Book Review: The Dark Face of Heaven: True Stories of Transcendence Through Trauma (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Book review of “The Dark Face of Heaven: True Stories of Transcendence Through Trauma” by Janet Elizabeth Colli.

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Differential Effects of an Evolutionary-Based EMDR Therapy on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms: A Case Series Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Treating depression downhill (TDD) was designed as a specific therapy for depression as a syndrome and later integrated with EMDR.

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Book Review: EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness for Trauma-Focused Care (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Book review of “EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness for Trauma-Focused Care” by Jamie Marich, Stephen Dansiger.

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EMDR-Based Divorce Recovery Group: A Case Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This case study investigated the effects of an EMDR-based divorce recovery group, consisting of four modalities.

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Book Review: The Sacred Path of the Therapist: Modern Healing, Ancient Wisdom, and Client Transformation (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Book review of “The Sacred Path of the Therapist: Modern Healing, Ancient Wisdom, and Client Transformation” by Irene R. Siegel.

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Becoming Known: A Relational Model Utilizing Gestalt and Ego State-Assisted EMDR in Treating Eating Disorders (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Article highlighting the need to include a trauma-informed and dissociation-sensitive treatment of eating disorders (EDs).

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Psychological and pharmacological treatments for adults with posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review update (Comparative Effectiveness Review)

This review assessed efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and harms of psychological and pharmacological treatments (CPT, CBT, EMDR, narrative exposure, fluoxetine, sertraline, etc.) for adults with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and updated the original 2013 review.

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A non-randomized controlled trial of EMDR on affective symptoms in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

EMDR therapy on anxiety, depression and sense of coherence in patients with glioblastoma multiforme, a highly aggressive brain cancer.

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Presence of the dissociative subtype of PTSD does not moderate the outcome of intensive trauma-focused treatment for PTSD (European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2018)

Study to test the hypothesis that the dissociative subtype of PTSD has a detrimental effect on outcome of intensive trauma-focused treatment.

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Neurocognitive functioning of the course of trauma-focused psychotherapy for PTSD: Changes in verbal memory and executive functioning (British Journal of Clinical Psychology)

This study suggests that neurocognitive deficits in PTSD can improve over the course of trauma-focused psychotherapy.

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Do trauma-focussed psychological interventions have an effect on psychotic symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis (Schizophrenia Research)

Trauma-focussed treatments effective in treating PTSD may therefore represent a new direction in the psychological treatment of psychosis.

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25 años de Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: protocolo de aplicación, hipótesis de funcionamiento y revisión sistemática de su eficacia en el trastorno por estrés postraumático (Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental)

El objetivo de este trabajo es introducir el protocolo estándar EMDR, ofrecer una revisión de las hipótesis actuales sobre su mecanismo de acción y analizar la evidencia científica disponible sobre su eficacia clínica en pacientes adultos con diagnóstico de trastorno por estrés postraumático.

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