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. 

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How to Use Fraser’s Dissociative Table Technique to Access and Work With Emotional Parts of the Personality (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Clinical Q&A. “Is there a process that is best used to identify ego states?” Fraser’s Dissociative Table Technique is explained.

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EMDR With Grief: Reflections on Ginny Sprang’s 2001 Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

EMDR treatment of complicated grief and mourning. Case examples are followed with a comprehensive discussion.

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A New Journal Feature: Translating Research Into Practice (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Introducing a new journal feature—Translating Research into Practice (TRIP), a collaboration between JEMDR and the EMDR Research Foundation.

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Treatment of Behavioral Addictions Utilizing the Feeling-State Addiction Protocol: A Multiple Baseline Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

New treatment for behavioral addictions using The Feeling-State Addiction Protocol (FSAP), based on theory of behavioral/substance addiction.

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A Commentary on Hornsveld et al. (2011): A Valid Test of Resource Development and Installation? Absolutely Not (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Evidence supporting “working memory” & “REM/Orienting Response” hypotheses as mechanisms of treatment effects of EMDR on patients with PTSD.

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Stop the Use of Eye Movements in Resource Development and Installation, Until Their Additional Value Has Been Proven: A Rejoinder to Leeds and Korn (2012) (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Response to Leeds & Korn, arguing study results are in line with mounting evidence supporting a working memory account for eye movements.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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