Special Child Abuse Prevention Association of Japan] [11th Annual Meeting (Conference Hokkaido))]. 児童虐待とネグレクト、8（1）、29から38 [Child Abuse and Neglect, 8(1), 29-38].
Language: Japanese
Format: Journal
Keywords: Male Gender Deviant Behavior Perpetrators
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3. [Chang Sue-Hwang, & Lin C.-P.]. （2004年9月）. 從快速眼動到EM在EMDR的：跳視眼球運動和變化的語義關係的強度 [From REM to EM in EMDR: Saccadic eye movements and change of strength of semantic associations]. 在提交的文件 第43次年度會議在台灣心理學會，研討會 焦慮症：心理素質，調解員和治療問題。政大 大學，台北，台灣，9月26日。 （國科會92 -2815- C型002 -072- H）的 [Presentation at the 43rd Annual Conferences on Taiwan Psychological Association, Symposium on Anxiety Disorders: Diatheses, Mediators and Therapeutic Implications. Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, September 26. (NSC 92-2815-C-002-072-H)].
Language: Chinese
Format: Conference
Abstract:
研讨会焦虑症：糖尿病，调解员和治疗的影响;（国科会92 - 2825 -架C - 002 - 072 - H）的研究背景及目的：本研究从快速眼动睡眠的眼动脱敏和再加工（EMDR）治疗的可能机制依赖内存后处理模型（夏皮罗，1995年; Stickgold，2002年）的建议，通过睡眠诱导活化的弱协会在REM国家和新兴市场在联想记忆改变运作为REM睡眠融入一般语义记忆创伤的情节记忆。该协会的新兴市场对语义变化的影响后，跳视眼球运动是双边审查了本研究。方法：22名大学生被招募参加者。通过语义启动的任务，一个2（眼球运动情况：水平跳视眼球运动主场迎战没有眼球运动）× 2（语义关联的强度：强主场迎战弱）因子之间的题目设计进行审查的EM在变化的影响强度为否定词的语义联想。为负的刺激弱协会primeability改变反对强者来，根据不同的电磁环境进行了比较。结果：2 × 2方差分析结果表明了显着的主要电磁效应和电磁×语义联想实力显着交互作用，显示弱吸大大超过了强大的电磁吸后，而恰恰相反后非统。结论：研究结果呼应快速眼动睡眠相关记忆加工模式，认为在EMDR电磁可能反映了联想记忆系统通过激活不同的语义相关的词负语义节点协会不同强度的转变。对心理治疗的可能性和未来研究的结果所造成的影响进行了讨论。
Symposium on Anxiety Disorders: Diabetes, Mediators and Therapeutic Implications; (NSC 92-2825-C-002-072-H) Research background & aims: This study examined possible therapeutic
mechanisms of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) from
REM-sleep dependent memory reprocessing model (Shapiro, 1995; Stickgold, 2002)
that proposed that sleep induced change in associative memory via activation of weak
association during REM state and EMs functioned as REM sleep to integrate the
episodic memory of trauma into general semantic memory. The effect of EM on
change of semantic associations after saccadic bilateral eye movements was examined
in the present study.
Methods: Twenty two college students were recruited as participants. Via semantic
priming task, a 2 (eye movement condition: horizontal saccadic eye movements vs. no
eye movements) × 2 (strength of semantic association: strong vs. weak) between
subject factorial design was performed to examine the effect of EM on change of
strength of semantic association for negative words. Change of primeability of weak
associations for negative stimuli as opposed to that of strong ones under different EM
conditions was compared.
Results: The 2 × 2 ANOVA showed a significant main effect for EM and a
significant interaction effect of EM × strength of semantic association, indicating that
weak priming significantly exceeded strong priming after EM, while the opposite was
true after non-EM.
Conclusions: The results echoed REM-sleep dependent memory reprocessing model,
suggesting that EM in EMDR might reflect a shift in associative memory systems by
activating different strength of associations of negative semantic nodes for different
semantically related words. The implications of the results for psychotherapy and
future research possibilities are discussed.
Keywords: Anxiety Disorders Postttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD REM REM-Sleep Dependent Memory Reprocessing Model Saccadic Eye Movement Semantic Association Symposium
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4. シャピロ、フランシーヌ [Shapiro, Francine]. (2004). 眼球運動脱感作と再処理：基本的な考え方、プロトコル、および手順 [Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic principles, protocols, and procedures]. 大阪：Niheisha [Ōsaka: Niheisha].
Language: Japanese
Format: Book
Abstract:
"この雑誌は、この本の初版（1996年世＃4頁99〜100）の主要な貢献として賞賛した。この新しい版は大幅に拡大され、更新された、反対の一部の研究者は、EMDRしなければならなかったことは多くを解決。結果は恐怖症の治療に有用な補助ステップバイステップの歴史的、理論的、実用的な導入され、心的外傷後ストレス障害を投稿してください。"-初版臨床老年学者称賛、"この実用的な本が重要であるの決定的なプレゼンテーションとしてEMDR法....臨床医は、その詳細な説明をお迎えいたします....いくつかの事例や五注釈転写物はきれいにし、メソッドの機微を示していますセラピストのクライアントは、ロールを中心に"-現代心理学は"書き込みは一般的には明らかである具体的な手順とサンプルのフレーズを説明するために典型的なケースのイラストでバランスのガイドラインは....利点の説明は特別な注意が、可能性のある副作用の説明で全体のバランスが期待されるセラピストによって使用されるように、困難な集団が発生したと手続きバリエーションは必要ありません。"- プライベート実践心理の"非常に数年間で、EMDRも進められている数多くの追加のアプリケーションとの（心的外傷後ストレス障害のための最も広く研究治療に奇妙な音新技術から成長してきた)....数最近のではなく、説得力のある研究が正当かつ強力な治療法としてEMDR確立している"-専門心理学-レビュー
"This journal praised the first edition of this book (1996 XVI #4, pp. 99-100) as a major contribution. This new edition is greatly expanded and updated, addressing many of the objections that some researchers have had to EMDR. The result is a step-by-step historical, theoretical, practical introduction to a useful adjunct for the treatment of phobia and post traumatic stress disorder."--Clinical Gerontologist PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION "This pragmatic book is important as the definitive presentation of the EMDR method....Clinicians will welcome its detailed explanation....Several case examples and five annotated transcripts nicely illustrate subtleties in the method and the therapist's client-centered role."--Contemporary Psychology "The writing is clear with general guidelines balanced by exemplary case illustrations to illustrate specific procedures and sample phrases to be used by the therapist....The description of the benefits to be expected is balanced throughout by descriptions of the special precautions, possible side effects, difficult populations encountered and procedural variations needed."--Psychotherapy in Private Practice "In a very few years, EMDR has grown from a bizarre sounding new technique to the most extensively researched treatment for PTSD (with numerous additional applications also being pursued)....A number of recent, rather convincing studies have established EMDR as a legitimate and powerful treatment."--Professional Psychology -- Review
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5. Swedish Council on Technology Assessment (2001, April). Alert: EMDR - Psychotherapy in posttraumatic stress syndrome in young people - early assessment briefs. Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU).
Language: English
Format: Publication
Abstract:
Findings by SBU Alert,
Version: 1,
METHOD AND TARGET GROUP:
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a new psychotherapeutic method aimed at processing memories of traumatic events, thereby ameliorating the psychological consequences of these memories. EMDR involves elements from several different psychological approaches. It is uncertain which of the treatment elements are effective. Clients with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are the main target group for EMDR treatment. Although both children and adults have been treated with EMDR, this document is aimed particularly at children and adolescents.
PATIENTS BENEFITS, RISKS AND SIDE EFFECTS:
Published studies of EMDR mainly cover adults with PTSD. There are two randomized and controlled studies, one of which has yet to be published, of EMDR treatment in 47 children and adolescents. One of the studies suggests that EMDR yields a better treatment outcome in the short term compared to the control treatment (active listening). In the second study, no significant difference was found between EMDR treatment in combination with standard treatment and standard treatment alone as regards reduction in avoidance and invading thoughts. However, the PTSD symptom of behavioral disorders declined significantly in the EMDR group. Furthermore, numerous case studies suggest that EMDR has a positive treatment effect in children and adolescents with PTSD. No harmful effects have been reported.
ECONOMIC ASPECTS:
There are no economic assessments of EMDR. Limited data suggest that fewer treatments are needed to achieve the desired outcome with EMDR compared to other psychotherapeutic methods. This suggests that EMDR is a potentially cost-effective method in relation to the alternatives, under the assumption that the effects of treatment are permanent.
CURRENT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE:
There is moderate* scientific evidence to show the benefits of EMDR treatment in children and adolescents. There is no* documentation concerning the cost-effectiveness or effects beyond 6 months.
Since the scientific documentation is limited, the effects of EMDR treatment in both the short and long term should be compared in studies with other treatment alternatives, including standard treatment. Furthermore, the cost-effectiveness of the method should be studied under Swedish conditions.
*This assessment by SBU Alert uses a 4-point scale to grade the quality and evidence of the scientific documentation. The grades indicate: (1) good, (2) moderate, (3) poor, or (4) no scientific evidence on the subject.
This summary is based on a report prepared at SBU in collaboration with Kerstin Bergh Johannesson, Lic. Psychol., Akademiska Hospital, Uppsala and has been reviewed by Prof. Mats Fredriksson, Uppsala University, Uppsala.
REFERENCES:
1.) Cahill SP, Carrigan MH, Frueh BC. Does EMDR work? And if so, why? A critical review of controlled outcome and dismantling research. J Anxiety Disord 1999;13(1-2):5-33.
2.) Chemtob CM, Nakashima J, Hamada R, Carlson J. Brief treatment for elementary school children with disaster-related PTSD: a field study. J Clin Psychol, in press.
3.) Chemtob et al. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. In: Foa EB, Keane TM, Friedman MJ, eds. Effective treatments for PTSD. New York: Guilford, 2000.
4.) Devilly GJ, Spence SH. The relative efficacy and treatment distress of EMDR and a cognitive-behavior trauma treatment protocol in the amelioration of posttraumatic stress disorders. J Anxiety Disord 1999;13(1-2):131-57.
5.) Lovett J. Small Wonders: Healing childhood trauma with EMDR. New York: Free Press, 1999.
6.) Macklin ML, Metzger LJ, Lasko NB, Berry NJ, Orr SP, Pitman RK. Five-year follow-up study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy for combat-related post traumatic stress disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2000;41(1),24-27.
7.) Puffer MK, Greenwald R, Elrod DE. A treatment outcome study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with traumatized children and adolescents. Presented at the annual conference of the EMDR International Association, Denver, June 1996.
8.) Renfrey G, Spates CR. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A partial dismantling procedure. J Behav Ther Experiment Psychiatr 1994;25:231-239.
9.) Scheck MM, Schaeffer JA, Gilette CS. Brief psychological intervention with traumatized young women: The efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. J Trauma Stress 1998;11:25-44.
10.) Shapiro F. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic principles, protocols and procedures. New York: Guilford Press, 1995.
11.) Stallard P, Velleman R, Baldwin S. Prospective study of post-traumatic stress disorder in children involved in road traffic accidents. BMJ 1998;317:1619-1623.
12.) Soberman GB, Greenwald R, Rule DL. A controlled study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for boys with conduct problems. J Aggression Maltreatment Trauma, in press.
13.) Tinker RH, Wilson SA. Through the Eyes of a Child: EMDR with children. New York: Norton & Co, 1999.
14.) van der Kolk B. Biological response to psychic trauma. In: Wilson JP, Raphael B, eds. International Handbook of Traumatic Stress Syndromes. New York: Plenum Press, 1993:25-33.
15.) van der Kolk B, Burbridge J, Susuki J. The psychobiology of traumatic memory; clinical implications of neuroimagery studies. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1997;821:99-113.
16.) van Etten M, Taylor S. Comparative efficacy of treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder: a meta-analysis. Clin Psychol Psychother 1998;5:126-144.
17.) Wilson SA, Becker LA, Tinker RH. Fifteen-month follow-up of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder and psychological trauma. J Consult Clin Psychol 1997;65(6):1047-1056.
18.) Wilson SA, Tinker RH, Hoff.
Alert is a joint effort by the Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU), the Medical Products Agency, the National Board of Health and Welfare, and the Federation of Swedish County Councils.
The complete report is available in Swedish only.
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Practice Guidelines PTSD
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6. Picciano, L. (2009, Fall). Alumni incorporate EMDR into psychodynamic treatment. GSAPP Alumni Newsletter, 10(2), 1,4.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
EMDR is a treatment developed by Francine Shapiro (2001) to
reprocess traumatic experiences that are “locked” in the nervous
system and give rise to current symptomatology. It involves an
eight stage protocol in which clients select a target memory and,
with the clinician, assess its cognitive, somatic, and emotional components
as well as associated level of distress. The memory is then
reprocessed through bilateral stimulation (most commonly eye
movements) of the brain until the level of distress is reduced.
Shapiro developed the “information-processing model” to explain
EMDR’s “…treatment effects in terms of the association of memory
networks” (Shapiro, 2002, p. 29). The reprocessing allows the
client to “digest” a stuck traumatic memory by connecting it with
more adaptive memory networks in the brain. EMDR originated as
a treatment for PTSD, but EMDR protocols now exist for a variety
of issues, such as phobias and grief. Originally developed with
adults, its use has also been extended to children, but with modifications
in technique.
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7. Garcia, F. (2011, Julio). Aplicacion de EDMR en el tratamiento de distintos trastornos [Application of EMDR in the treatment of various disorders]. Presentación en la IX Congreso Nacional de Psicología Clínica, San Sebastian, España.
Language: Spanish
Format: Conference
Abstract:
EMDR es actualmente un acercamiento psicoterapéutico reconocido como
tratamiento efectivo del trauma (American Psychiatric Association, 2004; Bisson y Andrew,
de 2007; Bleich et al, 2002;. CREST, 2003; Foa et al, 2009; Niza, 2005).
El trauma produce un cambio en nuestro sentido del yo, en nuestro sentido del
significado del mundo, de su seguridad, de su racionalidad, existe un “antes y después” a
nivel vivencial. La psicóloga Francine Shapiro observó que bajo ciertas condiciones el
movimiento ocular puede reducir la intensidad de los pensamientos perturbadores, a partir
de esta observación estudió científicamente este efecto y en 1989, informó del éxito al
utilizar EMDR en el tratamiento de víctimas de trauma en el Journal of Traumatic Stress.
Desde entonces, EMDR se ha desarrollado y ha evolucionado a través de las
contribuciones de terapeutas e investigadores de todo el mundo. Estudios controlados en
víctimas de Vietnam, abusos, accidentes, víctimas de catástrofes..., indican que EMDR es un
método eficaz en el tratamiento del TEPT (trastorno por estrés postraumático), siendo
también efectivo en el tratamiento de otras problemáticas como dolor crónico, trastornos
psicosomáticos, problemas de apego, malos tratos y adopción.(Shapiro and Forrest, 1997;
Shapiro, 2002; Shapiro, 2007; Van Der Kolk et al, 1997). El EMDR está basado en un modelo de "procesamiento adaptativo de la
información" (Shapiro, 1991), que postula que la experiencia (los sentimientos,
pensamientos y sensaciones) se transforma normalmente en aprendizaje adaptativo
(Shapiro, 2001).
Presentamos aquí este abordaje terapéutico, con una primera intervención que
muestra las bases del EMDR y su aplicación en el dolor crónico y tres comunicaciones más
en las que, a partir de la presentación de un caso, se mostrará la aplicación de los
protocolos de tratamiento para los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria, problemas
adaptativos en niños adoptados y la violencia doméstica en menores.
EMDR is now recognized as a psychotherapeutic approach
effective treatment of trauma (American Psychiatric Association, 2004, Bisson and Andrew,
2007, Bleich et al, 2002,. CREST, 2003, Foa et al, 2009, Nice, 2005). The trauma causes a change in our sense of self, our sense of
meaning of the world, their security, their rationality, there is a "before and after" to
experiential level. The psychologist Francine Shapiro observed that under certain conditions
eye movement can reduce the intensity of disturbing thoughts, from
this observation scientifically studied this effect and in 1989, reported the successful
using EMDR to treat trauma victims in the Journal of Traumatic Stress.
Since then, EMDR has developed and evolved through
contributions of therapists and researchers from around the world. Controlled studies in
Victims of Vietnam, abuse, accident, disaster victims ... indicate that EMDR is a
effective method in treating PTSD (PTSD), with
also effective in treating other problems such as chronic pain disorders
psychosomatic problems of addiction, abuse and adoption. (Shapiro and Forrest, 1997;
Shapiro, 2002; Shapiro, 2007; Van Der Kolk et al, 1997). EMDR is based on a model of "adaptive processing of information "(Shapiro, 1991), which postulates that the experience (feelings,
thoughts and feelings) becomes normally adaptive learning (Shapiro, 2001). We present here this therapeutic approach, with the first intervention
shows the basics of EMDR and its application in chronic pain and three more communications
where, from the case report will show the application of protocols of treatment for eating disorders, problems
adaptive adopted children and domestic violence on children.
Keywords: Trauma
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8. Hartung, J. (2008, Novembro). Aplicações de EMDR para o desenvolvimento de recursos, melhoria de desempenho e treinamento [Applications of EMDR to resource development, performance enhancement, and coaching]. Apresentação no II Congresso Ibero-Americano de EMDR, Brasilia, Brasil.
Language: Portuguese
Format: Conference
Abstract: The traditional focus of psychotherapists (and their clients) has been on pathology and symptom reduction. Professional therapists are becoming increasingly interested in applications of psychotherapeutic principles to prevention, growth, and other examples of what is being generically called “positive psychology”. EMDR clinicians, like other psychotherapists, are seeking more positive ways to practice, both to increase the services they offer, and to redefine themselves professionally. A focus on performance enhancement and coaching are two examples of how clinicians can offer services beyond symptom reduction. A model for using EMDR in positive applications, pilot tested in several countries, will be presented and demonstrated. The EMDR phases will be reconsidered in light of this positive focus: history taking has a greater focus on solutions; the safe place will be discussed as a tool for developing more specific and relevant resources; the TICES acronym will be expanded to include behavior and the therapy relationship; and greater flexibility will be suggested between the parallel processes of desensitization (of the traumatic past) and installation (of the positive future). This last comment relies on the assumption that participants are already skilled in the use of EMDR as a preferred treatment of trauma. The model to be presented has been successfully field tested in several countries in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
Keywords: Coaching Performance Enhancement Resource Development
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9. Sukirna, S., Sadatun, T. I., & Direzkia, Y. (2008, June). Applying EMDR for tsunami survivors with severe PTSD in a disaster region with minimum mental health facilities. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, London, England UK.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Tsunami that hit Aceh on the 26th of December 2004 taken approximately 150,000 lives has changed the region
into a devastated area. Although health services and facilities had been re-established and some NGOs started
delivering psychosocial and mental health services, only a few of them focussed on effective trauma therapy
while the number of survivors who need the treatment are enormous. Tsunami survivors in this region are more
likely to suffer from complex PTSD because of years of armed-conflict had been going on in this region. A survey
conducted by Crisis Centre of the Faculty of Psychology University of Indonesia in collaboration with Terre des
Hommes Germany showed high incidents of various psychological disorders amongst child survivors.. The
program of trauma therapy and EMDR organized by Indonesian Psychological Association and TdH Germany
funded by BMZ Germany since 2006 has treated a good number of tsunami survivors with severe PTSD. Hyperarousal,
flashbacks and bad dreams, avoidance, and somatisation are common. There has been no indication
whether there has been a natural process of recovery among those who were not treated. Starting in February
2008 a controlled study on the effectiveness of EMDR is conducted with 30 tsunami survivors with PTSD that will
be randomized into two groups of 15. The treatment group will be given EMDR therapy until April 2008 and
waitlist group will be given EMDR in May 2008. The effectiveness of EMDR will be measured using IES, HTQ, DES
pre and post treatment with EMDR. First follow up will be collected until June 2008.
Keywords: Disasters Poster Tsumani
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10. Tardy, J., & El Farricha, M. (2007, Juin). Approache Ericksonienne du traumatisme psychique et thérapie EMDR [Ericksonian approach of trauma]. Présentation à la réunion annuelle de l'Association EMDR Europe, Paris, France.
Language: French
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Les techniques d’hypnose éricksonienne sont des outils très utiles au cours d’une psychothérapie, spécialement avec les personnes ayant connu des traumatismes répétés dans l’enfance. En effect, par le biais d’une dissociation thérapeutique, patient et thérapeute on accès à la mémoire traumatique neurobiologique et psychologique et le patient pourra (ré)experimenter la confiance dans ses propres forces naturelles.
Cependant, manié avec peu de précaution l’hypnose risqué d’aggraver la dissociation pathologique. L’association des techniques éricksoniennes et du protocole de la thérapie EMDR augmente les capacitiés de l’espirt et du corps et offre au paitent un meilleur contrôle émotionnel et un amélioration del la (ré)orientation à la réalité.
Le travail des auteurs est a situé dans le cadre de la psychothérapie brève des victimes et s’appuie sur une approche éricksonienne du traumatisme psychique et la thérapie EMDR en tant que novelle méthode thérapeutique efficace pour l’ESPT.
Mohammed El Farricha et Josette Tardy psychologues cliniciens, présenteront un apercu d’un programme de traitement psychothérapique expérimenté avec des patients en ambulatoire ces dix dernières années.
Dans cet atelier l’accent sera plus particulièrement mis sur l’apport des techniques d’hypnose éricksonienne qui semblent cliniquement efficaces et peuvent venir renforcer le protocole EMDR au cours des phases: evaluation et terminaison.
Il s’agira par exemple de démontrer comment, lors de l’évaluation, guider la personne vers la concentration interne nécessaire à une desensitisation complete? Ou encore comment mieux projeter le patient dans un future <
Ericksonian hypnosis techniques are useful tools in the course of psychotherapy, especially with people who have experienced repeated trauma in childhood. In effect, through a separation treatment, patient and therapist is memory access neurobiological and psychological trauma for the patient to (re) experiment confidence in its own natural forces.
However, handled with some caution hypnosis risked aggravating the pathological dissociation. The combination of Ericksonian techniques and EMDR protocol extends the capabilities of espirt and body and offers better paitent emotional control and improvement del (re) orientation to reality.
The authors' work is situated in brief psychotherapy of victims and an approach based on Ericksonian of psychic trauma and EMDR as an effective therapeutic method novella for PTSD.
Mohammed El Farricha and Josette Tardy clinical psychologists, will present an overview of a program of psychotherapy experimented with outpatients in the last ten years.
In this workshop the emphasis will be placed on the contribution of Ericksonian hypnosis techniques that seem clinically effective and can reinforce the EMDR protocol in phases: evaluation and termination.
Some examples demonstrate how, during the evaluation, guide the person towards the internal concentration required for a complete desensitisation? Or how to better plan the patient in a future <> limitations of trauma?
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11. Sautai, G. (2007, Juin). Approche des patient poly-traumatisés par immersion EMDR [Approach of poly traumatised patients with EMDR immersion]. Présentation à la réunion annuelle de l'Association EMDR Europe, Paris, France.
Language: French
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Certains patients présentent "traumatisme poly» ou «empoisonnement psychique» tel que décrit par Jacques Roques dans «Guérir Avec l" EMDR. "Souvent, il s'agit d'un environnement socio culturel a commencé pendant l'enfance. Sur la base de l'hypothèse formulée par Francine Shapiro que le traumatisme peut engendrer des «bloqué les réseaux neuronaux," nous supposons une mise en forme "pourrait se produire au cours de la petite période d'apprentissage.
Exposés à un traumatisme insidieux et répétitifs, un jeune cerveau Virgin Stores réseaux neuronaux liés à la vulnérabilité des enfants en tant que mécanisme de défense. Cela pourrait être obstrué par des perturbations répétitives créer une souffrance psychologique. En tant qu'adulte, ce réseau neuronal inhibiteur, stimulée par déclenchement d'exprimer des comportements excessifs et une forte émotion que nous avons appelé le «non adapté en forme» (NAF).
Nous savons combien il est difficile de prendre ce type d'intoxication »en charge des séances de thérapie EMDR traditionnels en raison de l'interférence des composants multimodal. Habituellement, ils participent émotions mixtes liés à la sécurité, l'estime de soi et le libre choix. Par conséquent, nous avons développé une modalité particulière: EMDR immersion qui est un cours intensif de 10 jours consécutifs de traitement par le patient. «L'objectif clinique est de traiter les dimensions de la croissance personnelle et le développement ainsi que l'élimination de plus de la souffrance» (Francine Shapiro).
Notre expérience comprend 24 patients avec un niveau élevé de troubles psychologiques liés à la NAF. Seuls les patients avec expérience dissociative échelle score inférieur à 25 ont été considérés.
Nous utilisons l'approche thérapie EMDR suivant les 8 étapes du protocole standard.
Nous recevons toute l'histoire chronologique du patient, «de la naissance à aujourd'hui», permet nous permet d'identifier une moyenne de sept objectifs principaux.
Pour être capable de transmuer la NAF à une résolution d'adaptation, nous introduisons un des noms de ressources notamment l '«archaïsme», définie comme «la partie de l'être humain en charge de Live principe de préservation."
Nous l'accès au réseau d'information dysfunctionally stockée par le biais des objectifs.
Nous stimulons le système de traitement de l'information et de la maintenir en forme dynamique avec tactiles et autres additifs stimulations bilatérales. Nous passons l'information par le suivi du processus de libre-association et de lancement des procédures pour s'assurer que la cible transmue à une résolution adaptative.
Comme mesure psychométrique et méthode d'évaluation, nous utilisons l'échelle PCL-S sur les traumatismes exprimé par le patient au début de MED immersion. Le score moyen est de 70 degrés avant l'immersion elle à 28 deux mois plus tard et à 26 six mois plus tard.
En ce qui concerne les résultats encourageants, nous décidons de partager l'expérience afin de mettre à jour.
Some patients present with “poly traumatism” or “psychic poisoning” as described by Jacques Roques in “guérir avec l”EMDR.” Often it is a socio cultural environment started during childhood. Based on the hypothesis formulated by Francine Shapiro that trauma could engender “blocked neuronal networks,” we assume a “formatting” could occur during the childhood learning period.
Exposed to insidious and repetitive trauma, a virgin young brain stores neuronal networks related to the child vulnerability as defense mechanism. That could get blocked by repetitive disturbances creating psychological pain. As an adult, this blocker neuronal network, stimulated by trigger express excessive behaviors and strong emotion we called the “Non Adapted Formatting” (NAF).
We know how difficult it is to take this “poisoning” in charge with traditional EMDR sessions because of the multimodal components interfering. Usually, they involved mixed emotions related to security, self esteem and free choice. Therefore, we developed a particular modality: EMDR Immersion that is an intensive, 10 consecutive days of therapy with the patient. “The clinical goal is to address the dimensions of personal growth and development along with the elimination of over suffering” (Francine Shapiro).
Our experience includes 24 patients with a high level of psychological disturbance related to the NAF. Only patients with Dissociative Experience Scale score less than 25 were considered.
We use EMDR therapy approach following the 8 phases of the standard protocol.
We receive the complete chronological story of the patient, “from birth to now,” allows allows us to identify an average of seven main targets.
To be able to transmute the NAF to an adaptive resolution, we introduce a particular resource names “Archaism” defined as “Part of the human being in charge of Live Principle Preservation.”
We access the dysfunctionally stored information network through the targets.
We stimulate the information-processing system and maintain it in dynamic form with tactile and additive alternative bilateral stimulations. We move the information by monitoring the free-association process and initiating procedures to make sure that the target transmutes to an adaptive resolution.
As psychometric measurement and method evaluation, we use PCL-S Scale on the traumatisms expressed by the patient at the beginning of MED Immersion. The average score is at 70 before Immersion it degrees to 28 two months later and to 26 six months later.
Regarding the encouraging results, we decide to share the experiment in order to upgrade it.
Keywords: EMDR Immersion
Accuracy Verified: Yes
12. Cohn, L. (1994, March). Art therapy. Presentation at the EMDR Network Conference, Sunnyvale, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
New modes of thempy, before they are completely tried and defined,
challenge the professional status quo as well as our individual skills and
preconceptions. Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)presents just such a challenge: the method, barely three years old, has
shown excellent results in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD), but is as yet incompletely documented, and the reasons for its
success remain open to speculation (Shapiro, 1989). Even so, only by
continually exploring new techniques can art therapists adjust to advances
in mental health care.
Keywords: Art Therapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
13. DeBell, C., & Jones, R. D. (1997, April). As good as it seems? A review of EMDR experimental research. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 28(2), 153-163. doi:10.1037/0735-7028.28.2.153 .
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
The article reviews 7 experimental studies that examined eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment. The 7 studies varied greatly in their complexity, their designs, how treatment effects were measured, and their results. Each study is detailed and critically examined. A summary of results is provided as well as suggestions for clinical application and future research. In addition, questions are raised regarding F. Shapiro's approach to disseminating information about EMDR. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Literature Review Methodology Professional Criticism Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Research Needs Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
14. Dayton, J., & Cassity, T. (1994). Assessing dynamics and expectations to insure positive EMDR outcome. EMDR Network Newsletter, 4(3), 4-5.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
An acrophobic professional requested EMDR to enhance his participation in a ropes course offered by his program for substance abusers. The representing material was his first ropes experience during which he became experience during which he became the ground. He was determined to allow himself to fall off and trust his team members to lower him safely. The incongruency between this belief and his internal psychic disturbance and his internal psychic disturbance session.
Keywords: Acrophobia Ropes Course
Accuracy Verified: Yes
15. Chillot, R., & Smith, S. (1994, December). Banish nightmarish memories with the wave of a hand. Prevention, 46(12), 73-75.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
Discusses the alternative psychological therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Its use for people suffering from post-traumatic stress-disorder; Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., developer of EMDR; Why patients watch a waving hand while focusing on the troubling memory; Research in EMDR's favor that was presented at the American Psychological Association convention in August 1994.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
16. Armstrong, R. (2012, October). Beyond the basics: Developing your EMDR practice. Presentation at the at the 4th Autumn EMDR Workshop Conference, Sheffield, UK .
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Drawing on my professional practice and research, with children, young people and adults, this presentation aims to provide information about a range of approaches to the implementation of EMDR therapy, combining theory and practice. There will be time for discussion among participants to share their own discoveries of EMDR refinements that work with different client groups.
Keywords: Implementation Practice Research Training
Accuracy Verified: Yes
17. 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
18. Anchisi, R., Guzzi, R., Fernandez, I., Giannantonio, M., & Ziveri, D. (2001, October). Biofeedback measures in EMDR treatment. In Collegium Internationale Activitatis Nervosae Superioris; International Association for Integrative Nervous Functions, Neurobiology of behaviour and Psychosomatics, (pp 141-148). Palermo, Italy.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
We compared the pre and post therapeutic treatment data using standard EMDR, using a lool such as biofeedback, capable of measuring certain physiologcail parameters in an objective way. The goal was to check variations in the physiological indices and subjective evaluations of well being and discomfort in the subjects.
Some psychotherapists will select subjects using an initial telephone screening followed by a battery of suitable tests. Using such tools, subjects affected by PTSD without comorbidity will be chosen. Independent assessors
will evaluate them again after six weeks (blind design). After this assessment, subjective data will be collected using the SUD scale and objective data will be collected using the SPR, Thermo, Heart Rate, EMG of the biofeedback channels. After exposure the subjects will be randomly assigned to an experimenta1 group, they will be going to meet in six sessions using the EMDR standard protocol and carried out by therapits recognized by the Association EMDR Italy; the other half of the sample will
represent the control group in a waiting list. Once more, all the subjects will be exposed to the trauma, this time listening to the recording of their description of the traumatic event. The SUD and biofeedback values will be then measured again. The comparison of the data of the SUD scale with the data of the biofeedback
channels, in particular the SPR channel, plus the evaluation of the group of independent clinicians using the above-mentioned tests, will provide the co-ordinates for an evaluation (both subjetive and physiological) of the clinical results of the EMDR therapy.
Keywords: Biofeedback Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
19. Bush, Y. R. (1999, June). Bonding and attachment. Prescott College, AZ.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
This paper reviews the issues of major importance in the current study of bonding and attachment. Adopted children and children who have spent some of their childhood in foster care account for a disproportionate number of unattached children. A review of the history of literature relative to bonding and attachment from Freud to Bowlby and to present day experts is presented. The relatively new diagnosis of Reactive Attachment Disorder and the DSM IV diagnostic features are addressed.
The treatment process, including the various accepted techniques that have been somewhat successful, is described. The newest technique, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), developed by Francine Shapiro, is being used to help children who have been diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder. The technique is explained in this paper.
Chapter six includes information regarding how to complete a family history and assessment and the outline for a more formal narrative report.
This paper was written to explain bonding and attachment and its format was planned so that parts of it can be used as a teaching tool. The purpose of the paper is to gain knowledge and understanding in this field of study so that children will benefit. Assessing the level of bonding and attachment will assist the helping professional plan appropriate treatment for children and families.
Keywords: Adoption Attachment Bonding Children
Accuracy Verified: Yes
20. Watson, C., Davis, R., & Heimonen, T. (2010, September/October). Bridging the gap between clinical practice and research with EMDR. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Minneapolis, MN.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a trauma treatment with origins date back to 1987 by its founder Francine Shapiro. EMDR is based on an information-processing model and is being used to treat traumatic symptoms. Clinicians in many types of clinical settings worldwide employ EMDR for a board range of treatment issues including grief, depression, anxiety, physical and sexual abuse. Although there is evidence that EMDR is effective in treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, more research needs to be done in clinical practice settings to contribute to the much needed research base about effective of EMDR with other issues.
Therapists working with trauma are often dealing with high caseloads and administrative requirements of the agencies that they work with. The clinicians involved in this research have observed that there have been some encouraging developments in their community which have served to build bridges for clinicians to increase their confidence in the world of research. In 2007, an intiative called Research Skills Development Program offering mentoring in research skills development was offered in association with Lakehead University and Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Ontario, Canada.
Completion of this 1-year program proved to be the first step in make the transition from clinician to researcher. From there, partnerships were formed within the agency and community. With the support of our agency, researchers were able to gain access to testing and computer software that made data collection and data anaylsis possible with least disruption to our clinical services.
The clinicians were encouraged by previous results from our first study in 2007 (n=6) to continue systematic data collection with more clients (n=6). Approval for this recent study was received by the Ethics Committee of St. Joseph's Care Group.
Keywords: Poster Practice Research Research Skills Development Program
Accuracy Verified: No
21. Borstein, S. S. (2009). Brief adjunctive EMDR. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 3(3), 198-204. doi:10.1891/1933-3196.3.3.198.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Question: How can I provide brief adjunctive EMDR as a
consultation service to other therapists’ clients?
ANSWER FROM SUZANNE S. BORSTEIN:
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
(EMDR) has been demonstrated to be an effective treatment
for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and its
application to other psychological problems has been
documented as well (Maxfi eld, 2007). As the effectiveness
of EMDR is increasingly documented not only in
the professional literature but also in the popular press,
therapists and clients alike have become curious about
whether EMDR might be helpful in their work. [Excerpt]
Keywords: Brief Adjunctive
Accuracy Verified: Yes
22. Artigas, L., & Jarero, I. (2007, March). The butterfly hug. Asociación Mexicana para Ayuda Mental en Crisis, Mexico.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
The Butterfly Hug was originated and developed by Lucina Artigas, M.A., M.T. (Founder of our association), during our work performed with the survivors of Hurricane Pauline in Acapulco Mexico (1997).
Keywords: Butterfly Hug
Accuracy Verified: Yes
23. Jarero, I. (2002, September). The butterfly hug: An update. EMDRIA Newsletter, 7(3), 6.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The Butterfly Hug was originated and developed by Lucina
Artigas, M.A. (Co-founder of our association), during our work
performed with the survivors of Hurricane Paulina in Acapulco
Mexico (1997).
Keywords: Butterfly Hug
Accuracy Verified: Yes
24. Rosen, G. M., & Lohr, J. (1997, January/February). Can eye movements cure mental ailments?. National Council Against Health Fraud Newsletter, 20(1), 1.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Argues that the null hypothesis should be applied to claims that eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) can successfully treat PTSD.
[Reprinted in Skeptical Briefs, 1997, 7, 12]
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Stressors Survivors Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
25. Oh, D., & Choi, J. (2004). Changes in the regional cerebral perfusion after EMDR: A SPECT study of two cases. Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry, 11(2), 173-180.
Language: Korean
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Over the last decade, EMDR(Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) has emerged as a promising new treatment for trauma and other anxiety-based disorders. However, neurobiological mechanism of EMDR has not been well understood. Authors report SPECT findings of two patients of PTSD before and after EMDR.Brain 99mTc-ECD-SPECT was performed before and after EMDR treatment. To evaluate the significance of changes in the regional cerebral perfusion, t-test was conducted on the resulting images using SPM99 . In addition, clinical scales(CAPS, CGI, STAI) were employed to asses the changes in the clinical symptoms of the patients. After EMDR treatment, each showed significant improvement in clinical symptoms. The cerebral perfusion increased in bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and decreased in the temporal association cortex. The differences in the cerebral perfusion between patients after treatment and normal controls decreased. These changes appeared mainly in the limbic area the and the prefrontal cortex.These results suggest that EMDR may show the therapeutic effect through 1) improvement in the emotional control by increased activity in the prefrontal cortex, 2) inhibited hyperstimuli on amygdala by deactivation of the association cortex, 3) inhibition on past trauma related memory, and 4) keeping the functional balance between the limbic area and the prefrontal cortex. This case report needs further replication from studies with larger sample. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Brain Imagining Adults Females Koreans Motor Vehicle Accidents Neurophysiology Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Psychiatric Inpatients PTSD: Rape SPECT Survivors Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
26. Oh, D. H., & Choi, J. (2007). Changes in the regional cerebral perfusion after eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A SPECT study of two cases. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 1(1), 24-30. doi:10.1891/1933-3196.1.1.24.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has emerged as a promising new treatment for trauma and other anxiety-based disorders. However, the neurobiological mechanism of EMDR has not been well understood. This study reports changes in the resting regional cerebral blood flow after successful EMDR treatment in 2 patients with PTSD. Brain 99mTc-ECD-SPECT (Technetium 99m-ethyl cysteinate dimmer-single photon emission computerized tomography) was performed before and after EMDR, and, in addition, a pre- and posttreatment comparison was made with 10 non-PTSD participants as a control group. After EMDR, cerebral perfusion increased in bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and decreased in the temporal association cortex. The differences between participants and normal controls also decreased. Changes appeared mainly in the limbic area and the prefrontal cortex. These results are in line with current understanding of neurobiology of PTSD. EMDR treatment appears to reverse the functional imbalance between the limbic area and the prefrontal cortex. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Adults Brain Imaging Females Koreans Motor Traffic Accidents Neuroimaging Neurophysiology Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Psychiatric Inpatients PTSD Rape RCBF Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography Survivors Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
27. Scarlata, B. (1995). Changing cognitions. EMDR Network Newsletter, 5(1), 8-9.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Linda (not her real name) is a 40-
year-old professional woman whose
avocation is healing and who is proficient
in several of the touch therapies.
She has a Dissociative Disorder with
well-defined "parts," but she has not
experienced time loss. She is not on
medication and although she is often
depressed, she is able bfunction fairly
well most of the time. As a child, she
was emotionally and sexually abused
by her father for approximately ten
years. He is bedridden now, but she is
still subject to his verbal abuse when
she visits him once a week. He has
never acknowledged his abuse, nor
has she confronted him about it (although
she has told her mother). She
said she will not feel totally safe until
he is dead. We have had ten sessions
together. EMDR was used in most of
our sessions during which she processed
specific incidents of abuse that
were very traumatic for her. She
believes that she has many dissociated
infant and child parts-each of
whom hold a memory of one of the
abusive incidents she experienced.
Keywords: Cognitions
Accuracy Verified: Yes
28. Greenwald, R. (1999, June). Child and adolescent special interest group. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Las Vegas, NV.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
This special interest group is devoted to fostering the development and availablity of EMDR for children and adolescents. Possible SIG sponsored activities may include: information clearinghouse; development of practice and training standards; protocols for speical populations; education of professional, school, medical, and lay communities; peer support for research and writing; and advocacy for underserved child/adolescent populations. At this meeting we will discuss and begin to plan the first activities to be sponsored by this group.
Keywords: Adolescents Children SIG
Accuracy Verified: Yes
29. 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
30. EMDR Professional Issue Committee (EPIC) (1991). Clinical exchange - Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Response and review. EMDR Institute, Pacific Grove, CA.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
We are writing in response to a commentary published in the Clinical Exchange column in the August, 1991. In particular, we are concerned about how the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) procedure was presented. In order to provide a balanced summary of the
development, procedures, and current uses of EMDR, we are offering the following comments in order to clarify some of the confusion or misconceptions that may have arisen as a result of
the aforementioned commentary.
Keywords: EMDR Professional Issue Committee EPIC Review
Accuracy Verified: Yes
31. Gelinas, D., & Lipke, H. (2007). Clinical Q & A. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 1(1), 62-65. doi:10.1891/1933-3196.1.1.62.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
A contribution to the "Clinical Q&A" column, in which master clinicians answer questions posed by readers who are requesting assistance with clinical challenges. The question to which the authors are replying is "I recently took the EMDR training, but I'm having trouble getting started with EMDR. What do you suggest?" [Adapted from Text, p. 62] [Pilots]
Keywords: Professional Training Psychotherapeutic Processes
Accuracy Verified: Yes
32. Fisher, E. (1997, May 26). Coached to success: Professional advisers help many workers break out of career and personal slumps. Washington, DC: The Washington Times, Business Times, D12.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
Many in the scientific community dispute EMDR's validity, but Ms. Fox and many patients of EMDR insist the method reduces stress and improves performance at key moments.
Keywords: General Overview Washinton, DC
Accuracy Verified: Yes
33. Allen, W. (2002). Coaching amateur athletes: From frozen to fearless. In L. Grodzki (Ed.), The new private practice: Therapist-coaches share stories, strategies, and advice (pp. 178-191). New York: W. W. Norton.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
This chapter presents a case study in which the coach, who works with amateur athletes, addresses the fear of an amateur horseback rider who broke her arm horseback riding but wanted to continue the sport. The author describes how she set the goals of addressing and diffusing the upsetting mindset; installing a cognitive-behavioral link to support new skill integration and application; and looking at the client's riding through the lens of an amateur but competitive athlete to see how she could best make certain training decisions. She discusses her tools and techniques, including eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), neurolinguistic programming, shamanic healing, and Buddhist meditation, and presents an extract from her first EMDR session with her silent thinking about the process as it unfolded. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved).
Keywords: Athletic Performance Buddhism Buddhist Meditation Coaches Coaching Amateur Athletes Emotional Trauma Fear Goals Horses Neurolinguistic Programming NLP Professional Development Shamanic Healing Shamanism Therapists
Accuracy Verified: Yes
34. Makinson, R. A., & Young, J. S. (2012, April). Cognitive behavioral therapy and the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Where counseling and neuroscience meet. Journal of Counseling & Development, 90(2), 131-140. doi:10.1111/j.1556-6676.2012.00017.x .
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
There is increasing evidence to support the biological basis of mental disorders. Subsequently, understanding the neurobiological context from which mental distress arises can help counselors appropriately apply cognitive behavioral therapy and other well-researched cognitive interventions. The purpose of this article is to describe the neurobiological context underlying the formation and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorders, a mental disorder frequently encountered by counselors, from a cognitive therapy framework.
Recent changes to the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (2009) accreditation standards include the need for counselors-in-training to understand the neurobiological basis of behavior, which marks a new direction for the training of professional counselors who have historically reacted ambivalently toward medical models for understanding client concerns and treatments. Yet recent findings in neuroscience actually support the verbally based interventions that counselors typically use in treatment; therefore, there is much to be gained by counselors and counselor educators in understanding the basics of human neurobiology and how commonly used counseling interventions intervene on these biological systems. The National Institute of Mental Health (2010) stated in a recent strategic plan that “Important discoveries in areas such as genetics, neuroscience, and behavioral science largely account for the substantial gains in knowledge that have helped us to understand the complexities of mental illnesses and behavioral disorders over the past 15 years” (“Introduction,” para. 4).
Given the increasingly biological focus of mental health research, the practicing counselor is faced with the task of understanding and using the emerging mental health treatments and explaining to clients, to reimbursing agencies, and to the broader public how counseling fits within the medically dominated mental health culture. Some counselors have long reacted ambivalently toward the pathologically oriented diagnostic categories of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV;American Psychiatric Association, 1994) system and the medication-dominated world of psychiatry. For example, the contrasting viewpoints on this issue were published in the Journal of Counseling & Development between Allen and Mary Ivey (1998, 1999) and Scott Hinkle (1999). Ivey and Ivey (1998) argued for a developmental interpretation to the DSM-IV, opposing what they called the “pathological view” (p. 334) of the manual. According to Ivey and Ivey, disorders could be viewed through a positive development tradition to lie not within the individual but within the contextual systems in which a person lives. Subsequently, disorders are viewed as a “logical response to a developmental history” (Ivey & Ivey, 1999, p. 484). By contrast, Hinkle (1999) argued that because anxiety and depressive disorders “are the most common clinical symptoms associated with presentation to counseling” (p. 475), the counseling profession is weakened if counselors shy away from direct participation in the DSM nomenclature and treatment parlance. As Hinkle indicated, “mental disorders according to the medical model describe disease processes, not people” (p. 475). Regardless of the reader's philosophical perspective, practicing counselors know participation in medical and psychiatric systems is necessary at times. Also, recent discoveries in the field of neuroscience are providing evidence that interventions often used by counselors have direct physiological impact on client neurobiology (Kennedy et al., 2007; Linden, 2006). For example, Felmingham et al. (2007) demonstrated significant differences in brain activity before and after 8 weeks of exposure therapy, which correlated with a reduction in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity. Similarly, Paquette et al. (2003) found that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) alters the activation and metabolism of specific brain regions following successful treatment of spider phobia. These findings, along with others (for a detailed review, see Beauregard, 2007; Frewen, Dozois, & Lanius, 2008), are significant because they support the techniques, interventions, and approaches used by counselors and provide a mechanism by which counseling positively affects brain physiology. Within the emerging physiologically based treatment milieu, counselors should be prepared to articulate how cognitive counseling interventions make measurable changes to the client. Although cognitive-behavioral-based approaches are effective in the treatment of a number of psychiatric illnesses, adult PTSD is arguably one of the best understood mental disorders from a neurological perspective. It thus presents a valuable model for exploring not only the basic tenets of neurobiology but also the mechanisms behind its successful treatment. Furthermore, PTSD is a disorder that counselors will likely encounter in practice.
PTSD is a mental disorder characterized by a sudden onset of symptoms due to environmental exposure to a psychologically stressful event such as war, natural disaster, or sexual victimization. Thus, it provides a clear example of how, even in adulthood, neurological adaptation (in this case maladaptive changes) can functionally “rewire” the brain in a short period of time, resulting in a sustained array of clinical symptoms. The diagnostic criteria for PTSD are a history of exposure to a traumatic event meeting two criteria and symptoms from each of three symptom clusters: intrusive recollections, avoidant/numbing symptoms, and hyperarousal symptoms. A fifth criterion concerns duration of symptoms and a sixth assesses functioning (American Psychiatric Association, 2000).
The National Comorbidity Survey Replication, conducted between February 2001 and April 2003 (Kessler et al., 2005), determined that the estimated lifetime prevalence of PTSD among American adults is 6.8%, with women (9.7%) twice as likely as men (3.6%) to have the disorder at some point in their lives. These findings are very similar to those of the first National Comorbidity Survey conducted in the early 1990s (Kessler, Sonnega, Bromet, Hughes, & Nelson, 1995), which was composed of interviews of a representative national sample of 8,098 Americans ages 15 to 54 years. In this earlier sample, the estimated prevalence of lifetime PTSD was 7.8% in the general population. As in the more recent survey, women (10.4%) were more than twice as likely as men (5%) to have PTSD at some point in their lives (Kessler et al., 2005; Kessler et al., 1995).
Keywords: CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Neurobiological Basis of Behavior Neurobiology Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
35. van Ommeren, M. (1996, October). Comment on Greenwald (1996): The assessment of fidelity to the EMDR treatment protocol. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 27(5), 529. doi:10.1037/0735-7028.27.5.529.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Comments on R. Greenwald's (see record 83-27577) article in which he argues that fidelity to the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) protocol is the critical factor that determines whether a treatment outcome study will show that EMDR is effective. M. Van Ommeren recommends the formation of a panel that can make assessments as to whether or not the treatments used in EMDR outcome studies have fidelity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Letter Methodology Professional Criticism Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
36. Lipke, H. (2003, December). Comment on Hembree and Foa (2003) and EMDR. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 16(6), 573-574. doi:10.1023/B:JOTS.0000004081.85114.05.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
The role of eye movements in EMDR therapy is not yet clear. However, it is clear that Hembree and Foa's uncritical report of evidence nonsupportive of the importance of eye movement, or other sensory/motor activity in EMDR, suggests this is a closed issue, not an open issue as the research actually indicates. This uncritical interpretation by Hembree and Foa poses the danger of unjustly steering scientists and clinicians away from consideration of EMDR as a distinct method of treatment, and of attempting to better understand its mechanism of effect. [Text, p. 573] [Pilots]
Keywords: Comment Letter Professional Criticism Reply Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
37. Tofani, L. R. (2007). Complex separation, individuation processes, and anxiety disorders in young adulthood. In F. Shaprio, F. W. Kaslow, & L. Maxfield (Eds.), Handbook of EMDR and family therapy processes (pp. 265-283). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
Research has shown that anxiety in children is highly influenced by parenting style, perception of family support (Rapee & Melville, 1997), and family relational patterns. Social Anxiety Disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) is considered to be a common disorder in young adults. According to Shapiro's (1995, 2001) Adaptive Information Processing model, a neurotic symptomatic situation in a young adult with an unfinished separation process may be connected to unresolved separations and other past traumas. This chapter discusses research and clinical evidence, and treatment of young adults with complex separation problems. Integration of family systems therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR; Shapiro, 2001) is discussed. In this integrated treatment procedure, family therapy follows the experiential family systems therapy approach (Giat Roberto, 1992; Napier & Whitaker, 1978), with elements of multigenerational and Structural Family Therapy styles (Bowen, 1978; Minuchin & Fishman, 1992). The EMDR standard protocol is followed. A case example and concluding discussion complete the chapter. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Anxiety Disorders Family Relations Family Systems Therapy Family Systems Theory Family Therapy Individuation Integrative Psychotherapy Separation Anxiety Separation Individuation Separation Problems Separation Reactions Structural Family Therapy Young Adulthood
Accuracy Verified: Yes
38. de Keijser, J., Denderen, M., & Verster-Bosman, M. (2013, April). Complicated grief and PTSD after murder, etiology and treatment: Research into treatment with EMDR and CBT in relatives of murder [Complexe rouw en PTSS na moord, etiologie en behandeling: Onderzoek naar behandeling met EMDR en CGT bij nabestaanden van moord]. Presentatie op het congres EMDR Vereniging EMDR Nederland, Nijmegen, Nederland.
Language: Dutch
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Directe nabestaanden van slachtoffers van moord krijgen vaak te maken met een PTSS en gecompliceerde rouw. De Rijksuniversiteit Groningen is, met medefinanciering door het Fonds Slachtofferhulp, een onderzoek gestart naar de vraag of professionele hulp effectief is.
Het onderzoek kent twee doelstellingen:
In hoeverre draagt een behandeling bestaande uit EMDR en CGT voor familieleden en partners van een vermoord persoon bij aan het verminderen van symptomen van gecompliceerde rouw.
Daarnaast hoopt het onderzoek inzicht te krijgen in de mate waarin het effect van de behandeling met EMDR en CGT gemedieerd wordt door een afname van intrusies, vermijdingsgedrag, extreme woede en disfunctionele cognities.
In de presentatie komen drie sprekers aan het woord:
- Jos de Keijser, klinisch psycholoog/psychotherapeut en projectleider van het onderzoek, zal een theoretisch kader schetsen over gecompliceerde rouw en PTSS bij nabestaanden na moord, inclusief implicaties voor de praktijk.
- Mariette van Denderen, criminologe en promovendus, zal de resultaten van de behandelingen met EMDR en CGT tot nu (dan) toe presenteren.
- Moniek Verster, een van de behandelaren in het onderzoek, zal over de praktijk van het toepassen van EMDR en CGT bij nabestaanden van moord vertellen.
Casuïstiek komt aan bod, indien mogelijk met gebruikmaking van videofragmenten.
Immediate relatives of murder victims often have to deal with PTSD and complicated grief. The University of Groningen, with co-financing by the Fund Victim, launched an investigation into whether professional help is effective. The study has two objectives:
To what extent does a treatment consisting of EMDR and CBT for family members and partners of a murdered person to reducing symptoms of complicated grief.
Additionally this study aims to understand the extent to which the effect of the treatment with EMDR and CBT is mediated by a decrease of intrusions, avoidance behavior, extreme anger and dysfunctional cognitions.
During the presentation, three speakers to talk:
- Jos de Keijser, clinical psychologist / psychotherapist and leader of the research, a theoretical framework sketches about complicated grief and PTSD in survivors after murder, including implications for practice.
- Mariette of Denderen, criminologist and researcher, the results of the treatment with EMDR and CBT until now (then) to present.
- Moniek Verster, one of the practitioners in the study, will the practice of using EMDR and CBT in relatives of murder tell.
Casuistry is discussed, where possible using video clips.
Keywords: CBT Cognitive Behavior Therapy Complicated Grief Murder Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Violence
Accuracy Verified: Yes
39. Allen, J., & Lewis, L. (1996, Spring). A conceptual framework for treating traumatic memories and its application to EMDR. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 60(2), 238-263.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
With burgeoning interest in trauma has come a proliferation of interventions for the treatment of intrusive memories. At this stage of development, uniformity of clinical practice in the trauma field is neither possible nor desirable. The literature suggests that a wide range of treatment interventions are effective. But diversity in practice does not preclude coherence in conceptualization. This article presents a general theoretical framework to provide clinicians and patients with a rationale for treating intrusive symptoms of PTSD. To illustrate the applicability of the framework, the authors critique Shapiro's recent theoretical explanation of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), an exemplary cognitive-behavioral approach to the treatment of trauma. EMDR merits careful theoretical reappraisal, because it has become a highly popular and seemingly effective technique that currently rests on an unsound neurobiological theoretical foundation. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Hallucinations Intrusive Thoughts Memory Impairment Neurophysiology Professional Criticism Psychotherapeutic Processes PTSD Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
40. Joseph, S. A. (2002, May). Counterpoint: Emperor's new clothes?. The Psychologist, 15(5), 242-243.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
Argues that present-day scientific knowledge is inadequate to warrant the existence of a fully developed therapeutic approach based on eye movements or any other dual-attention task.
A comment on: Francine Shapiro and Louise Maxfield, "In the blink of an eye," Psychologist 15(3): 120-124 (March 2002. [Pilots]
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Treatment
Accuracy Verified: Yes
41. Singer, M. T., & Lalich, J. (1996). Crazy therapies: What are they? Do they work?. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Language: English
Format: Book
Abstract:
The relationship between patient and therapist is unique in important ways when compared to relationships between clients and other professionals such as physicians, dentists, attorneys, and accountants. The key difference is present from first contact: it is not clearly understood exactly what will transpire. There is no other professional relationship in which consumers are more in the dark than when they first go to see a therapist.
In other fields, the public is fairly well informed about what the professional does. Tradition, the media, and general experience have provided consumers with a baseline by which to judge what transpires. If you break your arm, the orthopedist explains she will take an X ray and set the bone; she tells you something about how long the healing will take if all goes well and gives you an estimate of the cost. When you go to a dentist, you expect him to look at your teeth, take a history, explain what was noted, and recommend a course of treatment with an estimate of time and cost. Your accountant will focus on bookkeeping, tax reports, and finances, and help you deal with regulatory agencies.
Consumers enter these relationships expecting that the training, expertise, and ethical obligations of the professional will keep the client's best interests foremost. Both the consumer and the professional are aware of each person's role, and it is generally expected that the professional will stick to doing what he or she is trained to do. The consumer does not expect his accountant to lure him into accepting a new cosmology of how the world works or to "channel" financial information from "entities" who lived thousands of years ago; or for his dentist to induce him to believe that the status of his teeth was affected by an extraterrestrial experimenting on him. Nor does the patient expect the orthopedist to lead him to think the reason he fell and broke his arm was because he was under the influence of a secret satanic cult.
But seeing a therapist is a far different situation for the consumer. In the field of psychotherapy there is no relatively agreed upon body of knowledge, no standard procedures that a client can expect. There are no national regulatory bodies, and not every state has governing boards or licensing agencies. There are many types and levels of practitioners. Often the client knows little or nothing at all about what type of therapy a particular therapist "believes in" or what the therapist is really going to be doing in the relationship with the client.
In meeting a therapist for the first time, most consumers are almost as blind as a bat about what will transpire between the two of them. At most, they might think they will probably talk to the therapist and perhaps get some feedback or suggestions for treatment. What clients might not be aware of is the gamut of training, the idiosyncratic notions, and the odd practices that they may be exposed to by certain practitioners.
Consumers are a vulnerable and trusting lot. And because of the special, unpredictable nature of the therapeutic relationship, it is easy for them to be taken advantage of. This makes it all the more incumbent on therapists to be especially ethical and aware of the power their role carries in our society. The misuse and abuse of power is one of the central factors in what goes wrong.
Questions to Ask Your Prospective Therapist
Ultimately, a therapist is a service provider who sells a service. A prospective client should feel free to ask enough questions to be able to make an informed decision about whether to hire a particular therapist.
We have provided a general list of questions to ask a prospective therapist, but feel free to ask whatever you need to know in order to make a proper evaluation. Consider interviewing several therapists before settling on one, just as you might in purchasing any product.
Draw up your list of questions before phoning or going in for your first appointment. We recommend that you ask these questions in a phone interview first, so that you can weed out unlikely candidates and save yourself the time and expense of initial visits that don't go anywhere.
If during the process a therapist continues to ask you, "Why do you ask?" or acts as though your questioning reflects some defect in you, think carefully before signing up. Those types of responses will tell you a lot about the entire attitude this person will express toward you - that is, that you are one down and he is one up, and that furthermore you are quaint to even ask the "great one" to explain himself.
If you are treated with disdain for asking about what you are buying, think ahead: how could this person lead you to feel better, plan better, or have more self-esteem if he begins by putting you down for being an alert consumer? Remember, you may be feeling bad and even desperate, but there are thousands of mental health professionals, so if this one is not right, keep on phoning and searching.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
42. Hillman, J. L. (2002). Crisis intervention and trauma, New approaches to evidence-based practice. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Language: English
Format: Book
Abstract: R
ecent findings from an American Psychological Association task force suggest that one in four therapists will experience patient suicide, and that one in eight will feel threatened by patient violence during their career. Experts from this task force have also noted that clinicians receive virtually no formal training or coursework in crisis intervention. Despite the increasing need for professional services among members of the general population, current practitioners have few texts available that provide step-by-step, detailed information about how to engage in crisis intervention, and how to integrate recent, empirical research findings into theory and practice. This volume helps bridge this critical gap by providing a theoretically advanced, yet practical guide to crisis intervention.
Particular attention is given to the role of violence within our culture, patient suicide, school and workplace violence, long-term sequelae of trauma, clinical assessment and risk management, professional boundaries and burn-out, domestic violence, and the neurophysiology of trauma, as well as the needs of typically underserved patient populations including minority group members, older adults, gays and lesbians, and children. The text also features critical reviews of controversial topics, including EMDR, critical incident stress debriefing, recovered memories, dissociative identity disorder, and alternative medicine. [Springer]
Keywords: Crisis Intervention Trauma
Accuracy Verified: Yes
43. Dattilio, F. (2001). Crisis intervention techniques for panic disorder. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 55(3), 388-405.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Panic disorder is estimated to affect more than 4% of the U.S. population. It is assumed that this incident rate increases during crisis situations. While the professional literature is replete with references on the treatment of panic disorders, few authors address the use of nondrug treatment in conjunction with crisis intervention. This article provides an overview of the latest nonpharmacologic interventions for panic along with a description of their effectiveness in reducing the onset of symptomatology as well as preventing relapse during crisis.
Keywords: Crisis Intervention Non-drug Treatment Panic dsiorder Nonpharmacological Interventions
Accuracy Verified: Yes
44. Leeds, A. M. (2007, June). Criteria for assuring appropriate clinical use and avoiding misuse of resource development and installation when treating complex posttraumatic stress syndromes. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Paris, France.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
The consensus model of treatment for patients with complex posttraumatic syndromes emphasizes assuring adequate stabilization before and during uncovering and resolving of traumatic memories (Brown, Scheflin, & Hammond, 1998; Chu, 1998; Courtois, 1999; Hart, Nijenhius, Steele, 2006). Resource Development and Installation (RDI) has been described in a series of published case reports as an effective stabilizing intervention for adult survivors of adverse childhood experiences (Korn & Leeds, 2202; Leeds, 1997, 1998, 2001b; Leeds & Shapiro, 2000; Popky, 2005). These clinical case reports of RDI have been described observed decreases in intense shame, depersonalization, angry outbursts, self-injurious behaviors, compulsive eating, obsessive self-critical thoughts, persistent negative emotional states (misery), sexual acting out, and substance abuse. There are now several published procedural descriptions (Korn & Leeds, 2002; Leeds, 2001; Leeds & Shapiro, 2000) and a summary in the standard reference text on EMDR (Shapiro, 2001).
