EMDR in the treatment of addiction

EMDR offers so much promise and great challenges to addiction treatment providers. It is a powerful tool for trauma resolution.

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“EMDR offers so much promise and great challenges to addiction treatment providers. It is a powerful tool for trauma resolution, but it must be carefully integrated into addiction treatment. Organizational as well as individual safety structures must be in place so that vulnerable individuals may be offered this opportunity under conditions which maximize their chances for success. Efforts are underway to obtain funding for controlled trials, and it is hoped that these will clarify safety and efficacy questions, as well as many clinical issues that arise as more clinicians work with this method.”

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Zweben, J., & Yeary, J. (2006). EMDR in the treatment of addiction. Journal of Chemical Dependency Treatment, 8(2), 115-127. DOI: 10.1300/J034v08n02_06. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J034v08n02_06