EMDR therapy: An overview of its development and mechanisms of action

Oren, Ela; Solomon, Roger

doi:10.1016/j.erap.2012.08.005

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“…Once the memory has been fully processed, the necessary information is assimilated and new information can be appropriately stored in memory without the disturbing emotional and physical sensations that were originally attached. Unlike traditional cognitive therapies that deliberately challenge, restructure, and then reframe negative beliefs into adaptive rational ones, EMDR therapy facilitates the spontaneous shifting of the negative belief during subsequent processing (Oren & Solomon, 2012). EMDR therapy requires the client to focus on the traumatic memory for only a short time, gaining a sense of mastery through the ability to move between the present and the past event during each set of bilateral stimulation.…”

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Preliminary Evidence for the Treatment of Performance Blocks in Sport: The Efficacy of EMDR With Graded Exposure

Bennett

Bickley²,

Vernon

et al. 2017

J EMDR Prac Res

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Sport psychologists are increasingly confronted with performance problems in sport where athletes suddenly lose the ability to execute automatic movements (Rotheram, Maynard, Thomas, Bawden, & Francis, 2012). Described as performance blocks (Bennett, Hays, Lindsay, Olusoga, & Maynard, 2015), these problems manifest as locked, stuck, and frozen movements and are underpinned by an aggressive anxiety component. This research used both qualitative and quantitative methods in a single case study design to investigate the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy with graded exposure as a treatment method. The participant was a 58-year-old professional male golfer who had been suffering a performance block for 11 years. Specifically, the participant was experiencing involuntary spasms, shaking, muscle tension, and jerking in the lower left forearm while executing a putting stroke. Physical symptoms were coupled with extreme anxiety, panic, and frustration. The study tested the hypothesis that reprocessing related significant life events and attending to dysfunctional emotional symptoms would eliminate the performance block and related symptoms and that the individual would regain his ability to execute the affected skill. Pre-, mid-, and postintervention performance success, using the Impact of Event scale, subjective units of distress (SUD; Wolpe, 1973), and kinematic testing revealed improvements in all associated symptoms in training and competition. These findings suggest that previous life experiences might be associated with the onset of performance blocks and that EMDR with graded exposure might offer an effective treatment method.

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Section: Emdr As An Effective Treatment Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Preliminary Evidence for the Treatment of Performance Blocks in Sport: The Efficacy of EMDR With Graded Exposure

Bennett

Bickley²,

Vernon

et al. 2017

J EMDR Prac Res

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“…The reprocessing of these memories lead to resolution through the reconsolidation and integration within the larger adaptive memory networks. The therapist helps the client identify the details of each memory/target and reprocess it (Oren & Solomon, 2012). For any target (memories, present triggers, and future situations), clients are asked to identify the most distressing part/image.…”

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EMDR and Parenting: A Clinical Case

Zaccagnino¹,

Cussino

2013

J EMDR Prac Res

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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 .

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“…Éste fue el comienzo de un proceso de investigación, primeramente informal, y que luego llegó a involucrar grupos de veteranos de Vietnam y de mujeres violadas (Oren & Solomon, 2012;Shapiro, 2007), en los que dicha técnica fue demostrando su eficacia.…”

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“…En sus inicios fue denominado Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) y se lo conceptualizó como un procedimiento de de sensibilización, en la tradición de la terapia de conducta (Oren & Solomon, 2012;Shapiro, 2007). Con el pasar del tiempo, se descubrió que no sólo los movimientos oculares podían provocar el procesamiento, sino también que otras formes de estimulación podían desencadenar similares procesos (Shapiro, 2007).…”

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“…Asimismo, también se fue haciendo evidente que algo más que la mera desensibilización ocurría, detectándose la aparición de insights, cambios espontáneos en conductas, emociones y sensaciones, de tal manera que el trau ma se transformaba en nuevos aprendizajes. Esto determinó, en 1991, el cambio de nombre al actual de EMDR, al añadir el reprocesamiento (Oren & Solomon, 2012;Shapiro, 2007).…”

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Diseño a doble ciego y el uso de placebos psicológicos en investigación de resultados en psicoterapia: Es posible? Un estudio piloto de viabilidad

Cazabat¹

2014

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ResumenEl uso de placebos y diseños a doble ciego ha cumplido un papel crucial en la investigación clí-nica en Medicina. Su aplicación a la investigación de resultados en psicoterapia ha sido controversial. Muchos autores niegan la posibilidad de su aplicación debido a que el terapeuta debería conocer la condición del procedimiento aplicado. Se presenta detalladamente un estudio en el que se utilizó un procedimiento placebo correspondiente a EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing -Desensibilización y Reprocesamiento por Movimientos Oculares) con un Diseño Experimental de Caso Único. Los objetivos fueron los siguientes: poner a prueba la viabilidad de la implementación de un placebo de tipo psicológico en EMDR y la aplicación de un diseño a doble ciego en el estudio de resultados en EMDR.Se seleccionaron tres pacientes que sufrían de Trastorno por Estrés Postraumático. Se estableció una línea de base de la sintomatología presentada. Luego, los sujetos fueron asignados ale atoriamente a tres condiciones experimentales durante tres sesiones: (a) aplicación del protocolo EMDR sin ningún tipo de estimulación con auriculares en silencio (placebo 1), (b) aplicación del protocolo EMDR con estimulación bilateral auditiva simultánea (no alternada) (placebo 2) y (c) aplicación del protocolo estándar de EMDR con estimulación auditiva bilateral alternada (tratamiento activo).Tales procedimientos resultaron igualmente creíbles para el paciente y para el terapeuta. Es to permitió el desarrollo de un diseño de investigación a doble ciego para la investigación de resultados en EMDR. Finalmente, se discuten algunas posibles aplicaciones e implicancias de la introducción del uso de placebos psicológicos y diseño a doble ciego en la investigación en psicoterapia.Palabras clave: Investigación de resultados en psicoterapia; Doble ciego; Placebo psicológico; EMDR; Diseño experimental de caso úni co. ABSTRACTDouble blind design and placebos have been of crucial importance in medical clinical research. Their use in outcomes research in the field of psychotherapy has been controversial, though. Their feasibility in such case has been denied by many authors based on the assumption that the psy -

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EMDR therapy: An overview of its development and mechanisms of action

Cited by 58 publications

References 75 publications

Preliminary Evidence for the Treatment of Performance Blocks in Sport: The Efficacy of EMDR With Graded Exposure

Preliminary Evidence for the Treatment of Performance Blocks in Sport: The Efficacy of EMDR With Graded Exposure

EMDR and Parenting: A Clinical Case

Diseño a doble ciego y el uso de placebos psicológicos en investigación de resultados en psicoterapia: Es posible? Un estudio piloto de viabilidad

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