The growing use of RDI by EMDR trained clinicians has been followed by reports indicating that a significant number of patients with post traumatic stress syndromes who meet standard EMDR readiness criteria for ego strength and stability have been persistently offered RDI without being offered standard EMDR reprocessing. EMDR has been shown to produce stable, enduring treatment effects for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. RDI has not. Until recently (Korn et al, 2004; Leeds, 2005, 2006; Shapiro, 2004) little attention has been given to assuring appropriate use and avoiding misuse of RDI. This presentation will describe serious clinical and professional issues in continuing to offer RDI over repeated treatment sessions to patients with posttraumatic stress syndromes who meet or achieve readiness criteria for standard EMDR reprocessing and in failing to offer or in excessively delaying EMDR reprocessing.
This presentation will clarify and review specific criteria for identifying: for which patients (1) and clinical situations (2) the use of RDI is indicated; for which patients and clinical situations (3) RDI should be offered cautiously, if at al, but alternate stabilization methods should be considered; and for which patients (4) RDI should not be offered but where standard EMDR processing should be offered without delay. An overview of RDI procedural steps will be presented (5) to clarify its clinical application. Strategies will be offered to address technical, clinical and countertransference issues that may b associated with misuse or excessive use of RDI. A series of ten clinical vignettes will be presented to illustrate appropriate clinical use, clinical cautions and misuse of RDI.
Keywords: Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Complex PTSD C-PTSD RDI Resource Development and Installation
Accuracy Verified: Yes
45. Nurse, A. R., & Rouanzoin, C. C. (1995). Criteria for special EMDR training standards (for other than University/Professional Schools and Agency/Internship Instruction). Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Santa Monica, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
EMDR is a psychological method/intervention that should only be used by licensed
mental health professionals adequately trained in EMDR. The Training and
Standards Committee has the authority and responsibility to recommend to the
Board of EMDRIA, and hence to the public and inquiring agencies (e.g., managed
care, licensing boards, insurance companies) those training programs that meet the
following criteria.
Keywords: Training Standards
Accuracy Verified: Yes
46. Perkins, B., & Rouanzoin, C. (2002, January). A critical evaluation of current views regarding eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Clarifying points of confusion. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58(1), 77-97. doi:10.1002/jclp.1130.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
EMDR is an active psychological treatment for PTSD that has received widely divergent reactions from the scientific and professional community. This article examines points of confusion in the published literature on EMDR, including the theoretical, empirical, and historical issues around EMDR and placebo effects, exposure procedures, the eye movement component, treatment fidelity issues, and outcome studies. It also examines historical information relevant to the scientific process and charges of "pseudoscience" regarding EMDR. We conclude that the confusion in the literature is due to (a) the lack of an empirically validated model capable of convincingly explaining the effects of the EMDR method, (b) inaccurate and selective reporting of research, (c) some poorly designed empirical studies, (d) inadequate treatment fidelity in some outcome research, and (e) multiple biased or inaccurate reviews by a relatively small group of authors. Reading the original research articles frequently helps to reduce the confusion arising from the research review literature. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Literature Review Methodology Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
47. Greenwald, R. (1994, March). Criticisms of Sanderson’s and Carpenter’s study on eye movement desensitization. doi:10.1016/0005-7916(94)90072-8. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 25(1), 90-91.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Discusses the validity of a study on the efficacy of eye movement desensitization that did not follow the exact principles of EMDR as enunciated by Francine Shapiro. [Pilots]
Keywords: Experimental Design Letter Phobia Professional Criticism Professional Criticism Reply
Accuracy Verified: Yes
48. Spates, C. R., Waller, S., & Koch, E. I. (2000, Summer). A critique of Lohr et al's (1998) review of EMDR and Lipke's commentary: Of messages and messengers. the Behavior Therapist, 23(7), 148-154.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Our goals are as follows: (a) to propose what we believe is a reasonable context within which to evaluate data pertinent to EMDR; (b) to examine how the evidence fits within an evaluation of the more general treatment outcome literature on PTSD; (c) to suggest a constructive direction for future research. [Adapted from Text, p. 148]
A comment on: Jeffrey M. Lohr, David F. Tolin, and Scott O. Lilienfeld, "Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: implications for behavior therapy", Behavior Therapy 29(1): 123-156 (Winter 1998) [20817] and Howard J. Lipke, "Comments on 'Thirty years of behavior therapy..." and the promise of the application of scientific principles", Behavior Therapist 22: 11-14 (1999).
Keywords: Methodology Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
49. 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
beïnvloed? 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
50. Jaspers, J. (2011, May). De relatie tussen wetenschap en klinische praktijk [The relationship between science and clinical practice]. Psychologie & Gezondheid, 32(2), 59-60. doi:10.1007/s12483-011-0016-6.
Language: Dutch
Format: Journal
Abstract:
De discussie over mindfulness die in het vorige nummer van Psychologie & Gezondheid is gevoerd, wordt in dit nummer voortgezet. Frank Vernooij reageert op de eerdere bijdragen vanuit zijn klinische ervaring metmindfulnessmeditatietraining (MTT). Hij relativeert de bijdrage die vanuit de wetenschap kan worden geleverd aan de klinische praktijk in het algemeen en aan het vaststellen van de waarde en effectiviteit van mindfulness in het bijzonder. Ook in het vorige nummer werd door Maya Schroevers en haar collega’s en door Ivan Nyklíček het effectonderzoek naar MTT al positiever ingeschat dan door Remco Havermans, maar Vernooij gaat nog een stapje verder. Hij lijkt de mogelijkheden van de wetenschap om uitspraken te doen over de klinische praktijk niet hoog in te schatten. Havermans vermoedt zelfs dat Vernooij hem beschuldigt van sciëntisme, de overtuiging dat wetenschap superieur is aan alle andere interpretaties van het leven. Havermans maakt glashelder waarom hij vindt dat wetenschap een cruciale rol vervult voor een op evidentie gebaseerde klinische praktijk. Tevens stelt hij nogmaals vast dat de evidentie voor MMT te wensen overlaat en dat ook het meest recente onderzoek, gepubliceerd in 2010 en 2011, dezelfde methodologische tekorten kent als eerder effectonderzoek naar MMT. De zoekterm ‘mindfulnesss’ leverde voor 2010 en 2011 weliswaar bijna 400 citaties op, maar hieronder vond hij slechts vijf relevante MMT-trials. Bij zijn beschrijving van deze trials stelt Havermans terloops vast dat hoge impactfactoren van tijdschriften niet garant staan voor kwalitatief het best mogelijke onderzoek. Dit laatste is mogelijk een troost voor Sandra Mulkens en andere Nederlandse onderzoekers die, geheel in de huidige academische traditie, zo hoog mogelijk proberen te scoren in Engelstalige wetenschappelijke tijdschriften, lees haar column in dit nummer.
Naast effectonderzoek is onderzoek in de traditie van de experimentele psychopathologie (Jansen, Van den Hout & Merckelbach, 2010) een beproefde manier om wetenschappelijke kennis te vergaren die van groot belang kan zijn voor de klinische praktijk. Het openingsartikel van dit nummer is hiervan een voorbeeld bij uitstek. Over de werkzame factoren van EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) is veel gespeculeerd, maar nauwelijks iets bekend. Het onderzoek van Marcel van den Hout, Iris Engelhard en collega’s heeft hierover een aannemelijk theoretisch model opgeleverd. De theorie dat belasting van het werkgeheugen een cruciale rol speelt bij het vervagen van negatieve en positieve herinneringen is door hen in een serie experimenten overtuigend aangetoond. Een van die experimenten wordt in het openingsartikel beschreven. De publicaties hierover (zowel Engelstalig als in het Nederlands) en de klinische implicaties die door de onderzoekers zijn geformuleerd, hebben tot veel reacties geleid. Gelet op de geschiedenis van EMDR in Nederland, met uitgesproken pleitbezorgers en criticasters, wekt dat wellicht weinig verbazing. In nummer 1 van Dth (Directieve therapie) van dit jaar reagerenWillen van der Does en Hellen Hornsveld op het model van Van den Hout en Engelhard en de consequenties ervan voor de klinische praktijk. Een opmerkelijke overeenkomst met de discussie over mindfulness is de verschillende interpretatie van het wetenschappelijk onderzoek, in dit geval de evidentie voor EMDR in vergelijking met cognitieve gedragstherapie (CGT): Van der Does (2011) meent dat EMDR net iets minder effectief is dan CGT, terwijl Hornsveld (2011) de conclusie trekt dat CGT, in het bijzonder imaginaire exposure, het aflegt tegen EMDR. Ook al waarschuwen beiden tegen al te snelle gevolgtrekkingen van dit experimenteel onderzoek bij niet-patiënten voor de klinische praktijk, nieuwe wetenschappelijke informatie lijkt vooral geïnterpreteerd te worden vanuit reeds eerder bestaande opvattingen en oordelen over EMDR en CGT. De suggestie van Van den Hout en Engelhard (2011) dat EMDR een gewone CGT-techniek kan worden, zal hen door de snel groeiende Vereniging EMDR Nederland niet in dank worden afgenomen, al hoopt Van der Does (2011) op decimering van het ledental.
Al met al blijkt uit deze recente discussies het spanningsveld tussen wetenschap en klinische praktijk. De ontwikkelingen in de (klinische) psychologie, waarbij de kloof tussen wetenschappers en clinici alleen maar lijkt toe te nemen, onder andere omdat het door de toenemende specialisaties steeds moeilijker wordt voor psychologen om beide beroepsrollen te combineren, doen daar geen goed aan.
The discussion about mindfulness in the previous issue of Psychology & Health are hereby continued in this issue. Frank Vernooij responding to previous contributions from his clinical experience mindfulness and meditation training (MTT). He puts the contribution that science can be delivered to the clinical practice in general and to determine the value and effectiveness of mindfulness in particular. In the previous issue was Schroevers Maya and her colleagues and by Ivan Nyklicek impact study MTT been more positive assessments than by Remco Havermans, Vernooij but goes one step further. He seems the ability of science to make statements about the clinical practice to estimate high. Havermans even suspects that he Vernooij accused of scientism, the belief that science is superior to all other interpretations of life. Havermans makes clear why he thinks science is a crucial role for an evidence-based clinical practice. Also, he once again that the evidence of MMT is inadequate and that the latest research, published in 2010 and 2011, has the same methodological shortcomings as earlier research on effects MMT. The search term 'mindfulnesss "delivered in 2010 and 2011, while nearly 400 citations, but below, he found only five relevant trials MMT. In his description of these trials suggests that high Havermans casually impact factors of journals does not guarantee the best quality research. The latter may be a comfort to Sandra Mulkens and Dutch researchers, all in the current academic tradition, try to score as high as possible in English scientific journals, read her column in this issue.
Besides effects research, research in the tradition of experimental psychopathology (Jansen, Van den Hout & Merckelbach, 2010) a proven way to scientific knowledge is produced that may be important for clinical practice. The opening article of this issue is an example par excellence. On the effective factors of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) has been much speculation but very little known. The study by Marcel van den Hout, Iris Engelhard and colleagues has made a plausible theoretical model yielded. The theory that taxes working memory plays a crucial role in the blurring of negative and positive memories by them in a series of experiments convincingly demonstrated. One of those experiments in the opening article. The publications on this subject (both English and Dutch) and the clinical implications have been formulated by the investigators, have led to many responses. Given the history of EMDR in the Netherlands, with strong advocates and critics, suggests that perhaps little surprise. In a number of Dth (directive therapy) this year to respond to van der Does and Helen Horn Field on the model of van den Hout and Engelhard and its consequences for clinical practice. A remarkable agreement with the discussion of mindfulness is the different interpretations of scientific research, in this case the evidence for EMDR compared to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT): Van der Does (2011) believes that EMDR is slightly less effective than CBT, while Horn Field (2011) concludes that CBT, in particular imaginal exposure, it looses against EMDR. Although both warn against too rapid conclusions from this experimental study in non-patients for clinical practice, new scientific information seems to be interpreted from pre-existing beliefs and judgments about EMDR and CBT. The suggestion of Van den Hout and Engelhard (2011) that EMDR is a simple CBT techniques may be, will bring them through the fast-growing Netherlands Association EMDR not be appreciated, though hopes Van der Does (2011) on the decimation of the membership.
All in all, of these recent discussions the tension between science and clinical practice. Developments in the (clinical) psychology, where the gap between scientists and clinicians only seems to be increasing, partly because it is the increasing specialization is becoming increasingly difficult for psychologists to both professional roles to combine, do not do well.
Keywords: Mindfulness and Meditation Training, MTT
Accuracy Verified: Yes
51. Oppenheim, H.-J. (2005, November). De som der delen: EMDR bij de behandeling van een vrouw met DIS [The sum of its parts: EMDR to treat a woman with DIS]. Presentatie op het Eerste Congres van de Vereniging EMDR Nederland, Ede, Nederland.
Language: Dutch
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Er zijn, zover bekend, zeven artikelen verschenen over de toepassing van EMDR bij DIS. Young (1994) beschrijft de toepassing van EMDR gericht op de fobische symptomen bij DIS. Paulsen (1995) komt met een theoretisch model gebaseerd op neuronale netwerken voor de dissociatieve stoornissen. Volgens Paulsen zorgt EMDR voor de her-associatie van het gedisscocieerde materiaal. Zij maant echter tot behoedzaam gebruik van EMDR, zeker bij de ernstige dissociatieve stoornissen. Anderen maken melding dat, vaak aangepaste versies van, EMDR zinvol kan zijn als een beperkte toegevoegde techniek in de behandeling van DIS (Lazrove & Fine, 1996; Chemtob, Tolin, Van Der Kolk, & Pitnam, 2000; Twombly, 2000; Fine & Berkowitz, 2001). Gelinas (2003) gaat nog verder en stelt een behandeling voor waarin een gemodificeerde vorm van van EMDR wordt gecombineerd met een ‘fase georiënteerde trauma behandeling’.
In deze presentatie staat de behandeling van een 44 jarige, zeer ernstig getraumatiseerde vrouw met DIS centraal. Zij volgt sinds eind 1997 een cognitief-gedragstherapeutische therapie. In september 2004 is er gestart met EMDR. Mede aan de hand van videofragmenten wordt het half jaar durende verwerkingsproces verteld, van één van de vele trauma’s die de cliënte heeft meegemaakt. Te zien valt onder meer hoe met behulp van EMDR specifieke informatie van de diverse alters zodanig geïntegreerd wordt, dat volledige verwerking mogelijk blijkt te zijn. Er zal aandacht besteed worden aan de specifieke wijze waarop bij deze behandeling met EMDR moest worden omgegaan.
There are known to be seven articles about the use of EMDR in DIS. Young (1994) describes the application of EMDR focused on phobic symptoms in DIS. Paulsen (1995) with a theoretical model based on neural networks for the dissociative disorders. According to Paulsen EMDR allows for the re-association of the gedisscocieerde material. It urges, however, to cautious use of EMDR, especially in severe dissociative disorders. Others have reported that, often modified versions of, EMDR can be useful as a limited added technique in the treatment of CIS (Lazrove & Fine, 1996; Chemtob, Tolin, Van Der Kolk, & Pitnam, 2000, Twombly, 2000, Fine & Berkowitz, 2001). Gelinas (2003) goes further and proposes a treatment for which a modified form of EMDR is combined with a phase-oriented trauma treatment.
In this presentation, the treatment of a 44 year old woman with very severely traumatized central CIS. It follows since the end of 1997 a cognitive-behavioral therapy. In September 2004 has started with EMDR. Partly on the basis of video clips, the half-year process told by one of the many traumas that the client has experienced. Is to see how including using EMDR specific information from the various alters so integrated that complete processing proves impossible. Attention will be paid to the specific manner in which this treatment with EMDR should be handled.
Keywords: Dissociative Disorders
Accuracy Verified: Yes
52. Hornsveld, H., & de Jongh, A. (2011, April). De werkgeheugentheorie: Resultaten en klinische implicaties [The working theory: Results and clinical implications]. Keynote gepresenteerd op de 5e jaarlijkse conferentie van EMDR Vereniging Nederland, Nijmegen, Nederland.
Language: Dutch
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Er zijn verschillende theorieën om de gunstige effecten van EMDR te verklaren. De laatste jaren wijst onderzoek op dit terrein steeds meer in de richting van de zogenaamde werkgeheugenhypothese. Niet in de laatste plaats vanwege het onderzoek van Marcel van den Hout, Iris Engelhard en Hellen Hornsveld aan de Universiteit Utrecht. Dit onderzoek kreeg in 2010 in de VS de EMDR Award for Outstanding Research.
In deze presentatie zullen Hellen Hornsveld en Ad de Jongh samen ingaan op dit onderzoek en met name op de klinische implicaties van deze bevindingen. Ook zullen zij nieuwe data presenteren van een onderzoek naar het verschil tussen de effectiviteit van oogbewegingen en ‘klikjes’ binnen een klinische populatie. Aan dit onderzoek hebben een groot aantal leden van de Vereniging EMDR Nederland meegewerkt.
De volgende thema’s zullen in deze presentatie aan bod komen.
1. Het gebruik van klikjes in plaats van oogbewegingen.
2. Het gebruik van ‘flash forwards’ en de nieuwe toepassingen die hierdoor ontstaan binnen
het ‘linksom model’ bij de behandeling van angststoornissen.
3. Het gebruik van bilaterale stimulatie bij RDI, de veilige plek, en positief afsluiten.
Sommige van deze onderwerpen zullen worden geïllustreerd door middel van videoclips. Vanzelfsprekend zal hierbij ook gelegenheid zijn voor discussie.
There are several theories to explain beneficial effects of EMDR. In recent years research in this area points increasingly towards the so-called working memory hypothesis. Not least because of the investigation of Marcel van den Hout, Iris Engelhard and Hellen Hornsveld at Utrecht University. This study was in 2010 in the U.S. EMDR Award for Outstanding Research.
This presentation will Hellen Hornsveld and Ad de Jongh together and discuss this study in particular the clinical implications of these findings. They will also present new data from a study of the difference between the effectiveness of eye movements and "clicks" in a clinical population. In this study have many members of the Association EMDR Netherlands participated.
The following topics will be discussed in this presentation.
1. The use of clicks rather than eye movements.
2. The use of 'flash forwards' and the resultant new applications within
the 'left' model in the treatment of anxiety disorders.
3. The use of bilateral stimulation of RDI, the safe place and positive conclusion.
Some of these issues will be illustrated by video clips. Obviously this will also be opportunity for discussion.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
53. Errebo, N. (2010, July). A decade of EMDR humanitarian trainings in Asia. Presentation at the 1st EMDR Asia Conference, Bali, Indonesia.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
In 1999, EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs (HAP) began its work in Asia in Bangladesh. Since then HAP teams have
trained clinicians in India, Indonesia, China, Thailand, Sri Lanka. This presentation will summarize what has been learned
from ten years of experience in Asia. The EMDR HAP training in Sri Lanka following the 2004 tsunami will be presented in
detail. Issues addressed will include needs assessment, organization, collaboration among organizations, ethics, cultural
competence ,and program evaluation. Videotapes will show training and sessions of trainees with tsunami survivors. The
presentation will show how to train participants to think, write, and speak about EMDR as well as how to competently and
ethically utilize EMDR with clients.
An EMDR training program was conducted as a joint project of three organizations: EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs
(HAP), International Relief Teams (IRT), and the Sri Lankan National Counselors Association (SRILNAC). Between March and
December 2005, 30 Sri Lankan counselors were trained in EMDR. These counselors demonstrated competence in EMDR on
several measures, treated more than 1,000 children and more than 350 adult tsunami victims with EMDR in 2005, provided
narrative reports and outcome measures for most of their clients, and formed the Sri Lanka EMDR Association (SEA). The
crucial steps in establishing and implementing this training program are explained, with a summary of the subjective
impressions and learning experiences most valued by the training team, including an excerpt from a trainer’s journal. This
information may be useful to future cross-cultural humanitarian efforts following large-scale disasters.
This article summarizes the crucial steps in establishing and carrying out this training program as well. Previous HAP programs
in Bangladesh and Turkey (Konuk et al., 2006) had led to the development of a model of therapist training and service delivery
following large-scale natural disasters. Great need for mental health treatment in developing countries following a disaster
and the even greater challenge of delivering effective, culturally competent mental health treatment in these situations.
Silove and Bryant (2006) praised the rapid needs assessment after the tsunami as an important advancement in psychiatric
epidemiology that demonstrated the value of such assessment in guiding mental health interventions after disasters.They
pointed out that the controversy over whether to offer psychological treatment after disasters confuses funding agencies
and those planning mental health programs after disasters. Their concerns were echoed in Raphael and Stevens’s (2006)
delineation of the emerging consensus about good mental health practice after disasters in an article that was not a part of
the Bangkok symposium. IRT directors, EMDR-HAP staff, and SRILNAC leaders discussed crucial political, ethical, economic,
and logistical decisions in conference calls and e-mails. They outlined a program that would be responsive to the culture and
needs of Sri Lanka, would provide world-class EMDR training and consultation, and would follow International Society for
Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) guidelines for mental health programs in post disaster situations (Weine et al., 2002). Following
the funding mandate of IRT, the HAP team took responsibility for ensuring that services would in fact be delivered to tsunami
survivors and that those services would be clinically effective. Therefore, requirements for continuing participation were quite
specific, and trainees were more thoroughly evaluated than in previous HAP projects. These 30 counselors treated more than
1,350 tsunami survivors with EMDR between March and December 2005 and submitted outcome reports on these sessions
that show marked improvement in PTSD symptoms. We know from e-mail contact that a number of participants continue
to use EMDR effectively. As mentioned Important elements of the HAP training program in Sri Lanka included (a) adequate
funding, (b) selection of trainees, (c) negotiation of objectives among HAP,IRT, and SRILNAC, (d) the pre-EMDR training in
traumatology, (e) the consultation between trainings,(f ) the requirements for ongoing participation in the training, (g) a
variety of measures of competence in EMDR, (h) the continuing, ongoing consultation with trainees, and (i) dedication. A
project like this is expensive. IRT received.
Keywords: Asia HAP Humanitarian Assistance Programs Trainings
Accuracy Verified: Yes
54. Phillips, M. (2007, September). Die Kraft einer flexiblen integrativen Traumatherapiedie vereinigung von ego- state-, hypno-, energie- und EMDRPsychotherapie [Energizing the self through ego-state therapy, EMDR, and energy psychology methods]. Vortrag auf dem Kongress Europäischer für Energie-Psychologie ® und Psychotherapie, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
Language: German
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Im Seminar wird Maggie Phillips die ganze Vielfalt ihres Wissens vermitteln, insbesondere die spezifischen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten einer Integration von Ego- State- Therapie/
Hypnotherapie, Energie-Psychologie, EMDR und anderen hilfreichen Konzepten.
Dieses Seminar stellt sicher ein professionelles Juwel dar für alle KollegInnen, die mit Traumata,
Schmerzproblemen, Ängsten, Depressionen, Suchtproblemen und psychosomatischen Problemen
arbeiten, darüber hinaus aber auch für alle PsychotherapeutInnen und BeraterInenn. Für alle an
Energie- Psychologie Interessierten ist es die optimale Ergänzung und Erweiterung der Konzepte
von F. Gallo und Anderen.
Maggie Phillips in the seminar will provide the full range of their knowledge, especially the
specific applications of integration of ego-state therapy / Hypnotherapy, Energy Psychology, EMDR and other useful concepts.
This seminar certainly constitutes a professional jewel for all colleagues, with the trauma, Pain problems, anxiety, depression, addiction problems and psychosomatic problems
work, but also to all psychotherapists and BeraterInenn. For all of Energy Psychology is interested in is the perfect complement and extension of the concepts F. Gallo, and others.
Keywords: Energy Psychology
Accuracy Verified: Yes
55. Baardseth, T. P. (2012, May). Direct comparisons of cognitive-behavioral treatments and bona fide non-cognitive-behavioral treatments for adult anxiety disorders: A meta-analysis. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
Despite growing evidence that all treatments intended to be therapeutic (i.e., bona fide
treatments) are equally efficacious, the question of relative efficacy persists. In fact, cognitivebehavioral
treatments (CBT) have gained a more favorable status over non-CBT treatments for
adult anxiety disorders. However, the assertion that CBT treatments are superior is premature
due to conceptual and methodological issues affecting the extant CBT research. This metaanalysis
addressed these limitations by consensually identifying CBT treatments and determining
the true relative efficacy of bona fide CBT and bona fide non-CBT treatments for adult anxiety
disorders. The study employed strict inclusion criteria to identify randomized clinical trials that
contained at least one direct comparison of a bona fide CBT treatment and a bona fide non-CBT
treatment. Additionally, 91 CBT experts from the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive
Therapists (ABCT) were surveyed to identify the bona fide treatments as CBT or non-CBT.
Thirteen clinical trials met inclusion criteria. CBT treatments and non-CBT treatments were
found to be equally efficacious across targeted and non-targeted outcome measures. Additional
analyses revealed that researcher allegiance did not account for the significant heterogeneity. The
results are consistent with the increasing evidence for uniform efficacy among treatments
intended to be therapeutic, and stand in contrast to assertions for the superiority of CBT
treatments for adult anxiety. This meta-analysis contributes to the growing body of research
revealing that a particular therapeutic approach is not more effective than another treatment
when intended to be therapeutic.
Keywords: Adults Anxiety Disorders Meta-Analysis
Accuracy Verified: Yes
56. O'Connor, M., Russell, A., & Mueller, K. (2008, June). A discussion forum for child practitioners. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Assocation, London, England.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
The aim of this workshop is to provide participants with an opportunity to join a discussion led by a group of Child
Trained EMDR Consultants. The focus of the discussion will be on the most frequently voiced queries, issues and
concerns raised by EMDR child practitioners in the various support and supervision groups across the UK.
Participants will be invited to join the discussion amongst Panel Members as they share learning arising from
their experiences of leading support and supervision groups where the practice issues range from work with very
young children to older teenagers including those with additional support needs. Members of the Panel are from
a range of professional disciplines and practice EMDR with children and adolescents in a variety of education,
health and community settings.
Keywords: Child Therapists
Accuracy Verified: Yes
57. Tym, R., Dyck, M., & McGrath, G. (2000, July-August). Does a visual perceptual disturbance characterize trauma-related anxiety syndromes?. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 14(4), 377-394. doi:10.1016/S0887-6185(00)00029-3.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
The i-test was developed to assess the visual-perceptual disturbances (VPDs) frequently reported by anxious patients. Persons with the disturbance report a specific abnormal illusion of movement when they maintain a fixed gaze at the i-test stimulus. Base rates for positive responses to the i-test and for reports of a "recurrent specific memory" (RSM) of a fear experience were obtained in psychiatric outpatient (n = 301) and community (n = 128) samples. In each case, approximately one fifth of participants had a positive response to the i-test and one fifth of participants reported an RSM of fear. A positive response to the i-test is observed in women more frequently than in men. Among psychiatric patients, approximately 90% of patients who report one symptom also report the other symptom; among community members, the concordance rate is approximately 33%. When psychiatric patients with both an abnormal illusion of movement response and an RSM of trauma are treated with eye movement desensitization, both symptoms are removed in 70% of cases; when these patients undergo some other form of treatment, both symptoms are removed in 30% of cases. These results indicate that the i-test is an effective way of identifying VPDs associated with psychopathologic conditions; the association between the abnormal illusion of movement and reports of recurrent specific memories of fear experiences suggests that the VPD may be a marker of traumatic stress syndromes. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Adolescents Adults Assessment Children Depressive Disorders Females Males Injuries Memory Retrieval Techniques Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Somatic Symptoms Survivors Treatment Effectiveness Visual Hallucinations Witnesses
Accuracy Verified: Yes
58. Shapiro, E., & Laub, B. (2008). Early EMDR intervention (EEI): A summary, a theoretical model, and the recent traumatic episode protocol (R-TEP). Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 2(2), 79-96. doi:10.1891/1933-3196.2.2.79.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This article examines existing early EMDR intervention (EEI) procedures, presents a conceptual model, and proposes a new comprehensive protocol: the Recent-Traumatic Episode protocol (R-TEP). A review of research and important professional issues regarding application and parameters are presented. The commonly used EEI protocols and procedures are summarized, with the inclusion of descriptive case examples from the Lebanon war and a review of related research. Then a theoretical model is presented in which traumatic information processing is conceptualized as expanding from a narrow focus on the sensory image (perceptual level) to a wider focus on the event/episode (experiential level) and finally to a broad focus on the theme/identity (meaning level). The relationship of this model to the Recent-Traumatic Episode protocol is articulated and case examples are presented. Theoretical speculations are discussed relating to attention regulation and the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model. Further research is encouraged. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Adaptive Information Processing Model AIP Cognitive Processes Crisis Intervention Early EMDR Intervention Emergency Room Patients Israel-Hezbollah War Israelis Prevention of PTSD Psychotherapeutic Processes PTSD Recent Events Survivors
Accuracy Verified: Yes
59. Dyregrov, A. (2006, March). Early interventions following disasters – A place for EMDR and trauma therapy?. Presentation at the 4th annual Conference of the EMDR UK & Ireland Association, London, UK.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Considerable professional debate exists regarding the role of mental health
professionals in the early intervention following disasters. Emotional first aid is a
natural part of disaster response in western countries, while the active
involvement of mental health professionals is debated. The current paradigm is
to screen to find those at risk after a period of time (usually > 1 month) and then
refer those in need to more active traumatherapeutic assistance based on the
screening results. Dr. Dyregrov will argue for an active role for mental health
professionals in the early response, but will discuss and question whether EMDR
or other specific trauma therapy should be offered within the first few weeks
following a disaster.
Keywords: Disasters Early Interventions
Accuracy Verified: Yes
60. Rosch. P. J. 1997, January-February) . Editorial comments: The treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Psychosomatic Medicine, 59(1), 71 .
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
These letters criticize alleged omissions in a review of the literature on treatment of PTSD. [Pilots]
Keywords: Letter Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Treatment
Accuracy Verified: Yes
61. Glover, H. (1997, January-February). Editorial comments: The treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Psychosomatic Medicine, 59(1), 70-71.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
These letters criticize alleged omissions in a review of the literature on treatment of PTSD. [Pilots]
Keywords: Letter Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Treatment
Accuracy Verified: Yes
62. Devilly, G. J. (2001, October). Effect size and methodological rigor in EMDR: A reply to Lipke's (2001) comment. the Behavior Therapist, 24(9), 195-196.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The author defends the conclusions regarding EMDR and the methodology used in his study of the distraction hypothesis for EMDR.
A reply to: Howard Lipke, "Response to Devilly's (2001) claims on distraction and exposure", The Behavior Therapist 24(9): 195-196 (October 2001) [25297]. [Pilots]
Keywords: Criticism Reply Exposure Therapy Methodology Professional Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
63. Silverman, S. J. (2011). Effecting peak athletic performance with neurofeedback, interactive metronome®, and EMDR: A case study. Biofeedback, 39(1), 40-42. doi:10.5298/1081-5937-39.1.08.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This case study chronicles the application and effects of a customized combination of therapies, including neurofeedback, Interactive Metronome® (IM), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) created to help a professional athlete improve his brain function and performance. Brian, a 28-year-old professional baseball player, sought help for difficulty maintaining focus and concentration while playing baseball. He felt his challenges impeded his athletic performance, and he wanted to perform at the highest possible level during the upcoming spring training season. Brian's history combined with the results of a QEEG brain map led to a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorder–Inattentive Type. The individualized treatment program for Brian included neurofeedback to lower theta activity and increase beta, IM to improve coordination and timing, and EMDR to address his feelings of anger and lack of self-confidence. At the conclusion of his training, Brian described feeling “clear-headed” and was able to focus his mind when needed. His timing and coordination improved, and he showed a positive attitude about playing baseball and felt confident that he would perform well at spring training.
Keywords: Athelete Attention Deficit Disorder–Inattentive Type IM Interactive Metronome® Neurofeedback Performance ENhancement QEEG Brain Map
Accuracy Verified: Yes
64. Lothlorien (2010, December). The effectiveness of EMDR: A literature review. (Author) Online .
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
This literature review has been conducted to study the effectiveness of Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in treating trauma. Articles for this literature review were chosen using the Google Scholar database with OhioLink applying keywords such as EMDR, EMDR and trauma, and EMDR effectiveness. Articles were also found using the EMDR International Association website at http://emdria.org. Most articles were chosen due to their relevance to the research question. Other factors that were considered were the quality of the research, timeliness, the number of times an article was cited by others, and accessibility. . Of these ten articles, 2/10 (20%) were literature reviews, 2/10 (20%) were conceptual articles, and 6/10 (60%) were empirical studies. All of the empirical studies (6/6 or 100%) were quantitative. All empirical studies cited in the literature review (6/6 or 100%) used primary data based on observation. Five out of the six (83%) empirical studies used and experimental design. One out of six (17%) used a quasi-experimental design. In the six empirical studies, the mean sample size was 51. The smallest sample size was 22, and the largest sample size was 88. Based on the articles studied for this review, EMDR is found to be an effective treatment for trauma. It has also been found to work faster than other therapies. Some studies also showed it to be more easily tolerated by clients than other therapies. Major limitations to this review are the number of publications included, the fact that only articles available in full text form via OSU affiliates were selected, and time available for the literature review. Based on the conclusion that EMDR is an effective mode of treatment for trauma survivors, social workers conducting therapy with this population would benefit from learning the technique and incorporating it in their repertoire of therapies.
Keywords: Literature Review Research Methods Trauma
Accuracy Verified: Yes
65. Ruozzi, A. (2002). Efficacia dell'EMDR nella psicoterapia del PTSD e dei ricordi traumatici [Effectiveness of EMDR psychotherapy on PTSD and traumatic memories]. Retrieved from http://www.psicotraumatologia.com/pubblicazioni_psicotraumatologia_italiane.htm on 10/13/2012.
Language: Italian
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
L’EMDR inoltre progredisce su altri due versanti: da un lato incorpora al suo interno spunti teorici ed applicativi provenienti da diversi paradigmi psicoterapeutici allo scopo di potenziare l’efficacia e la flessibilità (Shapiro, 1995); dall’altro lato, si cerca di applicare il metodo a disturbi che vanno oltre al PTSD. Attualmente nei differenti paesi del mondo le persone che hanno effettuato un training organizzato dall’EMDR Institute sono circa 30.000.In Italia i primi corsi sull’EMDR sono stati condotti nel febbraio 1999 e sono attualmente coordinati dall’Associazione EMDR Italia, a sua volta riconosciuta e patrocinata dalla EMDR Europe (Giannantonio, 2000). L’associazione ha sede a Milano e dispone di un sito internet: www.emdritalia.it.
Il dibattito sull’efficacia di questo metodo è tuttora aperto e sono numerose e contrastanti le ricerche che si sono svolte su questo argomento. La questione ha assunto a tratti i toni dello scontro ideologico e sono subentrati anche problemi di carattere commerciale, un metodo che si propone come più efficace e più rapido nella terapia di alcuni disturbi psicologici non può non essere valutato come un rivale, soprattutto in una realtà come quella del Nord America dove le spese per la psicoterapia sono pagate dalle assicurazioni (Giannantonio, 2000).
L’EMDR è uno dei metodi che vanta il maggior numero di conferme sperimentali nella psicoterapia del PTSD. Questo gli ha consentito nel 1995 di essere considerata “trattamento probabilmente efficace” (valutazione A/B) nella terapia del PTSD dalla Task Force on Psychological Intervention dell’American Psychological Association. Questa valutazione di efficacia è uguagliata solo dallo Stress Inoculation Training e dalle terapie basate sull’esposizione (Chambless et al., 1998).
Gli studi prodotti sull’efficacia dell’EMDR sono numerosi (per una rassegna vedi Giannantonio, 2000), molti sono criticabili perché mal strutturati e con grossi problemi di validità. Esistono tuttavia una serie di studi ben organizzati che si sono dimostrati inattaccabili sul piano metodologico...
Questi studi tuttavia commettono uno o più dei seguenti problemi:
1) Impiegano una o due sedute di EMDR con reduci del Vietnam forse anche a causa dell’equivoco suscitato dalla stessa Shapiro (1989) che riferiva risultati importanti nei confronti del PTSD con una sola seduta di EMDR nel 100% dei soggetti. Una tale concezione dell’EMDR non è quella più attuale e condivisa (Shapiro, 1995).
2) Trattano con l’EMDR solo uno o due episodi traumatici in soggetti che devono essere considerati “pluritraumatizzati” (Shapiro, 1999).
La presente Tesi è divisa in due parti: nella prima di carattere essenzialmente bibliografico ho analizzato la letteratura esistente sull’EMDR e sul PTSD.
Nel secondo capitolo descriverò il Disturbo Post-Traumatico da Stress analizzando i vari approcci teorici al problema del trauma.
Nel terzo capitolo verrà analizzata la teoria dell’EMDR ovvero il modello esplicativo ritenuto più adeguato che fa riferimento alla “elaborazione accelerata dell’informazione”.
Il quarto capitolo, che conclude la prima parte, riporta il protocollo standard di somministrazione dell’EMDR per adulti e adolescenti.
Nella seconda parte viene riportata la descrizione della ricerca che si sta producendo in collaborazione con l’EMDR Italia che si propone di valutare l’efficacia dell’EMDR. Nel quinto capitolo viene descritto il disegno sperimentale. Nel sesto capitolo viene analizzato il metodo di campionamento e i presupposti di validità della ricerca. Nel settimo capitolo sono descritti i test che si è deciso di analizzare nel corso della presente tesi. Infine l’ottavo capitolo si concentra sull’analisi dei primi dati emersi dalla ricerca e sulle prime conclusioni.
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EMDR also progressing on two other fronts: on the one hand it incorporates theoretical insights and applications from different psychotherapeutic paradigms in order to enhance the effectiveness and flexibility (Shapiro, 1995), on the other hand, it tries to apply the method to problems that go beyond PTSD.
Currently in different countries of the world, people who have a training organized dall'EMDR Institute 30.000.In Italy are about the first courses on EMDR have been conducted in February 1999 and is currently coordinated by the Association EMDR Italy, in turn recognized and sponsored by the EMDR Europe (Giannantonio, 2000). The association is based in Milan and has a website: www.emdritalia.it.
The debate on the effectiveness of this method is still open and they are many and conflicting research that took place on this topic. The issue has assumed at times the tone of the ideological battle and were replaced also problems of a commercial nature, a method is proposed as a more effective and faster in the treatment of certain psychological disorders can not be assessed as a rival, especially in a situation such as North America where the cost of psychotherapy are paid by insurance (Giannantonio, 2000).
EMDR is one of the methods which has the highest number of experimental confirmation in psychotherapy for PTSD. This enabled him in 1995 to be considered "probably efficacious treatment" (rated A / B) in the treatment of PTSD by the Task Force on Psychological Intervention of the American Psychological Association. This assessment of effectiveness is equaled only by the stress inoculation training and exposure-based therapies (Chambless et al., 1998).
Studies on the effectiveness of EMDR are numerous products (for review see Giannantonio, 2000), many are questionable because poorly structured and serious problems of validity. There are however a number of well-organized studies that have proven resistant in terms of methodology:
......
These studies, however, have committed one or more of the following problems:
1) They use one or two sessions of EMDR with Vietnam veterans possibly because of misunderstanding caused by the same Shapiro (1989) who reported significant results against PTSD with a single session of EMDR in 100% of subjects. Such a conception of EMDR is not the most current and shared (Shapiro, 1995).
2) They deal with EMDR only one or two traumatic events in people who should be considered "pluritraumatizzati" (Shapiro, 1999).
This thesis is divided into two parts: the first character essentially bibliographic I analyzed the existing literature on EMDR and PTSD.
In the second chapter I will describe the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder analyzing the various theoretical approaches to the problem of trauma.
In the third chapter we will analyze the theory of EMDR or the explanatory model deemed more appropriate that refers to the "accelerated processing of information."
The fourth chapter, which concludes the first part shows the standard protocol of administration of EMDR for adults and adolescents.
In the second part shows the description of the research that is being produced in collaboration with the EMDR Italy that aims to assess the effectiveness of EMDR. In the fifth chapter describes the experimental design. In the sixth chapter analyzes the sampling method and the conditions for validity of the research. In the seventh chapter describes the tests it was decided to analyze the course of this thesis. Finally, the eighth chapter will focus on early evidence from research and initial findings.
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
66. Swiney, U. M. (2004). The efficacy of EMDR for survivors of a natural disaster: Intervention after Hurricane Floyd. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. AAT 3129821.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is considered effective for civilian PTSD, but no controlled evaluation of EMDR, or any other treatment for PTSD, has been conducted with adults in a natural disaster context. Following Hurricane Floyd, 8 individuals from disaster-torn North Carolina communities were randomly assigned to 6 sessions of EMDR or a 1-month waiting list followed by treatment. All of the predominantly Caucasian, female participants met DSM-IV criteria for PTSD, and half reported moderate to severe levels of depression. Participants completed standardized self-report measures of PTSD, depression, and anxiety before and after the waiting period, or before, during (Session 4), and after the 6-week intervention. The principal investigator (PI) and blind assistants conducted a PTSD symptom interview before and after treatment and waiting period. Weekly progress was monitored with additional PTSD and depression self-report measures. The PI, a Level II-trained EMDR therapist, provided treatment. Treatment integrity, assessed by undergraduate assistants following an established checklist, was good.Compared to the untreated control condition, EMDR produced significantly larger decreases in self-reported PTSD and depression symptoms, and tended to promote greater improvement in observer-rated PTSD. However, random effects regression analyses of the secondary PTSD measure failed to detect a significant difference between the two groups. In contrast, random regression analyses confirmed a significant decrease in depression during treatment compared to the control condition. Controlled effect sizes for PTSD symptoms were large and compared favorably to research with other trauma populations. Nevertheless, despite sizeable reductions in symptoms, many clients continued to report elevated levels of PTSD even after treatment. In addition, despite random assignment, the average age of the two groups differed, and age was non-significantly but negatively associated with change in PTSD symptoms. This association, and the small size of this sample, limit the interpretation and generalizability of these findings. Thus, while results tentatively support extending EMDR to disaster survivors with depression and PTSD, this work is best considered as preliminary data. Research with a larger sample remains necessary to better evaluate both the impact of treatment and the potentially more complex treatment needs of this population. [Author Abstract]
Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering. 65(4-B), 2004, pp. 2116.
Keywords: Adults Americans Depressive Disorders Females Hurricane Floyd Hurricanes Posttraumatic Stress Disorders PTSD Random Clinical Trial RCT Recent Events Survivors Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
67. Artigas, L., & Jarero, I. (2011). El abroza de la mariposa [The butterly hug). Revista Iberoamericana de Psicotraumatología y Disociación, 1(1).
Language: Spanish
Format: Other
Abstract:
El Abrazo de la Mariposa fue originado y desarrollado por Lucina (Lucy) Artigas, M.A., M.T. (Fundadora de la Asociación Mexicana para Ayuda Mental en Crisis). Durante el trabajo realizado en Acapulco, Guerrero (México); con los sobrevivientes del huracán Paulina en 1997. (Artigas et al. 2000; Boel, 1999).
Por la creación y el desarrollo del Abrazo de la Mariposa, Lucina Artigas fue honrada con el Premio a la Innovación Creativa de la EMDR International Association (EMDRIA), en el año 2000.
El Abrazo de la Mariposa es una Estimulación de Atención Dual (EAD) que consiste en cruzar los brazos sobre el pecho. La punta del dedo medio de cada mano debe de quedar bajo la clavícula correspondiente y el resto de los dedos y la mano deben de cubrir el área que se encuentra debajo de la unión de la clavícula con el hombro y de la clavícula con el esternón. Para ello, mano y dedos deben de estar lo más verticalmente posible (los dedos dirigidos hacia el cuello y NO hacia los brazos). Una vez hecho esto, se pueden entrelazar los dedos pulgares (formando el cuerpo de la mariposa) y los otros dedos formarán sus alas.
The Butterfly Hug was originated and developed by Lucina (Lucy) Artigas, MA, MT (Founder of the Mexican Association for Crisis Assistance Mental). During the work done in Acapulco, Guerrero (Mexico), with the survivors of Hurricane Pauline in 1997. (Artigas et al. 2000; Boel, 1999). For the creation and development of the Butterfly Hug, Lucina Artigas was honored with the Award for Creative Innovation of the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA), in 2000. The Butterfly Hug a Dual Attention Stimulation (EAD) that is crossing his arms over his chest. The tip of the middle finger of each hand should be under the collarbone for the rest of the fingers and hand should cover the area immediately below the junction of the clavicle to the shoulder and clavicle to the sternum. To do this, hand and fingers should be as upright as possible (fingers directed toward the neck and NOT to the arms). Once done, you can weave your thumbs (forming the body of the butterfly) and fingers form the wings.
Keywords: Bilateral Stimulation Butterly Hug
Accuracy Verified: Yes
68. Grbesa, G., Simonovic, M., & Jankovic, D. (2010, April). Electrophysiological changes during EMDR treatment in patients with combat-related PTSD. Annals of General Psychiatry, 9(Supplement 1), S209. doi:10.1186/1744-859X-9-S1-S209.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
1st International Congress on Neurobiology and Clinical Psychopharmacology and European Psychiatric Association Conference on Treatment Guidance
Background
Efficiency of the EMDR procedure is based on a presumption of neuropsychological changes in therapeutic process.The aim of the investigation is to scann and give evidence of electroactivity changes, during the process of EMDR procedure and after finishing it.
Materials and methods
We have recorded a continual polygraph EEG, before, during and after EMDR therapy, in patient with combat-related PTSD.
Results
Before the treatment, EEG recorded basic activity of low voltage (attenuation) of 20 μV, frequency of beta range (17-26 Hz), bioccipital, with no pathologic activity. Patient had prominent vegetative symptoms (anxiety, heart rate 100/min). Background activity immediately after the treatment records the amplitude values of around 50 μV, frequency of around 11-12 Hz. After the end of the treatment background activity possesses the amplitude value of about 37 μV, holding the persistence in frequency.
Conclusions
If the EMDR treatment is successful, sudden increase of amplityde activity is noted imensly. This sharp border line, which signifies normal activity, appears in 2-3 seconds affter the desensitize phase. The investigation suggest that from neurophysiological point of view, cortex (in EMDR procedure), works according to the principle "all or nothing". If there is processing of traumatic memory, the activity gets completly normal. If the therapy is not successful, there are numerous artefacts, because of increased muscle activity. This kind of activity, in our investigation is marked as "Artefact therapy".
The results, indicate maintaining low level of amplitude values of electrocortical activities during the treatment, as well as increase after successful treatment. The increase of amlitude is corelated to decrease of anxiety after the successful treatment.
Acknowledgements
The results, indicate maintaining low level of amplitude values of electrocortical activities during the treatment, as well as increase after successful treatment. The increase of amlitude is corelated to decrease of anxiety after the successful treatment.
References
EEG Asymmetry and its Clinical Correlates in PTSD, Steven Silverstein, Stewart Shankman Lea Williams, Patrick Hopkinson, Richard Bryant
Keywords: Combat Electrophysiological Change Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
69. Schubbe, O. (2001). EMDR - Supervision. Institut für Traumatherapie.
Language: German
Format: Other
Abstract:
Angeregt durch meine eigene Supervisionserfahrung und meine Rolle als Ausbilder für EMDR möchte ich meine Form der Supervision der therapeutischen Arbeit mit EMDR vorstellen. Ich wünsche mir, durch einen kollegialen Austausch zu neuen, und weiter verbesserten Konzepten zu gelangen. Die Grundhaltung der Psychotherapie mit EMDR spiegelt sich auch in der Supervision dieser Tätigkeit:
•im transparenten professionellen Rahmen,
•im ressourcengeleiteten Ansatz und,
•im strukturierten Vorgehen. Der Inhalt der EMDR-Supervision unterscheidet sich von üblicher Fallsupervision durch den hohen Stellenwert:
•von traumaspezifischer Gegenübertragung,
•der Notwendigkeit von Burnoutprävention, und
•der Wiederholung von Ausbildungsinhalten.
Nach einer Darstellung des äußeren Rahmens und des ressourcenorientierten Vorgehens schildere ich in der EMDR-Supervision besonders häufig angesprochene Themen.
Inspired by my own supervision experience and my role as trainers of EMDR, I would like to introduce my form of supervision of therapeutic work with EMDR. I want to go through a collegial exchange of new concepts and further improved. The stance of the psychotherapy with EMDR is also reflected in the supervision of this activity: • in transparent professional framework, • ressourcengeleiteten approach and, • the structured approach. The content of the EMDR supervision differs from the usual case supervision by the high priority: • from specific traumatic countertransference, burnout • the need for prevention, and • the repetition of course content. After a description of the outer framework and the resource-oriented approach I describe in the EMDR Supervision particularly common issues raised
Keywords: Supervision
Accuracy Verified: Yes
70. Titze, M. (1997). EMDR - Unterstützte thematisierung bei psychodynamisch fundierten fokaltherapien [EMDR - Supported theming in-depth psychodynamic focal therapy]. In C. T. Eschenröder: EMDR. Eine neue Methode zur Verarbeitung traumatischer Erinnerungen (pp. 179-188). Tübingen: DGVT-Verlag.
Language: German
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
Lange Zeit galt eine im Sinne der psychoanalytischen Standardmethode durchgeführte Langzeittherapie als qualitativ besonders hochstehend. Dabei ließ sich argumentieren, dass die entscheidenden Eckpfeiler des analytischen Prozesses (Erinnern, Wiederholen, Durcharbeiten) einer zeitaufwendigen Methodik (freie Assoziation, "gleichschwebende Aufmerksamkeit" und regressionsfördernde Zurückhaltung / Schweigen des Analytikers, Übertragungs- und Widerstandsdeutungen usw.) bedürfen (vgl. Thomä & Kächele, 1989). Eine unbestreitbare methodische Schwäche dieser Vorgehensweise resultiert allerdings aus dem Verzicht auf eine aktive Strukturierung durch den Analytiker. Dies kann dazu führen, dass sich manche Klienten in der realen therapeutischen Beziehung allein gelassen bzw. nicht ernst genommen fühlen. Eine nicht selten mehrjährige Behandlungsdauer kann zudem eine Unzufriedenheit hervorrufen, die dann zu realen Widerstandstendenzen auf Seiten des Klienten führen wird, wenn ein spürbarer Behandlungserfolg ausblieb (vgl. dazu Eschenröder, 1986, Kap. 11). Doch es sind nicht allein solche Einwände, die zu einer Relativierung der Bedeutung von analytischen Langzeittherapien geführt haben. Es waren auch reale ökonomische Gegebenheiten, die diese Bedeutung in den letzten Jahren zunehmend in Frage gestellt haben. Nachdem nämlich, zunächst in den Vereinigten Staaten, die Versicherungen dazu übergegangen sind, nur eine stark begrenzte Anzahl psychothe-rapeutischer Leistungen zu erstatten, kam es auch im Bereich der Tiefenpsychologie zu einer verstärkten Hinwendung gegenüber kurzzeittherapeutischen Verfahren (vgl. Goleman, 1981).
Long considered a standard in the sense of the psychoanalytic method carried out as long-term therapy of particularly high standing. It could be argued that the crucial cornerstone of the analytical process (remembering, repeating, working through) a time-consuming method require (free association, evenly suspended attention "and regression-promoting restraint / silence of the analyst, transference and resistance interpretations, etc.) (see Thoma & Kächele, 1989). One undoubted methodological weakness of this approach, however, results from the absence of an active structure by the analyst. This can cause that some clients feel in the real therapeutic relationship alone and not taken seriously. An often multi-year duration of treatment may also cause discontent that will lead to real resistance tendencies on the part of the client when a substantial treatment effect failed to (cf. Eschenröder, 1986, Chapter 11). But it is not only an objection that led to a relativization of the importance of long-term analytic therapies. There were also real economic conditions that have made this meaning in recent years increasingly in question. After that is to report first in the United States, the insurance companies have started, only a very limited number of psychotherapy therapeutic services were also provided in the field of depth psychology (1981 cf. Goleman,) to an increased turn over short-therapeutic procedures.
Keywords: Focal Therapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
71. Rouanzoin, C. C., & Perkins, B. (2001, June). EMDR and consultation. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Austin, TX.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
This workshop is designed for Approved Consultants in EMDR or those who plan to puruse this designation. Consultation in EMDR can be an exciting and rewarding process for both the consultant and the professional seeking consultation. It can also be a bust. This course will cover the philosophy of consultation, the ethical and legal considerations, models of consultation, and the different ways in which the consultation process can be completed. A question and answer period will also be available.
Keywords: Approved Consultant Consultation
Accuracy Verified: Yes
72. Becker-Fritz, T. (1997, December). EMDR and critical incident of trauma. EMDRIA Newsletter, 2(6), 8, 10.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
EMDR came into my life as part of my professional need to work with children and teenagers who had been exposed to the most horrible traumas. Traditional play therapy and talking therapy were not working and I watch children develop into unhappy, lonely, angry, and depressed adolescents who acted out everywhere.
Keywords: Adolescents Children Recent Events
Accuracy Verified: Yes
73. Kail, J. (2001). EMDR and motor vehicle accident (MVA) trauma. John Kail, Creative Strategies.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
Fortunately, Carol’s doctor recognized that she was suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD). The doctor also felt that Carol could get a quick and lasting resolution to her problem with Eye
Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Referring her to a mental health professional that
utilized this technique, Carol was again able to drive comfortable and easily after just three sessions.
Keywords: Motor Vehicle Accident MVA Trauma
Accuracy Verified: Yes
74. Fenstermaker, D. (1991, August). EMDR and MPD. EMDR Network Newsletter, 1(1), 3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
This abstract is one portion of a panel on
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.
It was given on Saturday,
February 23, 1991, for the California
Psychological Association Conference in
San Diego. This paper details a protocol
of Eye Movement Desensitization and
Reprocessing(EMDR) in the treatment
of Dissociative Disorders.
Keywords: MPD Multiple Personality Disorder
Accuracy Verified: Yes
75. Zaccagnino, M. & Cussino, M. (2012, June). EMDR and parenting: A case-report [EMDR y crianza de los hijos: Un informe de caso]. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Madrid, Spain.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Attachment
research
has
investigated
the
role
of
parents’
attachment
representation
on
the
quality
of
attachment
developed
by
their
children
(George,
Kaplan
e
Main,
1984/1985/1996;
van
Ijzerdoorn,
1995).
Past
research
on
children
has
shown
that
there
is
an
association
between
problematic
care-‐giving,
attachment
insecurity
and
psychopathology
(e.g.,
Greenberg,
1999;
O’Connor,
Marvin,
Rutter,
Olrick,
&
Britner,
2003;
Rutter,
2006).
On
the
other
hand,
secure
attachment
in
childhood
and
adulthood
is
typically
associated
with
a
history
of
involvement
in
supportive
and
sensitive
care
giving
relationships
(Cairns,
2002;
Mikulincer
&
Shaver,
2007).
The
results
lead
to
the
hypothesis
of
the
intergenerational
transmission
of
attachment
identified
by
van
Ijzendoorn
(1995).
These
studies,
however,
failed
to
explain
why
insecure
attachment
in
the
parent
does
not
necessarily
lead
to
an
insecure
attachment
pattern
of
the
child,
nor
why
children
can
develope
insecure
patterns
of
attachment
even
in
the
case
of
positive
attachment
experiences
with
caregivers
(Solomon
e
George,
2000).
In
the
light
of
these
considerations,
and
recovering
an
aspect
sharpened
by
Bowlby
(1969),
George
and
Solomon
(1999;
Solomon
e
George,
2000)
proposed
a
different
approach
to
the
study
of
parent-‐child
relationship,
point
up
the
differences
between
the
attachment
system
and
the
caregiving
system,
despite
the
mutual
influences
due
to
their
complementarity.
These
authors
have
proposed
to
investigate
the
specific
characteristics
of
the
system
of
caregiving,
paying
more
attention
to
the
current
relationship
between
child
and
parent.
Their
hypothesis
is
that
the
characteristics
of
that
relationship
may
affect
the
link
between
past
attachment
experiences
of
the
caregiver
and
attachment
pattern
developed
by
the
child,
representing
a
significant
element
for
understanding
the
behavior
and
the
quality
of
the
care
of
the
caregiver.
Therefore,
the
IWM
of
the
parent
would
be
the
most
important
predictor
of
the
quality
of
attachment
developed
by
the
children,
as
capable
of
driving
the
mental
state
of
the
caregiver
to
him
(Solomon
e
George,
1996).
Given
these
assumptions,
it
is
clear
that
traumatic
experiences
in
the
parent,
stored
in
a
dysfunctional
way,
can
be
reactivated
in
the
parent’s
caregiving
system,
defining
an
IWM
of
attachment
system
of
the
child
that
holds
the
memory
traces
of
such
traumatic
events.
In
this
regard,
a
series
of
tools
such
as
the
Child
Attachment
Interview
(Target
et
al.
2007)
and
the
Parent
Development
Interview
(Slade
et
al.
1993)
which
constitute
a
needful
resource
for
the
assessment
of
IWM
of
attachment
and
caregiving
system
will
be
presented.
A
clinical
case
in
which
mother
in
EMDR
treatment
had
an
indirect
positive
effect
on
mother-‐child
relationship
and
on
the
child’s
wellbeing
will
be
reported.
The
results
have
been
documented
and
show
clear
changes
in
the
mental
representations
of
the
caregiving
system
measured
with
PDI.
The
results
will
be
shown.
La
investigación
sobre
el
apego
ha
proporcionado
representaciones
del
rol
del
apego
parental
en
función
de
la
calidad
del
apego
desarrollado
por
sus
hijos
(George,
Kaplan
e
Main,
1984/1985/1996;
van
Ijzerdoorn,
1995).
Investigaciones
anteriores
han
mostrado
que
existe
una
asociación
entre
los
cuidadores
problemáticos
y
el
apego
inseguro
y
la
psicopatológica
(e.g.,
Greenberg,
1999;
O’Connor,
Marvin,
Rutter,
Olrick,
&
Britner,
2003;
Rutter,
2006).
Por
otro
lado,
el
apego
seguro
en
la
infancia
y
la
etapa
adulta
es
asociado
con
una
historia
de
participación
activa
y
sensible
de
las
relaciones
de
los
cuidadores
(Cairns,
2002;
Mikulincer
&
Shaver,
2007).
Los
resultados
nos
llevan
a
la
hipótesis
de
transmisión
intergeneracional
del
apego
identificada
por
Van
Ijzendoorn
(1995).
Estos
estudios,
sin
embargo,
fallaron
a
la
hora
de
explicar
porqué
el
apego
inseguro
de
los
padres
no
desembocaba
necesariamente
a
un
patrón
de
apego
inseguro
en
el
niño,
no
debido
a
que
los
patrones
inseguros
del
apego
del
niño
pueden
llegar
a
desarrollarse
incluso
con
unas
experiencias
positivas
de
apego
con
sus
cuidadores
(Solomon
e
George,
2000).
En
línea
con
estas
investigaciones
y
recuperando
un
aspecto
propuesto
por
Bowlby
(1969),
George
e
Solomon
(1999;
Solomon
e
George,
2000)
(1969),
los
cuales
propusieron
un
enfoque
diferente
en
el
estudio
de
las
relaciones
padres-‐
hijo,
señalando
las
diferencias
entre
el
sistema
de
apego
y
el
sistema
de
cuidados,
debido
a
las
influencias
entre
ambos
debido
a
que
son
complementarios.
Estos
autores
se
propusieron
investigar
las
características
específicas
del
sistema
de
cuidado,
prestando
más
atención
a
la
relación
entre
el
niño
y
el
cuidador.
Nuestra
hipótesis
es
que
las
características
de
dicha
relación
pueden
afectar
al
enlace
entre
las
experiencias
pasadas
de
apego
del
cuidador
y
los
patrones
de
apego
desarrollados
por
el
niño,
representando
un
elemento
importante
para
el
entendimiento
del
comportamiento
y
la
calidad
del
cuidado.
Sin
embargo
el
IWM
del
padre,
puede
ser
uno
de
os
predictores
más
importantes
a
la
hora
de
estimar
la
calidad
del
apego
desarrollada
por
el
niño,
capaz
de
conducir
el
estado
mental
del
cuidador
al
suyo
propio
(Solomon
e
George,
1996).
Tomando
estas
afirmaciones,
está
claro
que
las
experiencias
traumáticas
en
los
padres,
almacenadas
de
manera
disfuncional,
pueden
ser
reactivadas
en
el
sistema
de
cuidado
de
los
padres,
definiendo
un
IWN
de
sistema
de
apego
del
niño
que
guarda
trazas
de
memoria
de
dichos
eventos
traumáticos
En
relación
con
esto
presentaremos
una
serie
de
herramientas
como
la
“Child
Attachment
Interview
(Target
et
al.
2007)
y
la
“Parent
Development
Interview”
(Slade
et
al.
1993),
que
constituyen
un
recurso
necesario
para
la
asignación
del
IWN
de
apego
y
sistema
de
cuidado.
Mostraremos
un
caso
clínico
en
donde
la
madre
realizo
EMDR
y
tuvo
un
efecto
indirecto
positivo
en
la
relación
madre-‐hijo
y
en
el
bienestar
del
niño.
Los
resultados
han
sido
documentados
con
un
claro
cambio
de
la
representación
mental
del
sistema
de
cuidado
medido
con
el
PDI.
Se
mostrarán
los
resultados
Keywords: Parenting
Accuracy Verified: Yes
76. Zampieri, M. A. J. (2012, Novembro). EMDR and pesquisa [EMDR and research]. Apresentação no II Congresso Brasileiro de EMDR, Brasília, Brasil.
