Integrative approaches to EMDR: Empathy, the intersubjective, and the cognitive interweave

Missing from debates on EMDR have been additional therapeutic elements to propel productive thinking of making greater use of the model.

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“EMDR represents an integrative model of psychotherapy at the theoretical level. During its 16-year history, it has created quite a controversy in academic psychology. Missing from these debates have been additional therapeutic elements that are necessary to propel productive thinking into ways of making greater use of the model. These elements–empathy, the intersubjective, and usage of the cognitive interweave in conjunction with transference and countertransference issues–are explored. This addition constitutes an assimilative approach to an ever-evolving model of resolving posttraumatic stress disorder.”

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Dworkin, M. (2003). Integrative approaches to EMDR: Empathy, the intersubjective, and the cognitive interweave. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 13(2), 171-187. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/1053-0479.13.2.171