Not Just Preparation: Resourcing for Dissociation as a Focus of Treatment

EMDR practitioners should be prepared to treat dissociative processes in all clients. This presentation discusses the benefits of using specific resourcing techniques from the dissociation and early childhood trauma literature with all clients.

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Racial Trauma in High Achievers

The Racial Trauma protocol for high achievers is designed to implement the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) through the intersection of high achieving adults and a culturally competent lens.

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Instant resource installation and extensive resource installation – two novel techniques for resource installation in EMDR therapy – theory, description and case report (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

Two novel resource installation procedures, Instant Resource Installation (IRI) and Extensive Resource Installation (xtRI) are discussed.

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Trauma Psycho Social Support Plus ® and EMDR therapy for children and adolescents in a post-conflict setting: Mental health training in Kurdistan (Torture: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture)

TraumaAid mental health worker training program in refugee camps on EMDR Resource installation with children, adolescents and their parents.

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Internal family systems informed eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: An integrative technique for treatment of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (International Body Psychotherapy Journal, 2021)

IFS-EMDR creates an integration of the contemporary practice of EMDR with the interweave of the IFS model for positive resourcing.

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The role of alternating bilateral stimulation in establishing positive cognition in EMDR therapy: A multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy study (PLOS One)

This article looks at the effects of bilateral stimulation in EMDR therapy’s resource development and installation (RDI) by way of multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy imaging. 

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Persönlichkeitsdissoziation und EMDR-Therapie bei komplexen traumabezogenen Störungen: Anwendungen in Behandlungsphasen 2 und 3 (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) – Psychotherapie kann eine bedeutende Rolle in der phasenorientierten Behandlung von…

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Dissociation de la personnalité et thérapie EMDR dans les troubles complexes liés au trauma : applications dans la phase de stabilisation (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Comme un précédent article dans ce journal l’a déjà proposé, les cliniciens EMDR (désensibilisation et retraitement par les mouvements oculaires)…

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Dissociation of the Personality and EMDR Therapy in Complex Trauma-Related Disorders: Applications in the Stabilization Phase (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Stabilization/preparatory phase for EMDR with complex trauma: working with maladaptive beliefs, overcoming dissociative phobias & resourcing.

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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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Evaluating the Effect of Eye Movements on Positive Memories Such as Those Used in Resource Development and Installation (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Study found that the effectiveness of bilateral stimulation in resource development and installation (RDI) is questionable.

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