EMDR therapy for trauma-related disorders
In this chapter by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. and Deany Laliotis, LCSW-C, LICSW, they explain how EMDR therapy can be used for trauma-related disorders, guided by the Adaptive Information Processing model.
About the Chapter
“Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an integrative eight-phase approach that emphasizes the role of physiologically stored memory networks and the brain’s information processing system in the treatment of pathology. It is guided by the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, which conceptualizes mental health problems, excluding those caused by organic deficits (e.g., genetic, toxicity, injury), to be the result of inadequately processed memories of adverse life experiences. According to this view, presenting symptoms result from memories of disturbing experiences that have been dysfunctionally stored, encoded with the original emotions, beliefs, and physical sensations. Since the model’s development in the early 1990s, a substantial body of research has confirmed the primacy of such disturbing life events for a wide range of psychological and somatic symptomatology.”
—Description from publisher
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Shapiro, F., & Laliotis, D. (2015). EMDR therapy for trauma-related disorders. In U. Schnyder & M. Cloitre (Eds.), Evidence based treatments for trauma-related psychological disorders: A practical guide for clinicians (pp. 205-228). New York, NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07109-1_11
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-07108-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-07109-1
About the Book
“This book offers an evidence based guide for clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and other clinicians working with trauma survivors in various settings. It provides easily digestible, up-to-date information on the basic principles of traumatic stress research and practice, including psychological and sociological theories as well as epidemiological, psychopathological, and neurobiological findings. However, as therapists are primarily interested in how to best treat their traumatized patients, the core focus of the book is on evidence based psychological treatments for trauma-related mental disorders. Importantly, the full range of trauma and stress related disorders is covered, including Acute Stress Reaction, Complex PTSD and Prolonged Grief Disorder, reflecting important anticipated developments in diagnostic classification. Each of the treatment chapters begins with a short summary of the theoretical underpinnings of the approach, presents a case illustrating the treatment protocol, addresses special challenges typically encountered in implementing this treatment, and ends with an overview of related outcomes and other research findings. Additional chapters are devoted to the treatment of comorbidities, special populations and special treatment modalities and to pharmacological treatments for trauma-related disorders. The book concludes by addressing the fundamental question of how to treat whom, and when.”
—Description from publisher
Date
January 1, 2015
Creator(s)
Francine Shapiro, Deany Laliotis
Practice & Methods
AIP, BLS
Extent
24 pages
Publisher
Springer
Rights
© 2015 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
APA Citation
Shapiro, F., & Laliotis, D. (2015). EMDR therapy for trauma-related disorders. In U. Schnyder & M. Cloitre (Eds.), Evidence based treatments for trauma-related psychological disorders: A practical guide for clinicians (pp. 205-228). New York, NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07109-1_11
Audience
EMDR Therapists, Other Mental Health Professionals
Language
English
Content Type
Chapter
Access Type
External Resource