Video Description

“In this interview, Dr. Stephen Dansiger explains how to treat addiction with EMDR therapy.

Topics discussed in this video:

0:00 – Introduction to Healing Addiction with EMDR Therapy
03:00 Why specialty EMDR protocols are not always the solution
04:30 EMDR as a complete psychotherapy
10:43 Mindfulness informed case conceptualization
11:00 Integrating mindfulness into resourcing and EMDR reprocessing
18:50 EMDR and addiction – a Buddhist perspective
24:03 The MET(T)A EMDR Protocol
30:09 The benefits of using a thematic approach to case conceptualization
36:48 How much preparation is enough before EMDR reprocessing
40:56 Phase 2.5 in EMDR: transitioning from preparation to reprocessing
44:55 Using the standard EMDR protocol to treat addiction
48:30 Using specialty EMDR protocols to treat addiction
48:56 Conceptualizing addiction as an adaptation to trauma

About Dr. Stephen Dansiger

Dr. Stephen Dansiger, PsyD, MFT, played at CBGB and Max’s Kansas City in the late 1970s; drank and played drums in a toy rock band and then got into recovery in the late 1980s. He became an international social justice/diversity educator and rocker again in the 1990s; and is now a consultant, trainer, clinician, writer, and meditation teacher. Dr. Dansiger has become a master EMDR therapist and provider of EMDR Training and Advanced Topics Courses with the Institute for Creative Mindfulness, and is a pioneer in the Buddhist recovery field…”

—Description from publisher

Video Access

Open Access

The Art and Science of EMDR. (2022, Jan 8). Healing Addiction with EMDR – An Interview with Dr. Stephen Dansiger. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sDWeDEb1Hk