Complex Trauma/C-PTSD Archives

From evil to live: A case study on a women’s journey through EMDR for severe trauma (Abuse: An international Impact Journal, 2020)

Effectiveness of EMDR combining aspects of Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) to reduce complex PTSD and life-threatening self-injury.

The Current Status of EMDR Therapy Involving the Treatment of Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is a diagnostic entity to be in 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases.

A Clinician’s Guide to the Efficacy of EMDR Therapy

Volume 13, Issue 4 of the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research (JEMDR) is conceptualized as a guide for clinicians, including articles about the use of EMDR therapy across a range of populations, diagnoses, and symptom clusters.

The efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in individuals diagnosed with either C-PTSD or PTSD (Northcentral University, 2019)

AIP research lacks a distinction in efficacy rates with C-PTSD compared to PTSD complicated by high failure & drop-out rates for C-PTSD.

PTSD prevention and treatment guidelines methodology and recommendations (International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies)

Guideline for the treatment of adults, children, and adolescents at risk of developing PTSD or Complex PTSD published by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

Psychological interventions for ICD-11 complex PTSD symptoms: Systematic review and meta-analysis (Psychological Medicine, 2019)

Review of interventions for patients with complex PTSD symptom clusters (affect dysregulation, negative self-concept, disturbed relationships).

How We Do What We Do: The Therapist, EMDR, and Treatment of Complex Trauma (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Strategies for working with patients who present with the specific psychological deficits associated with complex trauma.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing EMDR therapy scripted protocols and summary sheets: Treating eating disorders, chronic pain, and maladaptive self-care behaviors (Springer, 2019)

Book with scripted protocols for EMDR treatment of clients with eating disorders, chronic pain, and maladaptive self-care behaviors.

The International Trauma Questionnaire: Development of a self-report measure of ICD-11 PTSD and Complex PTSD (Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica)

The International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) is an 18 question self-report measure focusing on the core features of PTSD and CPTSD.

EMDR Toolbox: Theory and Treatment of Complex PTSD and Dissociation, 2nd Edition (Springer, 2018)

Descriptions of specific EMDR therapeutic “tools” and overview of an Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model of treatment of complex PTSD.

Effective Treatment of Veterans With PTSD: Comparison Between Intensive Daily and Weekly EMDR Approaches (Frontiers in Psychology)

Study of EMDR therapy for veterans with PTSD using two treatment formats: intensive twice daily vs. once a week EMDR treatments.

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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