Language: Portuguese
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Nem todo profissional engaja-se na atividade científica. Além de questões vocacionais e tecnológicas, é comum encontrar-se mesmo uma reação aversiva ao tema. Nem sempre a exclusão dessa atividade é uma questão de escolha. Propõe-se incitar nessa oficina, a elaboração de pesquisa com EMDR, com utilização de protocolo para desbloqueios associados ao tema. Além disso, objetiva-se subsidiar o participante a iniciar o seu trabalho científico ao longo da atividade.
Not every professional engages in scientific activity. Besides vocational and technological issues, it is common to find even an aversive reaction to the topic. Not always the exclusion of this activity is a matter of choice. It is proposed to encourage this workshop, the development of research on EMDR, using protocol for unlocks associated with the topic. Moreover, the objective is to subsidize the participant to start your scientific work throughout the activity.
Keywords: Intervention Research
Accuracy Verified: Yes
77. Devilly, G. J. (1996, November). EMDR and PTSD: The score at half time. Psychotherapy in Australia, 3(1), 26-31.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
The treatment of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been a hot topic of
debate since it’s inclusion into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders in the 1980’s. However, it was not until 1989, with the introduction of Eye
Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), that this debate reached such
lofty heights of vigour. The lack of any theoretical models as to why the EMDR
process might work has not helped in gaining professional credence. It will be the
purpose of this article to briefly review the reasons for this debate, give a short outline
of the EMDR procedure and comment upon the current state of research.
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PSTD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
78. Konuk, E. & Epozdemir, H. (2010, March). EMDR and strategic family therapy. Presentation at the XVIII World International Family Therapy (IFTA) Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract: Strategic Family Therapy developed some 50 years ago by a handful of visionaries at MRI (Mental Research Institute) in Palo Alto, California. This is why sometimes it is known as the “Palo Alto Group”. The kind of therapy evolved at that time changed the therapy world radically. The major shift was that: • The theory was a theory of change. The emphasis was on change rather than to understand how and why problems exist. • The focus was relationships rather than the phenomena going on under the skin of an individual. This meant that the way the therapist approached the clients was Systemic or interactional. • Strategic map was large enough to allow the therapist work with almost any kind of problem, borrow and use different techniques that belong to other approaches without conflict and confusion. • At that time therapy meant globally 4-5 sessions a week for many years. This was reduced to an average of 7-10 sessions. So when a therapist learned one of the Family Therapies, he learned essentially how to do therapy briefly. One of the approaches that Family and Marriage Therapists integrate efficiently into their practice is EMDR. Though EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is relatively new in the therapy world, now it is credited by many professional and governmental organizations as either “treatment of choice” or a valid psychotherapy approach. Especially when trauma is particularly have a role in the formation of the problem, then EMDR is a “life saver” for the therapist. In this workshop, the participants will learn: • The basic principles and techniques of EMDR and Strategic Family Therapy • Why and how change occurs • When EMDR is called upon for help • How interventions are designed and implemented The cases will be presented by live video recordings of sessions.
Keywords: Strategic Family Therapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
79. Shapiro, F. (1998, October). EMDR as accelerated information processing therapy: Research and Practice. The California Psychologist, 31(10), 25-27.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
An exchange of views on the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. [Pilots] ...The California Psychologist, October 1998 Point/Counterpoint Feature: Point:
Shapiro, F. (1998, October). EMDR as accelerated information processing therapy: Research and Practice. The California Psychologist, 31(10), 25-27. Counterpoint: Rosen, G. M., McNally, R. J., Lohr, J. M., Devilly, G. J., Herbert, J. D., & Lilienfeld, S. O. (1998, October). A realistic appraisal of EMDR. The California Psychologist, 31(10), 25, 27....
[Reprinted in: Oregon Psychological Association's Newsgram, 1998, 17, 10-13; Washington Psychologist, 1998, 52, 9-10; Virginia Psychologist, 1999, 42, 11; Massachusetts Psychological Association's Quarterly, 1999, 42, 10-11; Georgia Psychologist, 1999, 53, 25; Missouri Psychologist, 1999, 11 (2), 7-8; Arkansas Psychologist, 1999, 1, 9-10; New York State Psychological Association Notebook, 1999, 11(3),19]
Keywords: Commentary Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Stressors Survivors Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
80. Lendl, J. (2007, September). EMDR basics part I: The touchstone event. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Dallas, TX.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
One of the reasons EMDR is such a powerful treatment is the Adaptive Information Processing Model with its eight phase, three- prong protocol. The robustness of the treatment is not achieved if any part of the protocol is dismissed. Dr. Shapiro’s recent trainings have emphasized the need to work beyond present-day symptoms and triggers (prong #2) to find the underlying touchstone events (prong #1). Part I will review the AIP Model, suggest channels of association most likely linked to a touchstone event/node, review the eight phases, place the touchstone event into the context of the eight phases, show video simulations of the touchstone event including the affect scan and floatback techniques, and have a supervised practicum.
Keywords: Adaptive Processing Model Channels of Association Touchstone Event
Accuracy Verified: Yes
81. Hofmann, A. (2008, September). EMDR bei dissoziativen störungen [EMDR and dissociative disorders]. Presentation at Pre-Congress on EMDR auf dem European Congress of Hypnosis, Wien, Österreich.
Language: German
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Mit den zunehmenden Forschungsergebnissen im Bereich psychotraumatischer bedingter Störungen sind auch neuere erfolgreiche Zugänge zur Behandlung dieser Störungen entwickelt worden. Einer dieser neuen Ansätze ist die von Dr. Francine Shapiro in Palo Alto (Kalifornien) entwickelte und mittlerweile international anerkannte EMDR-Methode.
Diese in ihrer Effektivität gut belegte Behandlungsmethode verwendet einen
acht Phasen umfassenden Behandlungsansatz und kann in vielen Psychotherapien auch bei schwer dissoziativen PatientInnen wichtigen Beitrag zur Verarbeitung belastender Erinnerungen leisten.
Dies gilt auch für PatientInnen, die unter schwersten dissoziativen Störungen wie einer multiplen Persönlichkeitsstörung leiden. Die oft langwierige Behandlung dieser PatienInnen ist durch Methodenintegration und kann durch den Einsatz der EMDR-Methode sehr profitieren. Der diagnostische und behandlungstechnisch integrative EMDR-Ansatz bei diesen PatientInnen wird in seinen Forschungsergebnissen und klinischen Anwendungen im Einzelnen diskutiert werden.
Supervision will as well as coaching the professional competence of supervisees at the intersection of different factors: optimizing them accordingly serve the qualification, optimization and reflection of the professional action.
With the growing research in the field of psycho-traumatic disorders induced newer successful approaches to the treatment of these disorders have been developed. One of these new approaches is that of Dr. Francine Shapiro in Palo Alto (Calif.) has developed and now internationally recognized EMDR method.
This well-documented in effectiveness treatment method uses a
eight phases comprehensive approach to treatment and can afford in many psychotherapies in severely dissociative patients also important contribution to the processing of stressful memories.
This also applies to patients suffering from severe dissociative disorders, such as a multiple personality disorder. The often lengthy treatment of this PatienInnen is through integration of methods and can benefit by using the EMDR method very much. The diagnostic and treatment technique EMDR integrative approach in these patients will be discussed in its research and clinical applications in detail.
Keywords: Dissociative Disorders
Accuracy Verified: Yes
82. Lewis, V. M. (1993, Spring). EMDR client safety checklist. EMDR Network Newsletter, 3(1), 5.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The idea for a Checklist arose from a concern that clinicians use EMDR competently and ethically. This checklist is one attempt to assist EMDR-trained therapists in developing professional attitudes and standards that reflect excellence.
Keywords: Client Checklist
Accuracy Verified: Yes
83. Sterpone, R., & Paiuzzi, E. (2008, Novembre). EMDR come momento di ulteriore integrazione professionale tra differenti operatori di cura di un ospedale infantile [EMDR as a moment of further integration between vocational different operators care children's hospital]. Presentazione Le applicazioni cliniche del EMDR Congresso Nazionale, Milano, Italia.
Language: Italian
Format: Conference
Abstract:
La presentazione si propone di “raccontare” come l’EMDR sia diventata, in un ospedale infantile, strumento di ulteriore integrazione professionale tra i differenti operatori di cura.
L’EMDR viene utilizzata, infatti, non solo con bambini e adolescenti che giungono nella Struttura Operativa di Psicologia, ma viene richiesta dai medici dei vari reparti per i pazienti, ed eventualmente per i loro familiari, ricoverati in seguito ad esposizione ad eventi critici. L’intervento con EMDR viene, inoltre, effettuato con alcuni genitori i cui figli sono ricoverati in merito a malattie gravi o croniche. Gli stessi operatori di cura, in seguito ad eventi potenzialmente traumatici in ambito lavorativo, vengono aiutati con gruppi di debriefing, e, se necessario, con l’EMDR per riprocessare situazioni dolorose, ritrovare benessere e funzionalità lavorativa. Operatori di cura differenti, sistemi conoscitivi$differenti, ma insieme… insieme per cocostruire con il paziente e la sua famiglia una nuova narrativa ed aiutarli ad attribuire nuovi significati ad esperienze dolorose o fallimentari.
The presentation aims to "tell" how EMDR has become, in a children's hospital, tool for further integration between the different operators of professional care. EMDR is used, in fact, not only with children and adolescents who come in the Structure Works on psychology, but is required by doctors of various departments for patients, and possibly for their families, hospitalized after exposure to critical events. Intervention with EMDR is also made with some parents whose children are hospitalized on serious or chronic illnesses. Operators themselves to care, in the aftermath of potentially traumatic in employment, are helped with groups of debriefing, and, if necessary, with EMDR for reprocess painful situations, to find wellness and functionality work. Operators care
ifferent cognitive systems different, but together ... together with the patient and cocostruire its family a new narrative and help to give new meaning to experiences painful or unsuccessful.
Keywords: Children
Accuracy Verified: Yes
84. Freitag, W., & Swan, S. (2011, August). EMDR consultation: Comprehensive review and new directions. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Orange County, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Consultation is vital to the proper training and professional development of EMDR therapist. Effective consultation can aid in the development of highly competent EMDR therapists, which is always the goal. Although the general goals of consultation may seems clear; the purpose, role and implementation of consultation at the differing credential levels have caused confusion for many EMDRIA Approved Consultants (AC). This workshop will provide both comprehensive reviews of clinical and administrative issues of the four types of consultation conducted by Approved Consultants. The clinical review includes, but is not limited to, the level of competency, skills and capabilities that should be demonstrated at each credential level. The administrative review will include organizational strategies for effective evaluation and record-keeping, as well as the formal documentation requirements of EMDRIA.
Keywords: Consultation
Accuracy Verified: Yes
85. Hartung, J. (2007, Novembro). EMDR e psicologia positiva: Treinamento em resiliência, aprimoramento de desempenho e outros assuntos que nunca ouvimos na universidade [Positive psychology and EMDR: Training resilience, performance enhancement and other matters that we have never heard in the university]. Apresentação no I Congresso Ibero-Americano de EMDR, Brasília, Brasil.
Language: Spanish
Format: Conference
Abstract:
No treinamento profissional de um
psicoterapeuta, tende-se a focalizar aquilo que
está “errado” com clientes: psicopatologia,
transtornos de ajustamento, categorias
diagnósticas, mesmo abordagens de tratamento
baseiam-se na premissa de que nossos clientes
vêm nos ver apenas quando algo está errado com eles. O terapeuta, por sua vez, pode finalizar o
trabalho depois que os sintomas foram corrigidos,
ou ao menos reduzidos. Nos últimos anos, muitos
terapeutas (e seus clientes) têm prestando atenção
ao que está certo conosco; como podemos
incrementar nossos recursos pessoais e nossas
emoções positivas, com a finalidade de obter
maiores benefícios para nós mesmos e os outros
com quem convivemos.
In the professional training of an
psychotherapist, tends to focus on what
is "wrong" with customers: psychopathology,
adjustment disorders, categories
diagnostic, treatment approaches that
based on the premise that our customers
come see us only when something is wrong with them. The therapist, in turn, may end
work after the symptoms have been corrected,
or at least reduced. In recent years, many
therapists (and their customers) are paying attention to what is right with us, as we
increase our resources and our personal
positive emotions, in order to obtain
greater benefits for ourselves and others
with whom we live.
Keywords: Positive Psychology
Accuracy Verified: Yes
86. Peterson, G., Smyth, N., Greenwald, R., de Jongh, A., & Lee, C. (2000, October). EMDR for treatment of PTSD. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 61(10), 784-785.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Letters question the lack of representation of qualified EMDR clinicians in the Expert Consensus Guideline Series: Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Two letters, one from Peterson and one from the EMDR International Association Research Committee (signed by Smyth, Greenwald, de Jongh, and Lee), commenting on: Foa, Davidson, and Frances, "Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (Expert consensus guideline series)," Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 60(Supplement 10) (1999) [14767], with a reply by Foa, Davidson, and Frances. [Pilots]
Keywords: Commentary Letter Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Practice Guideline Professional Criticism PTSD Professional Standards Reply
Accuracy Verified: Yes
87. Thomas, R., & Kafoury, A. (2008, Spring). EMDR HAP in India, Indian EMDR set to bloom. HAP What's Happening Now Newsletter, 4(3), Supplement to the Spring Newsletter.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
In 1995 Dr. Sushma Mehrotra of Mumbai first read about a new therapy called EMDR. After studying all of the information available to her, she introduced it to the Bombay Psychological Association and then to the Bombay Psychiatric Society. To make sure she understood it correctly, Dr. Mehrotra established contact with EMDR training facilitator and HAP volunteer, Ann Kafoury. She later invited Ann to come to India to give a presentation on EMDR to mental health professionals. Since that time they have worked together to develop trainings and to bring EMDR to the people of India. Ann has served as the coordinator of EMDR HAP programs in India since that time.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
88. Farrell, D., Tareen, S., & Keenan, P. (2008, November). EMDR HAP training in Pakistan in the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake and the ‘War on terror’. Presentation at the 24th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies .
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
On Saturday 8th October 2005, a devastating earthquake
measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck northern Pakistan. The
magnitude of the earthquake wiped out entire villages and
communities, destroyed 400,000 houses and created over 73,000
fatalities and 135,000 people injured.
EMDR UK & Ireland, EMDR Europe, the British/ Pakistani
Psychiatric Association & the University of Birmingham supported
an eighteen month Humanitarian Assistance Programme to help
train forty-nine mental health workers, mainly psychiatrists and
psychologists from the earthquake affected areas, in the theory
and practice of EMDR in the management of psychological trauma.
This programme was one of the first University based HAP
trainings in EMDR ever to be undertaken.
This paper will provide an insight into the development and
progression of the trainings in light of the ongoing political
problems in Pakistan both in terms of post earthquake
reconstruction and the continued threat of terrorist attacks
throughout Pakistan. It will also consider cultural perspectives of
trauma and how this related to both EMDR and the conceptual
framework of PTSD. The paper will also highlight some of the
psychometric data acquired from survivors from the earthquake
areas and demonstrate the ways in which EMDR is being utilised
as a psychological treatment intervention in Northern Pakistan.
Keywords: Earthquake HAP Pakistan
Accuracy Verified: Yes
89. Farrell, D. (2008, November). EMDR HAP training in Pakistan in the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake and the ‘war on terror’. Symposium conducted at the 24th annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Chicago, IL.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
On Saturday 8th October 2005, a devastating earthquake
measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck northern Pakistan. The
magnitude of the earthquake wiped out entire villages and
communities, destroyed 400,000 houses and created over 73,000
fatalities and 135,000 people injured.
EMDR UK & Ireland, EMDR Europe, the British/ Pakistani
Psychiatric Association & the University of Birmingham supported
an eighteen month Humanitarian Assistance Programme to help
train forty-nine mental health workers, mainly psychiatrists and
psychologists from the earthquake affected areas, in the theory
and practice of EMDR in the management of psychological trauma.
This programme was one of the first University based HAP
trainings in EMDR ever to be undertaken.
This paper will provide an insight into the development and
progression of the trainings in light of the ongoing political
problems in Pakistan both in terms of post earthquake
reconstruction and the continued threat of terrorist attacks
throughout Pakistan. It will also consider cultural perspectives of
trauma and how this related to both EMDR and the conceptual
framework of PTSD. The paper will also highlight some of the
psychometric data acquired from survivors from the earthquake
areas and demonstrate the ways in which EMDR is being utilised
as a psychological treatment intervention in Northern Pakistan.
Keywords: Earthquake HAP Pakistan Symposium Terror
Accuracy Verified: Yes
90. Meise, S. (2010, Juli). EMDR heilsame Augenbewegungen [EMDR healing eye movements]. Psychologie-Heute. Retrieved from http://www.psychologie-heute.de/archiv/detailansicht/news/emdr_heilsame_augenbewegungen/?type=0%2525252525252525252..cmd%3Dinfomailcmd%3Dinfomailcmd%3Dinfomail&cHash=9bb26b334680750cd6eb8f28f5e65e01 on 8/9/2010.
Language: German
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
Traumapsychotherapien mit EMDR sind 20 Jahre nach dessen Einführung unbestritten erfolgreich. Während die Wirkfaktoren noch erforscht werden, wenden Therapeuten es längst nicht mehr ausschließlich zur Behandlung schwerer Traumata an. Auch bei Allergien, Essstörungen, chronischen Erkrankungen und verhaltensgestörten Kindern hat sich das Verfahren bewährt
Revolution oder Humbug? Die Psychotherapie Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, kurz EMDR, polarisiert die Traumaforschung, seit sie 1989 von der amerikanischen Psychologin Francine Shapiro für posttraumatische Belastungsstörungen, PTBS, entwickelt wurde. Mittlerweile ist sie eine auch von offiziellen Gremien anerkannte Methode, denn über 20 kontrollierte Studien weisen deren teils frappierend schnelle Wirkung nach. Trotzdem gibt es erst seit etwa 10 Jahren einschlägige Fachartikel meist wird EMDR darin als Scharlatanerie oder Form der Hypnose abgekanzelt und mit dem Etikett...
Trauma with EMDR psychotherapies are 20 years after its introduction undoubtedly successful. While the effective factors are elucidated, it is no longer consult therapists exclusively for the treatment of severe trauma on. Even with allergies, eating disorders, chronic diseases and behavioral disorders, the procedure has proven
Revolution or humbug? The Psychotherapy Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR brief, polarized the trauma research, since it was developed in 1989 by the American psychologist Francine Shapiro for post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD. She is now an accepted method by official bodies, for more than 20 controlled studies demonstrate the sometimes striking quick effect. Nevertheless, it is only since about 10 years of relevant professional articles is EMDR is usually dismissed as quackery or form of hypnosis and with the label...
Keywords: Eye Movements
Accuracy Verified: Yes
91. Ichii, M. (2010, July). EMDR history in Asia: Past, present and future. Keynote presented at the 1st EMDR Asia Conference, Bali, Indonesia.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
To know the present status of EMDR in Asian countries:
Method: Inquiries by e-mail to the representatives of Asian countries and related US or European people
were sent. Replies were received from countries like Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India,
Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand.
Questions were on the origin of EMDR, the first training, the number of trainings so far, the number
of trained practitioners, credentials, academic organization, acceptance from government, media, and
professional world, future possibilities, and difficulties expected.
Results: Some countries like Australia, Japan and Korea have already reached the moderate stage, but still they have problems
to be solved. In Australia, their first training was in 1993 and many therapists have received training, but, organization
started very recently and network is not strong. In Japan, Japan EMDR Association has more than 800 members and started
publishing their own academic journal in 2009. However sceptical statements about EMDR can be seen in some books on
trauma. In Korea, they have health insurance system for EMDR but practitioners are few. The other countries are in the early
stage to grow the EMDR community or support the EMDR therapists. Most of them began the history after a big natural
disaster like Tsunami or earthquake. HAP from Europe and/or US supports their beginning. The first Asian conference could
be a good opportunity to start mutual understanding and cooperation in Asia.
Keywords: Asia Keynote History
Accuracy Verified: Yes
92. van Rood,Y., & de Roos, C. (2010, June). EMDR in the treatment of body dysmorphic disorder. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Hamburg, Germany.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is defined in the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual IV-TR (DSM-IV-TR) as a disorder characterised by a preoccupation with an imagined defect
in one's appearance (American Psychiatric Association (APA),
1994). BDD can be treated effectively with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRls) or cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
(Williams et al.. 2006). CBT interventions which are most often
described in the literature are exposure and response prevention
(ERP) and cognitive techniques. These interventions successfully
weaken the catastrophic expectations of the patients.
However, they do not affect the negative valence of patients'
appearance. This negative meaning is not inborn but acquired
during life through association with distressful or even traumatic
events. Patients with BDD often report stressful events as the
starting point of their complaints (Buhlmann et al., 2007) as
well as PTSS like symptoms. i.e. intrusions (Osman et al.. 2004).
Processing of these unprocessed memories might free the way
to the development of a more positive meaning of their appearance.
Indeed, case series have been described in which EMDR
has been successfully applied in the treatment of BDD (Brown
et al , 1997). In the first part of this workshop background information
will be presented which might help identifying BDD
patients who might profit from EMDR and planning subsequent
EMDR treatment. In the second part of the workshop we share
our experiences treating BDD patients with EMDR. Clinical issues
will be analysed using videotaped cases of patients for illustration.
The goal of this workshop is to increase knowledge and
understanding of the use of EMDR in the treatment for BDD.
American Psychiatric Association (APA) (1994). Diagnostic and
statistical manual of mental disorders. (4th ed.) Washington
DC. American Psychiatric Association.
Brown, K. W., McGoldrick, T., & Buchanan, R. (1997). Body
dysmorphic disorder: Seven cases treated with eye movement
desensitization and reprocessing. Behavioural and Cognitive
Psychotherapy. 25(2), 203-207
Buhlmann, U., Cook, L. M., Fama, 1. M., & Wilhelm, 5. (2007).
Perceived teasing experiences in body dysmorphic disorder.
Body Image. 4, 381-385.
Osman. S., Cooper, M., Hackmann, A,, & Veale, D. (2004).
Spontaneously occurring images and early memories in people
with body dysmorphic disorder Memory, 12, 428-436.
Williams, J., Hadjistavropoulos, T., & Sharpe, D. (2006). A meta-
analysis of psychological and pharmacological treatments for
Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy.
44, 99-111.
Keywords: Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Accuracy Verified: Yes
93. Hanson, W. (2008, October 13). EMDR International Association launches first EMDR library - Online library developed by former EMDRIA president. Press release by the EMDR International Association, Austin, TX.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
Today the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) introduced mental health practitioners and researchers worldwide to the first comprehensive collection of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) works – The Francine Shapiro Library.
Keywords: Francine Shapiro Library FSL
Accuracy Verified: Yes
94. Zampieri, M. A. J. (2012, Novembro). EMDR no espaço pessoal and relacional [EMDR within personal and relational]. In EMDR e visão sistêmica. Apresentação no II Congresso Brasileiro de EMDR, Brasília, Brasil.
Language: Portuguese
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Proposta focalizando conceitos do EMDR, Teoria de Papéis e da Teoria Sistêmica de Terapia Familiar, de modo que o profissional já treinado (ainda que parcialmente em EMDR) possa trabalhar associando ao EMDR, situações inter e intrapsíquicas. Para tanto utilizar-se-á recursos propostos por Shapiro, Kaslow e Maxfield, e, recursos adicionais apresentados por MAJZampieri no I Congresso Brasileiro de EMDR, acrescidos por novas experiências da proponente sobre EMDR no espaço pessoal e relacional.
Proposal focusing on concepts of EMDR, Theory Papers and the Theory of Systemic Family Therapy, so that the already trained professional (albeit partially in EMDR) EMDR can work linking to, inter and intra-psychic situations. To use both features will be proposed by Shapiro, Kaslow and Maxfield, and additional resources provided by the MAJZampieri I Brazilian Congress on EMDR, plus new experiences on EMDR proponent of personal and relational space.
Keywords: Family Therapy Family Therapy Intervention Combined Inter- and Intra-Psychic
Accuracy Verified: Yes
95. Lendl, J., & Foster, S. (2009). EMDR performance and enhancement psychology protocol. In M. Luber (Ed.), Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) scripted protocols: Basics and special situations, (pp. 377-396). New York: Springer Publishing Co.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
The EMDR Performance Enhancement Psychology Protocol (EMDR-PEP) addresses performance anxiety, self-defeating beliefs, behavioral inhibition, posttraumatic stress, and psychological recovery from injury for creative and performing artists, workplace employees, and athletes. The EMDR-PEP can be very useful with everyday nonpathological complaints such as procrastination, fear of failure, setbacks, and life transitions. Note: Clinicians, working with athletes require rigorous training in Sport Psychology and Sociology of Professional Sport. The EMDR-PEP encompasses a full spectrum viewpoint (body, mind, and spirit) regarding optimal functioning at work and in life. This perspective inspires clients to identify their strengths as well as areas to improve and to prioritize their work accordingly. The EMDR-PEP approach draws upon Maslow's (1971) Human Potential Movement and Positive Psychology (Amen, 2002; Buss, 2000; Csikzentmihalyi, 1990; Seligman, 1998; Taylor, Kemeny, Reed, Bower, & Gruenwald, 2000), as well as Sport Psychology Research and Principles (levleva & Orlick, 1991; Kohl, Ellis, & Roenkerm, 1992; Mamassis & Doganis, 2004; Martin, Moritz, & Hall, 1999; Nideffer, 1976; Short & Short, 2005; Simons, 2000; Unestahl, 1982), and Health Psychology (Graham, 1995; Levine, 1991; Simonton & Creighton, 1982; Whiting & den Brinker, 1982). The first single subject series (Foster & Lendl, 1996) reported promising findings with four diverse work-related situations and was republished in APA's seminal coaching papers in Consulting Psychology, The Wisdom of Coaching (Foster & Lendl, 2007). Reduced anxiety and increased self-confidence were reported for mature performing artists launching an existing repertoire into a new arena (Foster, 2000) and in a controlled study of master swimmers (Linebarger, 2005). Note: The Linebarger study included the Brief Intervention Focusing Protocol; the paper does not include inner advisor and mental room. Special attention is given to performance elements such as ability, focus, and motivation. The EMDR Performance Enhancement Psychology protocol Forms and Script are included. [PsycINFO Database]
Keywords: Performance Enhancement Protocol
Accuracy Verified: Yes
96. EMDR Europe Association. (2009, October 23). The EMDR song. Song sung at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Assoication, Amsterdam. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQgNt7rXNws on May 16, 2011.
Language: English
Format: Video
Abstract:
The EMDR Europe board singing "The EMDR Song" during the opening of the 10th EMDR Europe conference in Amsterdam (June 2009). The song was written by Barbara Wizansky and Udi Oren in order to celebrate Francine Shapiro's accomplishments.
Filmed and edited by Dr. Michel Meignant
Keywords: Song 20 Year Anniversary
Accuracy Verified: Yes
97. Shapiro, F. (2012, February 27). EMDR therapy and Getting Past Your Past. Good Therapy. Retrieved from http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/emdr-therapy-your-past-0227126/ on 6/26/012.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
The purpose of Getting Past Your Past is to help liberate readers by giving them a comprehensive understanding of why they respond to the world in ways that don’t serve them and what they can do about it. The book provides self-help procedures derived from EMDR therapy to identify the earlier memories that are the basis of the problem and other techniques to help change their reactions. Through stories, detailed descriptions, and step-by-step instructions, readers will be able to take self-exploration and healing into their own hands. Guidelines are also provided to help them decide if additional professional assistance is needed. The book is written in an easy conversational style so that it is accessible to both the general public and therapists interested in exploring a different paradigm. A wide range of luminaries in the field of psychology have highly recommended the book for both clinicians and laypeople (http://www.emdr.com/coming-soon.html). [Excerpt]
Keywords: General
Accuracy Verified: Yes
98. Doherty, M. (2012, July 27). EMDR therapy can alleviate PTSD for those affected by Aurora shooting. Austin, TX, SBWire. Retrieved from http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/emdr-therapy-can-alleviate-ptsd-for-those-affected-by-aurora-shooting-155639.htm on 7/29/2012.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
There are a number of accepted psychological treatments that can alleviate the mental suffering and heal individuals. Among them is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), an extensively researched psychotherapy approach.
It is an efficient and rapid treatment of trauma, incorporating elements of many other treatment modalities. EMDR has helped an estimated two million people. EMDR has been accepted as a treatment for PTSD and Acute Stress Disorder by the American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, U. S. Department of Defense, and the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
The intensity of experiencing a life-threatening trauma can take time to subside. Seeking treatment for PTSD can help restore balance, control, and enjoyment to life. [Excerpt]
Keywords: Aurora Shooting
Accuracy Verified: Yes
99. Shapiro, F. (2010, Spring/Summer). EMDR therapy: Adaptive information processing, clinical applications and research recommendations. Trauma Psychology Newsletter, 12-18.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
I want to begin by thanking the Division for honoring
me with the 2009 Award for Outstanding Contributions
to Practice in Trauma Psychology. I was very touched
to have received the award in the 20th year since the publication
of my first article in the Journal of Traumatic
Stress in 1989. I also appreciate this invitation to
provide an update on some of the recent advances
in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
(EMDR) practice that are relevant to the Division,
along with a clarification of its current procedures
and theoretical underpinnings. For instance, due in
part to my first publication, which described “EMD”
solely in terms of desensitization with repeated
return to the target memory, many in the field
are unaware that, as EMDR, it is no longer simply
an exposure treatment. In fact, with the accent
on “reprocessing,” EMDR pays only occasional attention to the initial target and, importantly,
includes the facilitation of an association process
that actually contradicts most of the tenets of current exposure
therapies. Therefore, I will also take this opportunity to explain
some of the differences between these treatment orientations,
since this distinction points the way to additional clinical
applications and research opportunities. [Excerpt]
Keywords: Adaptive Information Processing AIP Ressearch
Accuracy Verified: Yes
100. Oren, U., & Solomon, R. (2012). EMDR therapy: An overview of its development and mechanisms of action. Revue Européenne De Psychologie Appliquée/European Review of Applied Psychology, 62(4), 197-203. doi:10.1016/j.erap.2012.08.005.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Introduction:
This article examines the history and development of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), from Dr. Francine Shapiro's original discovery in 1987, to current findings and future directions for research and clinical practice.
Elements of the literature:
An overview is provided of significant milestones in the evolution of EMDR over the first 20 years, including key events, research and scientific publications, and humanitarian efforts. The authors also describe the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, which is the theoretical basis of the therapy; they address the question of mechanisms of action, and EMDR's specific contribution to the field of psychotherapy.
Discussion:
EMDR is an integrative psychotherapy, which sees dysfunctionally stored memories as the core element of the development of psychopathology. In its view of memory, it integrates information that is sensory, cognitive, emotional and somatic in nature. The EMDR protocol looks at past events that formed the presented problem, at the present situations where the problem is experienced, and at the way, the client would like to deal with future challenges.
Conclusion:
EMDR is a 25-year-old therapy that has accumulated a substantial body of research proving its efficiency, and is now part of many professional treatment guidelines. The research is pointing to its potentially large positive impact in the fields of mental and physical health.
Keywords: Development Mechanisms of Action
Accuracy Verified: Yes
101. Haour, F., Meignant, I., & De Beaurepaire, C. (2012, June). EMDR treatment of sexual traumas in a child offender [Tratamiento EMDR de traumas sexuales en un pedófilo]. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Madrid, Spain.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Child
offenders
have
been
abused
3
to
6
time
more
than
controls
during
childhood
and
these
figures
are
probably
grossly
underestimated.
Most
of
them
exhibit
all
or
many
symptoms
of
Post
Traumatic
Stress
Disorders
(PTSD)
in
association
with
anxiety-‐depression-‐addiction.
TCC
treatments
are
useful
but
with
limited
efficacy
(Brooks-‐
Gordon
B
et
al,
Journal
of
forensic
Psychiatry
and
Pathology,
2006;
17:442-‐466).
The
treatment
by
the
EMDR
approach
of
the
traumatic
memories
should
be
beneficial
to
these
patients.
Previous
work
(Ricci
RJ
et
al,
Journal
of
forensic
Psychiatry
and
Pathology,
2006;
17:538-‐562)
has
provided
preliminary
results
in
child
molesters.
Clinical
Case:
A
40
years
old
male
convicted
and
jailed
for
sexual
abuse
(pedophilia)
at
33
years
of
age.
He
lives
with
a
wife
and
a
son
(9
year
old)
and
has
a
regular
job.
His
medications
are:
antipsychotic,
antidepressor,
antiepileptic,
anxiolytic
and
anti
androgens.
He
sees
regularly
a
psychologist
but
is
submitted
to
anxious
attacks
and
pedophilic
desires.
He
usually
needs
to
be
hospitalized
several
weeks
twice
a
year.
Following
assessment
and
psychological
evaluation
(DSM
IV,
PCLS,
SOS,
BECK
21,
DES)
and
case
conceptualisation,
the
traumatic
events
were
desensitized
and
reprocessed
through
EMDR
treatment:
rape
and
sexual
abuse
by
an
older
brother
from
5
to
12,
familial
humiliations,
rape
under
threat,
at
11
year
of
age
by
an
adult,
accusation
by
a
13
years
old
partner
at
33
years
of
age,
prison,
trial,
etc.
The
themes
of
the
first
8
EMDR
sessions
(first
3
months)
were:
helplessness/control,
danger/
security,
and
will
be
exposed
in
details.
The
changes
in
the
patient
appreciation
of
himself
and
his
symptoms
were
followed
during
this
period.
A
sharp
decline
in
the
anxiety
scores
(Beck
21)
and
a
rapid
increase
in
the
SOS
(Schwartz
outcome
scale:
quality
of
life)
were
observed.
At
the
same
time
the
pedophilic
desires
were
disappearing.
This
allowed
the
psychiatrist
to
reduce
the
antiandrogenic
treatments
as
well
as
antipsychotic,
antiepileptic
and
antidepressor.
Nine
month
after
the
beginning
of
therapy
the
patient
was
without
antiandrogens.
The
SOS
scores
remained
high
but
episodes
of
anxiety
and
depression
were
still
present
(9
to
12
months
after
beginning
of
EMDR
treatment).
In
conclusion,
desensitization
of
traumatic
memories
lied
to
a
dramatic
improvement
of
anxiety
and
changes
in
sexual
desire
in
a
man
convicted
for
pedophilia.
Los
abusadores
sexuales
han
sido,
durante
la
infancia,
víctimas
de
abusos
sexuales
de
3
a
6
veces
más
que
los
controles
y
estos
datos
están
lejos
de
aproximarse
a
un
dato
real.
Muchos
de
ellos
exhiben
todos
o
muchos,
síntomas
del
Trastorno
de
Estrés
Post-‐traumático
(TEPT)
en
asociación
con
ansiedad,
depresión
o
adicciones.
Los
tratamiento
TCC
son
útiles
pero
de
limitada
eficacia.
(Brooks-‐
Gordon
B
et
al,
Journal
of
forensic
Psychiatry
and
Pathology,
2006;
17:442-‐466).
El
tratamiento
a
través
de
EMDR
de
los
recuerdos
traumáticos
debería
ser
beneficioso
para
el
paciente.
En
trabajos
previos
(Ricci
RJ
et
al,
Journal
of
forensic
Psychiatry
and
Pathology,
2006;
17:538-‐562)
han
mostrado
resultados
preliminares
en
pedófilos.
Caso
Clínico:
Un
convicto
varón,
40
años,
entró
en
la
cárcel
por
abusos
sexuales
(Pedofilia)
a
la
edad
de
33
años.
Vive
con
su
mujer
y
su
hijo
(9
años
de
edad)
y
posee
un
trabajo
estable.
Su
tratamiento
farmacológico
es:
Antipsicóticos,
antidepresivos,
antiepilépticos,
ansiolíticos
y
anti-‐andrógenos.
Muestra
un
patrón
psicológico
regular
pero
está
supeditado
a
ataques
de
ansiedad
y
deseos
pedófilos.
Normalmente
necesita
ser
hospitalizado
durante
varias
semanas
2
veces
al
año.
Siguiendo
las
tareas
y
la
evaluación
psicológica
(DSM
IV,
PCLS,
SOS,
BECK
21,
DES),
conceptualización
del
caso,
los
eventos
traumáticos
donde
se
ha
aplicado
el
tratamiento
EMDR:
Violación
y
abuso
sexual
por
su
hermano
mayor
desde
los
5
hasta
los
12
años,
humillaciones
familiares,
violación
bajo
amenaza
por
un
adulto
a
la
edad
de
11
años.,
acusación
por
un
niño
de
13
años,
ingreso
en
prisión,
juicio…
Las
temáticas
en
las
primeras
8
sesiones
de
EMDR
(los
primeros
3
meses)
fueron:
Desesperanza/Control,
peligro/
Seguridad,
y
serán
expuestas
en
detalle.
Se
hizo
un
seguimiento
de
los
cambios
apreciados
por
el
paciente
y
sus
síntomas.
Una
fuerte
bajada
de
las
puntuaciones
en
ansiedad
(Beck21)
y
un
rápido
aumento
de
la
SOS
(Schwartz
outcome
scale:
quality
of
life)
fueron
observadas.
Al
mismo
tiempo
que
los
deseos
pedófilos
iban
desapareciendo.
Esto
permitía
al
psiquiatra
reducir
los
tratamiento
antiandrogénicos,
antiepilépticos,
antidepresores
y
antipsicóticos.
Nueve
meses
más
tarde
del
comienzo
del
tratamiento
el
paciente
abandonó
los
antiandrógenos.
Las
puntaciones
del
SOS
seguían
altas
pero
los
episodios
de
ansiedad
y
depresión
seguían
presentes
(de
9
a
12
meses
después
del
tratamiento
EMDR)
En
conclusión,
desensibilizar
recuerdos
dramáticos
ligados
a
una
espectacular
mejora
de
la
ansiedad
y
cambios
en
el
deseo
sexual
del
convicto
por
pedofilia.
Keywords: Child Offenders Sexual Trauma
Accuracy Verified: Yes
102. Wintersperger, S. (2008, September). EMDR und psychoanalyse [EMDR and psychoanalysis]. Pre-Congress am 11. Kongress der European Society of Hypnosis in Psychotherapie und Psychosomatische Medizin, Wien, Österreich.
Language: German
Format: Conference
Abstract:
EMDR wurde als ein Verfahren entwickelt, um belastende/traumatische Erinnerungen nachträglich zu verarbeiten/integrieren. Phase 4 des EMDR- Standardprotokolls, das sogenannte „Prozessieren“ hat hierbei eine zentrale Bedeutung, es ist ein spezifisches Kernstück in der EMDR-Behandlungstechnik.
Es handelt sich dabei um eine gezielt in Gang gesetzte besondere Form des assoziativen „Denkens“, (das neurobiologisch gesprochen ein „subkortikales Denken“ ist), welches an das Freie Assoziieren in der Psychoanalyse erinnert.
EMDR was developed as a method to integrate process stressful / traumatic memories later /. Phase 4 of the EMDR standard protocol, the so-called "litigation" has a central role here, there is a specific key instrument in the EMDR treatment technology.
This is a deliberately set in motion particular form of associative "thinking" (which is spoken a neurobiological "subcortical thinking"), which commemorates the free associating in psychoanalysis.
Based on this observation I would make the attempt, on the one hand against the background Psychotraumatological concepts of integration and the other along the dimension of psychoanalytic concepts of insight and change illustrate this phenomenon.
My working hypothesis is: The KH-views and treatment concepts of psychoanalysis and the neurobiological findings of psycho trauma are not incompatible in the focal point of change, he is now litigating or free association, faces some of the ways.
As a conclusion I'm going to answer the question, can be combined if and under what conditions the EMDR treatment technique of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
Keywords: Psychoanalysis
Accuracy Verified: Yes
103. Boèl, J. (1997). EMDR with trauma survivors in Mexico: In the aftermath of Hurricane Paulina with the Mexican Association for crisis therapy in Acapulco. EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
Hurricane Paulina ravaged Acapulco, Mexico, in October of 1997. Two weeks of
torrential rains, floods and landslides followed. At least 2500 people died. In one poor
neighbourhood on the banks of what had been an almost dry riverbed, 400 people were
buried alive before they could escape or be rescued. Despite acts of incredible heroism
which occurred during the hurricane and floods and in the following days, the initial
rescue efforts were hampered by the lack of infrastructure for emergencies of such scale.
The firemen worked alongside volunteers for 15 days taking only 'cat naps' in their
trucks. They received no psychological debriefing from the horrors they witnessed until
three months later, when Dr. Ignacio Jarero and I (as members of the Mexican
Association for Crisis Therapy core team met to debrief with them. Some of the most
stalwart rescuers with whom we spoke still had recurring images of partial corpses of
children stuck in trees and bodies of pregnant women floating along the main streets of
old Acapulco.
Keywords: Acapulco Butterfly Hug Children: Hurricane Pauline Mexico Recent Events
Accuracy Verified: Yes
104. Cooper, A. (1995, June). EMDR with victims of trauma: Protecting your client, protecting yourself. Presentation at the EMDR Network Conference, Santa Monica, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
EMDR is an innovative and rapidly expanding new, treatment technique. Therapists are provided with two weekends of intensive
training and encouraged to obtain supervision and be active in peer consultation groups and networks, and work to refine their skills.
It is uncertain what percentage follow through in this regard.
Estimates of the numbers of people who are victims of sexual trauma in our society are staggering (one in 3 girls, one in seven boys).
Research finds that approximately half the people who present for psychotherapy have some sexual trauma in their history. EMDR
has been hailed as an important new technique in facilitating the treatment of those who have been sexually traumatized. With
correct usage, EMDR can greatly facilitate the treatment. At the same time, sexual trauma is a complex and volatile issue and
awkward, poorly timed, or overly simplistic usage of EMDR could potentially lead to adverse consequences for the patient and
treatment. As with any therapeutic technique or paradigm it can only be as helpful as that of the overall treatment. In addition the
mere usage of EMDR will have an impact on the therapy, as well as the therapeutic container, and therapists need to be cognizant of
what that impact will be as well as to be sure that they know how to incorporate the patient reactions into the treatment in a positive
way and not allow them to undermine, or otherwise detrimentally effect both patient and therapist primary therapy goals.
Particularly in these times of increased litigation, malpractice suits, and professional grievances against therapists those
professionals utilizing EMDR would be wise to be aware of the particular risks inherent in the patient population in which they
work, as well as the inherent vulnerability of utilizing a newly developed technique. In treating sexual trauma many experts agree
that the crucible of the therapeutic container- is whether the healing will occur if the therapist sucessfully deals with the
challenges the patient will offer lip. Again how those utilizing EMDR negotiates those challenges may be he difference between a
successful course of therapy and a disaster.
Finally, working with sexual trauma is an emotionally, intellectually, and sometimes physically demanding undertaking. Many
therapists do not fully realize or acknowledge the toll that this type of work exacts and may be blind to the countertransferentia1
responses which arise and how they are communicated to the patient.
In this workshop we will first reveal, some of the current thinking on the primary treatment issues (and obstacles) in therapy with
victims of sexual trauma. We will then examine how and when is the most propitious time to use EMDR with this population and
what reactions patients are likely to have to this type of intervention. Specific ways that EMDR and its implementation may activate
certain issues in sexual trauma victims be elucidated as well as strategies for addressing those issues. Finally participants will
engage in a series of experiential exercises designed to heighten their awareness of their own personal reactions and feelings (i.e.,
countertransference) to working with the intensity of sexual trauma. Once again these potential reactions will be linked to more or
less effective usage of EMDR.
Keywords: Trauma
Accuracy Verified: Yes
105. Errebo, N., Knipe, J., Forte, K., Karlin, V., & Altayli, B. (2008). EMDR-HAP training in Sri Lanka following the 2004 tsunami. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 2(2), 124-139. doi:10.1891/1933-3196.2.2.124.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
On December 26, 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered a catastrophic tsunami. In Sri Lanka, 35,000 people died, 21,000 were injured, and more than half a million were displaced. An EMDR training program was conducted as a joint project of three organizations: EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs (HAP), International Relief Teams (IRT), and the Sri Lankan National Counselors Association (SRILNAC). Between March and December 2005, 30 Sri Lankan counselors were trained in EMDR. These counselors demonstrated competence in EMDR on several measures, treated more than 1,000 children and more than 350 adult tsunami victims with EMDR in 2005, provided narrative reports and outcome measures for most of their clients, and formed the Sri Lanka EMDR Association (SEA). The crucial steps in establishing and implementing this training program are explained, with a summary of the subjective impressions and learning experiences most valued by the training team, including an excerpt from a trainer's journal. This information may be useful to future cross-cultural humanitarian efforts following large-scale disasters. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Adults Children Cross-Cultural Treatment Humanitarian Efforts Indian Ocean Tsunami Mental Health Personnel Personal Narrative Professional Training Sri Lanka Sri Lankans Survivors Treatment Effectiveness Tsunamis
Accuracy Verified: Yes
106. Capps, F., Andrade, H., & Cade, R. (2005). EMDR: An approach to healing betrayal wounds in couples counseling. In G. R. Walz & R. K. Yep (Eds.), VISTAS: Compelling Perspectives on Counseling (pp. 107-110). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
Since its introduction by Francine Shapiro in
1989, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
(EMDR) has gained wide acceptance as an efficacious
clinical treatment. It is particularly useful in the
treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Alto,
2001). Despite its relative novelty, EMDR has been used
to treat survivors, emergency workers, and disaster
relief counselors worldwide. EMDR therapists have
successfully employed EMDR in Oklahoma City,
Belfast, Zagreb, Rwanda, Dunblane, Sarajevo,
Columbine, and Londonderry. EMDR has also been
used in the treatment of PTSD for combat veterans from
World War II, the Korean War, Beirut, and the Vietnam
War (Silver & Rogers, 2002, p. xix). EMDR effects
exceed those of nonspecific effects shared by all
treatments and are independent of client expectations.
Moreover, EMDR effects are at least equal to effects
of cognitive behavioral therapy, and EMDR requires
less time than other models with less client attrition
(Silver & Rogers, p. 254). Importantly, the American
Psychological Association has listed EMDR as an
efficacious treatment for civilian PTSD (Alto, 2001).
Keywords: Betrayal Wounds Couples Counselling Couples Therapy
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107. Luber, M. (2009). EMDR: A community of heart. Author..
Language: English
Format: Book
Abstract:
This book is a compilation of the "In the Spotlight" articles that Dr. Luber wrote for the EMDR Internation Association's newsletter while she was a Founding Board Member. She published this book in celebtation of the 20th anniversary of the beginning of EMDR.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
108. Shapiro, F. (1994, Summer). EMDR: In the eye of a paradigm shift. the Behavior Therapist, 17(7), 153-156.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
EMDR is presented by its founder [Shapiro] as a method for allowing long delayed learning to take place through as yet unknown neural mechanisms which are triggered by the repetitive eye movements of the procedure. In Stekete and Goldstein's appraisal of research examining EMDR's effectiveness we begin to see the contours of an empirical response to some of the earlier miraculous and enigmatic clinical case reports using this procedure. [Adapted from Introduction]
Keywords: Professional Criticism Reply Psychophysiology Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
109. Rouanzoin, C. C., Bresler, D., Doctor, R. S., Fensterheim, H., Heber, R., Hofmann, A., de Jongh, A., & Shapiro, F. (1998, December). EMDR: Overcoming controversy and distortion. The California Psychologist, 31(12), 14.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
Argues in favor of the efficacy of EMDR treatment for PTSD, responding to points raised by Gerald M. Rosen and colleagues.
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticisms PTSD Stressors Survivor Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
110. Βεντουράτου, Δ. [Ventouratos, D.]. (2005). EMDR: Μια νέα μέθοδος για την επεξεργασία τραυματικών εμπειριών [EMDR: A new method for the treatment of traumatic experiences]. Τετράδια Ψυχιατρικής [Notebooks of Psychiatry], 92, 4.
Language: Greek
Format: Journal
Abstract:
EMDR (Eye Movement Απευαισθητοποίηση και επανεπεξεργασίας - απευαισθητοποίηση οφθαλμοκινητικών και επανεπεξεργασίας) είναι μια νεότερη (ανακαλύφθηκε από τον F. Shapiro το 1989-1991) και ίσως πιο αποτελεσματική θεραπευτική μέθοδος για τη θεραπεία του μετατραυματικού στρες, όπως αποδεικνύεται από πλήθος ερευνών. Σε διεθνές επίπεδο αναγνωρίζεται τόσο από το APA (American Psychological Association), καθώς και η ISTSS (International Society for μετατραυματικού στρες Σπουδών), και ήδη 53.000 θεραπευτές σε όλο τον κόσμο έχουν εκπαιδευτεί στην αίτηση. Μετά από μια παρουσίαση σχετικά με τις αρχές και την θεραπευτική μέθοδο EMDR, θα αναφερθώ εν συντομία σε κάποια έρευνα που αποδεικνύουν την αποτελεσματικότητα. Τέλος, η παρουσίαση της κλινικής εκδήλωσης έχει ως στόχο να δώσουμε μια ιδέα της μεθόδου στην πράξη.
The EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - oculomotor
desensitization and reprocessing) is a newer (discovered by F. Shapiro
in 1989-1991) and perhaps more effective therapeutic method to treat
PTSD, as evidenced by a multitude of investigations. At international level
recognized by both the APA (American Psychological Association), and the ISTSS
(International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies), and already 53,000 therapists throughout
the world have trained in the application.
After a presentation on the principles and therapeutic method
EMDR, we briefly introduce some research demonstrating
effectiveness. Finally, the presentation of a clinical event aims
To give an idea of the method in practice.
Keywords: Trauma Treatment
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111. Shapiro, F. (2008, May). EMDR: 21st-century therapy and the possibilities for healing. Presentation at the Academy for Guided Imagery Conference.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) has been so well researched that it is
now recommended as a front line treatment for trauma in the Practice Guidelines of American
Psychiatric Association, and those of the Department of Defense and of Veterans Affairs. It is
an integrative psychotherapy that offers a new and distinct approach to personality
development and the treatment of pathology.
The clinical applications of EMDR with an information processing focus can be used as a general
model of psychotherapy addressing a full range of issues of everyday clinical practice, including
family therapy impasses. Increasingly, research evidence is showing that there’s a kind of
psychological change that can happen at the level of adaptive information processing, opening
up the possibility of powerful therapeutic effects that can exceed expectations both in the speed
and depth of their impact.
In this presentation, you’ll get an experience of the implicit and associational memory networks
that govern our feelings, thoughts, and reactions outside the realm of rational thought. You’ll
learn how EMDR and the Adaptive Information Processing model apply not only to trauma, but
also to personality disorders, depression, chronic pain, sexual compulsivity, and other
dysfunctional behaviors and thoughts.
EMDR group protocols will be illustrated that have been used worldwide after both natural and
man-made disasters. It is believed that the treatment of trauma through networks of clinicians
can aid in breaking the cycle of violence worldwide.
Keywords: Webcast
Accuracy Verified: Yes
112. Eschenroder, C. T. (1997). EMDR: Eine neue methode zur verarbeitung traumatischer erinnerungen [EMDR: A new method for the processing of traumatic memories]. Tübingen, Germany: Dgvt-Verlag..
Language: German
Format: Book
Abstract:
Die von Francine Shapiro entwickelte innovative EMDR-Methode (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing/Augenbewegungs-Desensibilisierung und Neubearbeitung) hat in der Fachwelt großes Aufsehen erregt, so sehr grenzte sie an Zauberei. Ursprünglich für die Behandlung von Trauma-Opfern gedacht, erschließen sich mittlerweile weitere Anwendungsbereiche. Was ist davon zu halten?
Dieser Frage wird im vorliegenden Band beantwortet, der über den aktuellen Stand des Wissens zur EMDR informiert und zahlreiche Anwendungsbeispiele aus unterschiedlichen Bereichen und psychotherapeutischen Schulen vorstellt. Es zeigt sich, daß EMDR vor allem bei der Verarbeitung vergangener belastender Erlebnisse in manchen Fällen in erstaunlich kurzer Zeit zu einem Abklingen negativer Emotionen sowie zu neuen Einsichten und spontanen Veränderungen von Vorstellungsbildern führt.
The innovative, developed by Francine Shapiro EMDR method (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) / eye movement desensitization and revision in the professional world has a great sensation, much as it bordered on magic. Originally developed for the treatment of trauma victims intended to open up further application areas now. What should we make of it?
This question is answered in this volume, which informs about the current state of knowledge on EMDR and presents numerous examples from different fields and schools of psychotherapy. It turns out that EMDR leads mainly to the processing of past stressful experiences, in some cases in a remarkably short time, a decay of negative emotions, leading to new insights and changes of spontaneous mental images.
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113. Hanlon, P. (2012, November 1). EMDR: Research prompts acceptance. New England Psychologist. Retrieved from http://www.nepsy.com/articles/leading-stories/emdr-research-prompts-acceptance/ on 1/2/2012.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
For skeptics, Wheeler points to the research. She indicates that more than 27 randomized clinical trials have shown EMDR to be effective for PTSD and adds that the American Psychiatric Association, the Veterans Administration Department of Defense (VA-DOD) and many other national and international practice guidelines have approved EMDR as a Level A treatment for this disorder. “A Kaiser Permanente study found that after six sessions, 100 percent with a single trauma and 77 percent with multiple trauma events no longer had PTSD,” she says. “This is a well researched treatment and compares favorably to other treatments for PTSD. It’s good to be skeptical, but people should read the research.”
Keywords: Kate Wheeler Practice Research Theory
Accuracy Verified: Yes
114. Pacheco, J. Q. (2010, Febrero-Marzo). EMDR: Tratamiento de la fobia social [EMDR: Treatment of social phobia]. Communicacion presentada en: 11º Congreso Virtual de Psiquiatría, Trujillo, Peru, Interpsiquis 2010. Psiquiatria.com..
Language: Spanish
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Social phobia is one of the most common diseases in the general population, according to
American Psychiatric Association (2000) cited by Olivares-Rodríguez (2006) (1) shows a
prevalence ranges from 1% to 15.6% in Europe, being higher in women than in men
(Olivares, J., 2003) (2), has its onset most frequently in middle adolescence (Olivares-Olivares and
Other, 2007) (3) in these patients presenting symptoms associated with other disorders
anxiety, depression and substance abuse such as alcohol or other legal and illegal drugs
(Olivares, J., 2003) (2), constituting a serious public health problem or suffering
ever had in your life for 9.5% of the population (Olivares, J., 2003) (2)
Social phobia is one of the most common diseases in the general population, according to
American Psychiatric Association (2000) cited by Olivares-Rodríguez (2006) (1) shows a
prevalence ranges from 1% to 15.6% in Europe, being higher in women than in men
(Olivares, J., 2003) (2), has its onset most frequently in middle adolescence (Olivares-Olivares and Other, 2007) (3) in these patients presenting symptoms associated with other disorders
anxiety, depression and substance abuse such as alcohol or other legal and illegal drugs
(Olivares, J., 2003) (2), constituting a serious public health problem or suffering
ever had in your life for 9.5% of the population (Olivares, J., 2003) (2)
Keywords: Social Phobia Treatment
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115. Bittu, S. R. S. (2006). EMDR: Uma terapia para tratamento de traumas. Somoss Todos Um. Retrieved from http://somostodosum.ig.com.br/conteudo/conteudo.asp?id=05742 /23/2013.
Language: Spanish
Format: Other
Abstract:
American Psychiatric Association recommends EMDR as one of the main methods of today for the treatment of traumatic situations. New applications of the method have been directed to treatment of psychosomatic diseases. [Excerpt]
Accuracy Verified: Yes
116. Gannon, J. P. (1992, October). EMDR: Magic wand or breakthrough technique?. San Francisco Psychologist, 6-8.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a new technique rapidly gaining recognition among clinicians specializing in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (Shapiro, 1989b,c, 1991; Wolpe & Abrams, 1991, Puk, 1991). At first glance (or should I say saccadic flick?), my skepticism was evoked when I heard some trumpet EMDR as a "breakthrough tehcnique," the 21st century's answer to free association. Furthermore, for psychodynamically-oriented therapists, any technique with the word "desensitization" in the name is bound to put us off. We've all been around the block more than once with the advent of some new behavioral technique that was supposed ot set the mental health world afire.
Keywords: Skepticism
Accuracy Verified: Yes
117. Jones, K. R. (2006, June). EMDR: Warning on safe use. Therapy Today, 17(5), 23.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
For EMDR to be used safely, I strongly agree with the position emphasised during training with the EMDR Institute, that this is an adjunct technique which should only be integrated into existing and appropriate professional practice. Furthermore, practitioners should be qualified to carry out an effective mental health assessment, to screen potential clients for contraindicative effects (eg dissociation or psychosis) prior to treatment, as well as being competent to deal with adverse effects such as strong abreactions. Given the potential for harm with techniques such as EMDR, I believe that it is essential for practitioners to have a 'practising certificate' before offering this approach to clients, rather than simply undertaking 'some training' as noted by the author.
Keywords: Letter
Accuracy Verified: Yes
118. Bower, B. (1995, October 21). EMDR: Promise and dissent. Science News, 148(17), 270-271.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
Scientists rarely sound as apologetic as Charles R. Figley did after discussing his latest investigation at the American Psychological Association's annual meeting in New York City this August. "I'm taking a major risk in presenting such odd and unusual techniques to you," Figley told the assembled clinicians. "But these are potentially revolutionary treatments for traumatic stress reactions."
Keywords: Research
Accuracy Verified: Yes
119. Pitman, R., Orr, S., Altman, B., Longpre, R., Poire, R., Macklin, M., Michaels, M. J., & Steketee, G. S. (1996, November-December). Emotional processing and outcome of imaginal flooding therapy in Vietnam veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 37(6), 409-418. doi:10.1016/S0010-440X(96)90025-5.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This study examined emotional processing and outcome in 20 Vietnam veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who underwent imaginal flooding therapy. Results supported the occurrence of emotional processing, as manifest in significant activation, within-session habituation, and partial across-session habituation of physiologic and self-reported process variables. The flooding therapy produced only modest overall improvement, which was statistically significant for avoidance symptomatology measured by the Impact of Events Scale (TOES) and number of intrusions per day recorded by the subject in a log. Symptomatic improvement appeared to generalize from a treated to an untreated experience. Heart rate activation during the first flooding session predicted a decrease in daily number of intrusive combat memories across the therapy. Otherwise, there was little association between extent of emotional processing and therapeutic outcome. The results provide limited support for the notion that mobilization of phychophysiologic arousal during exposure therapy predicts improvement. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Emotional Processing Flooding Therapy Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Vietnam Veterans
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120. Pitman, R., Orr, S., Altman, B., Longpre, R., Poire, R., & Macklin, M. (1996, November-December). Emotional processing during eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy of Vietnam veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 37(6), 419-429. doi:10.1016/S0010-440X(96)90025-5.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This study examined emotional processing and outcome in 27 Vietnam veterans with chronic PTSD who underwent eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, with and without the eye movement component, in a crossover design. Results supported the occurrence of partial emotional processing, but there were no differences in its extent in the eye-movement versus eyes-fixed conditions. Therapy produced a modest to moderate overall improvement, mostly on the Impact of Event Scale. There was slightly more improvement in the eyes-fixed than eye-movement condition. There was little association between the extent of emotional processing and therapeutic outcome. In our hands, EMDR was at least as efficacious for combat-related PTSD as imaginal flooding proved to be in a previous study, and was better tolerated by subjects. However, results suggest that eye movements do not play a significant role in processing of traumatic information in EMDR and that factors other than eye movements are responsible for EMDR's therapeutic effect. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Americans Clinical Trial Empirical Study Longitudinal Study Males Middle Aged Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Treatment Effectiveness Veterans Vietnam War
Accuracy Verified: Yes
121. Weisz, J. R., Hawley, K. M., & Doss, A. J. (2004). Empirically tested psychotherapies for youth internalizing and externalizing problems and disorders. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North American, 13, 729–815. doi:10.1016/j.chc.2004.05.006.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
The term psychotherapy has come to be applied to a broad array of nonmedical
interventions designed to alleviate psychologic distress, reduce maladaptive
behavior, or increase deficient adaptive behavior through counseling,
interaction, a training program, or a predetermined treatment plan. Although the
specific term is relatively recent historically, the general idea is ancient. Roots of
psychotherapy can be found in the ageless tradition of helping by listening,
discussing, and questioning. Among the early Greek philosophers, Socrates
developed a method and a thesis that presaged some modern forms of psychotherapy.
His approach involved questioning others to provoke them to examine
their beliefs, with the goal of bringing them closer to truth. His method reflected
his ‘‘midwife thesis,’’ the notion that the philosopher’s role is to deliver the truth
that already is within others, much as the midwife delivers the baby that is within
a mother. This idea, of course, is not so different from the view many modern
therapists have of their own professional roles. Other approaches that fall under the ‘‘psychotherapy umbrella’’ do not involve talk therapies but rather procedures
that parents, teachers, and other adults use to limit disobedient or disruptive
behavior by boys and girls or to help youngsters focus attention or behave less
impulsively. The struggle by adults to shape, manage, and guide youth behavior
certainly predates even the ancient Greeks.
Keywords: Adolescents Externalization Internalization
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122. Hartung, J., & Galvin, M. (2003). Energy psychology & EMDR: Combining forces to optimize treatment (1st ed). New York: W. W. Norton.
