EMDR Therapists Archives

Integrative psychotherapy: Combining ego-state therapy, clinical hypnosis, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in a psychosocial developmental context (Journal of Clinical Hypnosis)

This paper explores how EMDR combines ego-state therapy with eye movements (EMs) to produce a powerful psychotherapy method.

EMDR for panic disorder with agoraphobia: Comparison with waiting list and credible attention-placebo control conditions (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)

EMDR for panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA) was compared with waiting list and credible attention-placebo control groups.

Self-healing aspects of EMDR: The therapeutic change process and perspectives of integrated psychotherapies (Journal of Psychotherapy Integration)

Self-healing using EMDR is discussed from the perspectives of other psychotherapeutic approaches to understand the contribution of EMDR.

Incorporating EMDR and EMDR adaptations into the treatment of clients with dissociative identity disorder (Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

Suggested uses of EMDR and EMDR adaptations to intervene in multiple reality disorder, provide a safe format for processing traumatic material.

Single session treatment of test anxiety with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) (International Journal of Stress Management)

One session of EMDR appeared to be an effective treatment for test anxiety, reducing physiological distress & fears of negative evaluation.

Treatment of chronic phantom limb pain using a trauma-focused psychological approach (Pain Research and Management)

Results suggest substantial long-term reduction of chronic phantom limb pain can be achieved following psychological intervention like EMDR.

Using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to reduce cocaine cravings (American Journal of Psychiatry)

Letter to the editor hypothesizing that drug cravings, like disturbing thoughts, might be reduced through EMDR.

EMDR and Psychotherapy Integration: Theoretical and Clinical Suggestions with Focus on Traumatic Stress (CRC Press, 1999)

This text elaborates on Shapiro’s Accelerated Information Processing (AIP) model in what author Howard Lipke, Ph.D. calls the Four Activity Model (FAM) of Psychotherapy which advances the integration of EMDR with other psychotherapies.

The effectiveness of EMDR with adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse (Social Work Research)

A randomized experimental evaluation found support for EMDR in reducing trauma among adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Treatment of specific phobias with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Protocol, empirical status and conceptual issues (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

Empirical status of EMDR as a treatment method for specific phobias, along with some conceptual and practical issues in relation to its use.

A single session, group study of exposure and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in treating posttraumatic stress disorder among Vietnam war veterans: Preliminary data (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

Vietnam War veterans diagnosed with PTSD received a single session of exposure or EMDR focusing on their most distressing war experience.

The Contributions of Eye Movements to the Efficacy of Brief Exposure Treatment for Reducing Fear of Public Speaking (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

Seventy-one undergraduate psychology students with fear of public speaking were administered eye movements to reduce fear.

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