PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT VARIANT WITH EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING: A CASE REPORT

Background: EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) is a structured psychotherapy method that facilitates the treatment of various psychopathologies problems related to both traumatic events more common but emotionally stressful experiences.1 Due confinement due COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) pandemic, people have developed mixture anticipatory anxiety, stress, tiredness, misunderstanding fear, psychological emotional does not fit into any existing boxes in classification mental disorders.2 Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) has abundant evidence efficacy trauma spectrum disorders. Its anxious depressive disorders children adolescents been scarcely studied.3 Objective: To evaluate an alternative protocol. Methods: It about 13-year-old female adolescent who seeks care after having made her second suicide attempt 9 months failed psychiatric therapy, standard protocol executed first unsuccessful session variant occurred incidentally achieving therapeutic goal. Results: This with history health treatment, intervention was without success, however; In attempt, patient spontaneously proceeds from positive experiences ever directly addressing event. this case, reprocessing through for instead what indicated where reprocessed negative Conclusion: Psychological using effective despite its atypical execution, therefore variations original can be applied.