Specific and nonspecific psychological interventions for PTSD symptoms: A meta-analysis with problem complexity as a moderator (Journal of Clinical Psychology)
This review examined treatments of specific vs non specific psychological interventions for PTSD symptoms in both complex clinical populations and noncomplex clinical problems.
Psychological therapies for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews)
This review looked at 70 studies and shows support for the efficacy of trauma-focused CBT and EMDR for chronic PTSD in adults.
EMDR and the relational imperative: The therapeutic relationship in EMDR treatment (Routledge, 2013)
The subtle nuances of the therapeutic relationship and the vital role it plays in using EMDR with traumatized clients.
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.
Treating Trauma with EMDR: Healing from Our Nightmares
Treating Trauma with EMDR: Healing from Our Nightmares This video from NICABM features an interview with Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. describing EMDR therapy to treat…
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Guilford, 2013)
Wesselmann/Shapiro describe how eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy can help complex trauma in children & adolescents.
Healing the Caregiving System: Working With Parents Within a Comprehensive EMDR Treatment (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Excerpt from the book EMDR Therapy and Adjunct Approaches With Children shows model to work with caregivers of children with complex trauma.
EMDR therapy and adjunct approaches with children: Complex trauma, attachment, and dissociation (Springer, 2012)
First book to provide a wide range of step-by-step strategies for clinicians using EMDR therapy and adjunct approaches with children.
EMDR and dissociation: the progressive approach (Amazon Imprint, 2012)
This book describes how to apply EMDR in severe cases: dissociative disorders, personality disorders and complex traumatization.
Plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor level may contribute to the therapeutic response to eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in complex post-traumatic stress disorder: A pilot study (Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 2012)
Investigating the relationship between plasma levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor, nerve growth factor, and EMDR in complex PTSD.
Dissociation of the Personality in Complex Trauma-Related Disorders and EMDR: Theoretical Considerations (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
EMDR may benefit from theories developed for dissociative disorders, such as the theory of structural dissociation of the personality (TSDP).
EMDR and the Treatment of Complex PTSD: A Review (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Body of literature on the treatment of complex PTSD and chronically traumatized populations, with a focus on EMDR treatment and research.
