Complex Trauma/C-PTSD Archives

Implementing the sleeping dogs method in engaging young people in residential care in EMDR (Australian Social Work)

This article examines the implementation of a treatment package of the Sleeping Dogs method plus EMDR to engage young people living in residential care in EMDR therapy to process their complex trauma.

Trauma Symptom Inventory™-2

A broadband measure, the TSI-2 is designed to evaluate posttraumatic stress and other psychological sequelae of traumatic events.

Integrating STAIR with EMDR for AANHPI Veterans with Complex Trauma

Case study on STAIR (Skill Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation) protocol for complex trauma in a AANHPI veteran’s recovery.

When one tool is not enough: An integrative psychotherapeutic approach to treating complex PTSD (Journal of Clinical Psychology)

This article presents an integrative approach for treating CPTSD based on a combination of techniques from several psychotherapy approaches.

State of the science: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

This article describes the current state of the evidence for EMDR therapy, the empirical support for EMDR for PTSD, complex PTSD and comorbidities as well as cross-cultural applications.

EMDR Therapy for Religious and Spiritual Trauma

Listen to Cassidy DuHadway, LCSW, discuss adverse religious experiences and how they lead to belief systems that present as complex trauma.

EMDR Therapy and Ketamine

EMDRIA member Penny Monetti discusses EMDR therapy and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy.

The role of dissociation-related beliefs about memory in trauma-focused treatment (European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2023)

Patients with PTSD, dissociative symptoms, or dissociation-related beliefs about memory received individual prolonged exposure (PE) and EMDR.

Triadic Therapy Based on Somatic Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The triadic therapy based on somatic EMDR for CPTSD (TSP) consists of simplified EMDR, micro-dose medicines, and a pair of Chinese medicines.

Predictors of treatment dropout in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder due to childhood abuse (Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023)

Study of dropout in EMDR vs. EMDR with Skills Training in Affect and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR) in people with child abuse PTSD.

Integrating EMDR standard treatment protocol into child psychotherapy at a primary school with a 5-year-old boy who suffered complex trauma: A single case study (BJPsych Open, 2023)

Case study of integration of EMDR eight-phase protocol into child psychotherapy in a primary school with a 5-year-old boy with complex trauma.

How important is reprocessing in personalized multicomponent therapy? Analyzing longitudinal data of inpatients with severe PTSD (The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)

Maximizing the amount of reprocessing used in multicomponent treatments for PTSD may significantly enhance outcomes.

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