External Resource Archives

Redefining trauma and its hidden connections: Identifying and reprocessing the experiential contributors to a wide variety of disorders (Norton, 2013)

Francine Shapiro offers a psychotherapy model to heal trauma, through Adaptive Information Processing, EMDR therapy & therapeutic presence.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Guilford, 2013)

Wesselmann/Shapiro describe how eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy can help complex trauma in children & adolescents.

What is the role of eye movements in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? A review (Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy)

Evidence was found suggesting bilateral stimulation increases access to episodic memories and that it could act on working memory.

EMDR Part Two: Clinical Opinions Regarding the Safety of using EMDR to Process Traumatic Material During a Subsequent Pregnancy to Treat PTSD (childbirth onset) (Lamaze)

Kathy Morelli shares the second part of her series on EMDR, and exams clinical opinions on the safety of EMDR as a treatment modality.

Part One of Two: EMDR as a Treatment Modality for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (Childbirth Onset) During a Subsequent Pregnancy (Lamaze)

Kathy Morelli, and provides some insight into a mode of therapy, EMDR, that can help women deal with birth trauma.

Cognitive behaviour therapy versus eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for post-traumatic disorder – Is it all in the homework then? (European Review of Applied Psychology)

The aim of the present meta-analysis was to determine whether there are any differences between these two treatments with respect to efficacy and efficiency in treating PTSD.

EMDR and early psychological intervention following trauma (European Review of Applied Psychology)

EMDR Early Intervention may provide a window of opportunity for a brief intervention to prevent complications and strengthen resilience.

The EMDR integrative group treatment protocol: EMDR group treatment for early intervention following critical incidents (Revue Européenne de Psychologie Appliquée)

An overview of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP) that has been used since 1998 with both children and adults.

EMDR as a treatment for improving attachment status in adults and children (European Review of Applied Psychology/Revue Europeenne De Psychologies Appliquee)

EMDR and family therapy team model was used to improve attachment and symptoms in a child with a history of relational loss and trauma.

EMDR therapy: An overview of current and future research (European Review of Applied Psychology)

EMDR therapy research over the past decade has addressed eye movements, mechanism of action and comparisons with other forms of therapy.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in the treatment of victims of domestic violence: A pilot study (European Review of Applied Psychology)

Study comparing EMDR, eclectic psychotherapy, and control group for reducing PTSD symptoms in women victims of domestic violence.

Treatment of grief and mourning through EMDR: Conceptual considerations and clinical guidelines (European Review of Applied Psychology)

Death of a loved one can be very distressing. EMDR can help facilitate the assimilation of loss and movement through the mourning processes.

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