Language: English
Format: Book
Abstract:
As clinical and consulting psychologists, we have continually searched for ever better ways to help people. At this point after almost 60 years of combined practice, we have come to rely on energy psychology (EP) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) as our preferred methods. In this book we present the clinical findings that have led us to believe that these methods excel -- especially in combination -- in helping clients achieve profound change and growth, usually quickly and with stable results.We hope to persuade energy therapists to look at the richness that EMDR has to offer, keeping in mind that the interests of some clients sometimes might be better served by treatment with EMDR than EP. We also hope to convince EMDR clinicians to consider using energy techniques as additional resources for those times when EMDR stalls. For readers yet untrained in either, we offer an overview of the two brief therapies that have transformed our professional lives. [Adapted from Preface]
Keywords: Energy Psychotherapy Psychotherapeutic Processes Stressors Survivors
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123. Ferrell, D. (2013, May). Enhancing EMDR clinical supervision skills for EMDR accredited vonsultants. Presentation at the annual EMDR Canada Conference, Banff, Alberta CAN.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
In the last 20 years EMDR has progressed from that of a technique to a psychotherapeutic method. Yet the format
of EMDR trainings remains fairly short in duration. This workshop will outline some of the research findings from
a Delphi study that were carried out with an international group of EMDR Consultants which explored four areas:
1. EMDR Protocol
2. Teaching & Learning of EMDR
3. EMDR Research & Development
4. Professional Standing of EMDR
The implications of the research findings will be discussed in relation to ‘core characteristics’ of the EMDR
Consultant and will utilise a model of clinical supervision as a framework for ascertaining EMDR clinical skills
and competency. Learning objectives:
• Critically consider the current teaching and learning of EMDR
• Integrate the core aspects from a Delphi study which explores aspects around EMDR practice, development
and clinical governance
• Evaluate the key components of EMDR Consultants with particular reference to EMDR clinical supervision and
Consultation
Keywords: Consultation
Accuracy Verified: Yes
124. Butler, K. (1993, November/December). The enigma of EMDR: Too good to be true?. Family Therapy Networker, 17(6), 19-31.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
Since 1987, when an unknown clinical psychology graduate student named Francine Shapiro discovered the technique while walking in a California park, more than 4,000 therapists in America, Israel and Australia have been trained in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and it has captured the attention of respected therapists from widely divergent psychological traditions.This article discusses the effectiveness of such treatment, including clinical, research, professional and ethical issues. Emphasis is especially given to the importance of training therapists in its use. [Adapted from Text, p. 22]
Keywords: Professional Training
Accuracy Verified: Yes
125. Levin, C. (1993, July/August). The enigma of EMDR: An intriguing, new treatment method promises dramatic results. Family Therapy Networker, 17(4), 75-83.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
EMDR produces extraordinarily rapid results. Therapists across the country are reporting success with Vietnam veterans, incest victims and other survivors of trauma. This article describes its successful use in curing sexual problems attributed to childhood trauma.
Keywords: Case Report Diseases Males Middle Aged Professional Criticism Professional Criticism Reply Sexual Dysfunctions Survivors
Accuracy Verified: Yes
126. EMDR Professional Issue Committee (EPIC) (1991, August). EPIC: EMDR Professional Issues Committee. EMDR Network Newsletter, 1(1), 3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
It is a pleasure to announce the formation of the EMDR Professional Issues
Committee. The purpose is to provide a forum for the discussion of ethical and
professional concerns arising out of the use of EMDR.
Keywords: EMDR Professional Issues Committee EPIC
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127. EPPD Task Group (2003, December). The EPPD Task Group introduced EMDRIA’s definition of EMDR. EMDRIA Newsletter, 8(4), 14-15.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The EMDRIA Board of Directors has charged the Educational Program and Professional Development (EPPD) Task Group with the task of
developing policies for all educational programs and professional development. These umbrella policies will provide consistency and creditability
throughout all programs to maintain the integrity of EMDR in training, practice, and research. All EMDRIA programs and products will be
aligned with the existing and emerging knowledge and scientific research on EMDR. To that end, the EPPD Task Group has completed a twotiered
definition of EMDR, which is rooted in the current scientific research on EMDR. The Tier One definition is designed for the general
public. The Tier Two definition is for EMDRIA use, to guide the development of all programs and products throughout the organization. The
Tier Two definition is also for external distribution and to be the basis for explaining EMDR to the public and other professionals. As the
foundation, this definition will direct EMDRIA in every aspect of the organization from training and continuing education programs in EMDR,
standards of practice, research, publications, and EMDRIA Member support programs, such as Clinician Support and Regional Coordinating
programs.
The EPPD Task Group introduces EMDRIA’s Definition of EMDR.
Keywords: Definition of EMDR
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128. Shapiro, F. (1996, September). Errors of context and review of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing research. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 27(3), 313-317. doi:10.1016/S0005-7916(96)00035-3 .
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
The development of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has been marked by an emphasis on research, beginning with its introduction by a controlled study in 1989. However, misconceptions regarding the method abound. A recent inaccurate literature review demonstrates the need for more careful scrutiny. To date, 12 controlled studies have been completed in the area of PTSD, most of which support EMDR's efficacy. Nevertheless, a careful examination of a number of studies and of a recent literature review reveal the need for greater methodological rigor and higher clinical standards in both the research and research evaluation process. [Author Summary]
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Scientific Research
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129. Gabarra, D. O. (2012, Novembro). Estados de ego e o EMDR em quadros dissociativos [Ego states and EMDR in dissociative frames]. Apresentação no II Congresso Brasileiro de EMDR, Brasília, Brasil.
Language: Portuguese
Format: Conference
Abstract:
O objetivo da oficina é abordar como os processos de dissociação consciente de papéis ou estados de ego podem ser utilizados para potencializar a reintegração psíquica dos pacientes dissociativos. Pacientes dissociativos sempre foram um dos grandes temores dos terapeutas em EMDR para o uso da fase 3 em diante. Geralmente esses quadros requerem um grande tempo de preparação além de um manejo mais avançado e interventivo durante o reprocessamento. Entretanto, entre pacientes com alto grau dissociativo é comum encontrarmos pessoas com grande fragilidade psíquica, acesso a um pobre histórico de recursos, uma grande dificuldade em se expressar, perceber e nomear seus sentimentos além de grande dificuldade em relatar seus traumas. Então, como avançar no protocolo de EMDR com pessoas tão fragilizadas e que quase não nos dão dicas do conteúdo de seus traumas? Alguns critérios hipotéticos auxiliam a instrumentalizar tanto o profissional quanto o paciente a enfrentarem o reprocessamento. Primeiramente, (a) se diante de uma história de traumas intensos a pessoa sobreviveu e chegou até você, é porque ela tem recursos importantes, mesmo que tenha dificuldade de acessá-los. Um desses recursos é o próprio quadro dissociativo que a protege da intensidade dos traumas e possibilita a vida “apesar de...”. (b) Se essas partes estão tão distantes uma da outra, é porque elas tiveram um motivo para isso, mas talvez esse motivo já esteja no passado, e hoje podemos caminhar para uma conversa. (c) Sendo todos esses papéis ou egos são partes do eu, certamente eles querem algo de positivo para esse eu, mesmo que aparentemente seja difícil perceber isso. Essas hipóteses ou crenças positivas a respeito do paciente devem ser checadas com dados de realidade para que possam ser fortalecidas, mas, mais do que isso, é fundamental que elas "transpirem por todos os poros do corpo do terapeuta". Identificados os estados de ego presentes no evento traumático parece ser mais fácil seguir com a etapa do reprocessamento de deforma menos interventiva, principalmente quando não se tem o conteúdo do evento em questão. Obviamente que todo esse processo deve levar todo o tempo necessário e seguido de todos os
cuidados que a aplicação do EMDR demanda.
The goal of the workshop is to discuss how the processes of conscious dissociation of roles or ego states can be used to enhance the reintegration of the psychic dissociative patients. Dissociative patients have always been one of the great fears of EMDR therapists for use in phase 3 onwards. Generally these paintings require a great preparation time plus a more advanced and interventional management during reprocessing. However, among patients with high dissociative is common to find people with great fragility psychic, poor access to a historical resource, a great difficulty in expressing themselves, perceive and name their feelings besides great difficulty in reporting their trauma. So, how to advance the EMDR protocol with people so fragile and hardly give us hints of the contents of their trauma? Some hypothetical criteria help to equip both the professional and the patient to face the reprocessing. First, (a) in front of a history of severe trauma the person survived and came to you, it is because it has important features, even if you have difficulty accessing them. One of these features is the very dissociative disorder that protects the intensity of the trauma and allows life "although ...". (B) If these parties are so far apart, it's because they had a reason for that, but maybe that reason is already in the past, and today we can walk into a conversation. (C) Since all these roles and egos are part of me, surely they want something positive to me, although apparently it is difficult to realize this. These positive beliefs or assumptions about the patient be checked against data from reality so that they can be strengthened, but more than that, it is crucial that they "transpire from every pore of the body of the therapist." Identified ego states present at the traumatic event seems to be easier to follow with step of reprocessing deforms less interventionist, especially when you do not have the content of the event in question. Obviously, this entire process should take all the time necessary and followed by all
care that the application of EMDR demand.
Keywords: Advanced Management Dissociation Ego States
Accuracy Verified: Yes
130. Silver, S. (2009, August). Ethical issues for EMDR clinicians, consultants, trainers, and researchers. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Atlanta, GA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
EMDR, as a psychotherapy, encounters numerous opportunities for issues of an ethical nature. But there are two additional areas that emphasize the need for a clear understanding of ethical conduct for EMDR clinicians, consultants, trainers, and researchers. The first area is the unique quality of EMDR work. Unlike other psychotherapies, to use an example, EMDR therapy may be conducted without the therapist knowing the specifics of the client’s particular experience. The second area is one that is extremely practical in its impact: though EMDR practitioners represent a variety of mental health disciplines, their professional organization, EMDRIA, largely has adopted the ethical code of the American Psychological Association, a code some may not have particular familiarity with. This workshop provides didactic instruction, case discussion, and small group exercises to explore the ethical issues relating to the use of EMDR.
Keywords: Ethics
Accuracy Verified: Yes
131. Reamer, F. G. (2004, September). Ethical issues in EMDR: Risk-management implications. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Montreal, Ontario Canada.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
This workshop will provide participants with a comprehensive overview of ethical, malpractice, and risk-management issues encountered in EMDR. Using extensive case material, participants will learn how to handle complex practice-based ethical dilemmas, prevent professional malpractice, and avoid liablity. Emphasis will be on practical strategies designed to protect clients, professionals, and employers. Key topics will include the limits to clients' rights to confidentiality and self-determination, privileged communications, informed consent procedures, the use of high-risk treatment techniques, boundary issues and dual relationships, conflicts of interest, defamation of character, consultation and referral, supervision, termination of services, documentation, and the problem of impaired colleagues. Participants will be provided with a typology of compelling ethical dilemmas and "high risk" areas, and acquainted with practical decision-making strategies.
Keywords: Ethics Risk Management
Accuracy Verified: Yes
132. Greenwald, R. (1995). Evaluating Shapiro's stance on EMDR training. OnLine Journal of Psychology, 1(1), 130-134.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
Shapiro has enjoined clinicians not to use eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), a treatment for traumatic memories, unless trained by her organization. Some have objected, especially on the grounds that sole-source training may interfere with independent research. However, those trained in EMDR agree that such training is important. Research findings have been consistently positive when treatment was conducted according to the full EMDR protocol taught by Shapiro, and negative only when that protocol was not used. Shapiro's stance has supported the effectiveness and research integrity of EMDR. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Commentary Professional Training
Accuracy Verified: Yes
133. Wolff, R. P. (2004). Evaluation of effectiveness of individual therapy sessions over 60 minutes. California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA. AAT 3158599.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
Research has produced few studies that support the 50-minute therapy session as the most effective session length for achieving optimal therapeutic results. This descriptive study attempted to determine differences in therapists' perceptions of how session length might impact therapeutic process, therapeutic outcome, treatment of specific psychological disorders, and if session length preference was based on theoretical orientation or procedures/techniques. A total of 65 practicing therapists drawn from the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, EMDR International Association, Trauma Incident Reduction Practitioners, San Francisco Society of Lacanian Study, and California Psychological Network completed questionnaires regarding their perceptions about psychotherapy for individuals employing longer session lengths versus the standard 50-minute session.Overall frequencies of questionnaire responses and between groups comparisons were analyzed using Chi-Square. The sample endorsed the use of longer sessions at statistically significant frequencies on the following questionnaire items: three therapeutic outcome items: Increases client's satisfaction, Shortens overall duration of therapy, and Facilitates corrective emotional experience; and nine therapeutic process items: Access to client's emotional material, Integration of experience before leaving session, Deepens development of transference, Working through defenses, Access to traumatic experiences, Integrate traumatic experience within session, Working through traumatic experience, and Improving likelihood of breakthrough experiences. The sample also agreed on the use of longer sessions as potentially contributing to positive outcome for treatment of the following disorders: Substance Abuse, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Specific Phobia, Social Phobia, PTSD, GAD, and Eating Disorders. The findings of this study suggest that longer session lengths may have a positive impact on therapeutic process, therapeutic outcome, and certain disorders. Specific implications for the field of psychology and suggestions for research are discussed. [Author Abstract]
Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering. 65(12-B), 2005, pp. 6680.
Keywords: Empirical Study Health Personnel Attitudes Individual Psychotherapy Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Psychotherapeutic Processes PTSD Quantitative Study Treatment Duration Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
134. Tolin, D. E., Montgomery, R. W., Kleinknecht, R. A., & Lohr, J. M. (1995). An evaluation of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). In L. Vandecreek, S. Knapp, & T. L. Jackson (Eds.), Innovations in clinical practice: A source book V. 14, (pp. 423-437) Sarasosta, FL: Professional Resource Press.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
Review . . . the current methodological and professional issues surrounding Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) /// description of the EMDR procedure / evaluation of current published research / professional evaluation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Eye Movements Systematic Desensitization Therapy Treatment Effectiveness Evaluation
Accuracy Verified: Yes
135. Harnett, S. (2012, November 12). Even with new treatments, few PTSD vets seek help. KALW, San Francisco, CA. Retrieved from http://www.kalw.org/post/even-new-treatments-few-ptsd-vets-seek-help on 12/10/212.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
PTSD was only formally recognized as a mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association in 1980. Modern day treatments still focus on accessing and reprocessing traumatic memories. In 1981, Bay Area doctor Francine Shapiro developed a new therapy called EMDR, or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. The treatment combines physical stimulation and talk therapy.
“You ask the person to identify the image that has been bothering them and the thoughts that have been bothering them,” says Doctor Shapiro.
Then you add bilateral stimulation: “Either taps or tones or eye movement, generally. All this together helps to activate the brain's information processing system, and then you just allow the brain to go wherever it needs to go. You allow whatever associations that need to come up, come up.” [Excerpt]
Keywords: Army Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Veterans
Accuracy Verified: Yes
136. Jacobs, S. (1995, June 27). Exorcising mental demons: The eyes have it. Long Beach, CA: Press-Telegram, AM, Lifestyle, D3 (pages 1-3).
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
The jury is still out on Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, or EMDR, a controversial new therapy for such mental illnesses as depression and PostTraumatic Stress Disorder. But presentations at the recent American Psychiatric Association convention show that what started as a fringe therapy is being taken seriously by some psychiatrists.
Keywords: General Long Beach Overview
Accuracy Verified: Yes
137. Foa, E. B., Davidson, J. R. T., & Frances, A., & Ross, R. (1999). Expert consensus treatment guidelines for posttraumatic stress disorder: A guide for families. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 60 (Supplement 16), 69-76.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
No abstract available.
Keywords: Letter Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Practice Guidelines Professional Criticism Professional Criticism Reply Professional Standards PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
138. Schottenbauer, M. A. (2006). Expert therapists and practicing clinicians: Reported prototypical treatments of trauma. The Catholic University of America. AAT 3239353.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
PTSD is a frequent psychiatric response to a variety of extreme psychological stressors. While several effective treatments for PTSD such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) have been included on lists of empirically supported treatments, nonresponse rates to these treatments can be high. According to patient report, psychodynamic interventions are more common than CBT for PTSD in the community, yet only one randomized controlled trial has included a psychodynamic treatment for PTSD. This dissertation reviews the treatment dropout and non-response rates in studies of empirically supported treatments for PTSD. Next, a case for the value of psychodynamic treatment of PTSD is made, utilizing empirical research on links between the psychopathology of PTSD and psychodynamic concepts such as defenses and relationship patterns. Then, an empirical study was conducted to find out how psychodynamic and CBT therapists treat patients with PTSD, to discover commonalities and defining characteristics of treatment within each group of respondents, and to delineate the unique contributions of psychodynamic psychotherapy to the treatment of such patients.Therapists who identified themselves primarily with psychodynamic/psychoanalytic or cognitive-behavioral theoretical orientations were recruited online through professional organization listservs. They were randomly presented one of four case studies, describing variations on trauma. Participants then completed a Psychotherapy Process Q-Sort to describe quantitatively their ideal treatment of the given patient. Results indicated many similarities among clinicians of widely different perspectives. Among clinicians who indicated that their primary theoretical orientation was psychodynamic, three prototypical treatments were discovered, and among clinicians who indicated that their primary theoretical orientation was cognitive-behavioral, four prototypical treatments were found. Overall, the prototypes in the current study were correlated with, but not identical to, prototypes of PD, CBT, or interpersonal therapy (IPT) developed in previous studies based on experts' ratings. While the literature has suggested that clinicians who treat patients who have PTSD may make alterations in their techniques to address issues that are specific to PTSD, the current study provides some evidence that therapists are not aware of how their treatment for trauma is different from the theoretical approaches they endorse. [Author Abstract]
Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering. 67(10-B), 2007, pp. 6077.
Keywords: Cognitive Therapy Empirical Study Health Personnel Attitudes Mental Health Personnel Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Psychotherapeutic Processes PTSD Quantitative Study
Accuracy Verified: Yes
139. Farrell, D. (2011, August). An exploration of the future research priorities needed in promoting the development of the teaching and learning of EMDR: A delphi study. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Orange County, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Research Question: What are the future research priorities needed in promoting the development of the teaching and learning of EMDR? The Delphi Expert Panel was asked questions in relation to the following four areas: (1) Their utilization of EMDR within their current clinical practice specifically in relation to their interpretation of the EMDR protocol, (2) teaching and Learning of EMDR, (3) EMDR Research & Future developments, and (4) the Professional Standing of EMDR. Data was carried out using an online form of data collection known as ‘Survey Monkey’. For the purpose of this presentation data will be presented from this study outlining the implications for the future teaching and learning of EMDR.
Keywords: Delphi Study Future Research
Accuracy Verified: Yes
140. Kitchiner, N. J., Bisson, J. I., & Robert, N. (2005, October). Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing is now recommended as one of the first-line treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder. Mental Health Practice, 9(7), 19-22.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
Interest in the area of traumatic stress has grown considerably since post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was first classified as a mental health condition in 1980 by the American Psychiatric Association (APA 1980). The current classification can be viewed in Box 1. There is now a well-established literature on the effects of traumatic experience following a range of traumatic events. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE 2005) has reviewed the evidence base for the treatment of PTSD and recommended trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TFCBT) and EMDR as the two first-line treatments for PTSD.
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Training PTSD Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
141. Lee, C. W., Gavriel, H., & Richards, J. (1994, September). Eye movement desensitisation processing for PTSD. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 28(3), 529-530.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
The authors provide alternative methods for researching the efficacy of eye movement desensitization treatment.
Keywords: Letter Methodology Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Research Needs
Accuracy Verified: Yes
142. Rice, G. I. (1993, December). Eye movement desensitization. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 27(4), 701.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Asserts that EMDR's demonstrated efficacy justifies its therapeutic use even though its therapeutic credibility has not been scientifically established. [Pilots]
Keywords: Letter Professional Criticism Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
143. de Jongh, A., & ten Broeke, E. (2010, January). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). Bijblijven, 26(1), 15-20. doi:10.1007/s12414-010-0004-5 .
Language: Dutch
Format: Journal
Abstract:
EMDR is een geprotocolleerde, evidence-based behandelprocedure gericht op het ‘desensitiseren’ – verzwakken – van herinneringen aan beschadigende gebeurtenissen. Volgens de Multidisciplinaire richtlijn Angststoornissen uit 2003 is EMDR één van de twee meest in aanmerking komende psychologische interventies bij de posttraumatische stressstoornis (PTSS). Een belangrijk voordeel ten opzichte van andere behandelmethoden is de snelheid waarmee resultaten worden bereikt. Daarnaast ervaren veel patiënten en therapeuten EMDR als relatief weinig emotioneel belastend. Wij zullen de behandelaanpak illustreren aan de hand van twee casussen en informatie verschaffen over verwijzing, opleiding, beroepsvereniging en kwaliteitsbeleid.
EMDR is a manualized, evidence-based treatment procedure aimed at 'desensitisation' - weaken - memories of damaging events. According to the Anxiety Disorders Multidisciplinary guideline in 2003, EMDR is one of the two most appropriate psychological interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). An important advantage over other treatment methods is the speed of results. In addition, many patients experienced EMDR therapists and have relatively low emotionally stressful. We will illustrate the treatment approach using two case studies and information about referral, education, professional associations and quality.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
144. Shapiro, F. (1993, July). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in 1992. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 6(3), 417-421. doi:10.1007/BF00974140.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Dr. Shapiro elucidates further on the therapeutic procedure eye movement desensitization. [Pilots]
Keywords: Commentary Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism Reply PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
145. Fannin, J. L. (1998, February). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of anxiety as it pertains to work-related issues. Walden University, Minneapolis, MN. AAT 9804439.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect Eye Movement Densitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has as a treatment protocol on work-related stressors. Today's faster pace, the growing perception of job insecurity, greater demands on the job, and inability to juggle family and work responsibilities has left millions of Americans to experience the debilitating effects of anxiety and stress. Many people lack the knowledge, resources, and strategies to effectively deal with such problems. The issue of stressors in work-related situations is costly and negatively impacts many individuals, organizations, and families. EMDR was found to be both effective and efficient in removing or substantially decreasing anxiety associated with work-related stressors and increase the association to positive cognitions. The data indicated both statistical and clinical improvement in all four areas of measure: subjective units of disturbance (SUD), verification of cognition (VOC), emotional state, and trait anxiety, after EMDR had been administered to members of the experimental group. This study found no statistical significance with these measures as they pertain to the control group. The three null hypotheses were rejected. Several different measures were employed to evaluate the statistical significance of the data produced by this study. Process measures of the verification of cognition (VOC) and subjective units of disturbance (SUD) scales were evaluated through paired sample t-tests. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to evaluate the state and trait anxiety measures. Interactional analysis tested the hypotheses for interaction using repeated measures ANOVA with method and time. Pearson's product moment correlation tested for the association between two variables. Further study is recommended in both the conceptual and theoretical foundations of the EMDR protocol. Such research could lead to more effective and cost-efficient therapy for a wide range of problems affecting the individual, family, and the organization. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering. 58(8-B), Feb 1998, pp. 4512.
Keywords: Anxiety Empirical Study Eye Movement Desensitization Therapy Occupational Stress Stress Management Treatment Outcome/Clinical Trial Workplace Stress
Accuracy Verified: Yes
146. Barker, S. (2010, November). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of trauma-based disorders. Presentation at the 23rd Annual U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, Florida.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
EMDR is a recommended treatment for PTSD by the APA, DOD, and other professional bodies, yet many clinicians are unaware of this approach or question its efficacy. With accumulating research documenting the efficiency of EMDR, clinicians may be overlooking an effective treatment option for their patients. This session explains the 8-stage EMDR process summarizing efficacy research and demonstrating through case examples.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
1.Assess and identify appropriate patients for EMDR when determining treatment of trauma-based disorders.
2.Describe the EMDR process and when to appropriately incorporate the therapy into practice.
3.Monitor therapy progress and patient improvement with evidence-based patient outcomes of EMDR.
Keywords: Psychiatric Disorders & Diagnosis Psychopharmacology Psychotherapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
147. Shapiro, F. (2002). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Historical context, recent research, and future directions. In L. Vandecreek, S. Knapp, & T. L. Jackson (Eds.), Innovations in clinical practice: A source book. V. 16, 1998 edition. (pp. 143-162) Sarasosta, FL: Professional Resource Press.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
I here only briefly review the 8 treatment phases of which EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is compromised. The remainder of this contribution reviews the current state of EMDR research and clinical practice. Specifically, I (a) explore the historical context in which EMDR is placed, (b) review the extant publications and emerging research on this method, (c) make some suggestions for clinicians who are offering or evaluating new innovations, and (d) describe some recent clinical applications of EMDR. The earlier controversy that swirled around EMDR appears symptomatic of a lamentable split between practicing therapists and researchers (usually academic) which has manifested itself in professional psychology in a variety of ways. Because of its visibility, EMDR may well prove a vehicle to help close this gap. Hopefully, the experience of offering EMDR to the field of psychology provides lessons that will prove useful to practicing clinicians and future innovators. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Disorders Future Directions History Research
Accuracy Verified: Yes
148. Scholten, A. (2006, December). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): A controversial treatment for trauma survivors. Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Mental Health, 1-3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Proponents of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) claim it is a breakthrough treatment for those plagued with traumatic memories and other psychological problems. But does it actually work?
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a relatively new therapeutic technique that increasing numbers of mental health professionals are using in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), phobias, and a wide variety of psychological disorders. According to the American Psychiatric Association, this fairly complicated treatment includes elements of behavioral, cognitive, psychodynamic, body-based, and systems therapies.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
149. EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) (2012, October 7). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing international association response to the Institute of Medicine report on “Treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in military and veteran populations: Initial assessment”. EMDRIA. Retrieved from http://www.emdria.org/associations/12049/files/EMDRIA%20IOM%20Response.pdf on 10/19/2012.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
In response to the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) July 2012, publication, Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Military and Veteran Populations: Initial Assessment, the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association (EMDRIA) applauds the IOM for its leadership role in calling for the use of evidence-based methods for treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and for advocating stepped-up research on therapies for war stress injuries, with an appropriate recognition of the urgency required.
We do, however, see errors and omissions in the portrayal of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in the IOM reports; we believe that the misrepresentation of EMDR in the 2008 document unfortunately has been perpetuated in the 2012 Initial Assessment. We are concerned that these misunderstandings will be incorporated as Phase 2 of this study proceeds; thus we are providing you with information with the hope that these inaccuracies can be addressed and corrected. This would positively impact further research on the treatment of PTSD. In the following, we have identified several specific statements in the IOM report that misquote or misrepresent the original EMDR research papers. The inaccuracy of the quotes are serious enough to bias the conclusions of the IOM report and call into question the validity of the document.
In addition, we want to highlight the fact that the original IOM report on PTSD called for randomized clinical trials (RCT) to further evaluate EMDR (IOM, 2008), but this recommendation has not been implemented. It is our hope that our response will encourage the IOM to address this lack of follow through and advocate for randomized clinical trials to test the efficacy of all the evidence-based therapies.
Keywords: Institute of Medicine Report IOM Report Military Posttraumatic Stress PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
150. Mihelich, M. L. (2000). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing treatment of adjustment disorder. University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK. AAT 9962187.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
The advent of Eye Movement Desensitization (EMDR) for treatment of PTSD has been classified by the American Psychological Association as probably efficacious. Actual practice descriptions and EMDR training material suggest that many clinicians are using the technique to treat other mental health issues as well. This study compares outcome measures for two sessions of EMDR and two sessions of exposure for participants with Adjustment Disorder (AD). A licensed, EMDR trained mental health professional provided treatment for this serial case study (n = 9) design. A control treatment condition of time-yoked imagined exposure to disturbing memories in participants was used to control for common treatment factors and exposure elements of the treatment protocol. Measures included the Impact of Events Scale-R (IES-R), and the Outcome Questionnaire 45.2 (OQ) and the Symptom Response Rating Scale (SRRS). At follow-up, 7 of 9 individuals clinically improved by demonstrating score changes that exceeded the RCI [text missing here?] clinically significant improvement for 4 of these 6 individuals from baseline to followup as defined by the OQ authors. Those with anxious or mixed features improved, while participants with depressive features and ongoing stressors showed no improvement. This study's hypothesis was that the effects of EMDR would show score improvements on the dependent measures beyond the effects of RUIC. This was not found from baseline to follow-up. After the first treatment phase, 75% of the cases receiving EMDR produced clinically significant improvement on IES Total scores, as opposed to 25% of the RUIC treated individuals in the same phase. Implications for the clinical use of EMDR and exposure for AD are discussed. It is suggested that clinical evaluation of symptom and personality features presented by a patient prior to treatment will aid in the appropriate selection of effective treatment methods. [Author Abstract]
Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering. 61(2-B), Aug 2000, pp. 1091.
Keywords: Adjustment Disorder Empirical Study Exposure Therapy Nonclinical Case Study Treatment Effectiveness Treatment Outcome/Clinical Trial
Accuracy Verified: Yes
151. Rafferty, P. (2005). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: An analysis of a controversial evidence based treatment. The New School for Social Research, New York, NY. The New School Psychology Bulletin, 3(2), 83-105.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an
inventive, popular and highly controversial treatment. Within the
scientific and professional community, there is divergent support
for each side of this debate. The heart of this controversy critically
examines the question of whether EMDR is as efficacious
as other well-established interventions for the treatment of PTSD.
The efficacy of EMDR could be due to its employment of a variety
of clinically sound therapeutic procedures, such as those similar
or the same as Prolonged Exposure Therapy, and not because
of its centerpiece eye-movements. Indeed, some researchers
have argued that the eye-movements are completely unnecessary and that EMDR is best understood as an exposure technique
(Renfrey & Spates, 1994; Davidson & Parker, 2001; Lohr,
Lilienfeld, Tolin & Herbert, 1999). EMDR may be an effective
treatment for non-combat related PTSD but is not effective for
PTSD etiologically related to combat induced trauma. Thus there
are three questions that serve as the focus of this evaluation: is
EMDR qualitatively different than Prolonged Exposure Therapy;
are the eye-movements necessary for treatment efficacy; and is
EMDR effective for combat-related PTSD?
Keywords: Efficacy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
152. Yarvis, J. S., & Spivey, C. (2003, Fall-Winter). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Ethical considerations of EMDR marketing, training, and research. The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, 2(2), 89-95.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has been both popularized and criticized in recent literature. Although a number of investigators continue to examine the efficacy of EMDR, few articles have critically evaluated the training practices and requirements for EMDR certification. This editorial is a qualitative and informal look into some of the training practices and requirements of EMDR level I training. The marketing of EMDR is discussed to identify ethical concerns relevant to EMDR's promotion. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Ethical Considerations Professional Certification Professional Standards Training Practices
Accuracy Verified: Yes
153. Foster, S., & Lendl, J. (2007). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Four case studies of a new tool for executive coaching and restoring employee performance after setbacks. In R. R. Kilburg & R. C. Diedrich (Eds.), The Wisdom of Coaching: Essential Papers in Consulting Psychology for a World of Change (1st ed.) (pp. 407-412). Washington, DC.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
No abstract available.
Keywords: Coaches Consultation Executive Coaching Job Performance Professional Personnel Professional Work Place Performance
Accuracy Verified: Yes
154. Kirschenbaum, J. (1996, October). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Some comments. Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 18(4), 37-39. doi:10.1300/J019v18n04_03.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Argues that the utility of EMDR as a treatment for PTSD and other disorders is not compromised because the technique is not grounded in established theory.
Keywords: Letter Methodology Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
155. Foster, S., & Lendl, J. (1996, Summer). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Four case studies of a new tool for executive coaching and restoring employee performance after setbacks. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice & Research, 48(3), 155-161.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
The effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) integrated into executive coaching are reported in 4 case studies illustrating varied job titles and industries. Participants received 1–10 hr of coaching in which EMDR was used to desensitize an upsetting event that had impaired their performance at work. Outcomes indicated that EMDR desensitized the disturbing incident and that participants shifted their negative view to a more positive one. Work performance was restored or enhanced. In the 4th case EMDR appeared to decrease anxiety about job interviewing and the participant reported a satisfactory result. Findings suggest that EMDR is a promising adjunct to coaching for workplace performance enhancement.
Keywords: Coaches Empirical Study Executive Coaching Job Performance Professional Consultation Professional Personnel Work Place Performance
Accuracy Verified: Yes
156. Brown, D. E. (1994, May). Eye movement desensitization, reprocessing can tame power of memories, dreams, researcher says. Psychiatric Times, 35-36.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The eyes. say the poets, are the windows to
the soul. They may also be a catalyst for the
brain. According to Francine Shapiro. Ph.D..
senior research fellow at the Mental Research
Institute in Palo Alto, Calif., there is an intimate
relationship between eye movement and
the processing of emotionally charged images
and memories. During a recent conference
of the Anxiety Disorders Association of
America, Shapiro described her discovery
and development of a therapeutic technique
that uses guided eye movement to accelerate
the treatment of a wide range of psychological
disorders.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
157. Neifeld, M. (2012, April 19). Eye movements, tapping can help. Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved from http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20120819/NEWS06/308190065/Eye-movements-tapping-help-heal?odyssey=nav%7Chead on 8/20/2012.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences. Repeated studies show that by using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, people can experience the benefits of psychotherapy that once took years, according to the EMDR International Association. [Excerpt]
Keywords: Eye movements General Overview Tapping
Accuracy Verified: No
158. Maxfield, L. (2002, January). An eye on EMDR, does controversial trauma therapy really work? Pro: Effective treatment for PTSD [and] Con: No miracle cure. Parkhurst Exchange, 10(1), 24-25.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an integrative psychotherapy developed to treat traumatic memories. Numerous randomized clinical trials support is use for the rapid elimination of posttraumatic stress disorder (PSTD). Research reports a drop in diagnostic status of 50-90% after three to eight sessions, and significant decreases in symptoms with effects maintained at follow-up. After successful treatment, emotional distress is relieved, negative beliefs are reformulated, and physiologic arousal is reduced. EMDR's probably effiacy has been recognized by the Clinical Psychology Division of the American Psycholpgical Association and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
Keywords: Efficacy Integrative Psychotherapy Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Trauma
Accuracy Verified: Yes
159. Medeiros, K. (2009). Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing: Implementation and utilization of EMDR as a treatment for trauma. Undergraduate Review, 5(9), 32-36.
Language: English
Format: Audio
Abstract:
Trauma is a pervasive global issue that affects both children and adults.
It is officially defined in the most recent Diagnostic Manual as an event
that threatens death or serious injury, and that elicits a response of
fear, helplessness, or horror (American Psychiatric Association, 2002).
Other respected definitions include a “sudden, unexpected, overwhelmingly intense
emotional blow....[that] quickly becomes incorporated into the mind” (Terr,
1992, p. 8), and something that makes “both internal and external resources...
inadequate to cope with external threat” (Van der Kolk, 1989, p. 393). Literature
suggests that people who have experienced trauma may present with symptoms
including depression, anxiety, insomnia, phobias, delayed development, difficulty
maintaining social relationships, and personality disorders.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
160. Jacobs, S. (1995, June 27). The eyes have it – Rapid eye movement therapy used to treat mental illness. Biloxi, MS: Sun Herald, Health & Style, B1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
The jury is still out on Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, a controversial new therapy for such mental illnesses as depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. But presentations at the recent American Psychiatric Association convention show that what started as a fringe therapy just a few years ago is being taken seriously by mainstream psychiatrists.
Keywords: Biloxi General Overiew
Accuracy Verified: Yes
161. Jacobs, S. (1995, July 1). The eyes have it: Rapid eye movement is a new and controversial therapy that’s being used to treat mental illnesses. St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Pioneer Press, Metro Final, Express, 1D.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
The jury is still out on Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, or EMDR, a controversial new therapy for such mental illnesses as depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. But presentations at the recent American Psychiatric Association convention show that what started as a fringe therapy just a few years ago is being taken seriously by mainstream psychiatrists.
``In the 10 years I have been working with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, I have not seen this level of excitement,'' said Dr. Steven Southwick, a Yale University psychiatrist who heard the new research presented at the conference in Miami Beach.
Keywords: General Overview St. Paul
Accuracy Verified: Yes
162. Rubin, A. (2004, June). Fallacies and deflections in debating the empirical support for EMDR in the treatment of PTSD: A reply to Maxfield, Lake, and Hyer. Traumatology, 10(2), 91-105. doi:10.1177/153476560601200101.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
The Maxfield, Lake, and Hyer acerbic attack on my review is filled with fallacies and inaccurate and unwarranted accusations that deflect attention away from the main issue pertaining to the insufficient evidence base for current claims that EMDR is more effective than exposure therapies and is an empirically-supported treatment for children, combat PTSD, and multiple trauma PTSD. More research is needed before such claims can be called evidence-based. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Letter Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Reply Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
163. Lohr, J. M., Devilly, G., Lilienfeld, S. O., & Olatunji, B. O. (2006). First do no harm, and then do some good: Science and professional responsibility in the response to disaster and trauma. the Behavior Therapist, 29, 131-135.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Qualitative reviews and meta-analyses of peer-reviewed EMDR outcome studies have
consistently found that there is overwhelming evidence that eye movements are neither a
necessary nor useful component of the general clinical protocol (e.g., Devilly, 2002; Lohr,
Lilienfeld, Tolin, & Herbert, 1999; Davidson & Parker, 2001); there is strong and consistent
evidence that EMDR is better than no treatment and ineffective treatments, but no more effective
than other treatments that use some aspect of exposure therapy (Devilly, 2002; McNally, 1999);
and there is growing evidence that a cognitive-behavioral treatment including exposure is
superior to EMDR for long-term effectiveness (Devilly & Spence, 1999; Taylor, Thodarson,
Maxfield, & Fedoroff, 2003). In sum, “what is effective in EMDR is not new, and what is new is[not effective” (McNally, 1999, p. 619.[Excerpt]
Keywords: Skeptic
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164. Cahill, S., & Frueh, C. (1997, September-October). Flooding versus eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy: Relative efficacy has yet to be investigated -- comment on Pitman et al (1996). Comprehensive Psychiatry, 38(5), 300-303. doi:10.1016/S0010-440X(97)90064-X.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Pitman et al. recently published a pair of studies on the relationship between indicators of emotional processing and outcome in flooding therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. Among their conclusions, they asserted EMDR was found to be at least as effective [as] flooding in the treatment of combat-related PTSD and produced fewer adverse consequences. Although this research constitutes an important contribution to the literature on psychosocial treatments for PTSD, their conclusions regarding the relative effectiveness of these two treatments are unwarranted. The bases of our objections are that (1) assignment of participants to treatment conditions was nonrandom, and (2) several significant procedural differences existed between the two studies in addition to the specific treatments under investigation. These include different inclusion and exclusion criteria, the confounding of psychological treatment with psychiatric medication status, and differences in assessment procedures. Since the two treatments were not compared in a single head-to-head controlled trial, we conclude that their relative efficacy has yet to be investigated. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Comment Exposure Therapy Posttraumatic Strerss Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Reply Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
165. Browning, C. (1999). Flotar hacia atrás y flotar hacia delante: Técnicas para ligar el pasado, Presente y futuro [Floatback and Float Forward: Techniques for the Tie Past, Present and Future]. Presentation at EMDRIA Latinoamericana.
Language: Spanish
Format: Conference
Abstract:
El protocolo estándar de EMDR requiere enfocar los orígenes de la perturbación, los gatillos del presente y crear un patrón de conductas adecuadas para el futuro (Shapiro). Algunos pacientes, sin embargo pueden tener dificultades para conectar su problema actual con acontecimientos del pasado. Así también, otros pacientes pueden tener dificultades para crear patrones positivos para el futuro, especialmente si ensayar conductas nuevas los pone ansiosos. Para estos problemas las técnicas de "Flotar hacia atrás" y "Flotar hacia delante" desarrolladas por William Zangwill Ph. D., entrenador del Instituto EMDR, son métodos efectivos para ligar el pasado, presente y futuro en un ámbito terapéutico y proveen al terapeuta de instrumentos para abordar eficientemente ambos temas.
LA TÉCNICA DE FLOTAR HACIA ATRÁS
Abordar recuerdos tempranos asociados con el material perturbador es fundamental para EMDR. Shapiro dice que ayudar al paciente a encontrar un recuerdo temprano "debe ser una de las primeras opciones que debe considerar al terapeuta..." (Shapiro, 1995). La Técnica de Flotar hacia atrás es un camino eficiente y poderoso para llegar a esta meta, permitiendo al terapeuta asistir al paciente a llevar a cabo sus propias asociaciones con acontecimientos del pasado. Su uso es muy apropiado cuando el terapeuta sospecha que una perturbación que el paciente experimenta en el presente, tiene sus raíces en experiencias del pasado; especialmente cuando preguntas como "Cuál es su recuerdo más temprano en relación a lo que se siente ahora? no ha tenido éxito en ayudar al paciente a conectar con eventos del pasado. También cuando un paciente presenta un tema o experiencia recurrente, la Técnica de Flotar hacia Atrás es ideal para ayudar al paciente a identificar un target para el reprocesamiento. Muchos pacientes se ponen en contacto con los problemas actuales con relativa facilidad. Por ejemplo, una paciente que se queja que se siente abandonada cuando su marido se va de viaje de negocios, probablemente pueda recordar sus problemas actuales con facilidad. Entonces el terapeuta puede aplicar la Técnica de Flotar hacia Atrás para ayudarle a la paciente a recordar un acontecimiento del pasado con rapidez y eficiencia.
Para usar la Técnica de Flotar hacia Atrás, arme el protocolo con el problema actual, utilizando los pasos que figuran en el Manual de Entrenamiento del Nivel I y del Nivel II (Shapiro, 1994) incluyendo la imagen, la cognición negativa (CN), la cognición positiva (CP), la validación de la cognición (VoC), emociones, Unidad Subjetiva de Perturbación (SUD) y sensación corporal. Sin embargo, no incide todavía el procesamiento (es decir, movimientos oculares u otra estimulación). En vez de eso, diga a su paciente: "Fíjese en la imagen de... y esas palabras (repita la imagen perturbadora del paciente y su cognición negativa), fíjese que emociones le vienen y donde las siente en el cuerpo. Ahora cierre los ojos y deje que su mente flote hacia atrás a un período anterior en su vida, no busque, simplemente deje que su mente flote a una época donde usted pensaba cosas similares... (repita las emociones que dijo el paciente) en ...(repita los lugares del cuerpo donde el paciente sintió las sensaciones). Cuando esté listo abra los ojos y dígame lo primero que le viene a la mente".
Utilice esta experiencia más temprana como target, completando todos los items del protocolo: imagen, CN, CP, VoC, emociones, SUD y ubicación de las sensaciones corporales y comience a procesar con movimientos oculares u otro estímulo bilateral. Una vez que se ha procesado este material, vuelva al target original del material actual. Muy a menudo se generaliza el trabajo realizado sobre el material más temprano y ya no hace falta procesar el material actual.
Es importante usar términos generales cuando se le dan al paciente las instrucciones de la Técnica de Flotar hacia Atrás, es decir, pedir un recuerdo temprano y no el más temprano. Hay varias razones que avalan esto. Primero, muchas veces es el peor recuerdo y no el primero que funciona como el mejor target para el reprocesamiento,. Además, usar términos generales es una ayuda para los pacientes más compulsivos y perfeccionistas que de otra manera estarían demasiado preocupados en no equivocarse y encontrar exactamente la primera asociación. Finalmente, la flexibilidad que permite la utilización de términos generales más que términos específicos aumenta la posibilidad de éxito del paciente de conectarse con el pasado que es la meta de esta técnica.
El rasgo esencial de la Técnica de Flotar hacia Atrás es usar las preguntas del protocolo para conectar los problemas del presente con eventos del pasado. Pasar las preguntas como fueron desarrolladas por Shapiro es un potente método para ayudar a los pacientes a sintonizar con todos los aspectos de su experiencia del problema. El material perturbador se vuelve más vívido y actual para el paciente y posibilita recordar experiencias similares. Se supone, como hipótesis, que al haber desarrollado el protocolo con todas las preguntas sobre el problema actual, estimula la red neuronal de asociaciones y posibilita casi sin esfuerzo el "flotar hacia atrás" a asociaciones tempranas.
Además, el vínculo paciente-terapeuta es realzado porque el terapeuta valida la experiencia del paciente (la perturbación actual) al empezar el trabajo desde el punto en el que se encuentra el paciente. Las asociaciones son del paciente, eliminando el tema de la resistencia a cualquier idea o interpretación introducida por el terapeuta. El paciente se da cuenta vivencialmente de la conexión del presente con el pasado usando la Técnica de Flotar hacia Atrás, pudiendo esquivar la evitación y otras defensas.
LA TÉCNICA DE FLOTAR HACIA DELANTE
Mientras que la Técnica de Flotar hacia Atrás posibilita muy a menudo que los pacientes vean y sientan la conexión entre el problema actual y los eventos pasados, la Técnica de Flotar hacia delante permite que el paciente identifique y reprocese la ansiedad anticipatoria y desarrolle patrones positivos para el futuro. Es un método que puede ser utilizado en cualquier momento del proceso terapéutico para solucionar bloqueos, renuencias y en algunos casos, resistencias o temas de beneficios secundarios o pérdidas. Es especialmente útil para trabajar con el miedo del paciente a hacer EMDR.
Para ponerlo en práctica, primero pida al paciente que imagine lo peor que le puede pasar si hace "X" (por ej. probar una nueva conducta, testear una nueva habilidad, empezar una experiencia nueva). ¿Qué es lo peor que le puede pasar si hace EMDR? Que es lo peor que le puede pasar si soluciona este problema? ¿Qué es lo peor que le puede pasar si le pone límites a su jefe respecto a la cantidad de trabajo que espera que usted haga? El paciente puede necesitar ayuda para identificar la peor escena. Algunas sugerencias incluyen el miedo a perder el control de sus emociones, el miedo a perder el control de sus funciones corporales como el control de esfínteres, miedo a tener un ataque de pánico, y no poder manejar su vida emocional entre las sesiones.
Una vez que el paciente ha identificado el incidente, pregunte por la peor parte de esa escena y utilícelo como el target de EMDR, armando el protocolo con las preguntas estándar, pero con una leve modificación: pregunte por la imagen que representa la peor parte del peor incidente, por ej. "Cuando usted ve una imagen de si mismo/a haciendo......, que es lo peor que puede pasar?"
Después siga con el resto de las preguntas estándar, es decir, CN, CP, VoC, emociones, SUD, y ubicación de la sensación corporal. Estimule el procesamiento del paciente con movimientos oculares u otro estímulo bilateral.
Si el desarrollo de la peor escena del paciente le provoca un miedo racional, puede que se tengan que tomar medidas prácticas para solucionar estas preocupaciones. Por ejemplo, usando la técnica de flotar hacia delante con un chico de 13 años que estaba en un hogar adoptivo transitorio, la peor escena evocada por él fue: "Me van a devolver al Hogar si esta adopción no resulta". Durante el procesamiento, el SUD se redujo de 8 a 3 con bastante rapidez pero de ahí no bajaba. El paciente comentó que no bajaba porque esta "peor escena" podría sucederle realmente y le había sucedido en el pasado. Paramos los movimientos oculares, charlamos un rato y elaboramos un plan para: a) una sesión con sus padres adoptivos para hablar sobre la permanencia de la adopción y b) una llamada en conferencia a su asesor legal para clarificar sus derechos y opciones. Volviendo al target después de esto, le fue posible reducir el SUD a 1 con unos pocos sets de movimientos oculares.
Al utilizar la Técnica de Flotar hacia delante para reprocesar la peor escena, el paciente tiene una oportunidad para resolver la ansiedad anticipatoria. Durante la instalación de la cognición positiva, el paciente está creando patrones positivos para acciones en el futuro. Una mujer cuyo hermano fue verbalmente abusivo con ella en la infancia y en la actualidad la intimidaba, armó una "peor escena" con: "Va a ser igualmente abusivo cuando lo vea la próxima vez". La paciente había hecho mucho EMDR, reprocesando incidentes de la infancia relacionados con el abuso verbal del hermano. Sin embargo, sin un referente positivo vivencial, seguía ansiosa cada vez que interactuaba con él. Pidiéndole que "flote hacia delante" y usando EMDR sobre una de las peores escenas, alivió su ansiedad respecto a una fiesta familiar que tenía pendiente. Instalando una CP de "Ahora estoy más fuerte" le permitió crear una imagen de si misma manejando a su hermano con humor y sintiéndose segura.
A aplicar las Técnicas de Flotar hacia Atrás y hacia Delante y ocuparse así del pasado, presente y futuro, el terapeuta de EMDR puede sanar mejor a su paciente. Es más, las Técnicas de Flotar hacia Atrás y hacia Delante están basadas en EMDR. Las dos incorporan las preguntas del protocolo standard y le dan al terapeuta y al paciente la oportunidad de manejarse más fluidamente con dicho protocolo.
EMDR standard protocol requires a focus of the origins of the disturbance, the triggers of this and create a pattern of behaviors appropriate to the future (Shapiro). Some patients, however, may have difficulty connecting the current problem with past events. Also, other patients may have difficulty creating positive patterns for the future, especially if you try new behaviors makes them anxious. For these problems the techniques of "float back" and "Float forward" developed by William Zangwill Ph.D., EMDR Institute trainer, are effective methods to link the past, present and future in a therapeutic area and provide the therapist tools to effectively address both issues.
THE ART OF FLOATING BACK
Addressing early memories associated with foreign material is essential to EMDR. Shapiro said that helping the patient to find early memory "must be one of the first options to consider when therapist ..." (Shapiro, 1995). Floating Technique back is a powerful and efficient way to reach this goal, allowing the therapist to assist the patient to carry out their own associations with past events. Its use is most appropriate when the clinician suspects that a disturbance that the patient is experiencing at present, is rooted in past experiences, especially when questions like "What is your earliest memory in relation to what you feel now? Not been successful in helping patients to connect with past events. Also when a patient has a recurrent theme or experience, the Backward Floating Technique is ideal for helping the patient to identify a target for reprocessing. Many patients come into contact with the current problems with relative ease. For example, a patient who complains that she feels abandoned when her husband goes on a business trip, you can probably recall their current problems with ease. Then the therapist can apply the technique Float Backwards to help the patient to remember a past event quickly and efficiently.
To use the technique to back float, arm the protocol to the current problem, using the steps listed in the Training Manual Level I and Level II (Shapiro, 1994) including the image, negative cognition (NC) positive cognition (PC), validation of cognition (VoC), emotions, Subjective Unit of Disturbance (SUD) and bodily sensation. However, it still affects the processing (ie, eye movements or other stimulation). Instead, tell your patient: "Look at the picture ... and those words (repetition of the disturbing image of the patient and negative cognition), note that emotions come from and where you sit on the body. Now close eyes and let your mind float back to an earlier period in your life, look no further, just let your mind float to a time when you thought things like ... (repeat the emotions that said the patient) .. . (repeat parts of the body where the patient felt the sensation). When you are ready open your eyes and tell me the first thing that comes to mind. "
Use this early experience as a target, completing all protocol items: image, CN, CP, VoC, emotions, SUD and location of bodily sensations and begin processing with eye movements or other bilateral stimulation. Once this material has been processed, return to the original target of the current material. Very often we generalize the work done on the earlier material and no longer have to render the current material.
It is important to use general terms when the patient is given instructions Technique Float Backwards, ie a memory request early and not earlier. There are several reasons that support this. First, it is often the worst memory and not the first that works as the best target for reprocessing. In addition, using general terms is an aid for compulsive and perfectionistic patients who otherwise would be too concerned with avoiding failure and find exactly the first association. Finally, the flexibility that allows the use of general rather than specific terms increases the likelihood of success of the patient to connect with the past that is the goal of this technique.
The essential feature of the technique is to use Float Backwards questions of protocol to connect the problems of the present with past events. Skip the questions and were developed by Shapiro is a powerful method to help patients to tune into all aspects of their experience of the problem. The foreign material becomes more vivid and present to the patient and possible recall similar experiences. It is assumed, arguendo, that having developed the protocol with all the questions about the current problem, the neural network encourages and facilitates partnerships almost effortlessly "float back" early associations.
In addition, the patient-therapist relationship is enhanced because the therapist validates the patient's experience (current disruption) to start work from the point where the patient is. Partnerships are the patient, eliminating the issue of resistance to any idea or interpretation introduced by the therapist. The patient realizes experientially connecting the present with the past by using the technique Float Backwards, can avoid the avoidance and other defenses.
THE ART OF FLOATING FORWARD
While technology enables Float Backwards often patients to see and feel the connection between the current problem and past events, the forward float technique allows the patient to identify and reprocess anticipatory anxiety and develop positive patterns the future. It is a method that can be used at any time of the therapeutic process to troubleshoot crashes, reluctance and in some cases, resistance or topics of ancillary benefits or losses. It is especially useful for working with the patient's fear to do EMDR.
To put this into practice, first ask the patient to imagine the worst that can happen if you "X" (eg. Try a new behavior, test a new skill, start a new experience.) What's the worst that can happen if you EMDR? That's the worst that can happen if you solve this problem? What's the worst that can happen if you put your head limits on the amount of work expected to do? The patient may need help to identify the worst scene. Some suggestions include fear of losing control of his emotions, fear of losing control of their bodily functions such as bowel and bladder control, fear of having a panic attack and can not manage their emotional life between sessions.
Once the patient has identified the incident, ask for the worst part of that scene and use it as the target of EMDR, setting up the protocol with the standard questions, but with a slight modification: ask for the image that represents the worst of worst incident, eg. "When you see a picture of him / herself by ......, it's the worst that can happen?"
Then follow with the rest of the standard questions, ie, CN, CP, VoC, emotions, SUD, and location of bodily sensation. Stimulate the processing of patients with eye movements or other bilateral stimulation.
If the development of the patient's worst scene provokes a rational fear, you may have to take practical steps to address these concerns. For example, using the technique of floating forward with a boy of 13 who was in a temporary foster home, the worst scene evoked for him was: "I will return home if this adoption is not." During processing, the LDS was reduced from 8 to 3 fairly quickly but it does not down. The patient said he did not go down because the "worst scene" could really happen and had happened in the past. Eye movements stopped, we chatted a while and developed a plan for: a) a meeting with her adoptive parents to discuss the permanence of the adoption and b) a conference call to his legal adviser to clarify your rights and options. Returning to the target after that, it was possible to reduce the LDS-1 with a few sets of eye movements.
Using Floating Technique forward to reprocess the worst scenario, the patient has an opportunity to resolve the anticipatory anxiety. During the installation of the positive cognition, the patient is creating positive patterns for future action. A woman whose brother was verbally abusive to her children and now intimidated, put together a "worst stage" with: "It will be equally unfair when I see him next time." The patient had done much EMDR reprocessing childhood incidents related to verbal abuse of his brother. However, without a positive reference experiential, still anxious every time I interacted with him. Asking him to "float forward" and using EMDR on one of the worst scenes, relieved her anxiety about a family party that was pending. Installing a CP of "I'm stronger now allowed him to create an image of herself driving her brother with humor and feeling safe.
To apply the techniques to float back and forth and deal well past, present and future, the EMDR therapist can heal your patient better. Moreover, techniques to float back and forth are based on EMDR. Both incorporate the standard protocol questions and give the therapist and the patient the opportunity to be managed more smoothly with this protocol.
Keywords: Floatback Technique Float Foward Technique
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166. Wizansky, B. ([2003]). Footsteps through the maze - A model for using EMDR with oppositional children. Presentation at the EMDR Israel Association, Nazereth Ilit, Israel.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
This paper presents a therapeutic model developed to facilitate communication with children who have difficulty cooperating with the therapeutic process. The model utilizes the concept of a Maze metaphorically, in combination with the directed focusing, dual attention, and bilateral stimulation of
EMDR in order to meet and process disturbing emotion. Underlying this model is the concept of an internal psychic space, connected to memory and association, wherein reside the child's potential range of emotions. “The Maze”, becomes the metaphor for that space, while a step by step process leads gradually to playful, non threatening communication with the child about his problem. (the entrance). The Footsteps (self drumming on alternate knees) provide the bilateral stimulation and dual attention required by EMDR. These lead the child on his own path to better ways of coping (the exit).
Before presenting the model, the paper discusses several points: First, the necessity of touching on this inner space in order to bring about balance and change; second, the difficulties which traumatized, rigidly defended children have in approaching their emotions; and third, the role of cumulative trauma in preserving the child’s defenses and oppositional stance.
Keywords: Children Footsteps Through the Maze Opposition Disorder
Accuracy Verified: Yes
167. Figley, C. R., Leeds, A. M., Tinker-Wilson, S. A., van der Kolk, B. A., Foa, E. B., Davidson, J. R. T., & Frances, A. J. (2000, October). Further discussion of EMDR for treatment of PTSD. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 61(10), 785-786.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
No abstract available.
Keywords: Letter Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Practice Guideline Professional Criticism Professional Criticism Reply PTSD Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
168. Leeds, A. (2009, May). The future of EMDR in Japan. Japanese Journal of EMDR Research and Practice, 1(1), 8-9.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
The Japan EMDR Association is to be commended on its forward thinking and optimistic action in
founding the Japanese Journal of EMDR Research & Practice. Since the mid 1990's. the pace of interest
and professional development with EMDR in Japan has been impressive with frequent conference
presentations. trainings, and research on EMDR The energy and dedication of its researchers and
clinicians has led to the publication of many Japanese language scientific papers and books investigating
the effectiveness and clinical application of EMDR. In looking forward we should ask what challenges
and opportunities lie ahead.
Keywords: History
Accuracy Verified: Yes
169. Edmond, T. (2005, September). The future of evidence in EMDR. Plenary presented at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Seattle, WA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Evidence based practice has gained increased attention in recent years, having
been advanced initially by the medical professions, encouraged by various
academic institutions, increasingly required by insurance companies, and
endorsed by many professional associations. Although this represents an
important movement towards improving the quality of care available to
clients, there are legitimate concerns about what constitutes evidence. In
the past 15 years, research on EMDR has proliferated and the methodological
rigor of that work has greatly improved. Yet skepticism ahout the effectiveness
of EMDR remains and much is still unknown about the parameters of this
innovative approach to psychotherapy. This presentation will provide a
description of evidence based practice as a backdrop for examining the
current state of EMDR research with recommendations for areas of research
that are needed, methodological issues that should be considered, and the
role of practitioners in the generation of that knowledge. Findings from a
mix-methods study evaluating the effectiveness of EMDR with adult female
survivors of childhood sexual abuse will be used as an example to critique the
limitations of the gold standard approach to generating evidence based practice
and to illustrate the importance of methodological diversity in the pursuit of
knowledge about the practice of psychotherapy.
Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice Gold Standard Plenary
Accuracy Verified: Yes
170. Shapiro, F. (2012, May 1). Getting back on track. Loving You. Retrieved from http://www.lovingyou.com on 5/1/2012.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
If the pain does not change over time, it’s important to reach out for professional help to process and resolve the divorce experience, such as seeing an EMDR specialist. Ultimately, the goal is for you to let go of the past and proceed into a life of new possibilities. [Excerpt]
Accuracy Verified: Yes
171. Staff. (2012, July 18). The great accomplishments of Francine Shapiro. News Direct. Retrieved from http://www.newsdx.com/articles/162890-the-great-accomplishments-of-francine-shapiro/ on 7/22/2012.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
If you learn about the accomplishments of Francine Shapiro, you will quickly discover that she is a humanitarian who cares deeply about the well being of people. In addition to all of these great successes, she also offers various different continuing education courses. These courses are available to all professional therapists who need to keep their licenses up to date. It all takes place so that these professionals can stay informed of all the new developments in psychology and mental health care so the best proper treatment can be given to all clients. [Excerpt]
Keywords: Francine Shapiro Practice Theory
Accuracy Verified: Yes
172. Leeds, A. M. (2012, November). Guía de protocolos estándar de EMDR para terapeutas, supervisores y consultores [A guide to the standard EMDR protocols for clinicians, supervisors, and consultants]. Bilbao ESPAÑA: Desclée De Brouwer.
Language: Spanish
Format: Book
Abstract:
Aprender a utilizar el EMDR con seguridad y eficacia requiere la integración de una amplia gama de conocimientos y competencias. Esta guía quiere ser una orientación para las cuestiones clínicas, profesionales y de gestión de riesgos con las que los profesionales del EMDR se encuentran a diario.
Siguiendo el modelo de las ocho fases de la EMDR, el libro propone una guía clara y detallada para la utilización de los protocolos convencionales de EMDR para el tratamiento del trastorno de estrés postraumático, fobias y ataques de pánico. También se incluyen pautas para la formulación de casos, la planificación del tratamiento y para preparar a los pacientes para el reprocesamiento con EMDR. Además, la guía también contiene muestras de contratos para supervisión y formularios para documentar los resúmenes de los casos y los resultados de los tratamientos, así como:
- gráficos, formularios, ilustraciones, tablas y árboles de decisión para guiar la planificación del tratamiento y la documentación.
- estudios de casos con trascripciones que ilustran los distintos protocolos y pautas para tomar decisiones informadas.
- cuestiones éticas de aplicación clínica, consulta, supervisión e investigación.
Gracias a las pautas de tratamiento claras y concisas sobre el uso clínico del EMDR, este libro es un recurso de incalculable valor para terapeutas en activo, supervisores, consultores y directores clínicos.
Learning to use EMDR safely and effectively requires the integration of a wide range of knowledge and skills. This guide is intended as a guide for clinical, professional and risk management with which EMDR practitioners encounter daily.
Modeled after the eight phases of EMDR, the book offers a clear and detailed guide to the use of EMDR protocols for treating PTSD, phobias and panic attacks. Also included are guidelines for case formulation, treatment planning and to prepare patients for reprocessing with EMDR. The guide also contains samples for monitoring contracts and forms to document summaries of cases and treatment outcomes, as well as:
- Charts, forms, illustrations, tables and decision trees to guide treatment planning and documentation.
