Grief Archives

EMDR Therapy and Grief

How does grief impact our ability to function? Can you overcome your grief? EMDR-certified therapist, consultant, and trainer Tamra L. Hughes, MA, LPC discusses how EMDR therapy can help.

Utilization of EMDR Therapy with Grief and Mourning (2023)

This workshop will provide theoretical frameworks for conceptualizing grief and mourning from an AIP perspective, and illustrate teaching points with video case examples.

Terapia EMDR para Procesar el Duelo y las Pérdidas en los Tiempos de COVID

Todos los seres humanos a lo largo de la vida tenemos pérdidas, son inevitables, las pérdidas conllevan un proceso de duelo, la vivencia adecuada del duelo favorece la integración funcional de estas experiencias en la trama de la vida.

Treatment of Grief and Mourning with EMDR Therapy

Treating Grief and Mourning with EMDR Therapy: Healing through Adaptation. Insights from the Winter 2022 issue of Go With That magazine by Roger Solomon, Ph.D.

Utilization of EMDR Therapy with Grief and Mourning (2020)

EMDR therapy can be used in the treatment of grief/mourning to enable assimilation of the loss and adaptive functioning in the future.

EMDR Therapy Treatment of Grief and Mourning in Times of COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Death of a loved one is universally distressing. The stressful conditions of COVID-19 can compound the trauma of a loss.

Evaluating the Efficacy of EMDR With Grieving Individuals: A Randomized Control Trial

This study compared the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with an integrated cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention for grief.

Using Compassionate Mind Training as a Resource in EMDR: A Case Study

Case study on compassionate mind training (CMT) when used as a resource in the EMDR treatment of a 58-year-old man, after a recent trauma with psychological distress and somatic symptoms—an inability to sign his name.

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the editor by Anne Bisek and Marilyn Luber regarding the recent article Protocol for Excessive Grief,” by Dr. Marilyn Luber (2012).

EMDR With Grief: Reflections on Ginny Sprang’s 2001 Study

EMDR treatment of complicated mourning—a mother mourning for her young adult son who died by suicide, a woman struggling with the loss of her mother to Alzheimer’s disease, and a young mother whose baby was stillborn.

Protocol for Excessive Grief

“Protocol for Excessive Grief” is excerpted from Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Scripted Protocols: Basics and Special Situations illustrating a scripted protocol from one of Francine Shapiro’s 6 basic protocols.

Emotionality of Loss-Related Memories Is Reduced After Recall Plus Eye Movements But Not After Recall Plus Music or Recall Only

Sixty undergraduate students participated in a study, concluding that eye movements are effective when negative memories pertain to loss and grief, suggesting possibilities for treatment intervention in individuals suffering from complicated grief.

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