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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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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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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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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Cathy Schweitzer discusses family therapy, attachment, and EMDR (Attachment Theory in Action Podcast)
An EMDR Certified Therapist discusses EMDR and attachment in the Attachment Theory in Action podcast with Karen Doyle Buckwalter.
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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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EMDR in Psychoncology (Clinical Neuropsychiatry)
This article looks at research on psychoncology (psycho-oncology), cancer as trauma, and EMDR therapy.
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Metabolic and Electrophysiological Changes Associated to Clinical Improvement in Two Severely Traumatized Subjects Treated With EMDR-A Pilot Study (Frontiers in Psychology)
EMDR showed clinical improvement in PTSD symptoms associated with metabolic & electrophysiological changes in limbic and associative cortex.
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The efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in children and adults who have experienced complex childhood trauma: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials (Frontiers in Psychology)
A systematic review of randomized controlled trials evaluating EMDR therapy on PTSD symptoms in adults and children exposed to complex childhood trauma.
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