- Case studies with transcripts illustrating the different protocols and guidelines to make informed decisions.
- Ethical issues in clinical application, consultation, supervision and research.
With treatment guidelines clear and concise on the clinical use of EMDR, this book is an invaluable resource for practicing therapists, supervisors, consultants and clinical directors.
Keywords: Prtactice Protocols Theory
Accuracy Verified: Yes
173. Leeds, A. M. (2009). A guide to the standard EMDR protocols for clinicians, supervisors, and consultants. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co.
Language: English
Format: Book
Abstract:
This book serves as a resource for practicing clinicians, supervisors, clinic directors, and hospital administrators. Leeds provides clear, concise treatment guidelines on the clinical use of EMDR.
This book provides an orientation to the clinical, professional, and risk management issues. Leeds provides sample consultation agreements and forms for documenting treatment planning, case summaries, and treatment outcomes. These forms will be especially helpful for case managers and clinical supervisors in agencies and community health treatment centers.
Key features:
Includes charts, forms, illustrations, tables, and decision trees, presenting essential information clearly and concisely to guide treatment planning and documentation.
Presents case studies with transcripts illustrating the different protocols and presenting guidelines for informed decision making.
Outlines the stages of clinical skill development
Discusses ethical issues in clinical application, consultation, supervision, and research.
Keywords: Protocols
Accuracy Verified: Yes
174. Connor, P. K. (2005). Guideline-based programs in the treatment of complex PTSD. Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
The term “post-traumatic stress disorder” (PTSD) is a relatively new diagnostic label, being formally recognized in 1980 in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual for Psychiatric Illness – Third Edition (DSM-III) of the American Psychiatric Association (APA, 1980). Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CP) is a more recently discussed, and newly-classified, phenomenon, initially discussed in the early 1990s (Herman, 1992a). Thus, as research into effective treatments for CP is sparse, the treatment of CP is the topic of this study, in which a guideline-based treatment program developed by the researcher for the treatment of CP is implemented and evaluated. Ten individuals participated in this study, undertaking individualized, guideline-based treatment programs spanning a period of six months. In providing background information relevant to this study, an explanation is provided regarding the nature of CP, and the reasons for its consideration as a separate phenomenon to PTSD. The adequacy of the PTSD formulation in enabling effective assessment and treatment of CP is also explored, with endorsement of previous researchers’ conclusions that the CP construct is more useful than the PTSD construct for assessing and treating survivors of long-term and multiple forms of abuse. The PTSD classification is restrictive, and not necessarily appropriate for certain forms of trauma (such as prolonged trauma, or multiple forms of trauma), as such trauma experiences may lead to specific effects that lay outside those formerly associated with PTSD. Such effects include alterations in affect regulation, consciousness, self-perception, interpersonal relationships, and in systems of meaning. Following discussion regarding the PTSD/CP classification, an examination of treatment methods currently used in the treatment of PTSD, and a review of treatment outcome studies, takes place. The adequacy of primary treatment methods in treating CP symptoms is then examined, with the conclusion that a range of treatment methods could potentially be useful in the treatment of CP symptoms. Individuals with a diagnosis of CP may benefit from the adoption of an eclectic approach, drawing on different treatment options for different symptoms, and constantly evaluating client progress and re-evaluating interventions. This review of treatment approaches is followed by details of an initial study undertaken to obtain feedback from individuals who had suffered long-term/multiple trauma and who had received treatment. Participants in this initial study were asked open-ended questions regarding the treatment approach they had experienced, the most useful aspect of the treatment, the least useful aspect, and other strategies/treatment approaches that may have been useful – but which were not used. The feedback obtained from these individuals was used to inform the development of treatment guidelines for use in the main study, as were recommendations made by Chu (1998). The predominant focus of the treatment guidelines was “ego strengthening”, a term coined by Chu (1998) to describe the “initial (sometimes lengthy) period of developing fundamental skills in maintaining supportive relationships, developing self-care strategies, coping with symptomatology, improving functioning, and establishing a positive self identity” (p.75). Using a case study approach, data are then presented relating to each of the ten individuals involved in the treatment program: details of his/her trauma experience(s)and the impact of the trauma (as perceived by each individual); details of each individual’s treatment program (as planned, and as implemented); post-treatment evaluation of the positive and negative aspects of the treatment program (from the therapist’s perspective); and details of the symptoms reported by the individual post-treatment, via psychometric assessment and also during interview. Analysis and discussion of the data relating to the ten participants in the study are the focal point of this study. The evaluation of the effectiveness of each individual’s treatment has been based predominantly on qualitative data, obtained from an analysis of language (discourse analysis) used by participants to describe their symptoms pre- and post-treatment. Both blatant and subtle changes in the language used by participants to describe themselves, their behaviour, and their relationships pre- and post-treatment have provided an insight into the possible changes that occurred as a result of the treatment program. The language used by participants has been a rich source of data, one that has enabled the researcher to obtain information that could not be obtained using psychometric assessment methods. Most of the participants in this study portrayed notable changes in many of the CP symptoms, including being more stable and having improved capacity to explore their early abuse. Although no direct cause-effect relationship between the participants’ treatment program and the improvements described can be established from this study, the participants’ perception that the program assisted them with their symptoms, and reported many aspects of “ego strengthening”, is of major importance. Such self-perception of strength and empowerment is important if an individual is going to be able to deal with past trauma experiences. In fact, abreactive work may have a greater chance of succeeding if those who have experienced long-term or multiple trauma are feeling more empowered, and more stable, as were the participants in this study (post-intervention). In concluding this study, recommendations have been made in regard to the use of guideline-based treatment programs in the responsible treatment of CP. Strengths and limitations of this study have also been highlighted, and recommendations have been made regarding possibilities for future research related to CP treatment. On the whole, this study has supported strongly other research that highlights the importance of focusing on “ego strengthening” in assisting those who have suffered long-term/multiple trauma experiences. Thus, a guideline-based program focusing on assisting sufferers of long-term trauma with some, or all, of the symptoms of CP, is recommended as an important first stage of any treatment of individuals who have experienced long-term/multiple trauma, allowing them to develop the emotional and psychological strength required to deal with past traumatic events. Clinicians who are treating patients whose history depicts long-term or multiple trauma experiences (either from their childhood, or at some stage in their adult life) need, therefore, to be mindful of assessing individuals for symptoms of CP – so that they can treat these symptoms prior to engaging in any work associated directly with the past traumatic experiences. [Author abstract]
D.H.Sc.(Psych.) thesis, School of Psychology.
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Psychotherapy Treatment
Accuracy Verified: Yes
175. International Society for Study of Trauma and Dissociation. (2011, March). Guidelines for treating dissociative identity disorder in adults, third revision. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 12, 115–187. doi:10.1080/15299732.2011.537247.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
The International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD), the former
name of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
(ISSTD), adopted the Guidelines for Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder
(Multiple Personality Disorder) in Adults in 1994. However, the Guidelines
must be responsive to developments in the field and require ongoing review.
The first revision of the Guidelines was proposed by the ISSD’s Standards
of Practice Committee1 and was adopted by the ISSD Executive Council
in 1997 after substantial comment from the ISSD membership. The second
revision of the Guidelines was requested and approved in 2005 based on the
expertise of a task force of expert clinicians and researchers.2 The current revision was undertaken by a new task force3 in 2009 and 2010 after input
from an open-ended survey of the membership.
The current revision of the Guidelines focuses specifically on the
treatment of dissociative identity disorder (DID) and those forms of dissociative
disorder not otherwise specified (DDNOS) that are similar to DID.
It is intended as a practical guide to the management of adult patients
and represents a synthesis of current scientific knowledge and informed
clinical practice. There is a separate Guidelines for the Evaluation and
Treatment of Dissociative Symptoms in Children and Adolescents (ISSD,
2004) available through the ISSTD and published in the Journal of Trauma
& Dissociation. The American Psychiatric Association (2004) has published
Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with Acute Stress Disorder
(ASD) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which may be relevant to
the treatment of DID.
Keywords: Adults DID Dissociation Dissociative Identity Disorder Practice Guidelines Trauma Treatment
Accuracy Verified: Yes
176. Tudor, T. (1994). Healing the heart: EMDR in post-unification MPD therapy. EMDR Network Newsletter, 4(1), 8-9.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: M
ultiple Personality Disorder (MPD)
represents the most severe form of
the Dissociative Disorders. The predominant
symptoms are disturbances
in the normally integrative functions
of identity and memory (American
Psychiatric Association, 1987). There
has been an explosion of interest in
the disorder since about 1984
Putnam, 1989; Ross, 1989), with many
articles focusing upon phenomena,
diagnosis, and treatment. The treatment
articles have focused primarily
upon thechallengingissues that have
to be dealt with prior to the eventual
unification ofthe mind, as represented
by the fusions of the various alter
personalities. Relatively little has
been written about the post-unification
phase of treatment, except that
treatment does not end with unification
(Kluft, 1988).
Keywords: Post-Unification MPD Therapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
177. Ray, K. (2000, September 30). Health in focus. London, England: The Times, Features.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
I consider that I have never been rendered so emotionally well as I am now as a result of this EMDR therapy. The EMDR Association can be contacted on 020-8951 3420 or at www. emdr.practitioner.net. I would seriously recommend anyone who is struggling in adult life as a result of early childhood traumas to consider this as a very valuable and hopeful type of therapy.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
178. Marcus, S. (2008, Maart ). Het behandelen van hoofdpijn met geïntegreerde EMDR [Treating headaches with integrated EMDR]. Presentatie op het derde congres van de Vereniging EMDR Nederland, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Negentig procent van het Amerikaanse publiek krijgt af en toe hoofdpijn. Naar schatting vijfenveertig miljoen Amerikanen hebben ernstige terugkerende hoofdpijn. Tot dusver is het primaire behandeling voor hoofdpijn is farmaceutica. Deze workshop beoogt u vertrouwd te maken met een niet-veilige alternatieve medicatie voor de behandeling van hoofdpijnen die gebruik maakt van EMDR.
De bedoeling van dit seminar is om artsen te trainen in het gebruik van een geïntegreerde aanpak van EMDR bij de behandeling van spanning en migraine. Meer dan 50% van deze presentatie is de opleiding en "hands on" de praktijk van de geïntegreerde aanpak van EMDR. De twee primaire doelstellingen van dit seminar zijn aan a) een overzicht van de huidige professionele praktijken van de behandeling hoofdpijn en b) de deelnemers te trainen in het gebruik van geïntegreerde EMDR, Fase 1 (acute hoofdpijn reliëf) en fase 2 (multi-sessie behandeling van hoofdpijn ). Andere doelstellingen zijn onder andere inzicht hoofdpijn ontstaan, hoofdpijn trigger identificatie, hoofdpijn drempel theorie, overzicht van dr. Marcus 'Migraine Onderzoek, training in de geïntegreerde EMDR protocol dat ontwikkeld is voor de klinische praktijk, informed consent en inzicht in de rol van de provider bij de inzet van deze benadering in de klinische praktijk . Hoewel deze workshop is voor slechts EMDR getrainde clinicus, hoofdpijn eerdere ervaring in behandeling is niet vereist.
Dit seminar zal u helpen om:
1. Geef hoofdpijn opluchting voor uw patiënten.
2. Herkennen de verschillende soorten hoofdpijn.
3. Inzicht in de biologie van de hoofdpijn.
4. Combat rebound of verslavingsproblemen gemaakt door migraine medicatie door het gebruik van natuurlijke methoden voor hoofdpijn behandeling.
5. Hier 8 niet-hoofdpijn medicatie interventies.
6. Integratie van een nieuw specialisme in uw praktijk.
Ninety percent of the American public gets occasional headaches. An estimated forty five million Americans have severe reoccurring headaches. Up until now the primary treatment for headaches has been pharmaceuticals. This workshop seeks to familiarize you with a safe non-medication alternative for the treatment of headaches that utilizes EMDR.
The intent of this seminar is to train clinicians in the use of an integrated EMDR approach to treating tension and migraine headaches. Over 50% of this presentation is training and “hands on” practice of the Integrated EMDR approach. The two primary objectives of this seminar are to a) provide a professional overview of current practices of headache treatment and b) to train participants in the use of Integrated EMDR, Phase 1 (acute headache relief) and Phase 2 (multi-session headache treatment). Other objectives include understanding headache etiology, headache trigger identification, headache threshold theory, overview of Dr. Marcus’ Migraine Research, training in the Integrated EMDR protocol designed for clinical practice, informed consent and understanding the role of provider when deploying this approach in clinical practice. Although this workshop is for EMDR trained clinician’s only, previous experience in headache treatment is not required.
This seminar will help you to:
1. Provide headache relief for your patients.
2. Recognize the different headache types.
3. Understand the biology of headaches.
4. Combat rebound or addiction problems created by migraine medication by utilizing natural methods for headache treatment.
5. Learn 8 non-medication headache interventions.
6. Integrate a new specialty into your practice.
Keywords: Headaches
Accuracy Verified: Yes
179. Shapiro, F. (2012, September 19). How EMDR therapy opens a window to the world. Brain World. Retrieved from http://brainworldmagazine.com/how-emdr-therapy-opens-a-window-to-the-brain/ 9/19/2012.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
Over the past two decades, the use of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy has provided researchers and clinicians with the ability to observe how symptoms develop and can be rapidly treated. Over 20 randomized studies have demonstrated positive treatment effects, and EMDR has been declared an effective trauma treatment by organizations worldwide, including the American Psychiatric Association and the Department of Defense. Three randomized studies have demonstrated that 84 to 100 percent of those suffering from a single trauma no longer had posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after an average of three 90-minute sessions. Changes that typically took months or years with other forms of therapy occurred within weeks. This rapidity allows both clients and clinicians to observe firsthand how the brain’s internal connections are made. [Excerpt]
Accuracy Verified: Yes
180. 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
181. 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
182. 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
183. Greenwald, R. (1996, February). The information gap in the EMDR controversy. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 27(1), 67-72. doi:10.1037/0735-7028.27.1.67 .
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a recently developed treatment for traumatic memories. The literature on EMDR is characterized by widely contrasting results and interpretations of findings. The author traces this variation to the substantial information gap between those with and without formal EMDR training. Misconceptions are highlighted, and EMDR is reassessed favorably with fidelity to the treatment protocol emerging as a critical factor. Recommendations are made for higher standards of publication, research, and training in EMDR, particularly in light of the wider availability of information and training engendered by the publication of an EMDR textbook. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Literature Review Professional Training Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
184. Nichols, L. M. (2012). Integrating complementary therapies with counseling: A qualitative study of practicing counselors' approaches to wellness. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
There is a growing interest in the United States in complementary therapies (CT) to
address the health needs and hopes of individuals. Research in the medical and allied
health communities has reflected the expanding interest, however, the counseling
profession has limited literature focusing on CT integration practices. The current study
expands on existing research using a constructivist lens and grounded theory approach; a
sample of 16 practicing counselors were interviewed to develop a theoretical model of
CT integration in the counseling context. Scholarly literature has described CT and
reasons for its use, which can be linked to counseling through professional identity, the
wellness model, and ethical practice. The results of this study indicate that experience,
beliefs, competence, and practice are primary factors in the integration of CT in
counseling. Implications of the results on the counseling profession will be detailed in
terms of practice, training, and future research.
Keywords: Complementary Therapies Counselor Approaches Qualitative Study
Accuracy Verified: Yes
185. Cooke, L. J., & Grand, C. (2007, September). Integrating EMDR in the treatment of eating disorders. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Dallas, TX.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
This is a day-long program designed for the EMDR professional interested in enhancing their ability to conceptualize and provide effective EMDR treatment in working with the complexity of eating disorder symptoms. Paralleling phase-oriented treatment for trauma, this workshop will focus on stabilization skills utilizing state-to-state techniques with or without bilateral stimulation; working through underlying traumatic experiences utilizing the standard protocol; and future template work for integration of the psycho-biological changes. Current treatment approaches on attachment issues and emotion regulation, trauma’s impact on the brain and body, and affect management will be integrated throughout the program. Participants are invited to bring their most challenging cases to work on in practice sessions or during the case consultation segment of the program.
Keywords: Eating Disorders
Accuracy Verified: Yes
186. Grand, D. (1996, June). Integrating EMDR into the psychodynamic treatment process. EMDRIA Newsletter, 1(1), 14-16.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
EMDR was originally developed utilizing cognitive therapy theories and constructions (i.e., cognitive/behavior restructuring, information processing, rating scales) (Shapiro, 1995). Accordingly, the relevance and potential applications of psychodynamic concepts to EMDR went largely unnoticed. However, Dr. Shapiro formed the concept ‘syclectic’ (synthesis of the eclectic) as she recognized the analytic contributions to EMDR such as the significance of early childhood memories, the unconscious, free association, insight, catharsis, abreaction, and symbolism (Shapiro, 1995). In face, a psychodynamic therapist incorporating EMDR into his or her technique cannot help but learn and recognize the value of many cognitive ideas and practices. The same holds true for cognitive practitioners who can discover that the use of EMDR opens to them the shadowy word so familiar to the analyst. Accordingly, EMDR lies at the confluence of two great rivers of thought which is further evidence of its profound nature.
Keywords: Psychodynamic Syclectic
Accuracy Verified: Yes
187. Young, J., & Zangwill, W. (1995, June). Integrating schema-focused therapy & EMDR. Presentation at the EMDR Network Conference, Santa Monica, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Dr. Young has developed an integrative model that seems especialy appropriate for combining with EMDR. According to the
theory proposed, eighteen Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMS) are at the core of personality disorders. An EMS is defined as an
extremely broad, pervasive theme regarding oneself and one's relationship with others, developed during childhood and elaborated
throughout one's lifetime, and dysfunctional to a significant degree. Shapiro's concept of childhood file folders would be analogous
to the concept of schemas. These eighteen schemas are primarily unconscious but can be brought to awareness through various
strategies, especially EMDR.
This presentation will demonstrate how to integrate the use of Schema-Focused therapy with EMDR. In this model, Schema-
Focused therapy serves as the primary conceptual framework for working with the client while EMDR is seen as the primary change
technique.
The first step in this process is a thorough history taking looking for both traumatic life events and the client's underlying
vulnerabilities and schemas. History taking is accomplished both through client interviews and the use of Lazarus' Multimodal Life
History Questionnaire. The Schema Questionnaire and the Parent Questionnaire developed by Young are given and scored. As part
of this process, the therapist attempts to help the client discriminate memories representing primary trauma versus memories that
represent life long issues. The EMDR model eliciting infonmtion - asking the client about specific events and problems, then
obtaining Pictures, Negative and Positive Cognitions, Affect and Body Sensations as well as SUDS and VOC ratings - is used as
soon as the client is comfortable. Collecting information this way without the use of Eye Movements has been shown to be a very
effective way of tapping into the neural network where related memories are stored. The grouping of these memories often appears
to be along such schema lines as Vulnerability, Defectiveness, Abandonment, etc.
As the therapeutic relationship develops, clients are educated about EMDR and schemas. The last part of this process is the Case
Conceptualization. This involves putting together the information from history taking, the schema questionnaire and the parent
questionnaire and the client's in-session behavior to formulate a useful picture of client problems, likely problem origins, and
recommended change techniques. Knowing what issues/themes your client is vulnerable to, tells you where to start your EMDR
exploration. It also helps suggests where to probe when processing stops, i.e., what blocking beliefs may be present, what type of
cognitive interweave to use, etc.
Once the case conceptualization is complete, EMDR is used as always. However, the use of Schema Focused therapy with EMDR
broadens the scope of EMDR.
1) Cognitive Therapy for Personalitv Disorders: A Schema-Focused Approach. Revised Ed.
Professional Resource Press, Sarasota, FL, (813)366-7913; 2) Reinventing Your Life, J. Young and J. Klosko. New York, Plume, 1994.
Keywords: Schema-Focused Therapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
188. Young, J., & Zangwill, W. M. (1996, June). Integrating schema-focused therapy with EMDR. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Denver, CO.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Dr. Young has developed an integrative model that seems especialy appropriate for combining with EMDR. According to the
theory proposed, eighteen Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMS) are at the core of personality disorders. An EMS is defined as an
extremely broad, pervasive theme regarding oneself and one's relationship with others, developed during childhood and elaborated
throughout one's lifetime, and dysfunctional to a significant degree. Shapiro's concept of childhood file folders would be analogous
to the concept of schemas. These eighteen schemas are primarily unconscious but can be brought to awareness through various
strategies, especially EMDR.
This presentation will demonstrate how to integrate the use of Schema-Focused therapy with EMDR. In this model, Schema-
Focused therapy serves as the primary conceptual framework for working with the client while EMDR is seen as the primary change
technique.
The first step in this process is a thorough history taking looking for both traumatic life events and the client's underlying
vulnerabilities and schemas. History taking is accomplished both through client interviews and the use of Lazarus' Multimodal Life
History Questionnaire. The Schema Questionnaire and the Parent Questionnaire developed by Young are given and scored. As part
of this process, the therapist attempts to help the client discriminate memories representing primary trauma versus memories that
represen life long issues. The EMDR model eliciting information - asking the client about specific events and problems, then
obtaining Pictures, Negative and Positive Cognitions, Affect and Body Sensations as well as SUDS and VOC ratings - is used as
soon as the client is comfortable. Collecting information this way without the use of Eye Movements has been shown to be a very
effective way of tapping into the neural network where related memories are stored. The grouping of these memories often appears
to be along such schema lines as Vulnerability, Defectiveness, Abandonment, etc.
As the therapeutic relationship develops, clients are educated about EMDR and schemas. The last part of this process is the Case
Conceptualization. This involves putting together the infonmtion from history taking, the schema questionnaire and the parent
questionnaire and the client's in-session behavior to formulate a useful picture of client problems, likely problem origins, and
recommended change techniques. Knowing what issues/themes your client is vulnerable to, tells you where to start your EMDR
exploration. It also helps suggests where to probe when processing stops, i.e., what blocking beliefs may be present, what type of
cognitive interweave to use, etc.
Once the case conceptualization is complete, EMDR is used as always. However, the use of Schema Focused therapy with EMDR
broadens the scope of EMDR.
1)Cognitive Therapy for Personality Disorders: A Schema-Focused Approach. Revised Ed.
Professional Resource Press, Sarasota, FL, (813) 366-7913
2)Reinventing Your Life, J. Young and J. Klosko. New York, Plume, 1994.
Keywords: Schema-Focused Therapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
189. Dunne, T. (2010, June). Integration of EMDR into clinical practice: What therapists are saying. In Training issues. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Hamburg, Germany.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
40% of Therapists trained in EMDR report difficulties
integrating EMDR into their clinical practice. This paper will report
on a qualitative study of Therapists who were interviewed
as part of my Doctoral research project at the University of
Middlesex, London. The paper will explore and report on the
types of difficulties which therapists are reporting and the reasons
why. It will explore ways forward to resolve these issues
including the implications for training, and the need for ongoing
clinical supervision post training.
Participants will learn of the difficulties in integration of EMDR
in clinical practice and the reasons why.
Participants will come away with a better understanding of the
professional and organizational difficulties involved in integration
Participants will also learn how to resolve these issues.
This study is unique because it is the first study undertaken with
Therapists trained in EMDR outside the USA and because the
qualitative nature of the study is counterbalanced with the findings
of quantitative data which make the findings more generalizable
and cross cultural in nature.
Keywords: Research Symposium Training Issues
Accuracy Verified: Yes
190. Lyhus, K. E. (2003, April). Integration of EMDR with other therapeutic approaches: A survey investigation. Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. AAT 3067496.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
The present study examined assimilative integration, i.e., when techniques from various therapeutic approaches are imported into a single, consistent theoretical framework. Specifically, the aim of this study was to investigate how Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a manualized therapeutic approach originally developed as a treatment for traumatic memories, is incorporated into clinical practice. In assimilative integration, elements of the EMDR protocol would be expected to be conceptualized and possibly modified in ways that are consistent with the therapist's theoretical framework. A survey design, using web-based questionnaires, was implemented to gather information from therapists who use EMDR. Therapists responded to a broad range of questions regarding their theoretical orientation, involvement in EMDR organizations, and practice of EMDR. A large sample (N = 532) was obtained, and results demonstrated that most therapists integrated EMDR with other therapeutic methods. Further, there was some evidence that therapists were practicing assimilative integration. Specifically, therapists typically added methods consistent with their primary theoretical orientation and conceptualized the effective elements of EMDR as those that were most consistent with their orientation. Most therapists reported using most of the elements of the EMDR protocol, perhaps reflecting the high level of interest in EMDR among therapists in the sample. However, there were some differences related to therapists' level of commitment to EMDR. For example, members of the EMDR International Association used more elements of the protocol and were more likely to report that they did not combine other methods with EMDR when compared to nonmembers. The diagnosis of the client was also an important factor in how EMDR was integrated into treatment. For example, therapists treating clients with PTSD were more likely to report on their use of EMDR as the primary therapeutic approach and to integrate cognitive/behavioral methods than were those treating clients with other disorders. This study was among the first to examine the process of assimilative integration. The findings show that psychotherapy integration varies by therapists' base theoretical orientation, client factors, and therapists' commitment to the treatment method being integrated. [Author Abstract]
Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering. 63(10-B), Apr 2003, pp. 4912.
Keywords: Assimulative Integration Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Psychotherapeutic Processes PTSD Traumatic Memories
Accuracy Verified: Yes
191. Tarquinio, C., Schmitt, A., Tarquinio, P., Rydberg, J.-A., & Spitz, E. (2012, April-June). Intérêt de la psychothérapie « eye movement desensitization reprocessing » dans le cadre de la prise en charge de femmes victimes de viols conjugaux [Benefits of "eye movement desensitization and reprocessing" psychotherapy in the treatment of female victims of intimate partner rape]. Sexologies, 21(2), 92-99. doi:10.1016/j.sexol.2011.05.001 .
Language: French
Format: Journal
Abstract:
L’objectif de cette étude est de mettre en évidence à partir du suivi de six femmes
victimes de viols par leur conjoint, les effets de la thérapie « eye movement desensitization
reprocessing », notamment en ce qui concerne la réduction des symptômes d’état de stress posttraumatique,
d’anxiété et de dépression. Toutes ces femmes ont, en outre, fait l’objet d’une
évaluation quantitative à partir d’échelles de mesure proposées avant la prise en charge ainsi
qu’à l’issue de chacune des séances. Les échelles utilisées sont l’Hospital Anxiety and Depression
scale, l’Impact Event Scale et un indicateur propre à la thérapie Eye Movement Desensitization
Reprocessing, le Subject Unit of Distress. Les victimes ont également participé à deux entretiens
plus qualitatifs avant et après la prise en charge, afin d’évaluer plus précisément la présence ou
non de symptômes d’état de stress post-traumatique sur la base des indications fournies par le
Manuel Diagnostic et Statistique des troubles mentaux (American Psychiatric Association [APA],
2004). Les résultats obtenus sont conformes à nos attentes et montrent une diminution significative
et progressive des scores aux différentes échelles au fur et à mesure des séances. Ainsi,
comme on le rencontre classiquement dans la littérature, une prise en charge par la thérapie
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing conduit les sujets à s’auto-évaluer comme étant
de moins en moins perturbés au fur et à mesure que la psychothérapie progresse. Nous avons également pu observer une réduction importante des scores aux différentes échelles à l’issue
des deux premières séances. Enfin, la prise en charge psychologique réalisée à partir de la
thérapie « eye movement desensitization reprocessing » a conduit à une diminution notable du
nombre de symptômes liés au diagnostic d’état de stress post-traumatique. Cette diminution
s’est révélée homogène pour les trois critères pris en compte (critère B, C et D du American
Psychiatric Association [APA], 2004).
The objective of this study is to demonstrate through monitoring of six women
raped by their spouses, the effects of therapy "Eye Movement Desensitization
reprocessing, "including with regard to reducing symptoms of posttraumatic stress state,
anxiety and depression. All these women have also been a
quantitative assessment based on measurement scales proposed by the management and
at the end of each session. The scales used were the Hospital Anxiety and Depression
Scale, the Impact Event Scale and an indicator specific therapy Eye Movement Desensitization
Reprocessing, the Subject Unit of Distress. Victims have also participated in two interviews
more qualitative before and after treatment to assess more accurately the presence or
without symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on the basis of information provided by the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association [APA],
2004). The results are consistent with our expectations and show a significant decrease
and progressive scores at different levels as and when the sessions. Thus,
as is typically found in the literature, supported by a therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing leads individuals to assess themselves as
less disturbed as and as psychotherapy progresses. We also observed a significant reduction in scores on different scales at the end
the first two sessions. Finally, the psychological care made from the
therapy "eye movement Desensitization Reprocessing" led to a significant reduction in the
number of symptoms to diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. This decrease
has been consistent for the three criteria considered (criterion B, C and D of the American
Psychiatric Association [APA], 2004).
Keywords: Anxiety Depression Females Marital Rape Partner Rape Victims Women
Accuracy Verified: Yes
192. Jarero, I., & Uribe, S. (2012). Intervención temprana en salud mental en una situación de masacre humana: Fosas clandestinas en durango 2011 [Early mental health intervention in human slaughter situation: Mass graves in 2011 Durango]. Revista Iberoamericana de Psicotraumatología y Disociación, 4(1).
Language: Spanish
Format: Other
Abstract: Resumen.
La Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos solicitó el apoyo de la Asociación Mexicana para Ayuda Mental en Crisis, con la solicitud de atender al personal forense de la Fiscalía General del Estado de Durango en México. Una sola sesión del Protocolo de EMDR para Incidentes Críticos Recientes fue brindada a 32 personas que estuvieron trabajando con 258 cuerpos recuperados de fosas clandestinas. Tanto los resultados estadísticos pre y post tratamiento, como el seguimiento que se hizo a los 3 y 5 meses, mostraron la mejoría de las personas atendidas y una significativa reducción en síntomas de estrés postraumático y de Trastorno por Estrés Postraumático (TEPT), a pesar de que continuaron realizando el trabajo de recuperación de cuerpos extraídos de las fosas clandestinas y estuvieron expuestos continuamente a terribles estresores emocionales. Los resultados estadísticos obtenidos sugieren que la intervención ayudó a prevenir el desarrollo del TEPT en su fase crónica y a incrementar la resiliencia psicológica y emocional.
Nota: Este documento es una reseña de dos artículos publicados por Ignacio Jarero y Susana Uribe en el Journal of EMDR Practice and Research durante 2011 y 2012 titulados The EMDR Protocol for Recent Critical Incidents: Application in a Human Massacre Situation y Follow-UP Report of an Application in a Human Massacre Situation.
Summary.
The National Commission on Human Rights requested the support of the Mexican Association for Crisis Assistance Mental, with the request to address the forensic staff of the Attorney General of the State of Durango in Mexico. A single session of EMDR Protocol for Recent Critical Incident was given to 32 people who were working with 258 bodies recovered from mass graves. Both statistical results before and after treatment, the monitoring was done at 3 and 5 months, showed the improvement of people served and significant reduction in symptoms of posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), despite they continued doing the work of recovery of bodies extracted from the mass graves and were continuously exposed to terrible emotional stressors. The statistical results obtained suggest that the intervention helped prevent the development of PTSD in its chronic phase and increase psychological and emotional resilience.
Note: This document is a review of two articles published by Ignacio Uribe Jarero and Susanna in the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research in 2011 to 2012 graduates The EMDR Protocol for Critical Incidents Recent: Application in Human Massacre Situation and Follow-Up Report of an Application in a Human Situation Massacre.
Keywords: Durango Early Intervention Human Slaughter Mass Graves
Accuracy Verified: Yes
193. Luber, M., & Shapiro, F. (2009). Interview with Francine Shapiro: Historical overview, present issues, and future directions of EMDR. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 3(4), 217-231. doi:10.1891/1933-3196.3.4.217.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This interview with Dr. Francine Shapiro, originator and developer of Eye Movement Desensitization and
Reprocessing (EMDR), provides an overview of the history and evolution of EMDR from its inception
to current findings and utilization, as well as future directions in research and clinical development.
Dr. Shapiro discusses the psychological traditions that informed the development of EMDR and the Adaptive
Information model, as well as the implications for current treatment. The rationale for the application
of EMDR to a wide range of disorders is discussed, as well as its integration with other therapeutic approaches.
Topics include research on the role of eye movements, the use of EMDR with combat veterans,
somatoform disorders, attachment issues, and the distinct features of EMDR that have allowed it to be
used for crisis intervention worldwide.
Dr. Francine Shapiro is the originator and developer of EMDR. She is a senior research fellow at the Mental Research Institute
(MRI) in Palo Alto, California, executive director of the EMDR Institute in Watsonville, California, and the founder and
president emeritus of the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program, a nonprofit organization that coordinates disaster
response and supports low fee training worldwide. She has written the primary text on EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization
and Reprocessing: Basic Principles and Procedures (Guilford Press) and co-authored or edited four others: EMDR: The
Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Trauma (Basic Books), EMDR as an Integrative Psychotherapy Approach:
Experts of Diverse Orientations Explore the Paradigm Prism (American Psychological Association Books), Handbook of EMDR
and Family Therapy Processes (Wiley), and Short-Term Therapy for Long-Term Change. She has written and co-authored more
than 60 articles and chapters and is an invited speaker at psychology conferences all over the world. Dr. Shapiro is a recipient
of the American Psychological Association Division 56 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Practice in Trauma
Psychology, the Distinguished Scientific Achievement in Psychology Award presented by the California Psychological Association
and the International Sigmund Freud Award for Psychotherapy presented by the City of Vienna in conjunction
with the World Council of Psychotherapy. She was appointed one of the “Cadre of Experts” by the American Psychological
Association and Canadian Psychological Association Joint Initiative on Ethno-political Warfare. She has served as an
advisor to many trauma treatment and outreach organizations and journals. She has three awards bestowed in her honor.
Those given by the EMDR International Association and the EMDR-Ibero-American Association celebrate members of
the EMDR community who follow in her footsteps of creative thinking, service, and dedication to the standard of EMDR.
The EMDR Europe Association presents the Francine Shapiro EMDR-Europe Research Award in order to encourage
research in the field. In 2008, a comprehensive electronic resource for scholarly articles and other important references
related to EMDR and adaptive information processing was introduced and was named The Francine Shapiro Library in
honor of Dr. Shapiro (http://emdr.nku.edu/emdr_data.php).
Accuracy Verified: Yes
194. Jacobs, S. (1995, May 29). An intriguing new mental health therapy: An eye into the psyche. Miami, FL: The Miami Herald, Final, Living, 1C.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
The jury is still out on Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, or EMDR, a controversial new therapy for such mental illnesses as depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. But presentations at last week's American Psychiatric Association convention show that what started as a fringe therapy just a few years ago is being taken seriously by mainstream psychiatrists.
Keywords: General Miami Overview
Accuracy Verified: Yes
195. Farrell, D. (2005, June). An investigation into participants’ experiences of EMDR training and the implications for future developments in the teaching and learning of EMDR. In Teaching EMDR. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Brussels, Belgium.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
This study investigates the experiences of participants (N=103) who had
undertaken EMDR Level 1 or 2 training in Ireland. The audit ascertained
participant's core profession, main psychological treatment orientation,
present utilization of EMDR within current clinical practice, number of clients
treated, types of referral issues, average number of sessions, and provision
for clinical supervision. In addition participants provided feedback as to their
views on their EMDR training experience. EMDR trainings were criticised in
areas which included participant involvement, group practicum's,
competency and fitness to practice, clinical supervision, post training
professional development, and the lack of any systems of assessment of
either knowledge or application of EMDR. The findings were integrated into
the development of a university based EMDR training at Masters Degree
level with multiple modes of assessment.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
196. Rogers, S., & Silver, S. M. (2002, January). Is EMDR an exposure therapy? A review of trauma protocols. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58(1), 43-59. doi:10.1002/jclp.1128.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This article presents the well established theoretical base and clinical practice of exposure therapy for trauma. Necessary requirements for positive treatment results and contraindicated procedures are reviewed. EMDR is contrasted with these requirements and procedures. By the definitions and clinical practice of exposure therapy, the classification of EMDR poses some problems. As seen from the exposure therapy paradigm, its lack of physiological habituation and use of spontaneous association should result in negligible or negative effects rather than the well researched positive outcomes. Possible reasons for the effectiveness of EMDR are discussed, ranging from the fundamental nature of trauma reactions to the nonexposure mechanisms utilized in information processing models. Copyright 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Keywords: Exposure Therapy Literature Review Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Trauma Trauma Protocols
Accuracy Verified: Yes
197. Greenwald, R. (1997, June). Is EMDR being held to an unfair standard? Rejoinder to Van Ommeren (1996). Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 28(3), 306. doi:10.1037/0735-7028.28.3.306.a .
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Author points out a propensity among some professionals to respond unfairly to data supporting EMDR, and he calls for open-minded critical analysis of available data. [Adapted from Text]
Keywords: Letter Professional Criticism Reply
Accuracy Verified: Yes
198. Munder, T., Fluckiger, C., Gerger, H., Wampold, B. E., & Barth, J. (2012, October). Is the allegiance effect an epiphenomenon of true efficacy differences between treatments? A meta-analysis. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 59(4), 631-637. doi:10.1037/a0029571.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Many meta-analyses of comparative outcome studies found a substantial association of researcher allegiance (RA) and relative treatment effects. Therefore, RA is regarded as a biasing factor in comparative outcome research (RA bias hypothesis). However, the RA bias hypothesis has been criticized as causality might be reversed. That is, RA might be a reflection of true efficacy differences between treatments (true efficacy hypothesis). Consequently, the RA-outcome association would not be indicative of bias but an epiphenomenon of true efficacy differences. This meta-analysis tested the validity of the true efficacy hypothesis. This was done by controlling the RA-outcome association for true efficacy differences by restricting analysis to direct comparisons of treatments with equivalent efficacy. We included direct comparisons of different versions of trauma-focused therapy (TFT) in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). RA was measured from the research reports. Relative effect sizes for symptoms of PTSD were calculated. Random effects meta-regression was conducted. Twenty-nine comparisons of TFTs from 20 studies were identified. Initial heterogeneity among relative effect sizes was low. RA was a significant predictor of outcome and explained 12% of the variance in outcomes. The true efficacy hypothesis predicted the RA-outcome association to be zero; however, a substantial association was found. Thus, this study does not support the true efficacy hypothesis. Given findings from psychotherapy research and other fields that support a biasing influence of researcher preferences, RA should be regarded as a causal factor and conceptualized as a threat to the validity of conclusions from comparative outcome studies.
Keywords: Comparative Outcome Research Meta-Analyses Researcher Allegiance
Accuracy Verified: Yes
199. Greenwald, R. (1999, October ). January, 1997 Update on the information gap in the EMDR controversy. Child Trauma Institute.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
This entry updates: [Greenwald, R. (1996, February). The information gap in the EMDR controversy. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 27(1), 67-72]. In the 1996 article I argued that EMDR has been shown to be quite effective, particularly as a treatment for specific traumatic memories; and that contrary results can be explained by substandard practice (i.e., that EMDR per se was not being tested). It would follow that well-designed studies, involving therapists who are careful to use the EMDR protocol correctly, should yield positive results. In the case of EMDR, these results should be not merely equal to other established treatments, but far superior, as in other, similar studies.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
200. Havelka, J. (2010). Kinek a krízise?-- esetek egy fovárosi általános iskolából [EMDR: Method of psychotherapy for the treatment of trauma]. Psychiatria Hungarica: A Magyar Pszichiátriai Társaság Tudományos Folyóirata, 25(3), 243-250 .
Language: Hungarian
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Eye Movement deszenzibilizáció és újrafeldolgozása (EMDR) egy módszer a pszichoterápia, amelyet széles körben kutatott kezelésére trauma. A jelenlegi kezelési irányelvek az Amerikai Pszichiátriai Társaság és a Nemzetközi Társaság traumás stressz Tanulmányok jelöl EMDR mint hatékony kezelésére PTSD.In ezt a cikket a szerző arról ír, a történelem e "áttörés terápia", és leírja EMDR, mint egy szabványos protokoll. A második rész leírja trauma hasznosítás, ahol ő használja EMDR kezelésében a poszttraumás stressz zavar egy esettanulmány egy 25 éves nő, akit egy gumiszerű túlélő.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method of psychotherapy that has been extensively researched for the treatment of trauma. The current treatment guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies designate EMDR as an effective treatment for PTSD.In this article the author writes about the history of this "breakthrough therapy" and describes EMDR as a standardized protocol. In the second part describes trauma recovery where she uses EMDR in treating post-traumatic stress disorder in a case study about a 25 year old woman, who has been a robbery survivor.
Keywords: Trauma Treatment
Accuracy Verified: Yes
201. Ziveri, D. (2002). L'efficacia dell‘EMDR nella psicoterapia del PTSD e dei ricordi traumatici: Valutazione delle risposte del potenziale elettrodermico (SPR) attraverso il biofeedback [The effectiveness of EMDR psychotherapy on PTSD and traumatic memories: Assessing the potential electrodermal responses (SPR) through biofeedback]. WWW.Psicotraumatologia.com, Pubblicazioni in linguia italiana..
Language: Italian
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
Nel XXI secolo per la prima volta l'uomo avrà il potere di plasmare la Terra che desidera, costruire edifici alti come montagne e navi capaci di portarlo nello spazio, mettere insieme macchine intelligenti, sconfiggere molte malattie e cambiare se stesso intervenendo sui geni. A queste visioni ottimistiche (rassicuranti?) del futuro risponde la realtà del nuovo millennio: situazione ecologica planetaria prossima al collasso, panico ad occidente e disperazione a Sud. Vi sono circa 50 guerre in atto nel mondo con milioni di morti quasi tutti civili e colonne di profughi in fuga, nuovi pericoli terroristici e rilancio delle armi atomiche e dell'industria bellica. Ci sembra che tutto questo accada altrove, al di là di uno schermo televisivo; ma se oggi anche i problemi sono globalizzati allora allarmi ed appelli alla giustizia, alla pace ed alla solidarietà sono rivolti ad ogni coscienza. Particolarmente attente dovrebbero essere le menti di politici e scienziati di ogni parte del mondo. Particolarmente sensibili alle tematiche in questione dovrebbero essere le professioni d'aiuto. Dobbiamo chiederci cosa succeda alle vittime del potere di pochi.
“E poi so bene: tutto ciò che si affonda in noi, come un mucchio di pietrame, finché dura la guerra, si ridesterà un giorno a guerra finita, e allora comincerà la resa dei conti, per la vita e per la morte.” (Niente di nuovo sul fronte occidentale, Erich Maria Remarque, 1929).
Nella tradizione rileviamo un'attenzione quasi esclusiva per l’organismo e per le lesioni fisiche dell'uomo colpito dalla violenza. Il passo in avanti 6
consiste nel superare l'attenzione esclusiva al corpo per occuparsi anche delle ferite psichiche, altrettanto gravi e profonde di quelle fisiche.
Se il termine psicologia significa nella sua origine greca "discorso sull'anima" ad indicare la ricerca della conoscenza del comportamento e dell'animo umano, esso indica oggi una disciplina sempre più attenta al suo essere scientifica. Tuttavia non dobbiamo disgiungere la scientificità della ricerca dall'utilità dell'intervento clinico, fine ultimo della professione.
Il lavoro che vado presentando nasce da una riflessione sulla capacità della psicologia di fornire risposte concrete a situazioni complesse ed altrimenti difficili per ogni uomo. Ogni violenza, dai lontani scenari di guerra a quelli domestici di abuso, è un'immane tragedia: la ricerca sul disturbo post-traumatico da stress (PTSD) e gli interessanti e promettenti risultati di tecniche terapeutiche come l'Eyes Movements Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) meritano perciò molta attenzione.
Si ricordi che nel 1987 il primo studio della dott.sa Francine Shapiro, scopritrice di tale metodo, aiutò proprio una vittima della guerra del Vietnam. Questo caso oltre a gettare le basi per le successive ricerche controllate su tale terapia innovativa e a permetterne lo sviluppo, lasciò intravedere una speranza per le molte vittime dei conflitti armati e della violenza.
L’EMDR si presenta come una buona risposta rapida ed efficace, la più efficace secondo alcune valutazioni meta-analitiche, all’insorgenza del PTSD per la risoluzione di eventi non elaborati. Non stiamo parlando di una panacea indistinta per tutti i casi in ogni condizione. Tuttavia le sue caratteristiche di brevità (in circostanze favorevoli), di buoni risultati, di integrazione tra diversi approcci ed il carattere non invasivo, ne fanno un candidato ideale come strumento d’elezione per il PTSD.
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Dato quindi l’alto potenziale presentato dalla metodica in ambito clinico, la ricerca si pone come assolutamente necessaria e le prove sperimentali come essenziali.
Queste alfine sono le considerazioni da cui muove l’intero percorso sperimentale qui esposto.
Vorrei testimoniare con questo lavoro l’affetto verso i miei genitori. Ringrazio l’equipe che sta conducendo questa ricerca: il relatore prof. Roberto Anchisi, il correlatore prof. Roberto Guzzi, il correlatore dott. Michele Giannantonio e l’Associazione Emdr per l’Italia, specialmente la dott.sa Isabel Fernandez, nonché i valutatori indipendenti.
Ringrazio di cuore tutte le persone a me vicine che mi hanno aiutato, Diego per la correzione delle bozze, il dott. Davide Gerevini perché è un amico e per il suo paziente aiuto.
Non dimenticherò mai Capitan Max, l'imprevedibile Davide e Valentina, le persone più speciali che abbia incontrato durante questo corso di laurea.
In the twenty first century man has the power to shape the earth he wants to build tall buildings like mountains and ships able to carry it into space, putting together intelligent machines, overcome many diseases and change himself by acting on genes. These optimistic views (reassuring?) Of the future meets the reality of the new millennium: global ecological situation close to collapse, panic and despair in the south west there are about 50 wars taking place in the world with millions of dead civilians and almost all columns of refugees fleeing new dangers of terrorism and revival of atomic weapons and war industry. It seems that this happens elsewhere, beyond the television screen, but if the problems today are globalized, then alarms and calls for justice, peace and solidarity are addressed to all consciousness. Should be particularly attentive minds of politicians and scientists all over the world. Particularly sensitive to these themes should be the helping professions. We must ask ourselves what happens to victims of the power of a few. "And then I know: all that sinks in us, like a pile of stones, as long the war lasts, you awaken one day after the war, and then begin the reckoning for the life and death." (All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque, 1929). In tradition we find an almost exclusive to the body and the human suffering personal injury from violence. The sixth step is to overcome the exclusive attention to the body to deal also with psychic wounds, serious and profound as those of individuals. If the word psychology in its Greek origin means "soul talk" to indicate the search for knowledge of the behavior and the human soul, it now shows a discipline increasingly attentive to its being scientific. But we must not separate the scientific research of clinical utility of the intervention, the ultimate goal of the profession. The work that I presented comes from a reflection on the ability of psychology to provide practical answers to complex situations and otherwise difficult for everyone. All violence, far from war scenarios to domestic abuse, is a great tragedy: the research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the interesting and promising results of therapeutic techniques such as desensitization and reprocessing Eyes Movements ( EMDR) deserve so much attention. Remember that in 1987 the first study of dott.sa Francine Shapiro, discoverer of that method, he helped his victim of the Vietnam War. This case as well as lay the groundwork for subsequent research on that check and allow the development of innovative therapy, suggests a hope for many victims of armed conflicts and violence. EMDR is as good a rapid and effective response, the most effective according to some meta-analytic assessments, the occurrence of PTSD for the resolution of events not processed. We're not talking about a vague panacea for all cases in all conditions. However, the characteristics of brevity (under favorable circumstances), good results of integration between different non-invasive approaches and make it an ideal candidate as a tool of choice for PTSD. 7 Since then the high potential of the method presented in the clinical setting, the research is absolutely necessary and the tests as essential. These are the considerations which finally moves the entire experimental process outlined here. I would witness this job affection to my parents. I thank the team that is conducting this research: the advisor prof. Roberto Anchises, the co-professor. Roberto Guzzi, the co-Dr. Michael Giannantonio EMDR and the Association for Italy, especially dott.sa Isabel Fernandez, as well as independent evaluators. I warmly thank all the people close to me who helped me, Diego for proofreading, Dr. David Gerevini because he is a friend and for his patient help. I will never forget Captain Max, David and Valentina unpredictable, the most special people I have met during this course.
Keywords: Biofeedback Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD SPR Treatment Efficacy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
202. Binatti, C., & Sterpone, R. (2000, Novembre). L'EMDR nell'ambulatorio per l'enuresi di un ospedale infantile [EMDR outpatient department for enuresis in children's hospital]. Presentazione le Applicazioni Cliniche del EMDR Congresso Nazionale, Milano, Italia.
Language: Italian
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Da diverso tempo il Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche in Età Pediatrica e la S.O.S. di Psicologia dell’Ospedale Infantile dell’Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale di Alessandria “Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo” collaborano nel trattamento dell’enuresi in età evolutiva, mediante associazione di intervento medico/farmacologico e di psicoterapia ad orientamento cognitivo-comportamentale.
La decisione di costruire e progettare uno spazio comune in questo ambito è stata presa dopo alcune considerazioni nate dall’esperienza nel trattamento di questo disturbo: da anni l’ambulatorio di Urologia si occupa della diagnostica e della terapia dell’incontinenza, come da molto tempo si osservano innumerevoli casi di bambini con enuresi, che richiedono un sostegno presso il Servizio di Psicologia.
In questo tipo di intervento è stato inserito anche l’EMDR al fine di favorire la riprocessazione delle esperienze dolorose legate al problema.
For some time the Department of Surgical Sciences in children and SOS Children's Hospital of Psychology of the Hospital of Alexandria National Saints Biagio and Anthony and Caesar Henry "collaborate in the treatment dell'enuresi in childhood, through association of medical / pharmacological and cognitive-behavioral approach to psychotherapy.
The decision to design and build a common space in this area was made after some considerations arising from the experience in treating this disorder: years of surgery Urology deals with the diagnosis and treatment of incontinence, as long observed countless cases of children with enuresis, which require support from the Psychology Service.
In this type of intervention is also included in EMDR to facilitate the reprocessing of painful experiences related to the problem.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
203. Ventura, M. (2006). La desensibilización y el reprocesamiento por medio de movimientos oculares [EMDR] en el tratamiento del trauma emocional [Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing EMDR for the treatment of emotional trauma]. Psicología Conductual Revista Internacional de Psicología Clínica de la Salud, 14(3), 387-400.
Language: Spanish
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Eye Movement desensibilización y reprocesamiento [EMDR] fue desarrollado originalmente para el tratamiento de recuerdos traumáticos. Este procedimiento incluye la exposición imaginación, el reprocesamiento cognitivo y estimulación bilateral inicialmente decidió considerando inducida por los movimientos oculares. El procedimiento consta de ocho fases, en busca de la desensibilización del impacto emocional y cognitivo de reprocesamiento de recuerdos y pensamientos inquietantes desarrollado tras un traumatismo. Aunque hay muchos estudios que apoyan su eficacia, se conoce muy poco sobre los mecanismos subyacentes. EMDR es una de las técnicas reconocidas por la American Psychological Association [APA] como eficaz para el tratamiento del trastorno por estrés postraumático [TEPT] y algunos estudios han demostrado su eficacia en el tratamiento de otros problemas de salud mental. (Registro de bases de datos PsycINFO (c) 2008 APA, todos los derechos reservados)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing [EMDR] was originally developed to treat traumatic memories. This procedure includes imagination exposure, cognitive reprocessing and bilateral stimulation initially decided by considering induced eye movements. The procedure consists of eight phases, looking for desensitization of the emotional impact and cognitive reprocessing of disturbing memories and thoughts developed after trauma. Although there are many studies supporting its effectiveness, very little is known about the underlying mechanisms. EMDR is one of the techniques recognized by the American Psychological Association [APA] as effective for treating posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD] and some studies have proved its effectiveness in the treatment of other mental health problems. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Bilateral Stimulation Cognitive Processes Cognitive Reprocessing Emotional Trauma Eye Movements Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Trauma Traumatic Memories
Accuracy Verified: Yes
204. Meignant, M. (2008, October). The legend of EMDR. Film presentation at the 5th World Congress of Psychotherapy, Beijing, China.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
This workshop introduces the practice of EMDR with a new film “The Legend of EMDR”, showing a session of EMDR done on myself by Roger Solomon. This film contains interviews of Francine Shapiro who discover EMDR and others practitioners.
Michel Meignant is psychotherapist since 30 years, sexologist, amorologist, practitioner EMDR and professional film director. He is President of French Federation for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (FF2P).
Accuracy Verified: Yes
205. Haour, F., & Servan-Schreiber, D. (2009). Les bases neuroscientifiques de l’EMDR [Neuroscientific bases of EMDR]. In J. Cottraux (Ed.), TCC et Neurosciences (pp.187-202). Issy-les-Moulineaux: Elsevier Masson.
Language: French
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
France Haour et David Servan-Schreiber présentent avec clarté la désensibilisation
par les mouvements oculaires et le retraitement de l’information (EMDR),
ainsi que les études qui ont été effectuées par des méthodes neuroscientifiques
pour tester ces processus. Plusieurs points restent néanmoins en suspens. Effectivement,
l’EMDR est d’efficacité démontrée dans le stress post-traumatique, et
les traumatismes plus légers, mais il n’y a pas de données dures pour le valider
dans d’autres indications. De plus, son processus, comme il est souligné dans le
chapitre, demeure controversé. Il ne faudrait pas oublier qu’un EMDR sans
mouvements oculaires aboutit à de résultats identiques à ceux d’un EMDR avec
mouvements oculaires, dans la méta-analyse de Davidson et Parker (2001), qui
inclut 13 études comparant ces deux conditions. Cinq méta-analyses ne retrouvent
pas de différence d’efficacité entre TCC et EMDR. Ces faits expérimentaux
ont amené aussi bien l’Association psychiatrique américaine (2004) que le rapport
INSERM (2004) à classer l’EMDR dans les TCC, dont il représente une variante
technique, sans véritable discontinuité. Par ailleurs, l’analogie souvent
faite entre EMDR et la phase REM (phase paradoxale du sommeil correspondant
au rêve et à des mouvements oculaires rapides) n’est qu’une hypothèse et
ne repose pas à ce jour sur des données scientifiques. Enfin, toutes les thérapies
d’exposition utilisent des distracteurs (relaxation, images mentales de sécurité,
pensées positives) pour faciliter l’accès aux émotions liées au traumatisme.
L’hypnose, qui a montré son efficacité dans le stress post-traumatique lors
d’une seule étude contrôlée (Brom, 1989), elle aussi, se sert de mouvements
oculaires, pour capter l’attention. Ainsi faisait son ancêtre, Franz Anton Mesmer,
comme le montre le rapport établi en 1784 par la commission royale sur le
magnétisme animal (Darnton, 1995). Quoi qu’il en soit, l’EMDR propose un
protocole utile, robuste et aisé à enseigner et à appliquer.
France Haour and David Servan-Schreiber present with clarity desensitization
Eye Movement and reprocessing of information (EMDR)
and studies that have been conducted by neuroscientists methods
to test these processes. Several points are still open. Indeed,
EMDR is proven efficacy in post-traumatic stress, and
lighter injuries, but there is no hard data to validate
in other indications. In addition, its process, as outlined in the
chapter remains controversial. We should not forget that EMDR without
eye movements leads to results identical to those of EMDR with
eye movements in the meta-analysis of Davidson and Parker (2001), which
includes 13 studies comparing these two conditions. Five meta-analyzes found
no difference in efficacy between CBT and EMDR. These experimental facts
led both the American Psychiatric Association (2004) report that the
INSERM (2004) to classify EMDR in CBT, which is a variant
technique, no real discontinuity. Moreover, the analogy often
made between EMDR and REM sleep (REM sleep corresponding
dreams and rapid eye movement) is only a hypothesis and
not based so far on scientific data. Finally, all therapies
exposure using distractors (relaxation, mental imagery security
positive thoughts) to facilitate access to the emotions related to the trauma.
Hypnosis, which has shown its effectiveness in post-traumatic stress in
one controlled study (Brom, 1989), it also uses movements
eye for attention. So was his ancestor, Franz Anton Mesmer,
as shown in the report prepared in 1784 by the Royal Commission on
Animal Magnetism (Darnton, 1995). Anyway, EMDR offers a
useful protocol, robust and easy to teach and apply.
Keywords: Neuroscience Neuroscientific Bases
Accuracy Verified: Yes
206. Borrelli, S. (2002, March). Letter from your new Editor-in-Chief. The EMDR Practitioner. Retrieved from http://www.emdr-practitioner.net 12/27/2008.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
I am honoured to have been asked to take over the position of Editor-in-Chief of The Practitioner -EMDR
Europe's official journal. David Blore, the founder of this now important journal, will remain an important
advisor as we continue to move the journal to new heights, and as EMDR spreads it's impact in the worlds
of psychotherapy and counselling. Kofi Krafona also continues as Deputy Editor, contributing reviews of
books and other resources, and others providing welcomed support to me as I dive into some unknown
tenitory. We maintain our admirable set of referees eager to review professional articles of all sorts. (3f
course, communications with the Editor, replies to authors, book reviews, and news items will not be
subject to a peer review process!
Keywords: The EMDR Practitioner History and Purpose
Accuracy Verified: Yes
207. Fox, L., Dominey, J., & Carvalho, E. (2001, October 5). Letters - Read "The Mystery Cure" by Janelle Brown. Salon, [page 1].
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
The absolute lack of skepticism in this article was a disappointing lapse from Salon's
usual standards. The writer failed to point out that 1) The evidence that EMDR is
beneficial is somewhat weak; 2) the treatment is not accepted by the American
Psychological Association; and 3) assuming the treatment works, there is no sound
theoretical explanation of how it's supposed to work, the invocations of "left brain,
right brain" notwithstanding. You did note the broad variation of physical stimuli
used by different practitioners (eye movement, hand tapping and alternating sounds),
but this variation throws into question the basic practice. If they all work, what's
really going on?
Keywords: Letter
Accuracy Verified: Yes
208. Penzel, F., Ricciardi, J. & Baer, L., Hurley, J. D., Minichiello, W. E., & Ott, B. D. (1992, May). Letters to the editor: EMDR workshop: Disturbing issues?. the Behavior Therapist, 15(5), 110-111.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
We are writing as behavior
therapists and researchers who returned
from the 25th Annual AABT
Convention with serious concerns
regarding a workshop we attended
on the use of "Eye Movement Desensitization
and Reprocessing (EMDR)."
A number of disturbing clinical, research,
professional, and ethical issues
were raised by the content and
materials presented.
Keywords: Letter
Accuracy Verified: Yes
209. Naden, G. (2002, May 25). Life's a stitch. United Kingdom: Telegraph.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
Dr. William Davies, director of APT, the Association for Psychological Therapies in Leicester, says it is significant that the girls are in the midst of taking exams. "They are moving their eyes from right to left in the same way as EMDR, which gives them a relaxing feeling," he says.
Keywords: General London Overview
Accuracy Verified: Yes
210. Blinka, D. (2007, March 3). Look again at trauma. New Scientist, 193(2593), 20.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
I was disappointed that in discussing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Laura Spinney dismissed eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) as if it was just slightly better than snake oil (3 February, p 40). There is an impressive body of robust research showing that this modern therapy for trauma is, in fact, effective. It is endorsed as such by many prestigious institutions worldwide, including the American Psychiatric Association in its practice guidelines for the treatment of PTSD, which gives EMDR the same status as cognitive behavioural therapy as an effective treatment for the symptoms of both acute and chronic PTSD.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
211. Onofri, A., & Tombolini, L. (2004, Novembre). L’EMDR e il pensare la mente - Attaccamento sicuro e capacità metacognitive [EMDR and the thinking mind - Attachment safe and metacognitive]. Présentation al Congresso Nazionale, je EMDR Bologne, Italie.
Language: Italian
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Innanzitutto alcuni ringraziamenti: ad Isabel Fernandez, per cominciare, per averci chiamati a partecipare a questo I Congresso Nazionale e poi a Roger Solomon, per gli insegnamenti ricevuti.
Sono fiero, ve lo dico sinceramente, di far parte di questa nostra Associazione, e di aver conosciuto l’approccio l’EMDR che in questi ultimi anni ha davvero dato un nuovo e ravvivante impulso alla pratica clinica di tanti di noi.
First, some thanks: Isabel Fernandez, to begin with, for having called us to participate in this National Congress and then to Roger Solomon, for the teachings received.
I am proud, I tell you frankly, to be part of our Association, and have known the EMDR approach in recent years has really given a new impetus to reviving and clinical practice of many of us.
Keywords: Attachment Metacognitions Safety
Accuracy Verified: Yes
212. Gamba, M. (2005). L’integrazione dell'EMDR nella psicoterapia dei disturbi del comportamento alimentare [EMDR integration into the psychotherapy of eating disorders]. Universita Degli Studi Padova, Italia.
