The calming womb family therapy model: Bonding mother and baby from pregnancy forward (Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health)
The Calming Womb Family Therapy Model is a multi-modal, integrative, early intervention approach to treating mothers and their babies.
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The Effect of EMDR on Childbirth Anxiety of Women With Previous Stillbirth (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Having an unpleasant experience of previous childbirth can cause anxiety and fear of labor in women during the next childbirth.
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Effectiveness of trauma-focused psychological therapies for treating post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in women following childbirth: A Systematic review and meta-analysis (Frontiers in Psychiatry)
This study examined the effectiveness of trauma-focused psychological interventions for postnatal women.
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy Scripted Protocols and Summary Sheets: Treating Trauma in Somatic and Medical Related Conditions (Springer, 2018)
Book with scripted protocols for EMDR treatment of clients with somatic disorders, medical trauma, cancer, multiple sclerosis & birth trauma.
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EMDR for Perinatal Mental Health with Bethany Warren, LCSW
Are there experiences in your life that you just can’t “get past”? What if these memories are tied to a pregnancy or postpartum experience?
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Positive childhood experiences predict less psychopathology and stress in pregnant women with childhood adversity: A pilot study of the benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs) scale (Child Abuse and Neglect)
The BCEs scale indexes promising promotive factors associated with lower trauma-related symptomatology and stress exposure during pregnancy.
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L’intégration de l’EMDR dans une psychothérapie évolutionniste novatrice : une étude de cas de dépression post-partum (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
La dépression constitue l’un des troubles psychiatriques les plus fréquents. La dépression post-partum affecte environ 9 % des femmes qui…
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The OptiMUM-study: EMDR therapy in pregnant women with posttraumatic stress disorder after previous childbirth and pregnant women with fear of childbirth: design of a multicentre randomized controlled trial (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This study is the first RCT studying efficacy and safety of EMDR in pregnant women with PTSD after childbirth or Fear of Childbirth.
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A Model of Clinical Intervention in the Maternity Ward: The Breastfeeding and Bonding EMDR Protocol (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This article suggests an intervention for breastfeeding difficulties to avoid perinatal crisis: the Breastfeeding and Bonding EMDR Protocol.
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Supervisión de casos: Mujer embarazada traumatizada (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Supervisión de casos es un nuevo apartado regular del Journal of EMDR Practice and Research en el que un terapeuta solicita ayuda con un caso…
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Integrating EMDR Into a Novel Evolutionary-Based Therapy for Depression: A Case Study of Postpartum Depression (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Postpartum depression affects about 9% of women who give birth and depressive disorders remain difficult to treat.
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy Scripted Protocols and Summary Sheets: Treating anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and mood-related conditions (Springer, 2015)
Book with scripted protocols for EMDR treatment of clients with specific fears/phobias, panic disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, and more.
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