Anxiety/Panic/Phobias Archives

Treating phobic children: Effects of EMDR versus exposure (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology)

This study examined the efficacy of EMDR and exposure in the treatment of a twenty-six spider phobic children.

Clients with panic disorders received either EMDR, no eye movement, or wait list. EMDR was more effective, however results didn’t last.

Dissertation to determine the effect EMDR has as a treatment protocol on work-related stressors (job insecurity, work/life balance, etc.).

EMDR has no additional value in treatment of this type of animal phobia, for which exposure in vivo is the treatment of choice.

The present study examined the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of spider phobic subjects.

Twenty-eight subjects from a university with stress/trauma were selected to receive either EMDR or a visual (non-movement) placebo.

Example of EMDR for panic disorder details of a recent case with significant decrease in anticipatory anxiety within two sessions.

Two claustrophobic subjects were treated with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) a treatment for induced anxiety disorders.

Eye movement and expectancy variables were tested through one-hour sessions with 41 undergraduate subjects with test anxiety.

Two spider phobics were first treated with Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and then received an exposure in vivo session.

We treated two medical phobic subjects with eye movement desensitization (EMD). Using detailed images of fear-related events.

Three complex cases are presented on the applicability of eye movement desensitization (EMD) for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).