Second Research Study on the Provision of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol with Child Victims of Severe Interpersonal Violence

EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol with children victims of interpersonal trauma (e.g., rape, violence, neglect, abandonment).

Article Abstract

“This study presents the results of the application of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP) and the EMDR Individual Therapy Protocol with twenty five children (n=25, 10 boys and 15 girls) aged between 9 and 14 years old who were victims of severe interpersonal trauma (e.g., rape, sexual abuse, physical and emotional violence, neglect, abandonment). The application of Group and Individual EMDR therapy was carried out within the context of a multicomponent phase–based trauma treatment approach during a Trauma Recovery Camp in the city of Cali, Colombia. The results obtained in SPRINT Scale show a significant statistical improvement in participants after treatment with EMDR therapy, with treatment results continuing to improve at follow-up measured two months after the therapy. The results also exhibit a global subjective improvement in the participants. Further research is needed to assess the EMDR-IGTP and the individual therapy intervention effects as part of a multicomponent and phase-based approach with children who have suffered severe interpersonal violence.”

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Jarero, I., Roque-Lopez, S., Gomez, J., & Givaudan, M. (2014). Second Research Study on the Provision of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol with Child Victims of Severe Interpersonal Violence. Iberoamerican Journal of Psychotraumatology and Dissociation, 6(1), 1-24. https://www.revibapst.com/_files/ugd/c70085_1ecae99d86b540edbb912ce5dddc040a.pdf