Language: Italian
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
Questo mio lavoro di tesi rappresenta una rassegna degli studi compiuti negli
ultimi anni, sui disturbi del comportamento alimentare. Negli ultimi vent’anni
molto è stato detto su questa patologia che ha attirato l’attenzione non solo di
clinici e specialisti ma anche dei mass media. Si tratta, purtroppo, di disturbi che
si stanno imponendo sempre di più nella società occidentale e che iniziano a
comparire anche nelle zone più povere del mondo. Come sarà possibile notare
nel primo capitolo, questi disturbi interessano principalmente, ma non
esclusivamente, soggetti di sesso femminile e gli indici di prevalenza indicano un
valore attorno all’1% per la bulimia nervosa nelle giovani donne adulte, mentre
per l’anoressia nervosa questa percentuale oscilla attorno lo 0,3%. Dopo una
descrizione generale di queste patologie, mi sono occupata dei disturbi specifici
evidenziati dal DSM-IV, redatto dall’American Psychiatric Association nel 1996:
Anoressia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Disturbo da Alimentazione Incontrollata
(BED). Questi disturbi vengono descritti singolarmente, analizzandone i fattori di
rischio e le caratteristiche cliniche e diagnostiche; nella descrizione ho tralasciato
i fattori eziopatogenetici della Bulimia Nervosa e del BED perché sono
rintracciabili tra quelli evidenziati per l’Anoressia Nervosa.
My thesis is a review of studies made in
last year, about eating disorders. Over the past twenty years
Much has been said about this disease that has attracted the attention not only to
and clinical specialists, but also the media. This is, unfortunately, of disorders
are becoming more and more in Western society and start to
appear even in the poorest parts of the world. As you will notice
in the first chapter, these problems primarily, but not
exclusively, female subjects, and prevalence rates indicate a
value of around 1% for bulimia nervosa in young adult women, while
for anorexia nervosa, this percentage fluctuates around 0.3%. after a
general description of these diseases, I have dealt with specific disorders
highlighted by the DSM-IV, prepared by the American Psychiatric Association in 1996:
Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, binge eating disorder
(BED). These disorders are described individually, analyzing the factors
risk and the clinical and diagnostic features, I have omitted in the description
causative factors of Bulimia Nervosa and BED because they are
detectable among those highlighted for Anorexia Nervosa.
Keywords: Eating Disorders
Accuracy Verified: Yes
213. Watson, P. J., Friedman, M. J., Ruzek, J. I., & Norris, F. (2002, August). Managing acute stress response to major trauma. Current Psychiatry Reports, 4(4), 247-253. doi:10.1007/s11920-996-0043-x.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
In this article, the authors review the current empiric literature on early interventions. Findings on the effects, course, help-seeking, and recovery from disasters are first reviewed, with recommendations given that are pertinent to intervention following mass casualties. In reviewing the most commonly used interventions, it is clear that evidence from well-controlled studies showing that early intervention can help prevent longer-term problems is limited. The authors discuss the approaches that have received the most attention or empiric support as early interventions following trauma, which include psychologic debriefing, cognitive-behavioral interventions, eye movement desensitization and processing (EMDR) and other neoteric approaches, and psychopharmacology. At this time, the most promising results for prevention of psychopathology have been achieved with brief four- or five-session cognitive-behavioral therapy. In contrast, randomized clinical trials on psychologic debriefing currently suggest that this approach is either ineffective at preventing psychopathology, or contributive to PTSD symptoms. Research support is currently lacking for EMDR and pharmacotherapy as early interventions. A major challenge to the field is to integrate the practical experience and knowledge of professional responders with well-controlled, timely intervention research, and to effectively disseminate these findings to practitioners in the field. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Effects Literature Review Negative Research Needs Review Posttraumatic Stress Diorder Psychological Debriefing PTSD Stressors Survivors Therapeutic Reaction Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
214. Lipke, H. (1995). Manual for the teaching of Shapiro's EMDR in the treatment of combat-related PTSD. Pacific Grove, CA: EMDR Institute.
Language: English
Format: Book
Abstract:
Manual for the Teaching of Shapiro’s EMDR in the Treatment of Combat Related PTSD. An original Professional Psychology manuscript outlining the basic tenets of EMDR and their application to the treatment of post-traumatic stress in combat veterans. [EMDR-HAP]
Keywords: Combat Military Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Veterans War
Accuracy Verified: Yes
215. Chang, S. H. (2005). Mechanism of EM in EMDR: Change strength of semantic associations. Presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Research background & objectives: Based on REM-sleep dependent memory reprocessing model, this study examined possible therapeutic mechanisms of eye
movements in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR; Shapiro, 1989,
1995, 2001). Stickgold (2002) proposed that sleep induced change in associative memory
via activation of weak association during REM state and EMs functioned as REM sleep to
integrate the episodic memory of trauma into general semantic memory. Specifically, the
effect of EM in relation to order of relatedness of associations on change of strength of
semantic associations for negative words after saccadic bilateral eye movements was
examined in the present study.
Methods: Sixty-four college students were recruited as participants. Via semantic
priming task, a 2 (eye movement condition: horizontal saccadic eye movements vs. no
eye movements) × 3 (strength of semantic association: strong priming vs. weak priming
vs. unrelated priming) × 2 (block order of presentation: related prime first vs. unrelated
prime first) mixed factorial design was performed, with strength of semantic association
serving as within Ss factor and the other two variables serving as between Ss factors. The
primes consisted of negative word stimuli. Each trials consisted of an 8 seconds saccadic
horizontal eye movement manipulation (200 ms per movement in EM condition),
followed by 500-msec fixation point and then prime displayed for 32msec, which was
followed immediately by the target. The participant was instructed to read the target as
soon as possible and the reaction time was recorded by the compuer. While absolute
primeability index for strong (or weak) association was calculated as (RT
related – RT unrelated) for strong primes or weak primes, respectively, relative primeability index was calculated as (RT related – RT unrelated)/RT
unrelated. The dependent variables were correct (%), error (%), and primeability index for each of strong prime and weak prime. Change of primeability
of weak associations for negative stimuli as opposed to that of strong ones under different
EM conditions and different block order was compared.
Results: For absolute primeability index, the 2 (EM condition) × 2 (order) × 2 (strength
of priming) ANOVA showed that only the interaction effect of EM × strength of semantic
association was approaching significance, indicating that weak priming significantly
exceeded strong priming after EM (F (1, 56)
= 18.01, p < .001; partial ω 2= .210), while the
opposite was true after non-EM (F (1, 56)
= 25.86, p < .0001; partial ω 2 = .280). Further, for weak prime, the priming effect was stronger after EM than after non-EM (F
(1, 56) = 74.62,
p < .0001; partial ω 2 = .535). For relative primeability index, it also revealed that only the interaction effect of EM × strength of semantic association was significant (F (1, 56) = 6.09, p < .02; partial ω 2 = .074), and tests of simple main effects showed similar patterns as those of absolute primeability index. Conclusions: 8s EMs was associated with change of strength of semantic associations.
While EM didn’t weaken the primeability for the strong association, EM did enhance the
primeability for weak associations. Further, weak priming significantly exceeded strong
priming after EM, while the opposite was true after non-EM. The results echoed
REM-sleep dependent memory reprocessing model, suggesting that EM in EMDR might
reflect a shift in associative memory systems by activating different strength of
associations of negative semantic nodes for different semantically related words. Given
that order of relatedness didn’t play a role and previous research showed that EM resulted
in decreased vividness and emotionality and generated greater amount of associations for
negative stimuli as well, the implications of the present results from theoretical and
psychotherapy point of views and future research possibilities are discussed.
Keywords: EMDR REM REM-Sleep Dependent Memory Reprocessing Model Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Saccadic Eye movement Semantic Association
Accuracy Verified: Yes
216. EMDR Sweden. (2007, November). Medlembladet. EMDR Tidningen: Föreningen EMDR Sverige, 9(2), 1-16.
Language: Swedish
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Table of Contents: 1. Ordföranden har ordet
2. Från en EMDR-handledarstudents perspektiv;
5. Certifierade EMDR-terapeuter november 2007;
5. Referat från EMDR-konferensen i Paris;
7. Kompletterande tekniker – H-P Söndergaard;
9. Fysiologiska effekter av EMDR – referat av studie;
10. Journal of EMDR;
11. Inbjudan till föreningens studiedag och årsmöte;
12. Program till studiedag och årsmöte;
13. Kalendarium VT 2008;
14. Förnyelse av certifiering – blankett;
15. Diverse blänkare
1. Chairman's Message;
2. From an EMDR-mentoring student's perspective; 5. Certified EMDR therapists-November 2007;
5. Summary of EMDR conference in Paris;
7. Complementary techniques - H-P Søndergaard;
9. Physiological effects of EMDR - summaries of study;
10. Journal of EMDR;
11. Invitation to and program for the association's annual meeting and field day;
12 Programs for the study day at the annual meeting;
13. Calendar Spring 2008;
14. Renewal of certification - form;
15. Miscellaneous notices
Keywords: Complementary Techniques
Accuracy Verified: Yes
217. EMDR Sweden. (2003, Mars). Medlemsbladet. EMDR-Bladet: Medlemstidning för EMDR-Sverige, 5(2), 1-2.
Language: Swedish
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Table of Content: 1 Ordförandehälsning; 1 Verksamhetsberättelse för
Föreningen EMDR Sverige april 2002 – mars 2003; 3 Workshop med Carol York
1 Presidential welcome; 1 Activity report of the EMDR-Sweden Association Activities April 2002-March 2003; 3 Workshop by Carol York
Keywords: Carol York
Accuracy Verified: Yes
218. 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 från vår
ordförande; 2 "Child trainer's
training" med Bob
Tinker och Sandra
Wilson i Colorado
Springs, 26-30
november 2001; 4 Bankpersonal utsatt för
rån
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 Årsmöte & 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
219. EMDR Sweden. (2007, Maj). Medlemsbladet. EMDR Tidningen: Föreningen EMDR Sverige, 9(1), 1-19.
Language: Swedish
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Table of Content:
1. Vårhälsning från ordförande;
3. Aktuell forskning som berör EMDR;
4. Rapport från certifieringsgruppen;
5. Certifierade EMDR-terapeuter maj 2007;
6. Den första EMDR-utbildningen på svenska;
6. Diskussionslista;
6 Sammanfattningar av Göran Högbergs samt Marianne Sandströms EMDR-studier;
7. Externalisering med EMDR för behandlingen av svår enkopres och traumatiserade barn med aggressivt beteende av James R. Samec;
11. Resursinstallation (Absorption and Wedging Technique), Helga Mathess;
12. Protokoll från årsmöte 2007;
13. Apropå medlemsavgift……;
14. Kalendarium 2007;
17. Ansökningsblankett medlemskap;
1. Spring greeting from the president;
3. Current research involving EMDR;
4. Report from the certification group;
5. Certified EMDR therapists, May 2007;
6. The first EMDR training in Sweden;
6. Discussion list;
6. Summary of two EMDR studies: G. Hogberg et al.,2007; and M. Sandstrom et al.,2007;
7. Externalisation with EMDR for
treatment of severe Elimination
and traumatized children with
aggressive behavior, by James R.
Samec;
11. ResourceInstallation (Absorption and Wedging Technique), Helga Mathess
12. [EMDR Association of Sweden,] Minutes of the Annual Meeting 2007
13. Speaking of the certified therapists membership list
14. Calendar 2007
17. EMDR Association of Sweden membership application
Keywords: Case Study Resource Installation
Accuracy Verified: Yes
220. EMDR Sweden. (2006, December). Medlemsbladet. EMDR Tidningen: Föreningen EMDR Sverige, 8(2), 1-12.
Language: Swedish
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Table of Content:
1. EMDR-Europa, möte i Rom november 2006;
3. Rapport studiedag i Malmö 1 sept 2006;
3. Inbjudan att delta i EMDR-föreningens arbete; 4. Certifierade EMDR-terapeuter oktober 2006;
5. Rapport från studiedag i Umeå september 2006; 5. Diskussionslista;
5. Kort rapport från EMDRIA-konf i Philadelphia; 6. Kalendarium;
7. Protokoll ”Att utveckla en trygg/lugn-plats; 8. Kärnhändelser (”Touchstone Events”);
10. Ny handledarutbildning;
10. Apropå medlemsavgift…….
1. EMDR-Europe meeting in Rome in November 2006;
3. Report on the workshop in Malmo September 2006;
3. Invitation to participate in the EMDR Association work;
4. Certified EMDR Therapists October 2006;
5. Report from the workshop in Umea in September 2006;
5. Discussion List;
5. Short report from EMDRIA Conference in Philadelphia;
6. Calendar;
7. Minutes “To develop a safe/quite location
8. Nuclear events (“Touchstone Events”);
10. New supervisor training has begun;
10. Speaking of membership fees;
Keywords: Touchstone Event
Accuracy Verified: Yes
221. Chandarasiri, P. (2012, June). Mekong Project - EMDR treatment for traumatised populations [El proyecto Mekong -‐ Tratamiento con EMDR para poblaciones traumatizadas]. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Madrid, Spain.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Trauma
Aid
is
a
non-‐profit
association
whose
major
aim
is
to
improve
the
quality
of
trauma
treatment
of
people
who
have
been
exposed
to
violence
and
other
forms
of
extreme
psychological
distress.
Project
Mekong
was
established
in
response
to
the
living
circumstances
of
the
target
region
populations
of
Thailand,
Cambodia,
Myanmar
and
Indonesia
whose
experiences
have
been
shaped
by
natural
disasters,
military
conflicts
and
acts
of
interpersonal
violence.
The
main
objective
of
this
EMDR
Humanitarian
Assistance
Programme
(EMDR
HAP)
project
is
to
establish
an
integrated
training
program
for
the
treatment
of
PTSD
for
therapists
in
the
Mekong
region
and
Indonesia.
The
project
commenced
in
early
2011
and
offers
a
unique
layered
approach
by
offering
five
different
training
levels,
training
participants,
EMDR
facilitators
in
training,
EMDR
supervisors
in
training,
EMDR
trainers
in
training,
and
continuous
professional
development
of
existing
EMDR
trainers.
Within
the
training
program
there
are
over
60
participants
from
eleven
different
countries.
This
culturally
rich
component
of
the
project
allows
the
bringing
together
of
personal
resources,
creativity
and
a
wealth
of
experiences
between
the
project
participants
and
the
training
team.
The
purpose
of
this
presentation
is
to
outline
some
of
the
audit
data
being
collected
by
training
participants
with
the
clinical
work
with
clients
and
provides
an
insight
into
how
EMDR
is
being
successfully
applied
with
trauma
populations
within
the
Mekong
region.
Trauma
Aid
es
una
asociación
sin
ánimo
de
lucro
cuyo
objetivo
principal
es
el
de
mejorar
la
calidad
del
tratamiento
para
trauma
de
personas
expuestas
a
violencia,
así
como
a
otras
formas
de
angustia
psicológico
extremo.
El
Proyecto
Mekong
se
estableció
como
respuesta
a
las
circunstancias
de
vida
de
las
poblaciones
de
la
región
diana
en
Tailandia,
Camboya,
Birmania
e
Indonesia,
cuyas
experiencias
han
sido
conformadas
por
las
catástrofes
naturales,
conflictos
militares
y
actos
de
violencia
interpersonal.
El
objetivo
fundamental
de
este
proyecto
del
Programa
de
Ayuda
Humanitaria
de
EMDR
(EMDR
HAP,
por
sus
siglas
en
inglés)
consta
de
implantar
un
programa
de
formación
integral
para
el
tratamiento
de
TEPT
para
los
terapeutas
en
la
región
del
Mekong
e
Indonesia.
El
proyecto
tuvo
su
comienzo
a
principios
del
año
2011
y
ofrece
un
planteamiento
singular
por
capas
al
proporcionar
cinco
niveles
distintos
de
formación:
la
formación
de
participantes,
facilitadores
de
EMDR
en
formación,
supervisores
de
EMDR
en
formación,
formadores
de
EMDR
en
formación
y
desarrollo
profesional
de
los
formadores
de
EMDR
ya
existentes.
Dentro
del
programa
de
formación,
existen
más
de
60
participantes
de
once
países
diferentes.
Este
componente
del
proyecto
tan
rico
en
cultura
permite
aunar
recursos
personales,
creatividad,
así
como
una
plétora
de
experiencias
entre
los
participantes
en
el
proyecto
y
el
equipo
a
cargo
de
la
formación.
El
propósito
de
esta
presentación
es
el
de
esbozar
algunos
de
los
datos
de
auditoría
que
se
están
recabando
por
parte
de
los
participantes
en
formación
con
el
trabajo
clínico
con
clientes
y
dar
mayor
conocimiento
y
perspectiva
acerca
de
cómo
se
está
aplicando
EMDR
con
éxito
en
poblaciones
traumatizadas
dentro
de
la
región
del
Mekong.
Keywords: Mekong Project Trauma Aid
Accuracy Verified: Yes
222. Lister, D. (2001, July-December). Memory and the brain: Some thoughts about the neurobiology of regeneration. The New Philosophy, 131-151.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This article is a Modification of a talk at the Swedenborg Scientific Association Annual Meeting in Bryn Athyn on 5 May 2001.
In June 1998 I learned of a technique called Eye Movement Desensitization
and Reprocessing (EMDR), for treating painful memories. It basically
seems to involve stimulating the patient’s brain bilaterally, while the
patient holds the memory or memories in their mind. Originally, Francine
Shapiro,1 the discoverer and developer of the technique, used saccadic
(sideways movement, to and fro) of the eyes. Subsequently it has been
found that bilateral alternating ear sound, or tapping the hands alternately,
or even the feet in desperate situations, helps to transform the
nature of the memory in various positive ways. Occasionally nothing
happens, but usually the memory fades, becomes laughable, of no importance,
and with or without a host of other reactions. There are temporary
unpleasant reactions on the way to resolution, but if dealt with skillfully,
the result is usually positive. Francine Shapiro stresses the importance of
getting proper training before practicing EMDR, as these reactions can be
quite frightening to someone not used to dealing with them. But the good
results are often astonishing. A fresh way of looking at the problem,
impossible before, becomes attainable. Though memories be as scarlet
they become whiter than snow to use the familiar words from Isaiah.
Keywords: Brain Memory Neurobiology
Accuracy Verified: Yes
223. Manfield, P. (1995, June). Narcissistic disorders: Using EMDR with these difficult clients. Presentation at the EMDR Network Conference Santa Monica, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Definition of client population:
Disorder of the self. The narcissistic character is often identified by his or her grandiose facade concealing an underlying sense of
emptiness and worthlessness. To experience the underlying emptiness is so painful for them that these people cut off their inner
experience and rely instead on external admiration and praise to support their grandiose or superior view of themselves; their
condition is often referred to as a "disorder of the self." Because of their dependence on others for their sense of themselves, they are
exquisitely sensitive to criticism or disapproval, often warding off deflation by becoming increasingly grandiose, superior, disdainful
or demeaning. Many conceal their grandiosity, maintaining a secret sense of superiority which may be based upon their
perfectionism or their quiet devaluing of others.
View of others: there is a range of severity of the narcissistic character from personality disorders to a narcissistic character style.
People with personality disorders, are unable to form a trusting bond with another person; they view people primarily as
interchangeable, performing a function which could equally be performed by many others. Less impaired narcissistic characters,
however, are able to form varying degrees of attachments to other people, although their ability to trust and care about other people
is limited. Most commonly they relate to people they can idealize or be admired by. People tend to be seen in extremes as either
superior and powerful or inferior and worthless; supportive and admiring or critical and attacking.
Difficulties in using EMDR:
Clinically these clients represent a difficult and often frustrating population to treat; they are brittle and easily injured if they to not
feel perfectly understood by their therapists, and they will distance at the slightest hint that they are being judged or used. They
resist focusing inward and defining their problems as arising within themselves, and find it difficult to sustain any genuine affect,
other than perhaps rage. If they feel understood and accepted, however, they will eventually talk about their sense of emptiness and
worthlessness and their confusion about who they are and what is truly meaningful and valuable to them.
Beck, Young and others have described factors that make it difficult to treat any personality disorder using a cognitive behavioral
approach. There have in fact been very few reported "successes" in the literature. Most of the difficulties are related to the self and
object splitting characteristic of these clients. These clients have limited access to feelings, limited access to spontaneous thoughts,
body sensations, memories, etc., and vague unfocussed presenting problems making targeting difficult. They usually have difficulty
with emotional and often intellectual continuity from session to session; they will rarely keep a log or follow through with
homework; transference issues often come into central focus and must be addressed before other targets; and their selfdefeating
beliefs and behavior patterns are extremely deeply held, pervasive and resistant to change.
In addition to varying degrees of these difficulties, narcissistic clients present all of the problems in EMDR that they do in more
traditional therapies; including their tendencies to act out, deny, and avoid. These and other defenses interfere with completion of
segments of therapeutic work and make it difficult for the clinician to keep work focused within one neural network. Self and object
splitting leads to continuity problems within or between sessions and a difficulty maintaining clarity about the reason for being in
treatment. The client may feel suicidal one week and declare himself or herself to be fully recovered the next. Perhaps the most
confirming aspect of the treatment of these clients, however, is their emotionally impoverished pasts; they have very limited
experience of nurturing, loving and caring to draw !?om in order to interweave new meanings and perspectives into traumatic or
painful past experiences.
Length of treatment:
I have found that I have been able to achieve good results with higher level narcissistic clients with whom I have had an established
relationship at the time I introduced EMDR into the treatment. My results with clients who have come to therapy asking specifically
for EMDR and with whom I have begun using EMDR soon after the beginning of treatment have been generally poorer, varying
with the severity of the client's disorder, the less severe doing best. The client needs to be able to establish a meaningful trusting
relationship with the therapist; the more severe the client's difficulties with attachment, the more time this process requires.
Narcissistic clients do not tend to see their difficulty with vulnerability, trust and intimacy as a problem within themselves. If they
are able to recognize personal problems, they are usually in the area of self esteem and obstacles to achievement. When they are
able to resolve some of these latter problems fairly rapidly through treatment they tend to terminate, no longer seeing a sufficient
purpose for treatment. In a sense, they can become better narcissists; their grandiose view of themselves is enhanced and they are
reinforced in their use of self-sufficiency as a defense against interpersonal vulnerability. I view the relative efficiency of EMDR as
a problem for deeper treatment of narcissistic clients because there is less time for the therapeutic relationship to develop and
consequently a limited opportunity to impact the client's object splitting. I believe that this is why I have found EMDR with
narcissistic clients to be most effective when it is introduced after a therapeutic relationship has had time to develop. Negative cognitions:
The early maladaptive schemas of narcissistic clients are pervasive in their lives and point to a plethora of negative cognitions.
Typical early schemas are: I must control myself (or my feelings, my behavior, my body) at all times; no one cares; my needs will
never be met; I can't trust anyone; I am deeply flawed and unlovable; I am dikeable, unattractive to others; I will always fail; my
flaws are totally unacceptable to others; I must be perfect or I am worthless; I deserve to be treated more specially than others; I must
please others to avoid attack; I'm alone; nobody understands me; I am OK if I am better than others; I am OK only if others admire
me. It is often helpful to narrow these cognitions down to make them manageable with EMDR
Treatment:
In addition to the recommended protocol of establishing a safe space to which the client can retreat if necessary, before doing an
EMDR session with one of these clients, the therapist should identify as many of the client's emotional resources possible, in
particular expriences if any of having felt loved and accepted ad examples of loving people or relationships the client has observed
Among other things, these facilitate more effective copitive interweaves.
The initial task in doing an EMDR session with this client population is to establish an appropriate and richly defined target. Since
it is more difficult for these clients to access meanm&l memories in an emotionally alive way, the therapist must be more active in
helping the client stimulate the associated neural netork as I l l y as possible. In addition to the client's reaction to the plight of
children he may be related to or observe (Level I1 training), a rich source of emotional responsiveness and resources is the client's
own response to situations he has witnessed in news media, TV, movies or theater.
A major challenge in addressing a narcissistic character type using EMDR is tracking the course of the session with these clients
and identifying when they drip out of the targeted neural network. This process can be subtle because it requires an ability to
differentiate true avoidance hm spontaneous associations which may appear at hat to be irrelevant; it requires a familiarity with
and sensitivity to the protective or defensive mechanisms they use to insulate themselves fiom painful memories and affect. As the
patterns ofmovement in and out of the targeted network are identified it is important to use interventions that are experienced by the
client as supportive but nevertheless make hun or her aware of having wandered.
Although the narcissistic client may initiate treatment with the stated goal of improving his performance in specified areas, he will
agree upon reflection that the real problem is that he feels an overriding need to perform in order to feel worthwhile. Since he has
never known any other way of dealing with his self-worth, he will be skeptical about whether it is possible to feel a sense of worth
that is not based upon performance, and it is easy for the therapist to lose perspective and join him in that beliet especially while
doing EMDR with its potential for reprocessing with extraordinary precision specific obstacles to performance. The therapist must,
however, retain her healthy perspective if the client is to learn to accept himself.
For more clinical information about treating disorders of the self:
1.)Beck, Aaron T., et al, Cognitive Therapy Of Personality Disorder Guilford Press, New York,
N. Y., 1990
2.)Manfield, Philip, Split Self/Split Object: Understanding And Treating Borderline, Narcissistic And Schizoid Disorders, Jason Aronson Publishers, Northvale, N.J., 1992.
3.)Young, Jeffrey, E, Cognitive Therapy For Personality Disorders: A Schema-Focused Approach,
Professional Resource Exchange, Inc., Sarasota, Florida, 1990.
Keywords: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Accuracy Verified: Yes
224. Boyd, S. (2010, July). The neurobiology of EMDR; An explanation using a broad biologicval appraoch. Presentation at the 1st EMDR Asia Conference, Bali, Indonesia.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Explanations of the neurobiological mechanisms of the Adaptive Information Processing Model and EMDR continue to
engender debate among researchers and practitioners.
A complete biological explanation was suggested by Tinbergen(1) to require description of:
• An adaptive function
• A phylogenetic (evolutionary) history
• A biological mechanism
• A developmental trajectory
This presentation reports on a translational study which sought to analyse the processes of EMDR according to Tinbergen’s
approach. Using the concept of learning in its widest biological sense, and acknowledging that there are several memory
systems in the human brain, the biological framework was able to provide useful ways to conceptualise the processes of
traumatisation and its treatment. In particular the ideas of competing survival goals, and conflicts in learning between
memory systems were helpful in guiding EMDR treatment and in explaining the approach to patients. This framework may
increase understanding of neurobiology for participants and may promote discussion among different health professional
disciplines so that a wider and more consistent basis for research about EMDR is created.
Keywords: Neurobiology
Accuracy Verified: Yes
225. Oxdale, R. (2008, June). Neurophysiological observations on impaired processing: some things we can learn about PSTD & EMDR from sleep disorder conditions such as sleep apnoea and limb movement of sleep disorder. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, London, England.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
EMDR has developed on a theoretical background of information processing. What do we know about the
structure and functioning of the processing parts of the brain, or “the processor”? In this talk I will bring together
information from the research studies of Harvard neurophysiologist Robert Stickgold, the MRI studies of Ruth
Lanius, and my own co-morbidity studies of PTSD, which show a very high co-morbid sleep disorder association.
EMDR practitioners in UK and Europe may be unfamiliar with sleep disorder medicine, and this presentation aims
to introduce them to this realm of interest. I will explain why sleep disorders render people vulnerable to
developing PTSD; and why EMDR will help resolve PTSD; and why sometimes the sleep disorder problem needs
to be recognized and addressed in its own right. Instruction on how to screen for significant sleep disorders and
how to recognize them and distinguish them from sleep disturbance will be given. I will discuss recent and
ongoing studies of limb movement disorder of sleep, which often seems to contribute to vulnerability to
adjustment disorder and PTS symptoms. The ecological neatness of EMDR will be apparent, and difficulties in
achieving results in chronic PTSD will be understandable and seen as remediable. The direction of possible future
research efforts in this area will be discussed.
Keywords: Neurobiology
Accuracy Verified: Yes
226. Foreman, J. (1998, September 14, Corr 16). New therapy for trauma is doubted. Boston, MA: The Boston Globe, Science and Technology, C1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
But since that day 11 years ago Shapiro has been ferociously studying -- and promoting -- EMDR. When she first began her studies, she was enrolled in a now-defunct, never-accredited school, the Professional
School of Psychological Studies in San Diego. She eventually earned a PhD in psychology there and in 1989 published a study showing EMDR seemed to help people with post-traumatic stress disorder, which is characterized by nightmares, flashbacks and anxiety.
Keywords: Boston General Overview
Accuracy Verified: Yes
227. Shapiro, F. (1995, November). Note from Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. The Harvard Mental Health Letter, 7.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
After the publication of the preceding article, "What is EMDR?", the editors
of the Harvard Mental Health Newsletter were deluged with letters of protest.
They wrote back to one correspondent, "We have received so many thoughthful
criticisms of the Herbert and Meuser piece that we now believe we made a
mistake in publishing it. Somehow, nobody on our Editorial Board knew
enough about this to scotch their piece." Therefore, the editors chose one of
the letters (shown below) to help set the record straight. Clearly, however,
the article caused an unwarranted dissemination of misinformation among
the Lay and professional community.
Keywords: Letter
Accuracy Verified: Yes
228. Freitag, W. (2008, September). The nuts and bolts of EMDR consultation. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
As EMDRIA’s requirements for Basic Training programs now include consultation hours, this has become a hot topic. This workshop will review EMDRIA’s philosophy of consultation and the requirements which now exist. An explanation of what consultation is and is not will be given, and the role of the consultant will be explored. There are now four different types of consultation to be conducted by an EMDRIA Approved Consultant. These are: Consultation within the Basic Training Curriculum; Consultation for Certification; Consultation of a Consultant-In-Training, and Ongoing consultation for professional development. The function, content and goals of the four different types of consultation will be defined, and the expectation of the consultant examined. Examples of specific tasks or ways to do effective consultation will be identified.
Keywords: Consultation
Accuracy Verified: Yes
229. Wilson, S. A. (1995). Oklahoma city. EMDR Network Newsletter, 5(1), 14.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
This is a report on the EMDR Helping Hands Project which involved the volunteering and assistance provided by EMDR professional practitioners for the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing disaster in 1995.
Keywords: EMDR Helping Hands Project 1995 Oklahoma City Disaster Project
Accuracy Verified: Yes
230. Kleiner, K. (1995). Oklahoma City. EMDR Network Newsletter, 5(1), 14 .
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
This is a report on the EMDR Helping Hands Project which involved the volunteering and assistance provided by EMDR professional practitioners for the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing disaster in 1995.
Keywords: EMDR Helping Hands Project 1995 Oklahoma City Disaster Project
Accuracy Verified: Yes
231. Albert, J. (1995). Oklahoma city: "EMDR helping hands" Oklahoma city disaster. EMDR Network Newsletter, 5(1), 13-14.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
This is a report on the EMDR Helping Hands Project which involved the volunteering and assistance provided by EMDR professional practitioners for the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing disaster in 1995.
Keywords: EMDR Helping Hands Project 1995 Oklahoma City Disaster
Accuracy Verified: Yes
232. McNally, R. J. (1999, November-December). On eye movements and animal magnetism: A reply to Greenwald's defense of EMDR. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 13(6), 617-620. doi:1http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0887-6185(99)00020-1.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
In his commentary on my article comparing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) with animal magnetism therapy, Greenwald (this issue) expresses several criticisms. Unable to refute a single factual statement, he resorts to attacking my rhetorical style. The purpose of this reply is to rebut his critique. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Franz Anton Mesmer Professional Criticism Reply Psychotherapy Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
233. Lipke, H. (2009). On science, orthodoxy, EMDR, and the AIP. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 3(2), 109-110. doi:10.1891/1933-3196.3.2.109.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Comments on the book by Francine Shapiro (see record 2001-05049-000). I was fortunate to observe Shapiro’s concern for the principles of science in the development of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). She insisted that EMDR be called experimental until after there was supportive peer-reviewed literature, limited training to mental health professionals, and strongly encouraged research. EMDRIA and its peer-reviewed journal have generally continued in this admirable direction. However, when an association is organized around a specific method of treatment rather than a problem area or a more general philosophy of approach, the question of orthodoxy must be addressed. At its best, orthodoxy ensures that practice is consistent with what has been demonstrated to be worthwhile, and all benefit from adherence. Also, there are aspects of the adaptive information processing (AIP), as it is described in the text, that are debatable and some that appear even self-contradictory. One example is Shapiro’s claim that the AIP is a “psychophysiological” model while also denying that enough is known about the details of psychophysiology to offer an explicit model. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Adaptive Information Processing AIP
Accuracy Verified: Yes
234. Hoffman, S. (2009). On science, orthodoxy, EMDR, and the AIP, H. Lipke, Invited response. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 3(2), 111. doi:10.1891/1933-3196.3.2.109.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
In the letter to the editor titled “On Science, Orthodoxy,
EMDR, and the AIP,” the writer criticizes the
EMDRIA’s defi nition of eye movement desensitization
and reprocessing (EMDR). This defi nition affects
EMDR training requirements, EMDRIA continuing
education credits, the programs selected for the annual
conference, and the work of the Journal for EMDR
Practice and Research. The defi nition was put into place
in 2003 in order to set the professional standard for
the community. It has been revised once and, like all
policies, is subject to further revision based on new
information.
Keywords: Adaptive Information Processing AIP Letter Orthodoxy Science
Accuracy Verified: Yes
235. Rosen, G. M. (1995, June). On the origin of eye movement desensitization. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 26(2), 121-122. doi:10.1016/0005-7916(95)00014-Q.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Francine Shapiro, the founder of eye movement desensitization therapy (EMD) claims to have serendipitously discovered this technique by experiencing spontaneous saccadic eye movements in response to disturbing thoughts during a walk in the woods. This explanation is difficult to accept because normal saccadic eye movements appear to be physiologically undetectable and are typically triggered by external stimuli. In the present limited study, all subjects failed to elicit any experience of eye movements, thus calling into question how best to interpret Dr. Shapiro's experience and the origin of EMD. [Author Summary]
Keywords: Letter Professional Criticism
Accuracy Verified: Yes
236. Welch, R. (1996, June). On the origin of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A response to Rosen. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 27(2), 175-179. doi:10.1016/0005-7916(96)00013-4.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Rosen argues that the eye movements experienced by Shapiro during the incident leading to her development of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) could not, as she later inferred, have been saccadic. The present author disputes Rosen's conclusion by showing that his arguments are based on a faulty understanding of the nature of saccadic eye movements or are irrelevant to Shapiro's claim. [Author Summary]
Keywords: Comment Letter Professional Criticism Reply
Accuracy Verified: Yes
237. Presser, L. (2008, November 12). Online collection is on PTSD eye therapy. The Northerner.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Northern Kentucky University recently unveiled the Francine Shapiro Library, an online collection of nearly 4,000 citations to writings about a form of psychotherapy called Eye-Movement-Desensitization-Reprocessing (EMDR).
EMDR treats post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the EMDR International Association Web site. Eye movement is thought to be involved in the brain's memory processes. To treat the disorder, EMDR's patients watch the rapid movement of a clinician's finger while recalling a traumatic event.
Keywords: Francine Shapiro Library
Accuracy Verified: Yes
238. Becker-Fritz, T., Klinker, M., & Tepper, L. (2008, September). Open forum for professors, college educators and clinicians - Identifying curriculum content on trauma and EMDR, plus create a template for college courses to impact knowledge and treatment options for graduates. Open forum presented at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
At the last EMDRIA Conference, one of the major concerns identified during the membership meeting was the need to get knowledge about EMDR out to college and university settings. This begins with students who are planning on pursuing a career in the health or mental health field. Courses of study do not adequately present material to students regarding trauma and treatment options. Thus, students leave their educational settings lacking knowledge about what EMDR is. This workshop is focused on both undergraduate and graduate educators who work in colleges and universities in the health care and mental health curriculum. Because students lack knowledge about trauma treatment, it could be years before they discover EMDR in their professional life. A panel discussion will provide the following learning objectives: Identify content areas to include when defining trauma; Define EMDR and summarize how it is used as a treatment option for trauma; Identify the challenges and possible solutions within colleges and university settings to include content on trauma and EMDR; and Create a template for content to include in a current course and strategies to market it to colleges in the health and mental health curriculum. The audience will be invited to give their input into the suggested content and challenged to make recommendations regarding how to best publicize the need for this curriculum and ways to achieve including it in more college course curriculum. The end result will be a suggested template that can be posted on the EMDRIA web site to assist educators and clinicians in advocating for its inclusion in their local colleges and university settings.
Keywords: Open Forum Training
Accuracy Verified: Yes
239. Jaspers, J. (2011, March). Over behandeleffectiviteit en verandermechanismen [About treatment effectiveness and change mechanisms]. Psychologie & Gezondheid, 39(1), 3-4. doi:10.1007/s12483-011-0001-0.
Language: Dutch
Format: Journal
Abstract: In het vorige nummer van Psychologie & Gezondheid schreef Remco Havermans een kritische forumbijdrage over mindfulness. Zijn stelling, dat de werkzaamheid van mindfulnessmeditatie nog onvoldoende is aangetoond om de toepassing ervan in de gezondheidszorg te rechtvaardigen, wordt in dit nummer beargumenteerd tegengesproken door Maya Schroevers en haar collega’s en door Ivan Nyklíček. Zijmenen dat het effectonderzoek naar mindfulness weliswaar nog uitgebreider en beter kan, maar dat het onderzoek tot nu toe voldoende evidentie heeft opgeleverd om toepassing te rechtvaardigen. Nyklíčekmerkt hierbij op dat in de psychologie een nieuwe therapie meestal eerst in de klinische praktijk jarenlang wordt toegepast voordat wetenschappelijk deugdelijk wordt onderzocht of de therapie wel werkt. Havermans blijkt verre van overtuigd en fileert de aangedragen evidentie genadeloos. Deze interessante discussie roept de vraag op wanneer we een behandeling evidence based mogen noemen. Het standpunt dat hiervan pas sprake kan zijn als gecontroleerd onderzoek de effectiviteit van de behandeling heeft aangetoond, zal door de meeste vakgenoten worden onderschreven. Maar wat is ‘gecontroleerd onderzoek’? Volstaat een wachtlijstcontrolegroep of moet de (nieuwe) behandeling worden vergeleken met andere actieve interventies, waarvan al eerder de effectiviteit is aangetoond?
Ook de relatie tussen praktijk en theorie is interessant. Afgezien van de vraag of de opmerking van Nyklíček nog steeds hout snijdt in deze tijd van evidence based interventies, is het wel verantwoord om op grote schaal een nieuwe psychologische interventie toe te passen als de effectiviteit of specifieke werkzaamheid nog niet is aangetoond? Havermans meent dat men een nieuwe gedragstherapeutische interventie ontwikkelt op basis van veelbelovende klinische observaties en gedragswetenschap, met andere woorden er moet ook een theoretische onderbouwing van de interventie zijn. Voor dit laatste is inderdaad veel te zeggen, maar de geschiedenis leert dat de theorieën die aanvankelijk als verklaring voor de werkzaamheid van de interventie werden geformuleerd, meestal bij nader inzien de toets van de wetenschappelijke kritiek niet konden doorstaan. Onderzoek in de traditie van de experimentele psychopathologie (Jansen, Van den Hout & Merckelbach, 2010) heeft al heel wat reinigend werk verricht op theoretisch gebied.
Op de keper beschouwd is van heel wat evidence based interventies aangetoond dat deze effectief zijn, maar hoe deze werken is veelal nog onduidelijk of voor de theoretische onderbouwing ervan is nog onvoldoende steun gevonden. Het laatste Najaarscongres van de Vereniging voor Gedragstherapie en Cognitieve Therapie (VGCT) had als thema ‘Change. Verandermechanismen en cognitieve gedragstherapie’. Tijdens het congres werd duidelijk dat over de verandermechanismen van evidence based interventies nog veel onduidelijkheid bestaat en dat het onderzoek hiernaar soms verrassende resultaten laat zien (Jaspers, 2011). Het is bepaald niet alleen EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), waarover de theoretische inzichten zijn veranderd, ook al bestaat over de werkzaamheid van de interventie geen twijfel. In het volgend nummer van Psychologie & Gezondheid leest u hier meer over.
In dit nummer vindt u nog een forumbijdrage, waarin de spreekwoordelijke knuppel in het hoenderhok wordt gegooid. De prikkelende titel ‘Huidige behandeling depressie is weggegooid geld’ nodigt op zijn minst uit tot lezing. Hoezo weggegooid geld? Als er een probleem is waarvoor evidence based behandelingen bestaan, is het immers depressie. Kok en collega’s laten echter zien dat ondanks de enorme bedragen die jaarlijks in Nederland worden uitgegeven aan de behandeling van depressie, in de huidige financiering van de gezondheidszorg nog onvoldoende rekening wordt gehouden met het hoge risico op terugval bij depressie. Het door velen, om uiteenlopende redenen verfoeide DBC-systeem (Diagnose Behandel Combinatie) ontmoedigt om langdurig met behandelingen door te gaan. Bestaande effectieve interventies om het risico op terugval te verminderen worden nauwelijks toegepast, terwijl deze bij de behandeling van een vaak chronische aandoening als depressie uitdrukkelijk zijn aangewezen. Hiermee wijzen de auteurs impliciet op een belangrijke tekortkoming van het bestaande effectonderzoek: het gebrek aan evaluatie van de langetermijneffecten van de onderzochte interventie. Ook voor psychologische interventies bij depressie is duidelijk dat deze werkzaam zijn. En al geldt ook voor depressie dat we nog lang niet weten wat de specifieke werkingsmechanismen zijn (hoe deze werken), de noodzaak van implementatie van evidence based interventies om terugval te vermijden of uit te stellen kan niet genoeg worden benadrukt. Het recidiverend karakter maakt depressie immers tot een aandoening met zowel hoge maatschappelijke kosten als een zeer hoge ziektelast, lijdensdruk en risico op suïcide.
In the previous issue of Psychology & Health Havermans Jim wrote a critical forum posting about mindfulness. His thesis, that the efficacy of mindfulness meditation is insufficient evidence to its application in health care to justify, this issue argued contradicted by Schroevers Maya and her colleagues and by Ivan Nyklicek. Zijmenen mindful that the impact study, while still more extensive and better, but that the investigation so far has yielded enough evidence to justify the application. Nyklíčekmerkt in psychology here that a new therapy in clinical practice usually first applied for years before being properly scientifically investigated whether the therapy works. Havermans appears far from convinced the fillets and put forward evidence mercilessly. This interesting discussion raises the question if we may call evidence-based treatment. The view that this only if there can be controlled study the efficacy of treatment has shown, most colleagues will be endorsed. But what is 'controlled study'? Is a waiting list control group or to the (new) treatment are compared with other active interventions whose effectiveness has already been demonstrated?
The relationship between practice and theory is interesting. Apart from the question whether the remark Nyklicek still holds water in this era of evidence-based interventions, it is widely recognized for a new psychological intervention should be as specific activity or effectiveness is not proven? Havermans believes that a new behavioral intervention developed on the basis of promising clinical observations and behavioral science, in other words, there is also a theoretical justification for the intervention. For the latter is indeed much to say, but history shows that the theories initially as an explanation for the efficacy of the intervention were formulated, mostly on closer inspection the test of scientific criticism could not stand. Research in the tradition of experimental psychopathology (Jansen, Van den Hout & Merckelbach, 2010) has a lot of work cleaning the theoretical field.
On closer examination of many evidence-based interventions shown to be effective, but how they work is often unclear whether the theoretical substantiation is found insufficient support. The last Autumn Congress of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (VGCt)'s theme was "Change. Change mechanisms and cognitive behavioral therapy. During the conference it became clear that the change mechanisms of evidence-based interventions much uncertainty and that the research on this surprising results show (Jaspers, 2011). It provides not only EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), which the theoretical views have changed, even as to the efficacy of the intervention no doubt. In the next issue of Psychology & Health You can read more about.
In this issue you will find a forum posting where the proverbial cat among the pigeons thrown. The provocative title "Current treatment depression is a waste of money 'invites at least into reading. Why wasted? If there is a problem for which evidence-based treatments exist, it is indeed depression. Cook and colleagues reveal that despite the enormous sums spent each year in the Netherlands for the treatment of depression in the current financing of health care is still insufficiently taken into account the high risk of relapse in depression. By many, for various reasons detested system DBC (Diagnosis Treatment Combination) discourages long-term treatments to continue. Existing effective interventions to reduce the risk of relapse are rarely used, while in the treatment of a chronic condition such as depression often explicitly designated. This, the authors implied a major weakness in the current outcome research: the lack of evaluation of the long-term effects of the tested intervention. For psychological interventions for depression is clear that this work. And already includes a long depression that we do not know the specific mechanisms of action (how they work), the necessity of implementation of evidence-based interventions to prevent relapse or delay can not be overstated. The recurrent nature makes depression after a disease with both high social cost as a very high disease burden, distress and risk of suicide.
Keywords: Change Mechanisms
Accuracy Verified: Yes
240. Farrell, D., & Keenan, P. (2007, June). Participant's experiences of EMDR training within the UK and Ireland. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Paris, France.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
This study investigated the experiences of several hundreds of participants who had undertaken EMDR training in the United Kingdom and Ireland over the last ten years. The research group was drawn from both the membership of the EMDR UK and I Approved Commercial Training. The research ascertained participant’s core profession, main psychological treatment orientation, present utilization of EMDR within current clinical practice, number of clients treated, types of referral issues, average number of sessions, and provision for clinical supervision. Participants were then asked to provide feedback as to their views on their EMDR training experience. Results demonstrated a significant proportion of practitioners integrated EMDR with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy more than any other paradigm. EMDR trainings were criticised in areas which included participant involvement, post training, professional development, and systems of assessment of knowledge and application of EMDR. The findings suggest a need to develop competency based curriculum training in EMDR. Arguments will be presented to support the need to teach EMDR within a wider clinical context.
Keywords: Ireland Training Treatment UK United Kingdom
Accuracy Verified: Yes
241. Farrell, D. (2007, September). Participants Experiences of undertaking EMDR Training in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Dallas, TX.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
The study investigated the experiences of several hundred participants who had undertaken EMDR training in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The research group was drawn from the membership of the EMDR UK & I Association and those who had undertaken approved commercial EMDR training. Research participants provided information surrounding their use and context of using EMDR and provided qualitative feedback of their EMDR training experience. However, EMDR trainings were criticized in several areas. The findings suggest an argument to develop competency based curriculum training in EMDR within a wider clinical context.
Keywords: Ireland United Kingdom
Accuracy Verified: Yes
242. Farrell, D. (2010, June). Participant‘s experiences of EMDR training within the UK and Ireland. In Training Issues. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Hamburg, Germany.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
This study investigated the experiences of participant's
experiences of EMDR training (N=484) undertaken in
the United Kingdom and Ireland over the last ten years from
various approved training providers. The research participants
were drawn from both the membership of the EMDR UK & Ireland
Association as well those who had undertaken EMDR Europe
or EMDRIA approved trainings. The research ascertained information, though the use of structured questionnaire, about
the nature of participant’s EMDR clinical in relation to client
populations, clinical practice of EMDR, and experiences of clinical
supervision. Participants also provided qualitative data regarding
their experiences of EMDR training.
The results raised many issues around the teaching and learning
of EMDR including areas such as paradigm integration, evidence
based versus practice based practice, clinical competency, confocal
supervision, post training development, accreditation, and the role
of the EMDR national association. The findings suggest a need to
develop a more comprehensive EMDR training curriculum.
Keywords: Ireland, Symposium Training Issues United Kingdom
Accuracy Verified: Yes
243. Maynard, S. (2006, February). Personal and professional coaching: A literature review. Walden University, Minneapolis, MN.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
Research on the efficacy of coaching has been slow to emerge since the inception of its use in the late 1930s. Existing theoretical and empirical evidence is scarce, yet the successful use of many proprietary methods and models of coaching have been reported. The purpose of this literature review was to summarize current methods and models of personal and professional coaching to identify a common theoretical foundation upon which empirical studies can be conducted. The findings of the literature review revealed that humanistic theory can provide the theoretical framework for coaching. All methods and models of coaching emphasized unconditional respect for each individual's capacity to make their own choices and achieve fulfillment through self-actualization. The coaching process was found to be holistic, client-centered and focused on human value and potential. Due to the lack of theoretical and empirical evidence supporting the efficacy of coaching, a randomized study is proposed that is designed to assess the efficacy of coaching based on humanistic theory. The with-in subject study suggests using a quantitative Likert summated scale to assess client attitudes before and after coaching. It is designed to eliminate possible confounding variables that may have been present in previous research. The purpose of the proposed research study is to test the hypothesis that coaching increases client satisfaction as measured by quality of life indices in an effort to determine if this new helping intervention is impacting our society in a useful and positive way. Demonstrating the efficacy of coaching is not only socially significant for the protection of the consumer, but ethically imperative to substantiate claims being made by those who coach.
Keywords: Personal Coaching Professional Coaching
Accuracy Verified: Yes
244. Simpson, B., & Farrell, D. (2008, June). A phenomenological investigation of the experiences of EMDR consultants in training. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, London, England UK.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
This poster presentation will present the initial results of research exploring the needs and experiences of a
group of EMDR practitioners in the process of training and accreditation to become EMDR Consultants. The
research describes the views of a cohort of 20 trainee Consultants who attended an intensive 3-day Consultant
training course in Birmingham in 2007. The poster will summarise data from semi-structured telephone
interviews to explore previous experiences of clinical supervision and changes in professional identity associated
with EMDR training to date, and the supervision required in achieving EMDR Europe Approved Accreditation. The
interview will focus on the experiences of the transition from Practitioner to Consultant. The qualitative interview
data will be analysed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) and the findings will inform the
recruitment and training of future EMDR Consultants.
Keywords: Consultation Poster
Accuracy Verified: Yes
245. Daniel, J. (2000). Play therapy and EMDR. The Children’s Group Association Newsletter. Retrieved from http://www.cgta.net/newsletters/play_therapy.html November 16, 2011.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Children vary greatly in their ability to tolerate focusing on “the problem.” The wise EMDR therapist has various ways of approaching a traumatic memory or a current day problem to fit the tolerance level of the client. EMDR and the process of bilateral stimulation to address problematic material is one method of speeding up therapeutic work with children. However, when using bilateral stimulation with children I am simultaneously using my training as a family systems therapist, and the various play therapy strategies that were the backbone of my work with children before I learned EMDR or other alternative therapies. In a way, EMDR and the sand tray saved my professional life. In my first year of practice after my family therapy post-graduate training, I got a job at a family therapy clinic in Louisville, Kentucky. I was assigned to handle all referrals that came to the agency through a Victim Assistance grant. All of these were cases in which a child had been victim of some crime, and the majority were victims of abuse from some one other than a family member. You can imagine the population. Families who had found that a neighbor or teacher had abused their child were common. Both child and family were traumatized. My family therapy skills were good. But in addition to them I needed two things: a better way for children to communicate their feelings and a way to help both adults and children reduce the intensity of emotions around the trauma they had been through. Just (Continued from page 1) when I was beginning to feel that I was not up to the job, I learned EMDR. With this wonderful knowledge, I found I could help both children and adults move beyond the trauma and regain their grasp on the present moment, their strengths and their security. A deepening understanding of play therapy provided the additional communication tools I needed. Since Then I have never looked back, and find that our field is continually generating new perspectives and more efficient tools for us to use.
Keywords: Children Play Therapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
246. Bleich, A., Kotler, M., Kutz, E., & Shaley, A. (2002). A position paper of the (Israeli) National Council for Mental Health: Guidelines for the assessment and professional intervention with terror victims in the hospital and in the community. Jerusalem, Israel: Israeli National Council for Mental Health.
Language: English
Format: Publication
Abstract:
EMDR is one of only three methods recommended for treatment of terror victims.
Keywords: Israel Treatment Guidelines
Accuracy Verified: Yes
247. Lamprecht, F., & Sack, M. (2002). Posttraumatic stress disorder revisited. Psychosomatic Medicine, 64, 222-237.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
In this review we trace the history of and professional discussion on psychological traumatization due to "railroad spine syndrome," "shell-shock syndrome," and "war neuroses," as well as the more or less endemic "posttraumatic stress disorder" of today. Psychological trauma engenders longlasting consequences in the biological, intrapsychic, and social organization of individuals. Medical experts have reported a shift in attention from exogenous to endogenous and back to exogenous causes, as indicated by new diagnostic systems (DSM-IV and ICD-10). As far as the relevant literature is concerned, the medical profession demonstrates the same partial amnesia as their patient counterparts. The purpose of this review is to overcome this fragmented memory and thus reach a more integrated view of what constitutes psychological trauma by reviewing trauma-related articles published in Psychosomatic Medicine. Moreover, we point out the direction in which research is desperately needed and ought to develop.
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
248. Lindauer, R. J. L., Beer, R., Boer, F., Hendriks, G. J., & van Minnen, A. (2006, May). Posttraumatische stressstoornis bij adolescenten na seksueel misbruik: Goed te behandelen [Posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents after sexual abuse is readily treated]. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 150(20), 1154-1155.
Language: Dutch
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Een brief van Lindauer, bier en commentaar op Boer Hendriks en Van Minnen, 'Posttraumatische stressstoornis BIJ adolescenten na seksueel misbruik: goed te behandelen ", English Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde 150 (6): 281-285 (11 februari 2006) [29431] ; met een reactie van Hendriks en Van Minnen. Beperkte indexering toegepast. [Loodsen]
A letter from Lindauer, Beer, and Boer commenting on Hendriks and Van Minnen, "Posttraumatische stressstoornis bij adolescenten na seksueel misbruik: goed te behandelen", Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde 150(6): 281-285 (11 February 2006) [29431]; with a response from Hendriks and Van Minnen. Limited indexing applied. [Pilots]
Keywords: Abuse Child Cognitive Therapy Letter Professional Criticism Postrraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism Reply PTSD Rape Survivors
Accuracy Verified: Yes
249. Greenwald, R. (1999, November-December). The power of suggestion - Comment on EMDR and mesmerism: A comparative historical analysis. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 13(6), 611-615. doi:10.1016/S0887-6185(99)00019-5..
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This response to McNally challenges the notion that scientific controversy should be waged with smear tactics. McNally's anti-EMDR conclusions are contested as premature and based on red herrings, selective neglect of the literature, and erroneous application of scientific principles. The importance of treatment fidelity is highlighted as a way of distinguishing between EMDR studies of widely varying quality (ScienceDirect).
Keywords: Franz Anton Hypnotherapy Mesmerism Professional Criticism
Accuracy Verified: Yes
250. Poole, A. D., de Jongh, A., & Spector, J. (1999, January). Power therapies: Evidence versus emotion: A reply to Rosen, Lohr, McNally and Herbert. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 27(1), 3-8.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Rosen, Lohr, McNally and Herbert’s (1998) arguments directed at the so-called “Power Therapies” and, in particular, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) are examined. It is suggested that their paper does not adequately review the available research data and, therefore, draws unwarranted conclusions. Based on published controlled studies it is concluded that there is evidence to support the use of EMDR in the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Keywords: Letter Literature Review Outcome Research Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
251. American Psychiatric Association. (2004, November). Practice guidelines for the treatment of patients with acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines.
Language: English
Format: Publication
Abstract:
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR is a form of psychotherapy that includes an exposure-based therapy (with multiple
brief, interrupted exposures to traumatic material), eye movement, and recall and verbalization
of traumatic memories of an event or events. It therefore combines multiple theoretical perspectives
and techniques, including cognitive behavior therapy. Some point to the use of directed
eye movements as a feature markedly distinguishing this form of therapy from other cognitive
behavior approaches. Others point to the fact that traumatic material need not be verbalized;
instead, patients are directed to think about their traumatic experiences without having to discuss
them. Like many of the studies of other cognitive behavior and exposure therapies, most
of the well-designed EMDR studies have been small, but several meta-analyses have demonstrated
efficacy similar to that of other forms of cognitive and behavior therapy (189�192).
Studies also suggest that the eye movements are neither necessary nor sufficient to the outcome
(193�195), but these findings remain controversial (196, 197). Although it appears that efficacy
may be related to the components of the technique common to other exposure-based cognitive
therapies, as in the previously described cognitive behavior therapies, further study is
necessary to clearly identify the effective subcomponents of combined techniques. Follow-up
studies are also needed to determine whether observed improvements are maintained over time.
Keywords: Treatment Guidelines
Accuracy Verified: Yes
252. Stevens, P. (2000, July). Practicing within our competence: New techniques create new dilemmas. Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 8(3), 278-280.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This article focuses on the ethical and legal aspects of family therapy students' use of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) with clients. Furthermore, the article discusses the ethical necessity for clinicians and supervisors to practice within the limits of their competency. EMDR is a particularly excellent example because of the unknown mechanisms at work to create change in clients. Therefore, there is no common language or knowledge base that supports the use and supervision of EMDR in the same way that practicing or supervising a variety of "traditional talk" counseling techniques might be appropriate without specialized training. The majority of supervisors of students and practicing clinicians were trained in variety of theoretical orientations. The training experience is most certainly one in which the training facility and the supervisors want to encourage learning new and helpful techniques for facilitating change with the clients. It is incumbent on the facility to require the appropriate level of training and experience before students venture into new techniques.; (AN 3350110)(Ebsco)
Keywords: Legal Processes Professional Ethics Professional Specialization Professional Supervision Psychotherapeutic Techniques Therapist Trainees
Accuracy Verified: Yes
253. Lamprecht, F. (2000). Praxis der traumatherapie: Was kann EMDR leisten? (mit Therapieführer) [Practice of trauma therapy: What can EMDR?]. Stuttgart: Pfeiffer bei Klett-Cotta.
Language: German
Format: Book
Abstract:
Mit Therapieführer
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) wurde 1989 von Francine Shapiro als eine neue Methode zur Behandlung traumatisierter Menschen vorgestellt. Die »Augenbewegungs-Desensibilisierungstherapie« gilt als spektakuläres Verfahren, weil sich in vielen Fällen bereits nach wenigen Behandlungen erstaunliche Besserungen einstellten. Traumatische Bilder und Erinnerungen werden in EMDR-Sitzungen bearbeitet, indem der Klient diese intensiv wiedererlebt, während er gleichzeitig eine Wahrnehmungsaufgabe erfüllt: Mit den Augen folgt er der sich hin und her bewegenden Hand des Therapeuten. Dies leitet auf neuronaler Ebene einen beschleunigten Verarbeitungsprozeß ein; belastende Erinnerungen verblassen, und neue, konstruktivere Gedanken können an ihre Stelle treten. Inzwischen wurde das Verfahren in vielen unabhängigen Studien überprüft und als effektive Behandlungstechnik bestätigt.
Friedhelm Lamprecht war einer der ersten Psychotherapeuten, die EMDR erlernten und anwendeten. So gehören er und sein Autorenteam zu den wenigen Fachleuten, die in der Lage sind, über eigene Anwendungserfahrungen zu berichten, die Methode kritisch zu beurteilen, ihre Möglichkeiten und Grenzen zu beschreiben, eigene statistische Erfahrungswerte vorzulegen und selbstentwickelte Weiterführungen darzustellen. Darüber hinaus gibt das Buch eine allgemeine Einführung in die Theorie und Praxis heutiger Traumatherapie und enthält einen Therapieführer.
Da sich EMDR sowohl in den verhaltenstherapeutischen als auch in den psychoanalytischen Therapierahmen einfügt, ist das Buch für eine breite professionelle Leserschaft von Interesse.
Mit Beiträgen von Ursula Gast, Wolfgang Lempa, Martin Sack.
»Der hohe Informationswert des Buches basiert einesteils darauf, dass Friedhelm Lamprecht und sein Autorenteam im deutschsprachigen Bereich mit zu den ersten Psychotherapeuten gehörten, die EMDR erlernt haben. Infolgedessen vermochten sie für ihre psychotraumatologische Forschungsarbeit eine hohe Kompetenz einzubringen. Andererseits erhält das Buch auch dadurch eine attraktive Note, dass die Befunde in den verschiedenartigen Settings eines Universitätskrankenhauses erhoben wurden.«
Hellmuth Freyberger (Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie).
With EMDR therapy guide (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) was introduced in 1989 by Francine Shapiro as a new method for the treatment of traumatized people. The "eye movement desensitization therapy" is considered spectacular procedure, because in many cases ceased after a few treatments amazing improvements. Traumatic images and memories are processed in EMDR sessions by the client this intensely relived, while he simultaneously fulfills a perception problem: With the eyes he is the to and fro moving hand of the therapist. This leads to a neuronal level, a process accelerated processing; incriminating memories fade, and new and constructive thoughts can take their place. Meanwhile, the process was in many independent studies reviewed and confirmed as an effective treatment technique. Friedhelm Lamprecht was one of the first psychotherapists who EMDR learned and applied. So he and his team of writers are among the few professionals who are able to report on their own application experience to assess the critical method to describe their capabilities and limitations, provide their own self-developed statistical experience and represent continuations. In addition, the book gives a general introduction to the theory and practice of today's trauma therapy, and includes a treatment guide. Since EMDR fits in both the behavioral and in the framework of psychoanalytic therapy, is the book for a broad readership of professional interest. With contributions by Ursula guest, Wolfgang Lempa, Martin sack. "The high information value of the book is based the one hand that Friedhelm Lamprecht and his team of authors included in the German area of the first psychotherapists have learned the EMDR. Consequently, they could for their research work psychotraumatological a high level of competence contribute. On the other hand, the book also replaced by an attractive note that the findings were collected in the various settings of a university hospital. "Hellmuth Freyberger (psychotherapy, psychosomatic medicine, medical psychology).
Accuracy Verified: Yes
254. Greenwald, R. (2007, September). Presentation skills. Presentation at the annual meeting of EMDR International Association, Dallas, TX.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Many aspiring presenters hold back because of anxiety and/or lack of knowledge/skill about how to go about presenting. And some who do present fail to convey their message as effectively as they could. This workshop will teach the key proven-effective methods used by professional presenters. Participants will learn a set of strategies for how to manage anxiety, prepare for a presentation, and present effectively. Using this information, participants will be guided to complete an assessment of their own strengths and weaknesses as a presenter and develop a step-by-step plan for preparing their next presentation.
