Anxiety/Panic/Phobias Archives

EMDR Solutions: Pathways to Healing (W. W. Norton, 2005)

Fifteen examples of therapeutic strategy, clinical insight, and step-by-step instructions for implementing a particular EMDR solution.

Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of specific phobias: Four single case studies on dental phobia (Journal of Clinical Psychology)

A series of single-case experiments was used to evaluate the application of EMDR to traumatically induced dental phobia.

EMDR and the role of the clinician in psychotherapy evaluation: Towards a more comprehensive integration of science and practice (Journal of Clinical Psychology)

Three case series in which EMDR and psychotherapy evaluation was applied to treatment of complex PTSD, phobias, and chronic pain.

The use of hypnosis and EMDR combined with energy therapies in the treatment of phobias and dissociative, posttraumatic stress, and eating disorders (Norton, 2002)

Chapter on energy therapies covering integrative approaches that combine modalities into a unified plan, such as EMDR.

Fear and anxiety: animal models and human cognitive psychophysiology (Journal of Affective Disorders)

Analysis of emotional information processing, emphasizing the neural foundations that underlie the experience and expression of fear.

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.

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 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.

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.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and the Anxiety Disorders: Clinical and Research Implications of an Integrated Psychotherapy Treatment (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

This article by Francine Shapiro describes the procedures and protocols that are believed to contribute to EMDR’s clinical effects and can be applied to EMDR treatment and research of anxiety disorders.

Does EMDR work? And if so, why?: A critical review of controlled outcome and dismantling research (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

EMDR appears to be effective in reducing at least some distress relative to no-treatment for anxiety, panic disorder, and PTSD.

Treatment of choking phobia by targeting traumatic memories with EMDR: A case study (Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)

Two therapy sessions of EMDR produced a lasting decrease in symptomatology of choking phobia, characterized by fear/avoidance of swallowing.

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