Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A therapeutic tool for trauma and grief

In this chapter, Roger M. Solomon, Ph.D. and Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. discuss using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy as a tool to help heal trauma and grief. Included in a volume on death, grieving, and loss.

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Solomon, R. M., & Shapiro, F. (1997). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A therapeutic tool for trauma and grief. In C. R. Figley & B. E. Bride (Eds.), Death and trauma: The traumatology of grieving. The series in trauma and loss (pp. 231-247). Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis. https://www.routledge.com/Death-And-Trauma-The-Traumatology-Of-Grieving/Figley-Bride-Mazza/p/book/9781560325253

ISBN: 978-1560325253

About the Book

“First published in 1997. Although the fields of thanatology and traumatology have received robust attention during their parallel development, little effort has been made to address their overlapping territory. This volume is the first attempt to do so. Specifically, the purpose of this book is fourfold. First is to provide a theoretical bridge between the two fields by providing conceptual terminology, such as defining normal versus dysfunctional bereavement and the meaning and range of death-related PTSD. The second confirms and illustrates the identical patterns of reactions between those who survive the death of a loved one and those who survive other traumatic events. Next the book applies the most useful theoretical models to the bereavement experience, and in turn acknowledges the utility of generalizing bereavement models to other traumatic experiences; in doing so, the two fields can enrich each other. Similarly, the volume’s final purpose is to identify and apply the most useful and effective approaches in traumatology literature to the study, diagnosis and treatment of traumatic stressors other than death.”

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