Keywords: Presentation Skills
Accuracy Verified: Yes
255. Greenwald, R. (2009, August). Presentation skills. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Atlanta, GA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Many aspiring presenters hold back because of anxiety and/or lack of knowledge/skill about how to go about presenting. And some who do present fail to convey their message as effectively as they could. This workshop will teach key presentation methods, proven-effective by professional presenters. Participants will learn a set of strategies for how to manage anxiety, prepare for a presentation, and present effectively. Using this information, participants will be guided to complete an assessment of their own strengths and weaknesses as a presenter and develop a step-by-step plan for preparing their next presentation.
Keywords: Presentation Skills
Accuracy Verified: Yes
256. Greenwald, R. (2010, September/October). Presentation skills. Presentation at the annual meeting of EMDR International Association, Minneapolis, MN.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract: M
any aspiring presenters hold back because of anxiety and/or lack of knowledge/skill about how to go about presenting. And some who do present fail to convey their message as effectively as they could. This workshop will teach key presentation methods, proven-effective by professional presenters. Participants will learn a set of strategies for how to manage anxiety, prepare for a presentation, and present effectively. Using this information, participants will be guided to complete an assessment of their own strengths and weaknesses as a presenter and develop a step-by-step plan for preparing their next presentation.
Keywords: Presentation Skills
Accuracy Verified: Yes
257. Greenwald, R. (2011, August). Presentation skills. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Orange County, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Many aspiring presenters hold back because of anxiety and/or lack of knowledge/skill about how to go about presenting. And some who do present fail to convey their message as effectively as they could. This workshop will teach key presentation methods, proven-effective by professional presenters. Participants will learn a set of strategies for how to manage anxiety, prepare for a presentation, and present effectively. Using this information, participants will be guided to complete an assessment of their own strengths and weaknesses as a presenter and develop a step-by-step plan for preparing their next presentation.
Keywords: Presentation Skills
Accuracy Verified: Yes
258. Rubin, A. (1999, November). Presidential editorial: Controlling for potential biases in research on social work practice effectiveness: Are higher standards needed?. Research on Social Work Practice, 9(6), 635-639. doi:10.1177/104973159900900601.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
The article offers views on the processes and standards used by professional journals with respect to the review of manuscripts that report evaluations of practice effectiveness. The article discusses rejecting a study that randomly assigned clients to a treatment group and wait-list control group. The article discusses biases in research on social work practice effectiveness. Although the obvious bias in these studies regarding expectation for improvement or experimental demand was roundly criticized in subsequent reviews, it didn't keep them from being published. Given the difficulties researchers face in finding agencies that will permit rigorous experimental outcome studies, it is easy to recommend publishing a study that is strong in virtually every way but one-even if that one weakness is so severe that it virtually destroys the credibility of the study's findings. The author believes in studies using randomized assignment to experimental and control groups, where readers are so impressed by the randomized experimental design that they cut the author some slack regarding possible measurement bias or the potentially biasing effects of expectation for improvement or experimental demand.[EbscoHost]
Keywords: Editorial
Accuracy Verified: Yes
259. Jefferson, R. S. (2001, April 30). Procedure helps patients handle past traumatic experiences that won’t let go. St. Louis, MO: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Five Star Lift, St. Charles County Post, 8.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a procedure used to help reduce the impact of past experiences on present-day life. These experiences typically involve a trauma such as an assault, abuse, accident or natural disaster, said Ralph Caraffa, a licensed psychologist in St. Charles County certified in the procedure by the EMDR International Association.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
260. Staff. (2001, November 5). Professional peers leery of its success. Lancaster, PA: Intelligencer Journal, Lifestyle, B-5.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
As more than 22,000 mental health clinicians have their training in EMDR and many laud its effectiveness, some are begging their peers to slow down and reconsider the evidence.
Keywords: General Lancaster Overview
Accuracy Verified: Yes
261. Staff. (2001, November 5). Professional peers leery of itssuccess. Lancaster, PA: Intelligencer Journal, Lifestyle, B-5.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
No abstract available.
Keywords: General Lancaster Overview
Accuracy Verified: No
262. Vidal, C. (2006, March 6). Program lead to certification in trauma treatment. U.S. States News.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
Participants who successfully complete the Child & Adolescent Trauma Treatment Certification Program will receive a certificate of completion from the Child Trauma Institute and will be eligible for EMDR certification. In addition, they will receive 116 continuing education units through the National Association of Social Workers.
Keywords: Certification Training
Accuracy Verified: Yes
263. Shapiro, F. (2009, May). Promising JEMDRA's future. EMDR研究1（1）、6-7 [Japanese Journal of EMDR Research and Practice, 1(1), 6-7].
Language: Japanese
Format: Journal
Abstract:
It is my great pleasure to acknowledge the Japan EMDR Association for its long-standing dedication to rigorous clinical and scientific practices. From the initial use of EMDR in Japan to address the
effects of natural disaster to the current publication of the Japanese Journal of EMDR Research &
Practice, it is clear that the primary goal of the therapy's dissemination has been the alleviation of
human suffering.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
264. Mexican Association for Crisis Therapy (1998). Protocolos de trabajo: Introduccion [Work protocols]. Asociacion Mexicana para Ayuda Mental en Crisis, Mexico.
Language: English
Format: Publication
Abstract:
Nuestros protocolos fueron diseñados siguiendo un modelo de Psicoterapia de la Integración (Stricker & Gold, 1996) , que involucran la síntesis de conceptos y métodos tradicionales, dentro de nuevas teorías y sistemas pragmáticos de tratamiento, con el objetivo de desarrollar formas más efectivas de psicoterapia.
Our protocols were designed under a model of Psychotherapy Integration (Stricker & Gold, 1996), involving the synthesis of traditional concepts and methods within new theories and pragmatic systems of treatment, with the aim of developing more effective forms of psychotherapy.
Keywords: Protocols
Accuracy Verified: Yes
265. Lohr, J. M., Montgomery, R. W., Lilienfeld, S. O., & Tolin, D. F. (1999). Pseudoscience and the commercial promotion of trauma treatments. In R. Gist, & B. Lubin, (Eds.), Response to disaster: psychosocial, community, and ecological approaches (pp. 291-326). Philadelphia: Brunner/Mazel.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
The authors take as specific exemplars two of the popularized "power therapies" -- eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and thought field therapy (TFT) -- to demonstrate the influence of pseudoscience in the contemporary trauma industry. [Adapted from Introduction, p. 239]
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Scientific Research Stressors Survivors TFT Thought Field Therapy Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
266. Bruck, N. R. V. (2007, March). A psicologia das emergências: Um estudo sobre angústia pública e o dramático cotidiano do trauma [The psychology of emergencies: A survey of public angst and dramatic daily life of trauma]. Pontifica Universidade Catolica Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Programa De Pos-Graduacao Em Psicologia Doutorado Em Psicologia, Porto Alegre.
Language: Portuguese
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
O assunto “trauma” vem adquirindo novos significados, considerando principalmente
acontecimentos sociais recentes, sejam eventos adversos, catástrofes, desastres,
sejam as situações-limite vividas pelas pessoas no cotidiano urbano. A psicologia
das emergências estuda o comportamento das pessoas nos acidentes e desastres
desde uma ação preventiva até o pós-trauma e, se for o caso, subsidia intervenções
de compreensão, apoio e superação do trauma às vítimas e profissionais do SAMU.
O assunto se estende às questões que vão desde a experiência pessoal do trauma
até os eventos adversos provocados por calamidades, sejam estas naturais e/ou
provocadas pelo homem. A psicologia das emergências é um tema de angústia
pública, sentimento difuso de mal-estar que se origina dos acontecimentos públicos
traumáticos, chamados estressores, tais como os acidentes de trânsito com vítima,
assim como os provenientes das demais situações limites de toda a violência
urbana. O trauma é uma experiência que explode a capacidade de suportar um
revés, traz a perda de sentido, desorganização corporal e paralisação da
consciência temporal, pode deixar marcas que influenciam a criatividade e a
motivação para a vida. Os objetivos nos primeiros auxílios psicológicos são de aliviar
as manifestações sintomáticas e o sofrimento, reduzindo os sentimentos de
anormalidade e de enfermidade. Um dos objetivos é a familiarização com temas
considerados complexos e muitas vezes distantes das discussões sobre trauma
psicológico, sendo que o problema da pesquisa é a compreensão da psicologia das
emergências e como colocá-la em prática. Os autores mais utilizados são Edgar
Morin, Alfredo Moffatt, Serge Moscovici, Gilles Deleuze e Michel Foucault, dentre
outros. São abordados os temas do não-reducionismo, da epistemologia de si
mesmo e da relação da Teoria das Representações Sociais com o EMDR
(dessensibilização e reprocessamento através de movimentos oculares). O método
desta pesquisa, com suporte na observação participante refere às questões da
complexidade, análise multirreferencial e de implicação. As técnicas mais utilizadas
foram entrevistas, grupos focais-“histórias significativas” e análise documental. É
indicado, como atitudes favoráveis pensar não a partir de algo, mas, sobretudo sobre
algo e que para mudar o modo de agir torna-se necessário modificar a imagem que
uma pessoa tenha de si próprio. Como conclusões da pesquisa, observou-se: que
as pessoas acidentadas trazem outros acontecimentos considerados difíceis junto
com o depoimento sobre o acidente, como situações de luto e de sofrimento com
familiares; que o estresse pós-traumático não é uma conseqüência inevitável do
trauma; que não há nenhuma orientação, ou rotina, nas missões de socorros e nos
documentos oficiais do SAMU sobre o tema psicologia das emergências. Também
são indicadas considerações finais sobre os temas da Síndrome de Burnout, sobre a
influência da instituição no cotidiano dos atendimentos, sobre a relação da clínica
com a psicologia social.
The subject of "trauma" has acquired new meanings, especially considering
recent social events, are adverse events, catastrophes, disasters,
are the extreme situations experienced by people in urban daily life. Psychology
emergencies studies the behavior of people in accidents and disasters
from preventive action to post-trauma and, if necessary, subsidize interventions
understanding, support and overcoming the trauma victim and professional SAMU.
The subject extends to issues ranging from the personal experience of trauma
to adverse events caused by disasters, whether natural and / or
manmade. The psychology of emergencies is a topic of anguish
public diffuse feeling of uneasiness that stems from public events
traumatic, called stressors, such as traffic accidents with victims,
as well as from the other extreme edge of all violence
urban. Trauma is an experience that explodes the ability to support a
setback, brings loss of meaning, and paralysis of body clutter
temporal awareness, can leave marks that influence creativity and
motivation for life. The goals in psychological first aid are to relieve
symptomatic manifestations and suffering, reducing feelings of
abnormality and disease. One goal is to become familiar with issues
as complex and often distant from the discussions on trauma
psychological, and the research problem is understanding the psychology of
emergencies and how to put it into practice. The authors are more used Edgar
Morin, Alfredo Moffatt, Serge Moscovici, Gilles Deleuze and Michel Foucault, among
others. Issues are addressed in the non-reductionism, the epistemology of self
and even the relationship of the Theory of Representations to EMDR
(Desensitization and reprocessing through eye movements). The method
this research, supported in participant observation matters relating to
complex, multi-referential analysis and implication. The most used techniques
were interviews, focus groups, "meaningful stories and documentary analysis. It
indicated as positive attitudes to think not from something, but mainly on
something and to change the mode of action becomes necessary to modify the image
a person has of himself. As the survey findings revealed the following: that
rugged people bring other events to be difficult with
with testimony about the accident, as situations of grief and suffering with
family, whereas the post-traumatic stress is not an inevitable consequence of
trauma, there is no guidance, or routine tasks in the relief and
SAMU official documents on the subject of psychology emergencies. Also
concluding remarks are given on the topics of the Burnout on the
influence the institution in the routine of care, about the relationship of clinical
with social psychology.
Keywords: Emergency Treatment Postrraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Social Psychology Stress
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267. Giannantonio, M. (2002, Settembre). Psicoterapia ipnotica e eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Sinergie e integrazioni nella psicoterapia dei disturbi post-traumatici e dell'attaccamento (EMDR) [Hypnotic psychotherapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Synergies and integration in psychotherapy with post-traumatic stress and attachment]. IX Congresso della Società Europea di Ipnosi: L'ipnosi e gli altri modelli terapeutici nel nuovo millennio, Roma, Italia.
Language: Italian
Format: Conference
Abstract:
L’incremento costante di interesse nei confronti dei disturbi post-traumatici sta
portando non soltanto ad un costante e rapido approfondimento delle conoscenze in questo
campo, ma anche ad una continua riscoperta della psicoterapia ipnotica e ad un suo
raffinamento come approccio psicoterapico. La psicoterapia ipnotica, infatti, non solo è la
più antica delle psicoterapie, ma anche la prima ad essere stata in grado di trattare con
successo gli esiti di esperienze traumatiche o altamente stressanti e ad attribuire ad esse
una adeguata rilevanza in seno ad una comprensione trasversale della psicopatologia tutta.
Nonostante l’evidente esistenza di frequenti esperienze traumatiche nel corso della vita
delle persone, con ogni probabilità, però, solo le conseguenze sociali drammatiche di
continui coinvolgimenti bellici (insieme alla rivoluzione della cultura femminista) hanno
portato definitivamente al centro dell’attenzione la presenza di esperienze reali come
implicate nello sviluppo di stati di sofferenza (Hacking, 1995). La rinascita del cosiddetto
“modello traumatico” di Pierre Janet ha portato ad una iniziale riscoperta dei traumi
secondo una concezione di essi come di esperienze discrete, circoscrivibili, rilevanti
essenzialmente per la loro grandezza oggettiva; una tale visione, infatti, viene ufficializzata
dalla pubblicazione della terza edizione del manuale Diagnostico e Statistico dei Disturbi
Mentali (DSM-III; American Psychiatric Association, 1980) e progressivamente diventa la
concezione dominante in tema di Disturbo Post-traumatico da Stress (PTSD). Il progresso
delle conoscenze, però, sta portando sempre più in luce che nella comprensione dei disturbi
post-traumatici sono necessari modelli molto più complessi e non lineari (Pennati, 1995,
2001; Pennati, Grecchi, 2001), valutativi di un insieme di condizioni cliniche molto più
vasto ed articolato di quello previsto dal DSM-IV (Wilson, Friedman, Lindy, 2001),
pienamente immersi nei molteplici e affatto secondari fattori di rischio: psicologici,
genetici, neurologici, biochimici, interpersonali, sociologici (per una rassegna: Yehuda,
1999). Oltre a ciò, anche nei confronti del più studiato e prototipico dei disturbi post2
traumatici, ovvero il Disturbo Post-traumatico da Stress, vengono sempre più decisamente
sollevate obiezioni concettuali che renderebbero quantomeno parzialmente discutibili le
ricerche sull’efficacia delle psicoterapie nel loro trattamento. Infatti, sebbene la quasi
totalità della ricerca si concentri sulla valutazione testistica dei sintomi di intrusione,
evitamento ed iperattivazione, nondimeno sembra opportuno pensare che il PTSD sia
costituito anche da alterazioni del sistema motivazionale dell’attaccamento, delle strategie
interpersonali e della strutturazione del Sé (Wilson, Friedman, Lindy, 2001) (Tabella 1).
The steady increase of interest in the post-traumatic stress is leading not only to a constant and rapid advancement of knowledge in this field, but also to a continuous rediscovery of hypnotic psychotherapy and its refinement as a psychotherapeutic approach. The hypnotic psychotherapy, in fact, not only is the oldest of psychotherapy, but also the first to be able to successfully treat the sequelae of traumatic or highly stressful experiences and to give them a proper understanding of relevance within a transverse all of psychopathology. Despite the apparent existence of frequent traumatic experiences in people's lives, in all likelihood, however, only the social consequences of dramatic escalation continues (along with the feminist revolution of culture) have finally brought to light the presence of real experiences as involved in the development of states of suffering (Hacking, 1995). The rebirth of the "trauma model" by Pierre Janet has led to a rediscovery of the initial trauma according to a conception of them as experiences of discrete constrained, mainly relevant for their size objective, such a vision, in fact, be formalized by publication of third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III, American Psychiatric Association, 1980) and gradually became the dominant view in terms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The advancement of knowledge, however, is bringing more and more light in the understanding of post-traumatic stress models are needed much more complex and nonlinear (Penn, 1995, 2001; Pennati, Grecchi, 2001), evaluation of a set of conditions Clinical much more vast and that provided by the DSM-IV (Wilson, Friedman, Lindy, 2001), not fully immersed in multiple and secondary risk factors: psychological, genetic, neurological, biochemical, interpersonal, sociological (for a review: Yehuda, 1999). Moreover, even against the most studied and prototypical post2 traumatic disorder, or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, are decidedly more conceptual objections that would make at least partially questionable research on the effectiveness of psychotherapy in their treatment. Although almost all of dissertation research focuses on evaluation of symptoms of intrusion, avoidance and hyperactivity, however, it seems appropriate to suggest that PTSD is also consist of changes in the motivational system of attachment, interpersonal strategies and structuring of the self ( Wilson, Friedman, Lindy, 2001) (Table 1).
Keywords: Attachment Posttraumatic Stress
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268. Lennmarken, C., & Sydsjo, G. (2007, September). Psychological consequences of awareness and their treatment. Best Practice & Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology, 21(3), 357-367. doi:10.1016/j.bpa.2007.04.005.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Intraoperative awareness with subsequent recall is a rare but serious complication with an incidence of 0.1–0.2%. In approximately one third of the patients who have experienced awareness, late severe psychiatric sequelae may develop. The psychiatric symptoms in these patients fulfil the diagnostic criteria for post traumatic stress disorder. To prevent awareness as a negative outcome after anaesthesia, a thorough perioperative management of anaesthesia is necessary. The definite risk for post traumatic stress disorder following awareness indicates the necessity of postoperative clinical routines to identify awareness patients. The problem must be acknowledged. Professional psychiatric assessment and follow up should constitute standard practice. The treatments of choice are Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
Keywords: Anesthesia Awareness CBT Cognitive Behaviorial Therapy Consciousness Memory Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
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269. Carruth, B. (2006). Psychological trauma and addiction treatment. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
Language: English
Format: Book
Abstract:
Important reading for current and future addictions treatment clinicians--this book synthesizes and integrates the expanding body of knowledge about combined trauma/addiction treatment to specifically address the needs of clinicians in addiction treatment environments
Here, in a single source, is an essential overview of trauma treatment for people in addiction treatment settings. Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment presents specific methodologies and techniques for clients in inpatient and outpatient addiction/mental health settings. The contributors--leading clinicians and researchers in the field--provide a comprehensive set of scientific treatment approaches addressing a broad spectrum of trauma disorders.
Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment brings you up-to-date, authoritative coverage of:
The dynamics of co-occurring psychological trauma and addiction
All of the primary treatment frameworks currently utilized in trauma treatment
Treatment frameworks that take gender into account
Cognitive therapies in treating these co-occurring disorders
The role of psychodynamic psychotherapies in treatment
Attachment disorders and their relation to trauma and addiction treatment
EMDR as a treatment for traumatized addicts
The psychoneurology of trauma and the implications of psychoneurology in addictions and trauma treatment
How self-help groups can contribute to and limit recovery for psychologically traumatized clients
Forgiveness therapy as an adjunct to trauma treatment
Counselor self-care for those who work with this client population
Ultimately, this is a book of hope. Every author in this text has a firm belief that people with co-occurring trauma and addiction can recover, can maintain quality relationships, can confront life's challenges as they arise, and can be happy and fulfilled. Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment is designed as essential reading for entry-level and experienced addiction counselors, social workers, professional counselors, psychologists, and others working in the trauma treatment field.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
270. Gomes, A. L., Fonseca, A. M., & Alabe, E. (2011, August). Psychology for humanity. Poster presented at the annual conference of the EMDR International Association, Orange County, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Poster outlines the work accomplished by the Brazilian Association of Psycholgical Humanitarian Aid Program
Keywords: Brazil Disasters Humanitarian Assistance Poster
Accuracy Verified: Yes
271. Sack, M., Hofmann, A, Wizelman, L., & Lempa, W. (2007, June). Psychophysiological changes during EMDR - Are they related to treatment outcome?. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Paris, France.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Objective: Dual attention stimulation seems to provoke orienting response like patterns of psychophysiological deactivation during “real-life” EMDR treatment sessions (Sack et al, in review). Objective of this study was to investigate the association of psych-physiological effects during dual attention stimulation with treatment outcome as measured by questionnaire and by psychophysiological reactions during presentations of an individualized trauma script.
Methods: A total of 24 EMDR treatment sessions from 10 patients with PTSD were monitored applying impedance Cardiography. The onset of every stimulation/exposure period was marked and effects within and across stimulation sets on heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (RMSSD), pre-ejection period (PEP) and respiration rate were examined. Heart rate reactivity during presentation of an audiotaped trauma script was measured at beginning of every session and additionally one week before the first session and one week after the last treatment session. Statistical correlations between both subjective (Impact of Event Scale, SUD) and objective (heart rate reactivity) measures of treatment outcome with psychophysiological changes during session (orienting response at beginning of stimulation, slope of HR) were computed.
Results: A significant reduction of trauma-related symptoms was noticed over the course of EMDR treatment: (IES one week pre: 61.2(SD 10.9), IES pre: 55.4(SD 19.0), IES post: 13.3(SD 12.2), F(2,27); 32.6, p < .001). Subjective distress during trauma script decreased significantly (SUD one week pre: 6.6(SD 1.4), SUD pre: 6.9(SD1.4), SUD post: 2.1(SD 1.7); F(2, 27); 31.5, p < .001). The statistical analysis of physiological variables is currently in process. Results will be presented at the conference.
Conclusions: The results of this study will allow further insights into the working mechanism of EMDR.
This study was co-sponsored by EMDREA and EMDRIA-Germany.
Keywords: Medical Treatment Outcome
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272. Arendt, M., & Rosenberg, R. (2009, February). Psykologisk krisebehandling [Psychological debriefing]. Ugeskrift for Laeger, 171(8), 607-610.
Language: Swedish
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
Diagnostiske kriterier for stressreaktioner og justering lidelser er sammenfattet. Eksisterende psykologiske behandlinger er beskrevet med fokus på evidensbaserede metoder, og anbefalinger til behandling er beskrevet. Konklusionen er, at der ikke er dokumentation for effekten af psykologisk debriefing eller anden professionel behandling i umiddelbar forlængelse af traumatiske begivenheder. På den anden side, kan kognitiv adfærdsterapi, EMDR og lignende metoder med fokus på eksponering anbefales, både som en forebyggende strategi, og for patienter med post-traumatisk stress-syndrom. [PubMed Abstract]
Diagnostic criteria for stress reactions and adjustment disorders are summarized. Existing psychological treatments are outlined with a focus on evidence-based methods, and recommendations for treatment are described. The conclusion is that there is no evidence for the effect of psychological debriefing or other professional treatment in the immediate aftermath of traumatic events. On the other hand, cognitive behavioural therapy, EMDR and similar methods with focus on exposure can be recommended, both as a preventive strategy and for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.[PubMed Abstract]
Keywords: Debriefing
Accuracy Verified: Yes
273. Cuvelier, M. (2001, July/August). The pursuit of pseudoscience. Psychology Today, 34(4), 24-25.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: F
ocuses on the efforts of Jeffrey Lohr of the Science and Pseudoscience Review Special Interest Group of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy to help clinical scientists identify bogus therapies in the United States. Details on the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing; Findings of Scott Lilenfeld on Rebirthing Theory. (Academic Search Premiere)
Keywords: Pseudoscience
Accuracy Verified: Yes
274. Rosen, G. M., McNally, R. J., Lohr, J. M., Devilly, G. J., Herbert, J. D., & Lilienfeld, S. O. (1998, October). A realistic appraisal of EMDR. The California Psychologist, 31(10), 25, 27.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
An exchange of views on the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. [Pilots]...The California Psychologist, October 1998 Point/Counterpoint Feature: Point:
Shapiro, F. (1998, October). EMDR as accelerated information processing therapy: Research and Practice. The California Psychologist, 31(10), 25-27. Counterpoint: Rosen, G. M., McNally, R. J., Lohr, J. M., Devilly, G. J., Herbert, J. D., & Lilienfeld, S. O. (1998, October). A realistic appraisal of EMDR. The California Psychologist, 31(10), 25, 27....[Reprinted in: Oregon Psychological Association's Newsgram, 1998, 17, 10-13; Washington Psychologist, 1998, 52, 9-10; Virginia Psychologist, 1999, 42, 11; Massachusetts Psychological Association's Quarterly, 1999, 42, 10-11; Georgia Psychologist, 1999, 53, 25; Missouri Psychologist, 1999, 11 (2), 7-8; Arkansas Psychologist, 1999, 1, 9-10; New York State Psychological Association Notebook, 1999, 11(3),19]
Keywords: Commentary Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Stressors Survivors Treatment Effectiveness
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275. Matthews, T. (1992, Winter). REM correlated with emotional intensity not scanning in dreams. EMDR Network Newsletter, 2(3), 8-9.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Recent sleep research seems to be consistent with EMDR findings. The standard interpretation of Rapid Eye Movement (REM) during sleep is that they represent the dreamer’s visuals canning with the physical movement represented on his or her dream. Recent exploratory research by Hong et al. presented to the Association of Professional Sleep Societies did not find REM correlated with dream “movement” scores. Rather, REM correlated with measures of emotional intensity experienced during the dream and scored as dream themes: anger, verbal aggression, social attack, and surprise. “This finding seems consistent with our experience during EMDR.
Keywords: Rapid Eye Movement REM
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276. Silver, S. M., & Rogers, S. (1996). Report from Sarajevo. Traumatology, 2(1), 113-16. doi:10.1177/153476569600200103 .
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Describes a visit to Sarajevo to train mental health professionals in the use of EMDR. [Pilots]
Keywords: Mental Health Personnel Personal Narrative Professional Training Yugoslav Wars of Secession
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277. 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
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278. Thyer, B. A. (2001, January). Research on social work practice does not benefit from blurry theory: A response to Tomi Gomory. Journal of Social Work Education, 37(1), 51-66 .
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is a well-supported evidence-based psychosocial treatment that clinically and significantly helps clients meeting the DSM criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Dozens of well-controlled clinical trials and dozens of single-subject studies bear this out, many designed and conducted by social workers. Most of these studies have involved Caucasian clients, a few used African Americans. But both groups seem to respond well, as do both males and females. Suppose a social worker has a new client from Mongolia with OCD. Falsificationism may well be the strongest approach to scientific inquiry regarding the validity of theories. The American Psychiatric Association used the following types of evidence in developing its practice guidelines: a randomized clinical trial, prospectively designed with double-blind assessments and treatment and control groups, a clinical trial, similarly prospective, but lacking blind assessments or control groups, cohort or longitudinal studies and case-control studies, retrospective studies of clients.
[Author abstract]
Keywords: Letter
Accuracy Verified: Yes
279. Iracane-Blanco, M. (2010, June). Research to evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of an EMDR treatment versus debriefing for victims of workplace accidents. In Research. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Hamburg, Germany.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
The objective of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of an EMDR treatment set-up (R-TEP protocol) within an early healthcare scheme for victims of workplace accidents, while taking into consideration such variables as institutional recognition and the availability of psychological debriefing services (inspired by Mitchell's model). The research procedure consists of first creating a program including referenced organisations (businesses, police force, hospitals...) from different French regions. Efforts will be made
to raise resource people's (management, occupational health staff) awareness of PTSD prevention and of the role played by institutional recognition in the psychological recovery process. A regional network of EMDR therapists trained in debriefing (will be set up to work in partnership with the healthcare network for first line interventions following workplace accidents involving one or several workers. Participants will be recruited within these organisations. They the will all have been confronted with a single critical incident at work (accidental bodily harm of physical origin, physical aggression...) and meet DSM-IV Acute Stress Disorder criteria at the time of the therapy session. The research program will test, evaluate, and compare the effectiveness of a single therapeutic intervention taking place between Day 0 and Day 8 after exposure to a workplace accident BS do for 2 groups of 20 workers (men and women) who present the clinical signs of acute stress disorder. G1: control group - no access or refusal of care to be. G2: group with a debriefing session. G3: group with an EMDR session. In order to evaluate treatment effects on health and adaptive behavior in workers, participants will complete standardized self-evaluation scales (IESR PCLS Hamilton) before and after treatment. Another questionnaire will be completed by the therapists. Expected results: Significant decrease of symptoms and improvement of scores on measures after a single EMDR session. Greater effectiveness of EMDR compared to psychological debriefing. Eye Learning objectives: Participants will learn the advantages of promoting early interventions for victims of workplace accidents with the adapted EMDR protocol in order to prevent incapacitating PTSD and to facilitate an early return to autonomy for the worker. EMDR therapists will have a raised awareness of public health prevention initiatives, combining training and information within social and professional networks and occupational health services.
Keywords: Debriefing Research, Symposium Workplace Accidents
Accuracy Verified: Yes
280. Russell, M. C., Silver, S. M., Rogers, S., & Darnell, J. N. (2007, February). Responding to an identified need: A joint Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs training program in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for clinicians providing trauma services. International Journal of Stress Management, 14(1), 61-71. doi:10.1037/1072-5245.14.1.61.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
An earlier study of federal Department of Defense mental health professionals found relatively few trained in the psychotherapies for PTSD previously identified as effective by both this department and the federal Department of Veterans Affairs. In response to that need, a training program for one of the psychotherapies, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), was implemented utilizing personnel from these federal departments with assistance from a nonprofit agency. This article presents an evaluation of that program with rating data gathered from participants as well as treatment outcome data from the application of the training to patients. The program was highly rated by the participants and the impact of EMDR treatment was significant. Suggestions for similar programs and for further research are offered. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Americans Empirical Study Mental Health Personnel Military Professional Training United States Department of Defense United States Department of Veterans Affairs Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Quantitative Study Training Veterans
Accuracy Verified: Yes
281. Lipke, H. (2001, October). Response to Devilly's (2001) claims on distraction and exposure. the Behavior Therapist, 24(9), 195.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Argues that Devilly misrepresented the outcome of several studies of the effectiveness of EMDR. [FAL]
A comment on: Grant J. Devilly, "The influence of distraction during exposure and researcher allegiance during outcome trials", The Behavior Therapist 24(1): 18-21 (January 2001) [23585]. For a response, see: Devilly, "Effect size and methodological rigor in EMDR: a reply to Lipke's (2001) comment", The Behavior Therapist 24(9): 195-196 (2001). [Pilots]
Keywords: Exposure Therapy Posttraumatic Stress DIsorder Professional Criticism PTSD Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
282. Hembree, E. A., Cahill, S. P., & Foa, E. B. (2003, December). Response to “Comment on Hembree and Foa (2003)”. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 16(6) 757-577. doi:10.1023/B:JOTS.0000004082.30375.67.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
In summary, we submit that the evidence cited by Lipke in support of the proposal that eye movements contribute to treatment outcome does not meet the burden of proof. Specifically, eye movements and other laterally alternating stimuli have not been shown to have an effect on relevant and independently assessed outcome measures of symptoms, such as measures of PTSD severity. Thus, we reaffirm Hembree and Foa's conclusion that assertions about an important role for eye movements or any other laterally alternating stimuli on treatment outcome have not been supported by extant research. [Adapted from Text, p. 577] [Pilots]
Keywords: Comment Letter Methodology Professional Criticism Reply Treatment
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283. Figley, C., Dietrich, A., Maxfield, L., & Gentry, J. E. (1999, November). Review of neoteric trauma treatments and suggested practice guidelines. In C. Figley (Chair) Discussion, Clinical Theory. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR),
Thought Field Therapy (TFT), Time-Limited Trauma Therapy (TLTT),
Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR), and Visual/Kinesthetic
Dissociation (V/KD) are relatively new approaches in the treatment
of trauma-related disorders. These approaches have come
under intense scientific and professional scrutiny and criticism,
with proponents and critics offering diverse and intriguing arguments
in support of their respective points of view. This discussion
will focus on the current empirical and anecdotal evidence on
the efficacy of these five approaches, as well as various criticisms
that have been proferred in response to the empirical and clinical
literature on treatment efficacy and theory. EMDR will be highlighted,
given the growing empirical database on EMDR outcome
studies and the contention surrounding the treatment and its’ theory.
The evidence for and/or against the other four approaches will
also be presented, upon which we will raise for discussion issues
relating to methodological rigour, scientific reporting of clinical
data, and the interpretation of efficacy studies in general. The discussion
will occur within the context of philosophical discourse on
the ideal of integration of science and practice, and the feasibility
of attaining this ideal within the current scientific Zeitgeist.
INTERVENTION RESEARCH, CLINICAL CASE STUDY
Sandringham
Skills-Based Treatment
of Dissociation: A Case Study 238
Chair: ELHAI, Jon D., Nova Southeastern University
Discussant: GOLD, Stephen
A clinical case study of skills-based treatment of a 48-year-old,
female survivor of child sexual abuse (CSA) reporting severe dissociative
symptomatology is presented. Chief complaints were daily
amnestic episodes, depersonalization, panic attacks, agoraphobia,
and consequent long-term unemployment. In contrast to most
approaches to therapy for dissociative syndromes, it is argued that
treatment does not need to be primarily trauma-focused. Instead
treatment focused on targeting dissociation and anxiety by teaching
skills to be implemented by the client outside of session.
Functional behavioral analysis of particular recent incidents of dissociation
were conducted over several sessions. Imagery-based
relaxation and progressive muscle relaxation were used and monitored
to help the client learn additional methods of reducing distress.
Grounding techniques were implemented to counter the dissociative
tendency to lose experiential awareness of the here and
now. Cognitive interventions were utilized to challenge the erroneous
notions reported about dissociative experiences, such as the
panic she experienced when her dissociation had been revealed to
others. Last, in vivo systematic desensitization was used with a fear
hierarchy, ranging from the least to most fearful stimuli that precipitate
dissociation, where graduated exposure was followed by relaxation.
At termination the client reported elimination of panic
attacks, resumption of driving, and marked reduction in frequency
and duration of amnestic periods, with substantial additional gains
and progress in finding full-time employment reported at 8 month
follow-up. Treatment outcome is assessed based on psychological
test data obtained at intake, discharge, and 8 month follow-up, as
well as client anecdotal report.
Keywords: Neoteric Trauma Treatments Practice Guidelines
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284. Hase, M., & Hofmann, A. (2005, März). Risiken und nebenwirkungen beim einsatz der EMDR-Methode [Risks and adverse effects in treatment with EMDR]. PTT: Persönlichkeitsstörungen Theorie und Therapie, 9(1), 16-21.
Language: German
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Eye Movement und Desensitizer Wiederaufbereitung (EMDR) ist ein etabliertes mittlerweile Ansatz in der Behandlung der posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung (PTSD). EMDR Focus auf die Aufarbeitung der traumatischen Erinnerungen und anderes Trauma-Symptomen, wie zB Trigger oder derzeitigen Trauma verbundenen dysfunktionalen Verhaltens. Eine Laissez-faire Durchsetzung und dazu beitragen, "die unzureichende technische Mai Akkumulieren Unannehmlichkeit für den Patienten. Risiken und Nebenwirkungen des EMDR con Ansatz durch umfassende diagnostische Verfahren, Bewertung der Stabilitäts-Patienten, Zubereitung, Behandlung Planung und präzisen Anwendung von EMDR entgegengewirkt werden. Die Berufsorganisationen "versuchen sollte, zu dem höchsten Niveau der ethischen und professionellen Verhaltens getroffen, um das Risiko von Nebenwirkungen zu minimieren. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, alle Rechte vorbehalten).
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a meanwhile well established approach in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). EMDR focuses on the reprocessing of traumatic memories, and other trauma-related symptoms, e.g., triggers or current trauma-related dysfunctional behaviors. A laissez-faire application and insufficient technique may contribute to accumulating patient discomfort. Risks and adverse effects of the EMDR-approach con be counteracted by comprehensive diagnostic procedures, assessment of patient stability, preparation, treatment planning and precise application of EMDR. The professional organizations should try to ensure the highest level of ethical and professional conduct in order to minimise the risk of adverse effects. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Adverse Effects Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Risk Factors Side Effects (Treatment) Stress
Accuracy Verified: Yes
285. Sharp, I. R. (2003, August). The role of critical thinking skills in practicing psychologists' theoretical orientation and choice of intervention techniques. Drexel University.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
Over the past two decades, professional psychology has witnessed a growing
movement towards the utilization of psychotherapies that have empirical support.
Despite this development, therapies that have not been empirically supported
continue to experience widespread use. Concurrently, a collection of novel
interventions, known as Power/Energy therapies (P/ET’s), has emerged. Although
these therapies are based on questionable theoretical foundations and enjoy little or no
empirical support, their popularity with clinicians appears to be strong and growing.
There is scant research examining individual differences with respect to the practice
habits of professional psychologists. The present study examined whether critical
thinking skills are a factor in psychologists’ choice of therapeutic interventions,
including their use of P/ET’s. As hypothesized, participants who reported using a
number of techniques from Power and Energy therapies scored significantly lower on
a measure of critical thinking skills. Also as hypothesized, individuals who reported
using a number of cognitive-behavioral techniques scored significantly higher on the
measure of critical thinking skills. Implications and suggestions for future research
are discussed.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
286. Chang, S. H. (2007, September). Role of EM and stimulus valence presentation order in the return of fear: Possible implications for the therapeutic mechanism. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association Conference, Dallas, Texas. (NSC 93-2413-H-002-002-).
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Research background & aims: This study examined possible therapeutic mechanisms of eye
movements in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR; Shapiro, 1989,
1995, 2001) in terms of exposure and information processing model. While exposure model
contended process of extinction and response habituation, Stickgold (2002) proposed that
sleep induced change in associative memory via activation of weak association during REM
state and EM functioned as REM sleep to integrate the episodic memory of trauma into
general semantic memory. In this study, the effect of EM compared to that of Exposure-Only
(non-EM) on process measures of SUDs, ratings of cockroach phobia across sessions, along
with outcome measures were examined. Specifically, the degree of return of fear and response
habituation was explored.
Methods: Thirty-six college students with cockroach phobias were recruited as participants
and invited after informed consent for 4 1-week interval treatment sessions and a 1 month
follow-up session. The instruments for outcome measures included Cockroach Phobia
Questionnaire, fear ratings of cockroach slides, FSS, STAI-S, BDI, short form of SCL-90, the
Revised Thought-Action Fusion Questionnaire, White Bear Suppression Inventory, and
cognitive tasks for measuring strength of associations. The SUDs, credibility and therapeutic
relationship rating, and physiological measures such as HR, HRV, EOG, served as process
measures. Due to space limitations, the results of cognitive task and physiological measures
were reported elsewhere. The participants were randomly assigned to one of the four groups:
EM condition (EM vs. Non-EM exposure only) × block order of cockroach theme
presentation (negative cognition first vs. positive cognition first). A 2 (EM condition) × 2
(order of valence presentation) × 9 (time: pre-assessment and post-assessment for each of the
4 sessions plus 1 month follow-up assessment) mixed factorial design was performed, with
time serving as within Ss factor and the other two variables serving as between Ss factors.
There were 20 trials in each therapeutic session. The duration of each trial was 30s for both
the EM and Exposure-Only conditions.
Results: After preliminary analyses for group differences on pretreatment variables, credibility-relationship ratings, and outcome variables were explored, the 2 (EM condition) ×
2 (order of valence presentation) × 9 (time) ANOVA on SUDs showed that the main effects of
time and EM were both significant (p < .001 and p < .034). Subsequently, two 2 (order of
valence presentation) × 9 (time) ANOVAs were performed for EM condition and
Exposure-Only condition, respectively. The results showed that for EM condition, only time
effect was significant (p < .006); while for Exposure-Only condition, there were a significant
time effect (p < .001) and an approaching significant valence presentation order effect (p
< .065), with the SUDs being higher in negative cognition presented first condition compared
to positive cognition presented first condition; whereas the effect was not significant for the
EM condition. Using trend analyses and inspection of time effect showed that significant
within session SUDs reduction for Exposure-Only conditions. Notwithstanding, the pairwise
comparisons for the 9 time points indicated salient phenomena of return of fear among several
of the 5 sessions for this condition when comparing the pre-assessment of each session with
post-assessment of its previous session. Whereas for EM condition the return of fear between
sessions was small and the trend analysis showed a reduction with linear trend.
Conclusions & Discussion: Compared to Exposure-Only, EM resulted in less degree of
sufferings while participants encountering negative theme which in turn might facilitate
further processing of negative memory. In addition, EM might add something beyond the
mechanism of pure exposure. The less return of fear indicating that information processing in
addition to response inhibition might take place between sessions. The results echoed
Shapiro’s Adaptive Information Processing model and Stickgold’s REM-sleep dependent
memory reprocessing model, suggesting that EM in EMDR might reflect a shift in associative
memory systems by activating different strength of associations of negative semantic nodes
for different semantically related words. Given that previous research showed that EM
decreased emotionality and also generate greater amount of associations for negative stimuli,
the implications of the present results from theoretical and therapeutic point of views and
future research possibilities are discussed.
Keywords: Adaptive Information Processing Model REM-Sleep Dependent Memory Reprocessing Model Saccadic Eye Movement Semantic Association
Accuracy Verified: Yes
287. Chang, S. H. (2009). Role of EM and stimulus valence presentation order in the return of fear: Possible implications for the therapeutic mechanism. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
Research background & aims: This study examined possible therapeutic mechanisms of eye
movements in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR; Shapiro, 1989,
1995, 2001) in terms of exposure and information processing model. While exposure model
contended process of extinction and response habituation, Stickgold (2002) proposed that
sleep induced change in associative memory via activation of weak association during REM
state and EM functioned as REM sleep to integrate the episodic memory of trauma into
general semantic memory. In this study, the effect of EM compared to that of Exposure-Only
(non-EM) on process measures of SUDs, ratings of cockroach phobia across sessions, along
with outcome measures were examined. Specifically, the degree of return of fear and response
habituation was explored.
Methods: Thirty-six college students with cockroach phobias were recruited as participants
and invited after informed consent for 4 1-week interval treatment sessions and a 1 month
follow-up session. The instruments for outcome measures included Cockroach Phobia
Questionnaire, fear ratings of cockroach slides, FSS, STAI-S, BDI, short form of SCL-90, the
Revised Thought-Action Fusion Questionnaire, White Bear Suppression Inventory, and
cognitive tasks for measuring strength of associations. The SUDs, credibility and therapeutic
relationship rating, and physiological measures such as HR, HRV, EOG, served as process
measures. Due to space limitations, the results of cognitive task and physiological measures
were reported elsewhere. The participants were randomly assigned to one of the four groups:
EM condition (EM vs. Non-EM exposure only) × block order of cockroach theme
presentation (negative cognition first vs. positive cognition first). A 2 (EM condition) × 2
(order of valence presentation) × 9 (time: pre-assessment and post-assessment for each of the
4 sessions plus 1 month follow-up assessment) mixed factorial design was performed, with
time serving as within Ss factor and the other two variables serving as between Ss factors.
There were 20 trials in each therapeutic session. The duration of each trial was 30s for both
the EM and Exposure-Only conditions.
Results: After preliminary analyses for group differences on pretreatment variables, credibility-relationship ratings, and outcome variables were explored, the 2 (EM condition) ×
2 (order of valence presentation) × 9 (time) ANOVA on SUDs showed that the main effects of
time and EM were both significant (p < .001 and p < .034). Subsequently, two 2 (order of
valence presentation) × 9 (time) ANOVAs were performed for EM condition and
Exposure-Only condition, respectively. The results showed that for EM condition, only time
effect was significant (p < .006); while for Exposure-Only condition, there were a significant
time effect (p < .001) and an approaching significant valence presentation order effect (p
< .065), with the SUDs being higher in negative cognition presented first condition compared
to positive cognition presented first condition; whereas the effect was not significant for the
EM condition. Using trend analyses and inspection of time effect showed that significant
within session SUDs reduction for Exposure-Only conditions. Notwithstanding, the pairwise
comparisons for the 9 time points indicated salient phenomena of return of fear among several
of the 5 sessions for this condition when comparing the pre-assessment of each session with
post-assessment of its previous session. Whereas for EM condition the return of fear between
sessions was small and the trend analysis showed a reduction with linear trend.
Conclusions & Discussion: Compared to Exposure-Only, EM resulted in less degree of
sufferings while participants encountering negative theme which in turn might facilitate
further processing of negative memory. In addition, EM might add something beyond the
mechanism of pure exposure. The less return of fear indicating that information processing in
addition to response inhibition might take place between sessions. The results echoed
Shapiro’s Adaptive Information Processing model and Stickgold’s REM-sleep dependent
memory reprocessing model, suggesting that EM in EMDR might reflect a shift in associative
memory systems by activating different strength of associations of negative semantic nodes
for different semantically related words. Given that previous research showed that EM
decreased emotionality and also generate greater amount of associations for negative stimuli,
the implications of the present results from theoretical and therapeutic point of views and
future research possibilities are discussed.
Keywords: Adaptive Information Processing Model REM-Sleep Dependent Memory Reprocessing Model Saccadic Eye Movement Sematic Association
Accuracy Verified: Yes
288. Smyth, N. (2003, August). Role of exposure in EMDR treatment of PTSD. Presentation at 111th the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario Canada.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
A standard treatment for anxiety disorders involves exposing clients to anxiety eliciting stimuli. Some theorists have argued that exposure is an essential element in the successful treatment of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Exposure therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) are two therapeutic approaches that have been identified as efficacious in the treatment of PTSD. It has been proposed that exposure is the active element in all effective treatments for PTSD, including EMDR. This presentation will address various issues that should be considered in evaluating this proposal. Theories underlying exposure therapies will be summarized and differences between process and mechanism will be discussed. Brief overviews of EMDR and exposure therapies will be provided. Video clips of treatment sessions with exposure therapy and with EMDR will be shown, to illustrate the differences in treatment approaches, clinical focus, and client experience. Shared and unique components will be identified. The use of exposure in EMDR and its possible contribution to treatment outcome will be examined. Unlike prolonged exposure therapy, EMDR uses extremely brief repeated exposures (i.e., 20-50 seconds). Instead of continual and uninterrupted exposure, EMDR repeatedly interrupts the client's focus. Exposure therapy typically maintains a focus on the targeted incident, while EMDR uses a free association process to elicit other related material. Research has shown that high levels of anxiety during sessions of exposure therapy typically predict good outcome with that modality; however in successful EMDR treatment, the client's distress is substantially reduced during the session. Suggestions will be made for future research to identify and investigate mechanisms of action in exposure therapy and EMDR.
Keywords: Exposure Therapy Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Treatment Outcomes
Accuracy Verified: Yes
289. Mize, S. (2002, February). The role of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the interdisciplinary treatment of low sexual desire women. Presentation at the American Psychological Association Public Interest Directorate; Women's Programs.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
Low sexual desire disorder is the most common sexual dysfunction in women. There is no standard definition for "normal" sexual desire and there are many factors that can influence it, hence, low desire can be one of the more difficult sexual dysfunctions treat. Given its inherent complexity, it frequently requires interdisciplinary assessment and treatment. The present symposium is an attempt to share our model for the treatment of this widespread and yet, poorly understood dysfunction. One component of the complexity of low sexual desire is its correlation with other difficulties, for example, PTSD, depression, anxiety, relationship disturbance, physical illness, and life stress. Another one of these concerns is childhood sexual abuse. EMDR has been used very successfully to resolve the trauma associated with sexual assault as well as sexual dysfunctions. We will illustrate the use of EMDR with a woman presenting with low sexual desire and a history of sexual abuse. EMDR methodology will be described. The use of EMDR for abuse recovery as a method of resolving low desire will be discussed. We will explore a number of important therapeutic issues including: (1) fundamental questions of responsibility, control and safety as they relate to sexual abuse and ultimately sexual desire in the current relationship; (2) individuation from partner and perpetrator, barriers to this process and the impact on sexual desire of successful differentiation; and (3) repression of anger and the concomitant physical manifestations. In addition, we will discuss the collaboration with both sexual medicines and psychiatry around modulation of medications to maximize treatment outcomes with EMDR.
Enhancing Outcomes in Women's Health: Translating Psychosocial Behavioral Research Into Primary Care, Community Interventions, and Health Policy; American Psychological Association
[American Psychological Association Public Interest Directorate; Women's Programs].
Keywords: Females Inhibited Sexual Desire Low Sexual Desire Sexual Abuse
Accuracy Verified: No
290. Smith, L. E. (2007, September). The role of memory for trauma in the development of post-traumatic stress disorder following traumatic brain injury and research portfolio (Volume I). Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
Comparison of referrals found no significant differences in age, gender, trauma
type, time from trauma to referral, or attendance rates between services.
Significantly more EMDR patients received additional professional support during
their treatment.
Keywords: Memory Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Research TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
Accuracy Verified: Yes
291. Chang, S. H., & Chen, K. P. (2009). Saccadic eye movement and change of semantic associations: Possible therapeutic mechanisms of EMDR. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Language: English
Format: Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract:
In light of a putative model proposed by Stickgold and to mimic clinical trial of Eye
Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), this study examined possible
therapeutic mechanism and effect of eye movements (EM) on change of semantic
associations and to explore if the effect would be influenced by valence of stimuli and
order of presentation. Seventy-five college students were recruited as participants.
The results showed that the effect of 8s saccadic bilateral eye movement in terms of
change of semantic associations was associated with valence of words and their
presentation order, which echoed Stickgold’s model, Shapiro’s clinical procedure, and
also advanced the evidence regarding the mechanism of EM from the framework of
working memory model. The present study further highlights the importance of taking
into consideration these three treatment variables simultaneously when doing EM.
The implications of the findings from both the theoretical and clinical viewpoints are
discussed.
Keywords: Imagery Vividness Negative Emotiveness Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Saccadic Eye Movement Semantic Association Working Memory
Accuracy Verified: Yes
292. Chang, S. H. & Chen, K. P. (2004, July). Saccadic eye movement and change of semantic associations: Possible therapeutic mechanisms of EMDR. Presentation at the Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, In 2004 HICSS (Hawaii International Conference on Social Science) Conference Proceedings (pp. 569-574).
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
In light of a putative model proposed by Stickgold and to mimic clinical trial of Eye
Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), this study examined possible
therapeutic mechanism and effect of eye movements (EM) on change of semantic
associations and to explore if the effect would be influenced by valence of stimuli and
order of presentation. Seventy-five college students were recruited as participants.
The results showed that the effect of 8s saccadic bilateral eye movement in terms of
change of semantic associations was associated with valence of words and their
presentation order, which echoed Stickgold’s model, Shapiro’s clinical procedure, and
also advanced the evidence regarding the mechanism of EM from the framework of
working memory model. The present study further highlights the importance of taking
into consideration these three treatment variables simultaneously when doing EM.
The implications of the findings from both the theoretical and clinical viewpoints are
discussed.
Keywords: Imagery Vividness Negative Emotiveness Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Saccadic Eye Movement Semantic Association Working Memory
Accuracy Verified: Yes
293. Herbert, J. D., Lilienfeld, S. O., Lohr, J. M., Montgomery, R. W., O'Donohue, W. T., Rosen, G. M., & Tolin, D. F. (2000, November). Science and pseudoscience in the development of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Implications for clinical psychology. Clinical Psychology Review, 20(8), 945-971. doi:10.1016/S0272-7358(99)00017-3.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
The enormous popularity recently achieved by Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as a treatment for anxiety disorders appears to have greatly outstripped the evidence for its efficacy from controlled research studies. The disparity raises disturbing questions concerning EMDR's aggressive commercial promotion and its rapid acceptance among practitioners. In this article, we: (1) summarize the evidence concerning EMDR's efficacy; (2) describe the dissemination and promotion of EMDR; (3) delineate the features of pseudoscience and explicate their relevance to EMDR; (4) describe the pseudoscientific marketing practices used to promote EMDR; (5) analyze factors contributing to the acceptance of EMDR by professional psychologists; and (6) discuss practical considerations for professional psychologists regarding the adoption of EMDR into professional practice. We argue that EMDR provides an excellent vehicle for illustrating the differences between scientific and pseudoscientific therapeutic techniques. Such distinctions are of critical importance for clinical psychologists who intend to base their practice on the best available research.
Keywords: Commentary Review Scientific Research Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
294. Silverstein, M. (1996, October 31). Seeing a way to heal: Local psychologist trains Germans in new therapy. Jeruslaem, Israel: Jewish Exponent.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
"I went to train German psychologists in a new technique called EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing," said Luber, who serves on the board of the EMDR International Association. "I had a really incredible experience."
Keywords: Overview General Jerusalem Marilyn Luber
Accuracy Verified: Yes
295. Carlos, R. M. (2011, janeiro). Sem medo de voar: Terapia de reprocessamento de memórias promete combater os antigos [Flying without fear: Therapy for the reprocessing of old memories vows to fight]. Aero Magazine, 26-27.
Language: Portuguese
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
O medo de avião já virou até música composta por Belchior. Mas, nem sempre, é fácil conviver com o problema, que acaba afetando a vida pessoal e profissional, e transformá-lo em arte. Novas terapias foram desenvolvidas para tentar curar esse problema, que atinge diversas pessoas. Um método de tratamento é o reprocessamento de lembranças difíceis, usado em terapias como o EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing ou Dessensibilização e Reprocessamento por meio de Movimentos Oculares), que permite resolver medos, ansiedades e fobias de uma forma rápida e eficiente.
The fear of flying has turned to music composed by Belchior. But not always easy to live with the problem, which ultimately affects the personal and professional life, and transform it into art. New therapies have been developed to try to cure this problem, which affects many people. A method of treatment is difficult to reprocess memories, used in therapies such as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Desensitization and Reprocessing by Eye Movements), which allows resolving fears, anxieties and phobias quickly and efficiently.
Keywords: Fear of flying Carvalho
Accuracy Verified: Yes
296. Leserman, J. (2005). Sexual abuse history: Prevalence, health effects, mediators, and psychological treatment. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67(6), 906-915. doi:10.1097/01.psy.0000188405.54425.20.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Objective: Lifetime history of sexual abuse is estimated to range between 15% and 25% in the general female population. People
who are sexually abused are at greater risk for a whole host of physical health disorders that may occur many years after the abusive
incident(s). Despite the high prevalence of this trauma and its association with poor health status, abuse history often remains hidden
within the context of medical care. The aims of this review are to determine which specific health disorders have been associated
with sexual abuse in both women and men, to outline the types of sexual abuse associated with the worst health outcome, to discuss
some possible explanations and mediators of the abuse/health relationship, to discuss when and how to talk about abuse within a
clinical setting, and to present evidence for which psychological treatments have been shown to improve the mental health of
patients with past sexual abuse. Method: To meet these objectives, we have reviewed a wide literature on the topic of sexual abuse.
Results: We demonstrate that abuse appears to be related to greater likelihood of headache and gastrointestinal, gynecologic, and
panic-related symptoms; that the poor health effects associated with abuse are also seen in men; that abuse involving penetration
and multiple incidents appears to be the most harmful, and that exposure-type therapies with and without cognitive behavioral
therapy hold promise for those with abuse history. Conclusion: We need more research examining psychological treatments that
might be efficacious in treating the physical health problems associated with sexual abuse history.
Keywords: HMO Health Maintenance Organization HPA Hypothalamic-Pituitaryadrenocortical Review Posttraumatic Stress DIsorder PTSD Sexual Abuse Trauma
Accuracy Verified: Yes
297. Silver, S. (2008, September). Shades of gray, Part I: Ethical issues for EMDR therapists. Prersentation at the annual meeting of EMDR International Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
As practitioners of a specialized treatment method, EMDR therapists face unique challenges in seeking to practice ethically. This workshop will explore the ethical principles and scenarios that are especially uniquely relevant to an EMDR practitioner; discuss the meaning of ethical practice for EMDR clinicians; and explore how to apply these principles within participants clinical work. While participants will be asked to work within their own discipline’s ethical standards, the workshop will use the ethical code of the American Psychological Association as its reference point (because this is what EMDRIA utilizes when there is no ethical code that applies to a particular practitioner.)Practitioners who are governed by an ethical code (e.g. nurses, social workers, marriage and family therapists) should review their own ethical codes prior to coming to the workshop.
Keywords: Ethics
Accuracy Verified: Yes
298. Silver, S. (2008, September). Shades of gray, Part II: Ethical issues for EMDR therapists. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
EMDR Consultants face the challenging task of providing consultation to EMDR therapists so they can help those therapists understand the nature of ethical EMDR practice and then apply those principals within their practice. In addition, practicing EMDR consultation ethically carries its own challenges. This workshop will: explore the ethical principals that are especially uniquely relevant to EMDR consultation; discuss the meaning of ethical consultation for EMDR consultants; and describe strategies for facilitating ethical practice among their consultees. While participants will be asked to work within their own discipline’s ethical standards, the workshop will use the ethical code of the American Psychological Association as its reference point (because this is what EMDRIA utilizes when there is no ethical code that applies to a particular practitioner). Practitioners who are governed by an ethical code (e.g. nurses, social workers, marriage and family therapists) should review their own ethical codes prior to coming to the workshop.
Keywords: Ethics
Accuracy Verified: Yes
299. Mellskog, P. (2004, January 1). Shame and fear can bury a multitude of sins and sorrows - but not forever, according to survivors of traumatic events. The Associated Press State & Local Wire, State and Regional.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
"I thought it was a bunch of hocus-pocus," said Lisa's therapist, Karen Wray, a Longmont counselor certified to practice EMDR by the Texas-based EMDR International Association.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
300. Brogan, J. (2011, June 11). Shifting the focus. Boston, MA: Boston Globe. Retrieved from http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-11/lifestyle/29761983_1_emdr-ptsd-eye-movement-desensitization on 7/11/2011.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
Once highly controversial, EMDR has made gains in acceptance. In 2004, both the American Psychiatric Association and the Department of Defense recommended it as an effective treatment for PTSD. In May, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, recognized EMDR as an evidence-based treatment for depression and anxiety as well as for PTSD. (Excerpt)
Accuracy Verified: Yes
301. Tripp, S. (2007). A short term therapy approach to processing trauma: Art therapy and bilateral stimulation. Art Therapy, 24(4), 176-183.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This article describes a dynamic, short-term art therapy approach that has been developed for the treatment of trauma related disorders. Using a modified Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) protocol with alternating tactile and auditory bilateral stimulation, associations are rapidly brought to conscious awareness and expressed in a series of drawings. As new information is accessed, affective material is metabolized and integrated, leading to transformation of traumatic memory and an adaptive resolution of the trauma. Readers are cautioned that clinicians using this approach should be experienced in working with trauma.
American Art Therapy Association, 37, New Orleans, LA, US, Portions of this paper were presented at the aforementioned conference.
Keywords: Art Therapy Auditory Stimulation Short-term Therapy Approach Tactual Stimulation Trauma Trauma Related Disorders
Accuracy Verified: Yes
302. de Roos, C., & de Jongh, A. (2006). Slikken of stikken - EMDR bij kinderen en jongeren met een slikfobie [Do or die - EMDR in children and adolescents with a mud phobia]. Kinder- & Jeugdpsychotherapie, 33(3), 83-102.
Language: Dutch
Format: Journal
Abstract:
In de kindertijd zijn ontwikkelingsgerelateerde angsten normaal. Wanneer een
angst echter aanhoudt en uitgelokt wordt door de aanwezigheid van of
anticipatie op een bepaald voorwerp of een specifieke situatie spreekt men van
een specifieke fobie (American Psychiatric Association, 2003). De in de
literatuur gerapporteerde prevalentiepercentages lopen nogal uiteen en variëren
van 1,7 tot 16 procent, maar de meeste studies komen uit op een percentage
tussen de 7 en 9 procent (Silverman & Moreno, 2005).
In childhood development-related fears are normal. When a
But fear persists and is triggered by the presence or
anticipation of a certain object or a particular situation is called
a specific phobia (American Psychiatric Association, 2003). In the
literature reported prevalence rates vary considerably, ranging
from 1.7 to 16 percent, but most studies come up with a percentage
between 7 and 9 percent (Silverman & Moreno, 2005).
Keywords: Adolescents Children Mud Phobia
Accuracy Verified: Yes
303. Maxfield, L., Lake, K., & Hyer, L. A. (2004). Some answers to unanswered questions about the empirical support for EMDR in the treatment of PTSD. Traumatology, 10(2), 73-89. doi:10.1177/153476560401000202.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
A recent review [by Rubin] summarized research studies investigating EMDR treatment of PTSD. Rubin identified populations in which there has been insufficient research to determine what treatments, if any, are effective, and he articulated questions about EMDR's efficacy with these groups. He also addressed the problem of potential reviewer bias. Unfortunately his own review of the literature contained numerous errors and failed to consider the context of the larger research field. The purpose of the current article is to provide a more balanced perspective and to clarify confusion that may have been raised by Rubin's article. We provide some answers to the unanswered questions about the efficacy of EMDR treatment for PTSD with child, multiply traumatized civilian, and combat-veteran populations. We also address the methodological questions raised by Rubin (Pilots).
Keywords: Methodology Populations Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Research Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
304. Carse, K. (2013, February 4). Staten Islanders can ease the stress of Sandy's aftermath with counseling. Staten Island Advance. Retrieved from http://www.silive.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2013/02/ease_the_stress_of_sandys_aftermath_with_counseling.html on 2/5/2013.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
Recommended by the Department of Defense and the American Psychiatric Association among many other organizations, EMDR uses a set of standardized protocols that incorporate elements from many different treatment approaches. It “essentially shines a light on the emergency event or events stored in the more primitive brain allowing the event to be processed in a safe way,” said Joyce Goldstein of West Brighton a family therapist and trained EMDR therapist.
