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EMDR in the Treatment of Chronic Pain (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Chronic pain can diminish life quality, causing depression/anxiety/sleep disturbances & impact neuroplastic processes that influence pain modulation.

This report describes and evaluates an EMDR treatment of chronic phantom limb pain with extensive follow-up.

Reviews of literature on EMDR treatment of somatic complaints and Shapiro’s AIP model in the treatment of phantom limb pain.

Five cases of phantom limb pain were treated with EMDR with pain completely eliminated, or reduced to a negligible level.

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

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

This study explores the efficacy of EMDR in the management of acute pain induced by hand exposures to ice water.