EMDR and Parenting: A Clinical Case

Abstract

The theory of attachment underlines how traumatic experiences from the parent's past-when stored in a dysfunctional way-can be reactivated in the parent caregiving system, emerging from an internal working model (IWM) of attachment that holds the memory traces of such traumatic events. This article presents a clinical case report of a mother who was referred to treatment because she presented strong depressive symptoms. Forty sessions were provided, consisting of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) to address maternal trauma issues and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for parenting skill development, debriefing, cognitive restructuring, and psychoeducation. The positive treatment results included distinct evidence of changes in the mother's relationship with her child, and her mental representation of her caregiving system as measured with the Parent Development Interview .

EMDR in Anorexia Nervosa: From a Theoretical Framework to the Treatment Guidelines

“…EMDR seems to allow the elaboration of traumatic memories that characterize the AN patient's stories and to actively relate to disturbing memories, helping the resolution of the emotional blocks with a consequent elaboration of the first relations with the caregivers [87][88][89].…”

Nacimiento, desarrollo y evolución de la desensibilización y el reprocesamiento por medio de movimientos oculares (EMDR)

“…En cuanto a su aplicación para problemas de apego, se ha visto que EMDR junto con psicoeducación y técnicas de counselling produce unos resultados muy positivos (Wesselmann y Potter, 2009). Igualmente, en un estudio de caso de una mujer con trauma de apego desde la infancia el tratamiento consistió en EMDR y terapia cognitivo-conductual (Zaccagnino y Cussino, 2013).…”