EMDR & Dissociation: Past, Present and Future

Early in the development of EMDR therapy, some clinicians observed that reprocessing more often moved clients presenting with dissociative disorders into dysregulated states rather than toward an expected, adaptive resolution.…

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EMDR Therapy for Domestic Violence

Some people find themselves repeatedly involved in harmful and abusive relationships. Many of them struggle to walk away from the relationship, set boundaries, or protect themselves adequately. There are two…

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EMDR Therapy for Complex PTSD: An Integrative Approach to Treating Clients

Many therapists are trained in the treatment of single traumatic events. However, clients with complex PTSD (C-PTSD) come to therapy with an extensive history of trauma that often begins in…

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Carrera de Obstáculos: EMDR y Disociación en Población Infantil

Independientemente de los modelos teóricos explicativos, en la experiencia de nuestros pacientes la disociación cumple una función protectora. Ésta, sin embargo, se vuelve desadaptativa cuando la exposición al peligro terminó.…

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EMDR y Procesamiento Emocional: Trabajando en Pacientes con Desregulación

La regulación emocional es un elemento transdiagnóstico habitualmente presente en los trastornos derivados del trauma, en mayor o menor medida. Como otros síntomas postraumáticos, puede mejorar a raíz del tratamiento…

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Treatment of Traumatic Attachment to the Perpetrator

This workshop will focus on treatment of complex trauma with the emphasis on treatment of the traumatic attachment to the abuser. Treatment for victims of abuse not only has to…

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Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Self-Alienation

Self-alienation maintains attachment to abusive caregivers by disowning one’s self as “bad,” a solution made possible by the innate ability of young children to create imaginary worlds. The cost is…

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Using EMDR with Fragmented Clients: A Protocol for Overcoming Self-Alienation

Clients’ trauma-related fragmentation presents challenges for the EMDR therapist when dissociative responses complicate or disrupt trauma processing. The processing may appear to be going smoothly but, despite the apparent success,…

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Ego-State Therapy Interventions to Prepare Dissociative Clients for EMDR

The workshop will introduce a collection of ego state therapy interventions from the Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS) for stabilizing dysregulated, dissociative, and attachment-wounded clients. It will describe ways to…

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Demystifying and Humanizing Dissociation in EMDR Therapy Practice

A great deal of fear still abounds about working with clients who dissociate. To address this fear, EMDR therapists are challenged to move beyond the technicalities of theoretical models like…

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