Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Evaluation of controlled PTSD research (Journal of Behavior Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry)

Controlled PTSD research on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) showing that EMDR is an empirically validated method. 

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Errors of context and review of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing research (Journal of Behavior Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry)

Francine Shapiro discusses errors of context in her review of recent eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) research. 

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Effectiveness and autonomic correlates (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

The relaxing effect of the eye movements suggests that a mechanisms operating during EMDR is desensitization by reciprocal inhibition.

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Measuring effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in non-clinical anxiety: A multi-subject, yoked-control design (Journal of Behavior Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry)

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

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When the past is the present: A conversation about EMDR and the MRI interactional approach (Guilford, 1996)

Discusses using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy with the Mental Research Institute (MRI) interactional approach. 

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A four activity model of psychotherapy and its relationship to eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and other methods of psychotherapy (Traumatology)

A four activity model of psychotherapy and its relationship to eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and other methods of psychotherapy This article, by Howard…

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing with complex personality pathology: An integrative therapy (Journal of Psychotherapy Integration)

EMDR is a method that appears to have successfully achieved such integration of cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic approaches.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and spiritual unfolding (Journal of Transpersonal Psychology)

Psychospiritual topics discussed include EMDR and Vipassana meditation, heightened sense of well-being and self-awareness.

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EMDR: Rapid treatment of panic disorder (Psychiatry On-Line, 1996)

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

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An intensive design investigation of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing of claustrophobia (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

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

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Intimate Partners: A Context for the Intensification and Healing of Emotional Pain (Women and Therapy)

A case of a lesbian couple where both had a history of trauma. The couple is now using EMDR with an emphasis on developing of empathic skills.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Four case studies of a new tool for executive coaching and restoring employee performance after setbacks (Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research)

This article outlines case studies that use EMDR as a tool to decrease job interview anxiety and enhance workplace performance.

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