Volunteer licensed and EMDR trained therapists from Staten Island, Manhattan and Boston will be available, several of whom have helped relieve suffering after September 11, Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake in Haiti as part of the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program.
Keywords: Hurricane Sandy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
305. Shapiro, F. (1995). Stray thoughts. EMDR Network Newsletter, 5(3), 1-2.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
One of the most upsetting professional
experiences I have so far encountered
occurred in November 1995. One of
the participants at the Level I1 training
in New York handed me a letter
from a relative of hers. She had suggested
that her sister get EMDR treatment
and counseled her to call the
EMDR Institute office for a referral.
The following are excerpts from the
letter:
Keywords: General
Accuracy Verified: Yes
306. Leeds, A. M. (2002, June). Strengthening identity and performance. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, San Diego, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
This workshop will articulate an enlarged set of EMDR related Resource Development and Installation (RDI) protocols. All these procedures emphasize the deliberate incorporation of positive emotion as part of restructuring and developing new affect scripts across discrete behavioral states. A majority of workshop time will be devited to experiential practice in dyads and small groups of these clinically relevant procedures. Strategies for accessing and evoking positive emotion will include movement, posture, music, artistic and emotional expression, and a variety of imagery processes.
In these experiential exercises, participants will identify personally relevant areas of desired professional development including issues of recurring countertransference stressors and compassion fatigue. The aim of these procedures is to access naturalistic capacities for positive emotion and incorporate these capacities into new affect scripts that strengthen identity and enhance performance and interaction.
Keywords: RDI Resource Development and Installation
Accuracy Verified: Yes
307. Spector, J. (2002, July). Support for EMDR: 'Counterpoint: Emperor's new clothes?': Comment. The Psychologist, 15(7), 335-336.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Addresses S. Joseph's critical commentary on the original article by F. Shapiro and L. Maxfield which reported on the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR). The current author offers support for EMDR, disputing the validity of Joseph's claims that EMDR lacks the appropriate evidence (in regards to its efficacy) necessary for its professional acceptance. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved).
Keywords: Counterpoint Emperor Letter
Accuracy Verified: Yes
308. Pelling, N., Brear, P., & Lau, M. (2006, June). A survey of advertised Australian counsellors. International Journal of Psychology, 41(3), 204-215, doi:10.1080/00207590544000202. .
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
As counselling is a developing profession without statutory regulation in Australia, anyone can engage in counselling practice and use “counsellor” as a professional title. Not much is known about those who call themselves counsellors in Australia. This survey research in a field setting aimed to describe Australian Yellow Pages Advertised Counsellors, thus providing a snapshot of advertised counsellors in Australia. This research was thus designed to describe those who are engaging in advertised counselling practice in Australia. Data was collected using a multiple mailing survey method and resulted in a 62.2% return rate. The counsellors' (1) demographic characteristics, (2) counselling training and development, (3) provision of counselling services, and (4) professional involvement were assessed. Advertised Australian counsellors tend to be female, mature, Caucasian, married or partnered, heterosexual, have families, and hold Christian beliefs. The majority of counsellors live in urban areas. The field could arguably benefit from increasing the diversity of its members. Nevertheless, advertised Australian counsellors are qualified professionals who tend to hold university qualifications and are likely to have received their training in counselling from a university provider. They are experienced service providers and engage in ongoing supervision as a supervisee. Moreover, these counsellors are involved in a variety of professional organizations. Advertised Australian counsellors, however, often struggle with issues related to burnout. They demonstrate their belief in the power of counselling by engaging in personal counselling. Advertised Australian counsellors actively engage in professional development, read professional journals, and report wanting further training regarding cognitive behaviour therapy, family therapy, EMDR, hypnosis, and trauma‐related difficulties. The majority of counsellors indicate making $40,000 or less per year. Survey results clearly indicate that the professionalisation of counselling is underway. Tandis que le counseling est une profession en développement sans régulation statutaire en Australie, n'importe qui peut s'engager dans la pratique du counseling et utiliser le titre professionnel de “conseiller.” Très peu est connu sur ceux qui se prétendent conseillers en Australie. Cette enquête visait à décrire les conseillers annonçant dans les pages jaunes en Australie, permettant d'avoir une image de ces derniers. Elle cherchait donc à décrire ceux qui étaient engagés dans la pratique du counseling publicisé en Australie. Les données furent collectées par le biais d'une méthode d'enquête par multiples envois postaux résultant à un taux de réponse de 62,2%. Les facteurs évalués chez les conseillers incluent: (a) les caractéristiques démographiques, (b) la formation et le développement en counseling, (c) les services desservis et (d) l'implication professionnelle. Les conseillers australiens publicisés tendent à montrer les caractéristiques suivantes: femmes, matures, caucasiens, mariés ou en couple, hétérosexuels, ayant une famille et ayant des croyances chrétiennes. La majorité des conseillers vivent dans les zones urbaines. Le domaine peut sans conteste bénéficier d'une plus grande diversité de ses membres. Néanmoins, les conseillers australiens publicisés sont des professionnels qualifiés qui tendent à posséder des qualifications universitaires et qui sont susceptibles d'avoir reçu leur formation en counseling d'une université. Les conseillers australiens publicisés sont des professionnels d'expérience et sont engagés dans de la supervision en tant que supervisés. De plus, ces conseillers sont impliqués dans une variété d'organizations professionnelles. Cependant, ils font souvent face à des problèmes reliés au burn‐out. Ils montrent leur croyance dans le pouvoir du counseling en recevant eux‐mêmes des services de counseling. Les conseillers australiens publicisés s'engagent activement dans le développement professionnel, ils lisent des revues professionnelles et ils rapportent vouloir davantage de formation sur la thérapie cognitivo‐comportementale, la thérapie familiale, la désensibilisation et le retraitement du mouvement de l'oeil, l'hypnose et les difficultés reliées aux traumatismes. La majorité d'entre eux indique faire 40,000$ ou moins par année. Les résultats de cette enquête indiquent clairement que la professionnalisation du counseling est sur la bonne voie. Debido a que en Australia el consejo es una profesión en desarrollo sin reglamentación estatutaria, cualquier persona pued.
Keywords: Counseling Counselor Characteristics Counselors Counselor Education Empirical Study Professional Development Professional Organizations Quantitative Study
Accuracy Verified: Yes
309. Foreningen EMDR Sverige. (2009). Synpunkter akutstressyndrom och PTSD [EMDR Sweden Association comments acute stress syndrome and PTSD]. In Foreningen EMDR Sverige, Inkomna synpunkter, Nationella riktlinjer för depressionssjukdom och ångestsyndrom preliminär, (pp. 163-164). Denmark: Riksforeningen Psykoterapi Centrum.
Language: Swedish
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Föreningen EMDR Sverige vill lämna följande kommentarer till
utkastet till riktlinjer avseende behandling av akut stressyndrom
och posttraumatiskt stressyndrom.
International Society for Traumatic Stress studies gör regelbundet sammanställningar
av evidensläget [1]. Det är viktigt att beakta att psykologiska
behandlingsformer i form av traumafokuserad KBT och EMDR är de viktigaste
och mest effektiva behandlingar. EMDR har varit kontroversiell men
är det inte längre, utan är en internationellt accepterad behandlingsmetod för
PTSD. Det är fortfarande inte allmänt accepterad att ögonrörelser har betydelse,
men nyligen har svensk och australisk forskning visat att ögonrörelser
under EMDR har tydliga fysiologiska effekter som är meningsfulla [2, 9],
dessutom har alla studier av fysiologi vid EMDR hittills samstämmande
visat dessa effekter, enligt en litteratursammanställning [3].
Under senaste åren har forskning om minnesfunktion och sakkadiska
ögonrörelser visat att minnessystem som till exempel episodminne (som ofta
är störd vid PTSD) påverkas på ett gynnsamt sätt av ögonrörelser [4-8]. Således
finns det i dag mycket som stödjer att ögonrörelser är meningsfulla
även om det kan vara svårt att förstå vid första anblicken. EMDR och exponeringsbehandling
är lika effektiva enligt metastudier, bland annat Cochrane
och i ISTSS aktuella genomgång av effektiva behandlingsmetoder för
PTSD.
Referenser
1. Foa E, Keane TM, Friedman MJ & Cohen JA. 2009. Effective
Treatments for PTSD Practice Guidelines from the International Society
fro Traumatic Stress Studies. Guilford,New York.
2. Elofsson, U.O., et al., Physiological correlates of eye movement desensitization
and reprocessing. Journal of anxiety disorders, 2008.
22(4): p. 622-34.
3. Söndergaard, E., Psychophysiological studies of EMDR. Journal of
EMDR Practice and Research, 2008. 2(4): p. 282-288.
4. Stickgold, R., EMDR: A putative neurobiological mechanism of action.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2002. 58(1): p. 61-75.
5. Parker, A. and N. Dagnall, Effects of bilateral eye movements on
gist based false recognition in the DRM paradigm. Brain and cognition,
2007. 63(3): p. 221-5.
6. Parker, A., S. Relph, and N. Dagnall, Effects of bilateral eye movements
on the retrieval of item, associative, and contextual information.
Neuropsychology, 2008. 22(1): p. 136-45.
EMDR Association of Sweden makes the following comments to
Draft Guidelines for the treatment of acute stress disorder
and post-traumatic stress disorder.
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies makes regular summaries
of evidence-mode [1]. It is important to note that psychological
treatments in the form of trauma-focused CBT and EMDR is the most important
and most effective treatments. EMDR has been controversial but
it is no longer, but is an internationally accepted method of treatment for
PTSD. There is still no generally accepted that eye movements are important,
but lately, Swedish and Australian research has shown that eye movements
during EMDR has clear physiological effects that are meaningful [2, 9],
Moreover, all studies of physiology at the convergence of EMDR to date
shown these effects, according to a literature review [3].
In recent years, research on memory function and Sakka wash
eye movements showed that memory systems, such as episodic memory (which is often
is disturbed in PTSD) is affected in a favorable way of eye movements [4-8]. Thus
today there are a lot of support that eye movements are meaningful
although it may be difficult to understand at first glance. EMDR and exposure therapy
are as effective as meta-studies, including Cochrane
and in ISTSS current review of effective treatments for
PTSD.
References
1st Foa E, Keane TM, Friedman MJ & Cohen JA. 2009th Effective
Treatments for PTSD Practice Guidelines from the International Society
fro Traumatic Stress Studies. Guilford, New York.
2nd Elofsson, UO, et al., Physiological correlator of eye movement desensitization
and Reprocessing. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2008.
22 (4): p. 622-34.
3rd Sondergaard, E., Psychophysiological studies of EMDR. Journal of
EMDR Practice and Research, 2008. 2 (4): p. 282-288.
4th Gold Stick, R., EMDR: A putative neuro Biological mechanism of action.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2002. 58 (1): p. 61-75.
5th Parker, A. and N. Dagnall, Effects of bilateral eye movements on
GIST-based false recognition in the DRM paradigm. Brain and Cognition,
2007th 63 (3): p. 221-5.
6th Parker, A., S. Relph, and N. Dagnall, Effects of bilateral eye movements
On the retrieval of item, associative, and contextual information.
Neuro-Psychology, 2008. 22 (1): p. 136-45.
Keywords: Acute Stress Disorder ASD Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
310. Newman, K. (2006, November). Synthesis of previous research on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). Psychology 203,Mary Baldwin College, Staunton,VA..
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
In 1987, Professional School of Psychological Studies graduate student Francine Shapiro was on a walk in the park when she personally observed that randomized eye movements seemed to make disturbing thoughts less upsetting (Colwell, 2000). From this initial experience Shapiro created the therapy known as Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD), integrating rhythmic eye movements with “other treatment elements” (EMDR 2004). Shapiro investigated this phenomenon further in a controlled study on twenty-three subjects with traumatic memories and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms. In the study, the subjects were first asked to rate their feelings of discomfort regarding a particular traumatic memory using the Subjective Units of Disturbance (SUDs) scale which uses a 0 – 10 rating system to express emotional distress. Subjects were also asked to think of a Positive Self-Statement (PSS) they would like to attach to the memory, erasing a negative one. The subjects then evaluated their confidence in the truth of the PSS on a scale from 1 - 7, where one was completely false, and seven were completely true. On average, before treatment the subjects reported a SUDs score of seven and expressed the validity of the PSS as four. After a single EMD session, subjects on average evaluated the memory as less than one on the SUDs scale, and the positive self-thought was receiving ratings above six. These results remained consistent three months later (Lipke & Botkin, 1992), leading Shapiro claim in her dissertation that “a single session of the procedure was sufficient to desensitize subjects” (EMDR, 2004). The publication of Shapiro’s dissertation came nine years after the American Psychiatric Association added Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to the DSM-III in 1980 (Friedman, 2006), and EMD quickly became a popular PTSD treatment.
Keywords: Literature Review Research
Accuracy Verified: Yes
311. Hertlein, K. M., & Ricci, R. J. (2004, July). A systematic research synthesis of EMDR studies: Implementation of the platinum standard. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 5(3), 285-300. doi:10.1177/1524838004264340..
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychological treatment method used primarily for people who have experienced trauma. This article provides a systematic research synthesis of EMDR studies targeting trauma symptomatology published between 1997 and 2003. This synthesis builds on the Revised Gold Standard (RGS) as a guide to evaluate empirical EMDR studies. Modifications and additions to the RGS criteria are proposed. The resulting standard is referred to as the Platinum Standard (PS). 16 EMDR studies are reviewed and critiqued using the PS criteria. None of the studies reviewed met full PS criteria. The mean score for the studies on the PS was 8.28, with 9 of the studies exceeding the mean. The review calls for researchers to employ more rigorous research designs for EMDR effectiveness using PS criteria. Implications for practice, policy, and research are discussed. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Literature Review Methodology Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD Review Stressors Survivors Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
312. Onofri, A. (2009, Novembre). Tema intervento: EMDR, stimolazione bilaterale ed elaborazione accellerata delle informazioni [Theme areas: EMDR, bilateral stimulation and accelerated development of information]. Presentatie op de 1e Internationale Conferentie Universa vergeleken universum Lipsi, Orvieto, TR, Italië.
Language: Italian
Format: Conference
Abstract:
I° Convegno Internazionale universi a confronto.
La terapeutica occidentale incontra quella sciamanica andina
Con questo primo Convegno Internazionale UniVerso LiPsi inaugura Universi a confronto, un nuovo e permanente Motore culturale di Ricerca e Dialogo sulle diverse pratiche terapeutiche e su come sviluppare una maggiore integrazione tra le stesse, con l’obiettivo di promuovere il benessere della persona vista nella sua interezza ed unicità, attraverso un percorso di condivisione di conoscenze, esperienze, riflessioni e idee da far confluire in un più ampio bacino cui attingere anche per il reciproco arricchimento umano e professionale
1st International Universi Conference comparing universes comparison.
The western therapy compared to the Andean Shamanism. With this first International Conference opens Universes in Universe Lipsi comparison, a new engine, permanent cultural Research and Dialogue on the various therapeutic practices and how to develop greater integration between them, with the objective of promoting the welfare of the person seen in its wholeness and oneness, through a sharing of knowledge, experiences, thoughts and ideas to feed into a wider pool to draw upon for the mutual enrichment of human and professional.
Keywords: Andean Indian Culture Andean Shamanism
Accuracy Verified: Yes
313. EMDRIA Public and Professional Relation & Standards & Training Committees. (2000). Ten compelling points. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Austin, TX.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
Written by the members of the Public and Professional Relations Committee of the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA):
Sandra Foster, Ph.D., Chair, Douglas Cybela, Ph. D., Wendy Freirag. Ph.D.. Debbie Korn, Psy.D, and Deany Laliotis, LCSW-C and
members of the Standards and Training Committee, Curt Rouanzoin. PhD.,Chair, and Byron Perkins, Psy.D
We, the above-named authors, respond to those curious about and critical of EMDR with a series of points, each of which is discussed below.
Keywords: Compelling Points
Accuracy Verified: Yes
314. Metter, J., & Michaelson, L. K. (1993). Theoretical, clinical, research, and ethical constraints of the eye movement desensitization reprocessing technique. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 6(3), 413-415. doi:10.1002/jts.2490060311.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Recently a letter by Dr. Corydon Hammond appeared in The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Newsletter regarding a technique developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro termed Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). The authors report that their clinical experience does not support the claims made by Shapiro of dramatic and long-lasting improvement using the technique.Our experience parallels Dr. Hammond's findings. We recommend extreme caution in embracing, using, or endorsing EMDR. [Adapted from Text, pp. 413, 415]
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Criticism PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
315. Wilson, D. (1995, June 16). Therapists take technique to survivors of bombing. Colorado Springs, CO: The Gazette, City/State, 2.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
Organized by Colorado Springs therapist Sandra Wilson, the volunteers practice a therapy called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR for short. Wilson, who is currently in Oklahoma City, conducted a local study of the technique and presented the findings to the American Psychological Association in August.
Keywords: General Colorado Springs Overview Sandra Wilson
Accuracy Verified: Yes
316. Rosenthal, H. 2006. Therapy's best: Practical advice and gems of wisdom from twenty accomplished counselors and therapists. Binghamton, NY, London: Haworth Reference.
Language: English
Format: Book
Abstract:
Insightful interviews with a Who’s Who of the world’s foremost therapists
Therapy’s Best is a lively and entertaining collection of one-on-one interviews with some of the top therapists and counselors in the world. Educator and psychotherapist Dr. Howard G. Rosenthal talks with twenty of therapy’s legends, including Albert Ellis, arguably the greatest clinical psychologist and therapist of our time; assertiveness training pioneer Robert Alberti; experiential psychotherapist Al Mahrer; and William Glasser, the father of reality therapy and choice theory. Each interview reveals insights into the therapists’ personal lives, their observations on counseling, and the helping profession in general, and their thoughts on what really works when dealing with clients in need.
The interviews found in Therapy’s Best uncover treatment strategies that are often missing from traditional textbooks, journal articles, courses, and seminars related to assertiveness training, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), marriage and family counseling, transactional analysis, psychoanalysis, suicide prevention, voice therapy, experiential psychotherapy, and Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT). Conversations with the “best and brightest” (including two recipients of the American Psychological Association’s Division of Psychotherapy’s “Living Legends” award) reveal why these therapists are such effective helpers, what makes their theories so popular, and most important, what makes them tick. This unique book lets you “rub elbows” with these consummate professionals and learn more about their theories, ideas, and experiences.
Therapy’s Best includes interviews with:
Dr. Albert Ellis—creator of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and APA Division of Psychotherapy “Living Legend”
Dr. Edwin Schneidman—the foremost expert on suicide prevention, suicidology, and thanatology
Richard Nelson Bolles—author of What Color Is Your Parachute?
Dr. Dorothy and Dr. Ray Bevcar—husband and wife therapists who write textbooks on marriage counseling
Dr. Al Mahrer—father of experiential psychotherapy and APA Division of Psychotherapy “Living Legend”
Les Greenberg—father of Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Muriel James—co-author of Born to Win
and many more!
Therapy’s Best is a must read for professionals who practice counseling and psychotherapy, students preparing to do likewise, and anyone else with an interest in therapy—and the people with provide it
Keywords: Francine Shapiro Interview Practice Theory
Accuracy Verified: Yes
317. Rappaport, J. (1994). Tidbits. EMDR Network Newsletter, 4(2), 10-11.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
I have observed a pattern of mild reluctance
or hesitant consent to undergo
further EMDR sessions in clients
who have had numerous prior
sessions which were positive and successful.
This hesitancy may stem
from association of EMDR with
trauma recall.
Keywords: Negative Associations
Accuracy Verified: Yes
318. Spiric, Z, Knezevic, G, Jovic, V., & Opacic, G. (Eds.) (2004). Tortura u ratu, posledice i rehabilitacija. Jugoslovensko iskustvo [Torture in war: Consequences and rehabilitation of victims – Yugoslav experience]. Beograd: Centar za rehabilitaciju žrtava torture [Belgrade: International Aid Network].
Language: Serbian
Format: Book
Abstract:
"Ideja o ovoj monografiji začela se nakon dve godine rada Centra za rehabilitaciju žrtava torture (CRŽT) u okviru Međunarodne mreže pomoći - IAN Beograd (International Aid Network - IAN Belgrade). Ona je bila izraz potrebe profesionalaca u IAN-u da svoja iskustva u radu sa žrtvama torture i traume podele sa širom, stručnom, profesionalnom i naučnom javnošću...
"The idea of this monograph was conceived after two years of the Centre for Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (CRŽT) within International Aid Network - IAN Belgrade (International Aid Network - IAN Belgrade). She was the need of professionals in IAN-in to their experience in work with victims of torture and trauma of separation from all over, technical, professional and scientific public ...
Accuracy Verified: Yes
319. Russell, M. C., & Silver, S. M. (2007, September). Training needs for the treatment of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: A survey of Department of Defense clinicians. Traumatology, 13(3), 4-10. doi:10.1177/1534765607305440.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
In 2004, the United States Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Defense jointly published clinical-practice guidelines for posttraumatic stress disorder (CPG-PTSD). These identified 4 psychotherapies for PTSD: cognitive therapy, eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing, exposure therapy, and stress inoculation therapy. One hundred thirty-seven mental-health professionals employed by the military or the VA were surveyed as to whether they used any of these psychotherapies and the extent of their training in them. Ninety percent of respondents reported not using any of the 4 psychotherapies. Of those who did, most had received their training before their affiliation with the military, and only a handful had training in the specific use of psychotherapy with PTSD. The lack of available, CPG-identified, effective psychotherapies is discussed as a barrier to treatment, as are possible reasons the psychotherapies are not used. A brief description of a training program is provided along with suggestions for the future.[Author]
Keywords: Cognitive Therapy Exposure Therapy Mental Health Personnel Military Psychiatry Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Professional Training PTSD United States Department of Defense
Accuracy Verified: Yes
320. Parnell, L. (1997). Transforming trauma - EMDR: The revolutionary new therapy for freeing the mind, clearing the body, and opening the heart. New York: W. W. Norton.
Language: English
Format: Book
Abstract:
This book, addressed to a non-professional readership,"was born out of my desire to share with others the 'miracles' I have been privileged to witness both as a psychologist working with clients in a private practice setting and as an EMDR Institute facilitator helping to train clinicians -- as well as a recipient of EMDR therapy." [Preface] [Pilots]
Keywords: Personal Narrative Stressors Survivors
Accuracy Verified: Yes
321. Mevissen-Renckens, L. (2008, August). Trauma and trauma therapy (EMDR) in people with ID. Symposium presented at the 13th World Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities, Cape Town, South Africa.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Aim: People with ID might be particularly vulnerable to significant
life events and at high risk to develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
In the general population EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and
Reprocessing) is an evidence-based trauma treatment method. On
small-scale EMDR is used in people with ID and seems to be efficacious
and not placing a load on clients. However research on PTSD
and EMDR in this population is missing so has to be done. Method:
Research on the relationship between life events en mental health
problems in people with ID is listed and analysed. The findings are
compared with the outcomes of single case studies on clients with ID,
treated with EMDR.
Results: Correlational and retrospective analyses
of case files consistently show an association between life events on
one hand and behaviour problems and depression on the other hand.
The only prospective study that is found indicates a causal relationship.
EMDR treatment effects also suggest a causal relationship
between mental health problems and being exposed to overwhelming
events. Conclusions: Further research is necessary to develop evidence
based assessment and treatment procedures for people with ID
who suffer from complaints due to traumatic experiences.
Keywords: ID Intellectual Difficulties Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Symposium
Accuracy Verified: Yes
322. Dutton, P. (2007, September). Trauma in children and young people. Counselling Children and Young People, 1-10.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Trauma might be described in terms of an event
experienced, or the effects or consequences
(symptoms) of the event. In the latter case,
the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-IV-TR1
is the most quoted source for defining post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD). This collection of symptoms
is helpful in indicating when trauma is severe enough
to need serious treatment. Smaller trauma, on the
other hand, is often neglected by therapists, doctors
and the general population as something we just
have to cope with. But the effects of even small
trauma in childhood are seriously accumulative and
often underrated. It is also arguable that untreated
attachment difficulties in early childhood can
increase the likihood of PTSD – but this statement
still rests on anecdotal evidence.
Keywords: Bereavement Children Grief Trauma
Accuracy Verified: Yes
323. White, G. D. (1998, January). Trauma treatment training for Bosnian and Croatian mental health workers. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 68(1), 58-62. doi:10.1037/h0080270.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Trauma treatment training programs were conducted in the former Yugoslavia for Bosnian and Croatian mental health workers. A method was developed for measuring and evaluating compassion fatigue and burnout among the trainees, and an efficient system of international supervision and consultation was implemented. Plans for development of this system to support future training and consultation programs are discussed. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Bosnians Burnout Croats Mental Health Personnel Professional Supervision Professional Training Vicarious Traumatization Yugoslav Wars of Secession
Accuracy Verified: Yes
324. White, G. D. (2002). Trauma treatment training for Bosnian and Croatian mental health workers. In C. R. Figley, (Ed.) Treating compassion fatigue (pp 171-179). New York: Brunner-Routledge.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
Trauma treatment training programs were conducted in the former Yugoslavia for Bosnian and Croatian mental health workers. A method was developed for measuring and evaluating compassion fatigue and burnout among the trainees, and an efficient system of international supervision and consultation was implemented. Plans for development of this system to support future training and consultation programs are discussed. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Bosnians Burnout Croats Mental Health Personnel Professional Supervision Professional Training Vicarious Traumatization Yugoslav Wars of Secession
Accuracy Verified: Yes
325. Luber, M. (1992, Winter). Trauma/abuse memories with a client diagnosed with MPD. EMDR Network Newsletter, 2(3), 6-8.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
Dissociation is the result of overwhelming trauma. The major feature of patients with Dissociative Disorders is a disturbance or alteration in the normally integrative functions of identity, memory, or consciousness (American Psychiatric Association, 1987). “The task of psychotherapy is to re-associate disrupted memory patterns, to restore a continuity of consciousness, and to assimilate the patient’s identity into a unified whole” (Steele, 1988, p. 151).
Keywords: Abuse Memories MPD Multiple Personality Disorder
Accuracy Verified: Yes
326. Shoop, S. A., & Morgan, J. (2000, January 12). Trauma: Harrison’s healing taking time. USA Today, Health.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract:
An alternative treatment - eye movement desensitization and
reprocessing (EMDR) - is gaining acceptance after much initial
skepticism. Recent clinical studies support the controversial
treatment's efficacy, and this year for the first time the International
Society of Traumatic Stress Studies includes EMDR in their
professional guidelines.
Keywords: General George Harrison Overview
Accuracy Verified: Yes
327. Loibl, B. (2009). Traumatherapeutische elemente in der akutphase - Der ansatz des eye movement dezensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)...[Trauma therapeutic elements in the acute phase - The approach of the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)...] . In B. Loibl, Psychische Traumatisierungsprozesse beim Grundschulkind nach Elternsuizid: Ursachen, Warnsignale, Akutmassnahmen [Mental traumatisation the primary school child to parent suicide: causes, warning signs, acute measures] (pp. 70-78), Protestant University of Applied Sciences Dresden, GRIN Verlag für Akademische Texte.
Language: German
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
In der vorliegenden Arbeit geht es im Nähren um die Darstellung dreier Sachverhalte. Zum einen soll das elternbezogenen Bindungsgefüge beleuchtet werden, welches konstitutiv einen Einfluss auf die gesunde biopsychosoziale Entwicklung eines Kindes nimmt. Die irreversible Auflösung dieser fundamentalen Beziehung beansprucht weiterhin die Erörterung des kindlichen Verlusterlebens und des daraus resultierenden physischen, psychischen und sozialen Gefährdungspotenzials. Dahingehend wird besonders eine Betrachtung hinsichtlich der emotionalen Schemata des Trauerns relevant sowie gegenüber den damit korrespondierenten Phänomen der psychischen Traumatisierung. Letztlich wird es von Bedeutung sein, Hilfeinterventionen zu beleuchten, die einer Gefährdung des Kindes entgegenwirken. Da meine berufliche Handlungsfähigkeit im Arbeitsfeld der Notfallversorgung verankert ist, möchte ich diesbezüglich nach der Möglichkeit von Sofortmassnahmen suchen, die unmittelbar nach dem Verlusterlebnis eingeleitet werden können. Hinsichtlich dieser Betrachtungsweise lassen sich zwei thematische Fragestellungen formulieren. (1) Welche Relevanz übt eine Eltern-Kind-Beziehung auf die kindliche Entwicklung aus und inwieweit leitet ihre Auflösung, im Kontext eines Eltersuizides, eine mögliche trauma-basierende, psychopathologische Störung des Kindes ein? (2) Welche Massnahmen der kindlichen Akutbetreuung lassen einen adäquaten Beitrag zur kognitiven und emotionalen Rehabilitierung des Kindes versprechen?
In the present work is in nurturing the image of three issues. On the one hand, the parents moved into bond structures are illuminated, which constitutively takes a biopsychosocial influence on the healthy development of a child. The irreversible resolution of this fundamental relationship claims continue to discuss the child's loss experience and the resulting physical, mental and social potential hazard. To that effect, is a consideration particularly with regard to the emotional patterns of mourning and relevant in relation to the phenomenon of psychological trauma that korrespondierenten. Ultimately, it will be important to shed light on using interventions to counter the threat of the child. Since my professional capacity is rooted in the working field of emergency care, I would look in this regard to the possibility of immediate measures that can be initiated immediately after the loss experience. Regarding this approach can be formulated in two thematic issues. (1) What relevance exerts a parent-child relationship on child development and how far forward its resolution in a context of parental suicide, a possible trauma-based, psycho-pathological disorder of the child? (2) What measures of children's emergency care can be an adequate contribution to cognitive and emotional rehabilitation of the child's promise?
Accuracy Verified: Yes
328. Schubbe, O. (2006). Traumatherapie mit EMDR: Ein handbuch für die ausbildung [Trauma therapy with EMDR: A manual for the training]. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Language: German
Format: Book
Abstract:
"Traumatherapie mit EMDR" ist ein Trainingsmanual für Psychotherapeuten, die sich für eine Ausbildung in dieser Traumaverarbeitungsmethode interessieren oder sie in ihrer therapeutischen Arbeit bereits anwenden. EMDR steht für Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, deutsch: Desensibilisierung und Neubearbeitung mit Augenbewegungen. Es ist eine Technik therapeutischer Traumaverarbeitung und gleichzeitig eine innere Haltung und fast ein kleines Wunder. Die Methode folgt einer klaren Zielorientierung, um dysfunktionale Lernerfahrungen in funktionale verwandeln zu helfen. Ausgegangen wird davon, dass Menschen ein natürlicher Antrieb zu Wachstum und Integration von Erfahrung innewohnt. Der angeleitete EMDR-Prozess unterstützt die genaue Beobachtung und das differenzierte Erleben bewusstseinsfähiger innerer Prozesse und ein nachvollziehendes Verstehen und Akzeptieren von Zusammenhängen. Oft berichten die Klienten von spontanen inneren Einsichten, die sich mit den traumatischen Erinnerungen verbinden und anschließend zu neuen Gefühlen, Gedanken und Handlungen befähigen.
Nach einer Einführung zur allgemeinen Psychotraumatologie und zum theoretischen Hintergrund werden empirische Erfahrungen m it EMDR berichtet.
Der Schwerpunkt des Buches liegt auf der Erläuterung der praktischen Durchführung von EMDR. Dabei werden therapeutische Schwierigkeiten differenziert aufgegriffen, angemessene Umgangsweisen damit dargestellt, professionelles Affektmanagement und ressourcenorientiertes Arbeiten vorgestellt.
"Trauma Therapy with EMDR is a training manual for psychotherapists who are interested in training in this trauma processing method or apply them in their therapeutic work already. EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, German: desensitization and revised edition with eye movements. It is a technique of therapeutic trauma processing, while an inner attitude, and almost a small miracle. The method follows a clear goal orientation, to help transform learning experiences into functional dysfunctional. The starting point is the fact that inherent in a natural human impulse to growth and integration of experience. The guided EMDR process supports the close monitoring and the differentiated experience of becoming conscious of inner processes and understand understanding and accepting connections. Often, clients report of spontaneous internal insights that are combined with the traumatic memories and then to new feelings, thoughts and actions qualify.
After a general introduction to psychological trauma and the theoretical background, empirical experience w ith EMDR are reported.
The focus of the book is on explaining the practical application of EMDR. These therapeutic difficulties are addressed differentiated, appropriate ways of dealing presented thus presented professional resource-management and emotional work.
Keywords: Trauma
Accuracy Verified: Yes
329. Figley, C. R. (1996). Traumatic death: Treatment implications. In K. K. Doka (Ed.), Living with grief after sudden loss: Suicide, homicide, accident, heart attack, stroke. (pp. 91-102). Washington, DC, US: Hospice Foundation of America; Taylor & Francis.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
[reminds] grief counselors and traumatologists about the dangers of overspecialization / emphasizes that each approach offers unique strengths that should be synthesized
evolution of modern thanatology / grief counseling / trauma counseling / death and trauma / generic treatment approaches / family treatment approaches [family guidance and therapy model, the Rochester model] / individually-oriented approaches [eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), thought field therapy (TFT), visual/kinesthetic disassociation (V/KD), traumatic incident reduction (TIR)] (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Counseling Counselors Death and Dying Emotional Trauma Grief Professional Specialization Treatment
Accuracy Verified: No
330. Wesselmann, D. (2007). Treating attachment Issues through EMDR and a family systems approach. In F. Shaprio, F. W. Kaslow, & L. Maxfield (Eds.), Handbook of EMDR and family therapy processes (pp.113-130). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
The difficult behaviors exhibited by children who meet the criteria for a diagnosis of Reactive Attachment Disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) can be challenging to both parents and professionals. Utilizing the point of view of three models--attachment, Adaptive Information Processing, and family systems--can enhance the clinician's understanding of attachment-related symptoms. Although the models hold shared views, each brings an additional piece of the puzzle to case conceptualization and treatment planning. Family systems therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy are different but complementary approaches to improving attachment relationships. Some general treatment strategies combining a family systems approach with an EMDR approach that are helpful in working with families affected by disturbed parent-child attachments are presented here. Case examples and a concluding discussion complete the chapter. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Adaptive Information Processing AIP Attachment Attachment Disorders Cognitive Processes Family Systems Approach Family Systems Theory Family Therapy RAD Reactive Attachment Disorder Treatment Strategies
Accuracy Verified: Yes
331. Paulsen, S. (2008). Treating dissociative identity disorder with EMDR, ego state therapy, and adjunct approaches. In C. Forgash and M. Copeley, (Eds.) Healing the heart of trauma and dissociation with EMDR and ego state therapy (pp. 141-179). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract:
Therapists who choose to work with clients with dissociative identity disorder (DID) enter into the complex, confusing worlds of some of the most wounded clients they will ever encounter. For that very reason, they are the people who are most in need of our best personal and professional resources: our deepest compassion, our most enduring patience, our courage, and our best technical strategies--offered to not just one personality, but many parts of the psyche within a single individual. Those parts are at war with one another, and it is up to the therapist to show the way to peace. This chapter shares three case studies examining using EMDR, ego state therapy, and adjunct approaches to treat DID. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Dissociation Ego State Therapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
332. Cooke, L. J., & Grand, C. (2006, September). Treating eating disorders using EMDR and its variations. Presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
This is a three-hour program designed for the
EMDR professional who is interested in learning
about using EMDR with clients with eating disorders. Attendees will receive updated, current
treatment approaches, with the latest research on
attachment and its impact on early brain
development. The program will describe how
early brain development relates to the
development of eating disorders. Trauma's impact
on the body will be reviewed. Trauma's impact
on emotion regulation and the management of
affect will be discussed. Participants will learn to integrate EMDR into a phase oriented treatment approach through the following techniques:
Variations of EMDR for symptom reduction and
stabilization in eating disorder treatment;
Resource development for affect regulation;
Identification of triggers and targets for standard
EMDR protocol; Working with future templates
for relapse prevention using EMDR.
Keywords: Eating Disorders
Accuracy Verified: Yes
333. Armstrong, M. (1998). Treating trauma with focusing and EMDR. The Folio: A Journal for Focusing and Experiential Therapy, 17(1), 23-30.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
"..at least 20% of American women and 5% of American men have experienced some form of sexual abuse in childhood.. without regard to race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status."
(APA Working Group on Investigation of Memories of Childhood Abuse - Final Report, 1996 p.20)
This statement from the American Psychological Association gives a conservative estimate for the prevalence of child sexual abuse in our society. In Canada, the federal government commissioned the 1984 Badgley Report on Sexual Offences Against Children and Youth. It found that as many as one in two females and one in three males under the age of 21 years reported experiencing some sort of unwanted sexual touching by a perpetrator older than themselves. Yet, thirty years ago child abuse was considered rare. Child sexual abuse was thought to be practically non-existent. Child psychiatrists had never heard of it. There was nothing in the academic literature and there were no statistics or studies available about this unacknowledged endemic problem. (Steed, 1994.)
Keywords: Focusing
Accuracy Verified: Yes
334. Institute of Medicine, Committee on Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (2008). Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: An assessment of the evidence. The National Academies Press, Washington, D. C. Retrieved from http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11955.html on 1/16/2009.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract:
This report was commissioned by the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) to assess the scientific evidence on treatment modalities for Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD). Reviewing the PTSD treatment
literature dating back to 1980, the year the disorder was first defined
by
the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association,
proved to be a challenging task. Assessing the outcomes of treatment
depends entirely upon the self-report of those affected, without “objective”
measures such as laboratory tests or imaging. Treatment modalities
and research methods used in their evaluation have been in continuous
development. The last 30 years have also seen dramatic changes in the way
scientific evidence has been assessed in general with emerging international
standards for conducting systematic qualitative and quantitative reviews
that are quite different from the methods used in the 1980s when research
on the treatment of PTSD began.
In applying a rigorous approach to the assessment of evidence that
meets today’s standards, the committee identified significant gaps in the
evidence that made it impossible to reach conclusions establishing the
efficacy
of most treatment modalities. This result was unexpected and may
surprise VA and others interested in the disorder. Important treatment
decisions for most modalities will need to be made without a strong body of evidence meeting current standards (the committee summarizes clinical
practice guidelines developed by others in the face of this scientific uncertainty).
This overall conclusion of scientific inadequacy is not a clinical
practice recommendation or guideline. It is also not a judgment on the quality
of the research in this field using methods acceptable at the time. The
overall conclusion also adds urgency to the committee’s recommendations
for a more strategic research effort that defines the relevant populations
and subpopulations; develops and tests treatment modalities alone and in
combination, in individual and group formats (for psychotherapy), and of
various intensities and durations; uses the latest and most rigorous methods
for designing and executing study protocols; and follows all study participants
through the end of treatment and for meaningful periods thereafter.
The committee was also struck by the scant evidence exploring some of
the possibly unique aspects of PTSD in veterans. For the most part we cannot
say whether the treatment of PTSD in veterans should be the same as in
civilians, and whether important subpopulations of veterans defined by age,
sex, trauma type, socioeconomic status, educational level, comorbidities,
and brain injury should be treated the same or differently.
The committee could only conclude that well-designed research is
needed to answer the key questions regarding the efficacy of treatment
modalities in veterans. Success will depend on the collaboration of VA and
other government agencies, researchers, clinicians, and patient and veterans’
groups and will further require the continued support and attention of
policymakers and the public. The individuals returning from current conflicts
and now re-entering civilian life with this disorder deserve no less.
Alfred O. Berg, Chair
The committee concludes that the evidence is inadequate to determine
the efficacy of the following psychotherapy modalities in the treatment
of PTSD:
• EMDR
• cognitive restructuring
• coping skills training [Extracted from p. 9).
Keywords: Posttraumtic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
335. Committee on Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Institute of Medicine (2008). Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: An assessment of the evidence. National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine(IOM), Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.
Language: English
Format: Publication
Abstract:
This report was commissioned by the Department of Veterans Affairs to assess the
scientific evidence on treatment modalities for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Reviewing
the PTSD treatment literature dating back to 1980, the year the disorder was first defined by the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association, proved to be a
challenging task. Assessing the outcomes of treatment depends entirely upon the self-report of
those affected, without “objective” measures such as laboratory tests or imaging. Treatment
modalities and research methods used in their evaluation have been in continuous development.
The last 30 years have also seen dramatic changes in the way scientific evidence has been
assessed in general with emerging international standards for conducting systematic qualitative
and quantitative reviews that are quite different from the methods used in the 1980s when
research on the treatment of PTSD began.
Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Accuracy Verified: Yes
336. Schnurr, P. P. (2008, Summer). Treatments for PTSD: Understanding the evidence - Psychotherapy. PTSD Research Quarterly, 19(3), 1-3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract:
The first practice guideline for PTSD was published in 2000 by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). Guidelines produced by the American Psychiatric Association and the US Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense followed later, along with guidelines by groups in the United Kingdom and Australia (see Kilpatrick’s column, this issue, for information about PTSD treatment guidelines and references for these works). Psychotherapy figures prominently in these guidelines, especially treatments that are based on cognitive-behavioral techniques. A lot of research has appeared since 2000, so much that the ISTSS is issuing an updated guideline in 2008.
This article describes key issues to consider in interpreting the underlying literature on psychotherapy (Schnurr, 2007) and suggests articles for readers who want to read the original sources to find out which techniques are most effective. The focus is on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and recent publications, although the bibliography includes a few references to older studies as well.
Keywords: Evidence Base Psychotherapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
337. Chambless, D. L., Baker, M. J., Baucom, D. H., Beutler, L. E., Calhoun, K. S., Crits-Christoph, P., Daiuto, A., DeRubeis, R., Detweiler, J., Haaga, D. A. F., Bennett Johnson, S., McCurry, S., Mueser, K. T., Pope, K. S., Sanderson, W. C., Shoham, V., Stickle, T., Williams, D. A., & Woody, S. R. (1998, Winter). Update on empirically validated therapies, II. Clinical Psychologist, 51(1), 3-16.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
According to a taskforce of the Clinical Division of the American Psychological Association, the only methods empirically supported for the treatment of any post-traumatic stress disorder population were EMDR, exposure therapy, and stress inoculation therapy.
Keywords: Treatment Guidelines
Accuracy Verified: Yes
338. Salomonsen, L. J., Skovgaard, L., la Cour, S., Nyborg. L., Launsø, L., & Fønnebø, V. (2011, January). Use of complementary and alternative medicine at Norwegian and Danish hospitals. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 11, 4. doi:10.1186/1472-6882-11-4.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Background: Several studies have found that a high proportion of the population in western countries use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). However, little is known about whether CAM is offered in hospitals. The aim of this study was to describe to what extent CAM is offered in Norwegian and Danish hospitals and investigate possible changes in Norway since 2001.
Methods: A one-page questionnaire was sent to all included hospitals in both countries. The questionnaire was sent to the person responsible for the clinical activity, typically the medical director. 99 hospitals in the authority (85%) in Norway and 126 in Denmark (97%) responded. Given contact persons were interviewed.
Results: CAM is presently offered in about 50% of Norwegian hospitals and one-third of Danish hospitals. In Norway CAM was offered in 50 hospitals, 40 of which involved acupuncture. 19 hospitals gave other alternative therapies like biofeedback, hypnosis, cupping, ear-acupuncture, herbal medicine, art therapy, homeopathy, reflexology, thought field therapy, gestalt therapy, aromatherapy, tai chi, acupressure, yoga, pilates and other. 9 hospitals offered more than one therapy form. In Denmark 38 hospitals offered acupuncture and one Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Light Therapy. The most commonly reported reason for offering CAM was scientific evidence in Denmark. In Norway it was the interest of a hospital employee, except for acupuncture where the introduction is more often initiated by the leadership and is more based on scientific evidence of effect. All persons (except one) responsible for the alternative treatment had a medical or allied health professional background and their education/training in CAM treatment varied substantially.
Conclusions: The extent of CAM being offered has increased substantially in Norway during the first decade of the 21st century. This might indicate a shift in attitude regarding CAM within the conventional health care system.
Keywords: Alternative Medicine Complementary Medicine Denmark Norway
Accuracy Verified: Yes
339. Klaus, P. H. (1995, June). The use of EMDR in medical and somatic problems. Presentation at the EMDR Network Conference, Santa Monica, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Patients facing medical problems present for psychotherapy with a variety of concerns which include: distress or fears about
the illness or condition itself (i.e., cancer, need for surgery, etc.); anxiety about various aspects of the treatment they need to
undergo; and some have trepidation about interaction with medical personnel. At the same time, patients may also be
concerned about the strength or weakness of their bodies to heal.
In addition, many patients suffer from chronic conditions which occur in either acute or chronic episodes and undermine
their lives, leaving them feeling debilitated and less functional than desired (i.e., asthma, migraine, functional bowel
distress, PMS). Some aspects of illness may be the result of somatization due to childhood trauma, secondary gain,
unconscious need to mask strong negative affect; Dissociative disorders or conversion reactions; as well as acute or chronic
stress.
History-taking includes, 1) a description of the condition, 2) the patient's perceptions or beliefs about the illness, 3) the
patient's experience with the medical system, 4) the patient's medical and personal goals. Personal history should include,
1) current life issues and past stressors, 2) significant life events, as well as the patient's pattern of coping. EMDR in
association with other psychotherapeutic techniques such as hypnosis is useful in the following ways; A) to desensitize
negative or traumatic events associated with medical treatments; B) to uncover as appropriate, stress-related or
psychological factors which may either exacerbate or be causal to the condition; C) to more quickly gain access to
underlying factors which may block healing; D) to activate the patient's own potential to heal; E) to enable the patient to
project oneself with hope into the future. Specific cases using EMDR along with other psychotherapeutic techniques will be
presented.
Keywords: Medical Problems Somatic Problems
Accuracy Verified: Yes
340. 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
341. Kaya, F. (2010, June). The use of EMDR with professional actors. In Experimental use of EMDR. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Hamburg, Germany.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
EMDR has been used and known to be effective in
performance psychology area. Although there have been studies
for performance enhancement with EMDR, specific studies
regarding performance enhancement of actors are limited. In
this presentation, a new study with EMDR for performance enhancement
with professional actors will be proposed.
45 professional actors who were acting on stage and in front
of the camera with a minimum 3 years of experience were the
subjects of the current study. A survey was designed and used
in order to evaluate the subjective performance level (SPL) before
and after the end of the sessions. Due to the performance
evaluation of the actor, two different protocols was used. The
protocol for performance enhancement with EMDR was applied
to 23 actors and the protocol for cracking performance blocks
with EMDR was applied to 22 actors. The results of the survey
suggest that both the protocols have affected the subjective
performance level of the actors, and EMDR may be effective
means of providing performance enhancement of professional
actors. The case samples will be presented and the theoretical
issues concerning the current study will be discussed.
Keywords: Professional Actors Symposium
Accuracy Verified: Yes
342. Blore, D. C. (1996, May). Use of eye movement to reduce stress after trauma. Nursing Times, 92(18), 43-45.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract:
In 1987 an accidental discovery revealed an association between certain eye movements and reduced levels of distress resulting from traumatic memories. The result was a new psychological intervention, eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR). The treatment consists of generating rapid and rhythmic eye movements while simultaneously holding traumatic images, thoughts and emotions in the active memory. This paper describes the experiences of one psychotherapist in using EMDR to treat people with PTSD. 6 case studies illustrate aspects of this complex treatment. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Adults British Industrial Accidents Personal Narrative Posttramatic Stress Disorder Psychologists PTSD Review Stressors Survivors Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
343. Leeds, A. M. (1999, May). Using EMDR in complex PTSD and adult attachment disorders. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
"Using EMDR in Complex PTSD and Adult Attachment Disorders" was presented as a part of a symposium organized by Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D with additional papers by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., Friedhelm Lamprecht, MD and Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D., at the 1999 American Psychiatric Association (May 19) in Washington, DC.
This talk frames the use of Resource Development and Installation in the larger historical context of ego strengthening and briefly reviews theoretical and neurobiological correlates hypothesized to be involved in the application of RDI. The case material presented is similar to that presented in 1997 and 1998 EMDRIA presentations.
Keywords: Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Complex PTSD C-PTSD RDI Resource Development and Installation Symposium
Accuracy Verified: Yes
344. Demick, I. (2007, Juin). Utilisation du dispositif tac/audioscan (neurotek) dans la traitement des migraines [Use of the tac/audioscan machine (neurotek) in treatment of migraines]. Document présenté à la réunion annuelle de l'Association EMDR Europe, Paris, France.
Language: French
Format: Conference
Abstract:
Ce qui suit est une procédure expérimentale proposée comme traitement préliminaire pour les patients souffrant de migraines chroniques qui nécessitent de repos total, le retrait de tous active sociale et professionnelle et qui doivent être traités par des médicaments. Cette procédure utilise l'EMDR, l'hypnose et la relaxation et est destiné aux patients souffrant de douleur chronique (symptômes connus et traités depuis cinq à 10 ans).
Les trois composantes de la migraine sont les suivants: MENTALE - expressions de l'impuissance, la solitude, le rejet, l'épuisement physique et psychique, perte de contrôle; émotionnel - la dépression, la colère, la peur, et physique - les sensations physiques, dans des séquences fluctuant évalué entre 6 et 10 sur le échelle de la douleur.
La durée moyenne de ce traitement est de 4 mois pour 6 consultations.
L'objectif du traitement est de rétablir la confiance du patient par l'amélioration physique et bien-être psychologique.
Le principe cliniques: Le patient
douloureux chronique alterne entre le désespoir, la peur de ne jamais trouver un remède (un état mental qui peut être provoquée par l'entourage familial et médical), de la colère contre une histoire personnelle qui peut être amené le syndrome douloureux ( maltraitance parentale ou de l'absence, accident, intervention chirurgicale), l'épuisement physique et l'espoir qu'il ya encore la possibilité d'une guérison. Il est donc important de transmettre un message d'espoir et de la vision d'un traitement qui implique les patients avec son physique, émotionnelle, les ressources psychiques. Explication de la souffrance comme une accumulation de facteurs de stress et le cerveau comme ayant la possibilité de solution, il est proposé au patient de se concentrer sur cette partie du corps qui «parle» dans le phénomène de la douleur. Le patient entend »ou« sent »le mouvement alternatif du Tac / machine Audioscan (Neurotek) tout en étant assuré de la physique et bien-être psychique au cours du traitement.
Le principe neuropsychologiques:
Le patient se concentrer sur la "douloureuse" zone associés sensorielle, psychique souvenirs conscients et inconscients; ces souvenirs traités progressivement par le mouvement de la Tac / machine Audioscan qui fonctionne comme un balayage interne pour éliminer les tensions et à intégrer mental, émotionnel, physique et informations par les chaînes successives.
The following is an experimental procedure proposed as preliminary treatment for patients suffering from chronic migraines which require total rest, withdrawal from all social and professional activates and which must be treated by medication. This procedure used the EMDR, hypnosis and relaxation and is intended for patients suffering from chronic pain (symptoms known and treated since five to 10 years).
The three components of the migraines are: MENTAL – expressions of impotence, loneliness, rejection, physical and psychic exhaustion, loss of control; EMOTIONAL – depression, anger, fear; and PHYSICAL – physical feelings in fluctuating sequences evaluated between 6 and 10 on the pain scale.
The average duration for this treatment is 4 months for 6 consultations.
The objective of the treatment is to restore the patient’s confidence by improving physical and psychological well-being.
The clinical principle:
The chronic painful patient alternates between despair, fear of never finding a cure (a mental state which may be provoked by the family and medical entourage), anger against a personal history which may have cause the painful syndrome (parental maltreatment or absence, accident, surgical operation), physical exhaustion and hope that there is still the possibility for a cure. It is therefore important to transmit a message of hope and the vision of a treatment which involves the patients with his physical, emotional, psychic resources. Explaining the suffering as an accumulation of stressful factors and the brain as having the possibility of solution, it is proposed to the patient to concentrate on that part of the body which 'speaks’ in the phenomenon of pain. The patient ‘hears’ or ‘feels’ the alternative movement of the Tac/Audioscan machine (Neurotek) while being assured of the physical and psychic well-being during the treatment.
The neuropsychological principle:
The patient’s concentration on the “painful zone” associates sensory, psychic conscious and unconscious memories; these memories treated progressively by the movement of the Tac/Audioscan machine which operates like an internal sweeping to eliminate tensions and to integrate mental, emotional, and physical information by successive channels.
Keywords: Medical Illness Migraines
Accuracy Verified: Yes
345. Rosen, G. (1997, September). Welch's comments on Shapiro's walk in the woods and the origin of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 28(3), 247-249 doi:10.1016/S0005-7916(97)00013-X.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Welch's (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 27, 175-179, 1996) response to Rosen's (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 26, 121-122, 1995) limited study on the origin of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) does not resolve how best to interpret what Shapiro experienced during her reported walk in the woods. References cited by Welch actually argue against the conclusions he advances. [Author Summary]
Keywords: Cognitive Processes Comment Effects Etiology Professional Criticism Reply Stressors Survivors Treatment Effectiveness
Accuracy Verified: Yes
346. Blech, S. A. (2007). Welcome. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 1(1), 3. doi:10.1891/1933-3196.1.1.3.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
The Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
International Association (EMDRIA) is
proud to introduce this fi rst issue of the Journal
of EMDR Practice and Research. We think that you will
be pleased with this quarterly, peer-reviewed publication
devoted to integrative, state-of-the-art papers
about EMDR. It is a broadly conceived interdisciplinary
journal that stimulates and communicates
research and theory about EMDR, and their application
to clinical practice. Dr. Louise Maxfi eld, a distinguished
EMDR researcher and author, is the editor
and is supported by an outstanding group of international
professionals who serve as the editorial board.
Keywords: Goals of Journal Journal Welcome
Accuracy Verified: Yes
347. Greenwald, R., & Shapiro, F. (2011). What Is EMDR? Concluding Commentary by Greenwald and Response by Shapiro. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 5(1), 2-13. doi:10.1891/1933-3196.5.1.25.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
This Point/Counterpoint concludes the interchange in Greenwald, R. and Shapiro, F. (2010) What is EMDR?: Commentary by Greenwald and Invited Response by Shapiro Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 4, 170-179. Greenwald Rejoinder: In this rejoinder, I highlight areas of agreement between Shapiro and me that were obscured by Shapiro's (2010) response to my (Greenwald, 2010) commentary. I also address some of the erroneous statements made by Shapiro (2010) in her arguments against my positions. Finally, I summarize our disagreements, and again assert that until we have an empirical basis for preferring a particular theoretical model of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), it is premature for professional organizations to endorse Shapiro's model. Shapiro Response: In response to Greenwald, I again confine myself to addressing some of the errors and misconceptions in his arguments in relation to important aspects of EMDR therapy, theory, and research. Further, contrary to his assertion, there is already a sufficient empirical basis to support the preferential use of the adaptive information processing (AIP) model from which the EMDR procedures were formulated. His argument against this position is antithetical to the traditional process by which foundational models are challenged, refined, or replaced. Implications are salient to both training and practice.
Keywords: Adaptive Information Processing AIP Model Psychotherapy Research
Accuracy Verified: Yes
348. Greenwald, R., & Shapiro, F. (2010). What is EMDR?: Commentary by Greenwald and invited response by Shapiro. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 4(4), 170-179. doi:10.1891/19333196.4.4.170 .
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Greenwald: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has already been defi ned by at least
one EMDR-focused professional association as inextricably based on Shapiro’s (2001) eight-phase protocol
and adaptive information processing (AIP) model. This commentary argues that given the lack of
data supporting an exclusive preference for Shapiro’s constructs, EMDR’s defi nition should not preclude
legitimate alternative conceptualizations. Since defi nitions may be used for many inclusive and exclusive
purposes with impact on EMDR’s development, dissemination, practice, and reputation, EMDR’s defi nition
should be reconsidered. Shapiro : Greenwald’s arguments and suggested redefi nition are examined in
relation to EMDR research, theory and practice. As evaluated in numerous studies, EMDR is a distinct,
eight-phase integrative psychotherapy approach that consists of numerous procedures and protocols,
which were formulated and are conducted in accordance with the principles of the AIP model. Research
and published clinical case reports have validated both its utility and predictions of positive treatment
outcomes with a variety of populations. Professional implications are explored.
Keywords: Adaptive Information Processing AIP Phase Model Psychotherapy Trauma
Accuracy Verified: Yes
349. York, C. (2004, June). Why do we need EMDR professional associations? A historical perspective. Plenary presented at the EMDR Europe Association annual meeting, Stockholm, Sweden .
Language: English
Format: Conference
Keywords: Plenary Professional Association
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350. Dutton, P. (2004). Will someone tell me the truth about EMDR?. Presentation at the British Psychological Society Scottish Branch Annual Conference, Pitlochry, Scotland.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract:
There is considerable controversy about Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and publications, even the esteemed 'The Psychologist’ have shed very little light on EMDR or the political and professional jealousies surrounding it. Rather than debate the technicalities of the studies purporting to indicate effectiveness of EMDR, this paper will illustrate with practical examples how one obtains miserable failures and spectacular successes in everyday clinical practice.
It will contrast this by describing international work with survivors of tragedies and disasters including the Dunblane shooting, the Turkish Earthquakes in 1999 and the devastation of a community after the demolition of a school in San Giuliano di Puglia, Italy, during an earthquake.
It will ask why we measure disaster in terms of deaths, not survivors, noting reports from 9-11 and asking what we might do for Beslan and the Russian survivors and future disasters.
Accuracy Verified: Yes
351. Woltereck, B. (2001). Zur anwendung von EMDR in der einzelsupervision bzw. im coaching [For the application of EMDR in individual supervision and in coaching]. Institut fur Traumatherapie.
Language: German
Format: Other
Abstract:
Coaching verstehe ich in diesem Zusammenhang als einen Teilbereich der Einzelsupervision: es ist eine verheißungsvollere und verkaufsfördernde Bezeichnung dessen, was zuvor unter "Leitungssupervision" verstanden wurde (vgl. "Supervision und Coaching - Gleiches Angebot mit unterschiedlicher Aufschrift?", in: DGSv aktuell 4.2000, Köln, 2000, S.1-10).
Ich werde hier Einzelsupervision, Supervision und Coaching synonym verwenden.
Supervision will as well as coaching the professional competence of supervisees at the intersection of different factors: optimizing them accordingly serve the qualification, optimization and reflection of the professional action.
Coaching I understand in this context as a part of individual supervision: it is an auspicious and promotional description of what was previously understood as "management supervision" (see "Supervision and Coaching - The same offer with different words?", In: DGSv currently 4.2000 , Cologne, 2000, p.1-10).
Keywords: Coaching Supervision
Accuracy Verified: Yes
352. Seidler, G. H., Feurer, D. C., Wagner, F. E., & Micka, R. (2003). Zur frage der anwendung von EMDR beischädel-hirn-traumatisierten [On the question of EMDR in the treatment of brain-injury patients]. Zeitschrift für Psychotraumatologie und Psychologische Medizin, 1(3), 35-45.
Language: German
Format: Journal
Abstract:
Behandlung psychotraumatischer belastungsstörungen mit EMDR
Literaturbefunde und eigene klinische Erfahrungen zeigen, dass bei einer großen Anzahl von Schädel- Hirn-Traumatisierten die komorbide Diagnose einer ASD oder einer PTSD vergeben werden muss. Die Entstehung von Intrusionen kann unterschiedlich plausibilisiert werden. Die Autoren schlagen als Erweiterung bestehender Ansätze dazu die Möglichkeit "phantasmatischer Intrusionen" vor, als Ausdruck bildhafter Ausgestaltungen der erlebten Todesgefahr. Kasuistisch wird die erfolgreiche Anwendung von EMDR gezeigt. Es werden bestimmte Modifikationen vorgeschlagen, mit denen ein möglicherweise für diese Gruppe von Patientinnen und Patienten charakteristischer Assoziationsprozess in Gang kommen kann.
Literary findings as well as our own clinical experiences show that a large number of patients with head injuries had to be additionally diagnosed with either ASD or PTSD. The formation of intrusions can be interpreted differently. The authors propose possible "phantasmatic intrusions" as an enhancement of current approaches for the pictorial forms of the experienced life-threatening danger. A case report shows the successful use of EMDR. Certain modifications are proposed in which the characteristic association process for this group of patients can be launched. [Author Summary]
Keywords: Acute Stress Disorder ASD Head Injuries Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Survivors
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353. Rosen, G. M., & Davison, G. C. (2001, October). “Echo attributions” and other risks when publishing on novel therapies without peer review. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57(10), 1245–1250. doi:10.1002/jclp.1092.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract:
A special series on Thought Field Therapy in the Journal of Clinical Psychology
provides an opportunity for psychologists to learn about techniques
and theories outside the mainstream of our field. Unfortunately, by
publishing this series of manuscripts without meeting the standards of
peer review, the Journal also provides an avenue for the misuse of its good
reputation and the improper promotion of untested methods. “Echo attributions”
can be made whereby an author attributes the source of his own
words to the professional journal in which the text appears. Historical
examples illustrate that such misuse of scientific journals and institutions
occurs. A formal statement of guidelines is needed to instruct authors on
appropriate versus unethical representations of their publications.
Keywords: Echo Attributions Power Therapies TFT Thought Field Therapy
Accuracy Verified: Yes
354. Vilaseca, G. A. (2010, Octubre/Noviembre). ¿Cómo ejercer el rol profesional sin sufrir en el intento? [How to exercise without suffering professional role in the attempt?]. Taller en el II Congreso Iberoamericano de EMDR y Psicotrauma, Quito, Ecuador.
Language: Spanish
Format: Conference
Accuracy Verified: Yes