The Art and Science of Resilience: The Role of Mindful Compassion, Empathy, and Interpersonal Neurobiology
Learn skills, both yourself and clients, that promote positive empathy, and mindfulness, that lead to increased resilience and happiness.
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Eye-movement intervention enhances extinction via amygdala deactivation (Journal of Neuroscience)
This article “demonstrates that goal-directed eye-movements, like working-memory tasks, deactivate the amygdala, the core neural substrate of fear learning.”
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing as a treatment for PTSD: current neurobiological theories and a new hypothesis (Annals of the New York Academy of Science)
Theories on EMDR’s mechanisms of action involving working memory, interhemispheric communication, de-arousal & memory reconsolidation.
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Impact neurobiologique de l’EMDR dans le cancer (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
L’exposition à une maladie mortelle comme le cancer peut constituer une expérience traumatique qui dans certains cas peut conduire au …
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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
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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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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Effects of Saccade Induced Retrieval Enhancement on conceptual and perceptual tests of explicit & implicit memory (Brain and Cognition)
Results revealed that saccadic horizontal eye movements enhanced performance in only the conceptual explicit condition.
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EMDR Beyond PTSD (Clinical Neuropsychiatry)
This journal issue looks at EMDR beyond PTSD and includes reviews about efficacy of EMDR for depression, panic, OCD & eating disorders.
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El impacto neurobiológico de EMDR en el cáncer (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
La exposición a una enfermedad potencialmente mortal como el cáncer puede constituir una experiencia traumática que, en algunos casos, puede…
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Grey matter density changes of structures involved in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after recovery following eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (Psychiatry Research)
Study aimed to determine whether symptoms improvement is associated with grey matter density changes of brain structures involved in PTSD.
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Pre-treatment cortisol awakening response predicts symptom reduction in posttraumatic stress disorder after treatment (Psychoneuroendocrinology)
Are treatment successes in PTSD associated with changes in cortisol secretion, assessed by HPA-axis function, before & after trauma therapy?
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Neural correlates of psychotherapeutic treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic literature review (Frontiers in Psychiatry)
This paper reviews gold standard psychotherapeutic approaches for PTSD treatment, specifically examining underlying neurobiological correlates.
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