The aim of the present study was to evaluate effect eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) Couple Protocol on relationship-satisfaction, depression, anxiety levels couples. This protocol differs from standard EMDR procedures in that partners are together treatment session, engage bidirectional stimulation simultaneously. targets disturbing events couples have experienced together....

According to the WHO (World Health Organization), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an elective therapy treat people with post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD). In line personalization of therapeutic strategies, through this pilot study, we assessed in suffering from effects trauma feasibility, safety, acceptance, efficacy EMDR enriched sound stimulation (by administering...

BACKGROUND We performed the first meta-analysis of clinical studies by investigating the effects of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy on the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and subjective distress in PTSD patients treated during the past 2 decades. METHODS We performed a quantitative meta-analysis on the findings of 26 randomiz...

Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, Volume 4, Number 2, 2010 © 2010 EMDR International Association DOI: 10.1891/1933-3196.4.2.76 of complex trauma-related disorders. Such disorders include complex PTSD, trauma-related borderline personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder (DID), and dissociative disorder not otherwise specifi ed (DDNOS)-type 1 (clinical presentations similar to DID ...

Introduction. – This article describes an innovative Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) protocol which applies the standard EMDR protocol, with modifications, to the reduction of performance anxiety and enhancement of skillful performance in higher functioning clients. Objective. – The intention was to compare a modified version of the standard EMDR protocol for the reduction ...

Traditional models of addiction treatment and relapse prevention fail to consider the role that unresolved trauma plays in an addicted woman's recovery experience. Implementing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) into the treatment process offers a potential solution to this problem. Ten women (alumnae of an extended-care treatment facility) participated in a semistandardized i...

BACKGROUND According to the working memory (WM) theory of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR), dual tasks that tax WM during memory recall reduce image vividness and emotionality of memory during future recalls when no dual task is carried out. There is some evidence that WM taxing also reduces vividness and emotionality of auditory or verbal imagery. OBJECTIVE The present st...

A theoretical model is proposed to explain desensitization during Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as resulting from the reversal of reciprocal suppression of cognitive processing in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Dual-attention and error monitoring are known to activate dorsal regions of the ACC that mediate metacognitive processing. Neuroimaging research has produced...

Numerous studies have provided evidence for the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR) in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including recent studies showing it to be more efficient than therapist-directed flooding. But few theoretical explanations of how EMDR might work have been offered. Shapiro, in her original description of EMDR, propos...