Presented By
Julie Miller, LPC, LISAC
Credits
4 EMDRIA Credits
Learning Format
Online Course
Research has shown that EMDR may be utilized to assist with recovery from chemical and process addictions. The challenges with this population can be daunting, and for many years EMDR therapists were encouraged to wait to do any trauma work until the client had months of recovery. This perspective has been found to be untenable in that the unprocessed material often fuels relapse, demonstrating the need for concurrent treatment of addiction and trauma. EMDR Addiction Focused Protocols can stabilize addiction and allow titration of trauma processing to improve outcomes for addiction clients.