Healing the heart of trauma and dissociation with EMDR and ego state therapy

Nine master clinicians show how complex PTSD and dissociation can be treated with EMDR and ego state therapy.

About the Book

“The powerful benefits of EMDR in treating PTSD have been solidly validated. In this groundbreaking new work, nine master clinicians show how complex PTSD–involving dissociation–and other challenging diagnoses can be treated safely and effectively by carefully preparing clients for EMDR and including ego state therapy to target the dissociated ego states that arise in response to severe and prolonged trauma.”

—Description from publisher

Table of Contents

1. Integrating EMDR and ego state treatment for clients with trauma disorders / Carol Forgash and Jim Knipe
2. She’s come undone: a neurobiological exploration of dissociative disorders / Uri Bergmann
3. Combining hypnosis with EMDR and ego state therapy for ego strengthening / Maggie Phillips
4. Changing cognitive schemas through EMDR and ego state therapy / Michael C. Paterson
5. Treating dissociative identity disorder with EMDR, ego state therapy, and adjunct approaches / Sandra Paulsen
6. Loving eyes: procedures to therapeutically reverse dissociative processes while preserving emotional safety / Jim Knipe
7. Hidden selves: treating dissociation in the spectrum of personality disorders / Uri Bergmann
8. EMDR in couples therapy: an ego state approach / Barry K. Litt
9. The integration of the internal family systems model and EMDR / Joanne H. Twombly and Richard C. Schwartz
10. Applying EMDR and ego state therapy in collaborative treatment / Carol Forgash

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Forgash, C., & Copeley, M. (Eds.). (2008). Healing the heart of trauma and dissociation with EMDR and ego state therapy. Springer Publishing Co. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2008-00388-000