Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in the treatment of victims of domestic violence: A pilot study

Tarquinio, Cyril; Brennstuhl, Marie-Jo; Rydberg, Jenny Ann; Schmitt, Alicia P.; Mouda, F.; Lourel, Marcel; Tarquinio, Pascale

doi:10.1016/j.erap.2012.08.006

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“…According to current literature on IPV therapeutic approaches, the more prevalent and effective interventions are those implementing CBT, stress management techniques, and mind-body practices (Clark et al, 2014; Crespo & Arinero, 2010; Kim et al, 2013; Leisring, 2013). The results of our study seem to be consistent with previous trials on IPV regarding (a)improving stress, depression, and anxiety (Clark et al, 2014; Dutton et al, 2013; Michalopoulou et al, 2015); (b) increasing self-esteem; and (c) increasing positive habits in daily routine (Dutton et al, 2013; Michalopoulou et al, 2015)” As far as stress, depression, and anxiety are concerned, there is mounting evidence that non-pharmacological interventions merit positive effects (Clark et al, 2014; Crespo & Arinero, 2010; Michalopoulou et al, 2015; Tarquinio et al, 2012).…”

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Stress Management and Health Promotion in a Sample of Women With Intimate Partner Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Kokka

Mikelatou

Fouka

et al. 2016

J Interpers Violence

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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of a stress management program regarding mitigating psychological repercussions in women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV). This randomized controlled trial took place from January 2015 to June 2015, in Attica, Greece. A total of 60 women were randomly assigned into an intervention and control group, with the intervention group ( n = 30) receiving stress management and a lifestyle program. Self-reported measures were used to assess stress, depression and anxiety levels, daily routine, severity of abuse, self-esteem, health locus of control, and self-efficacy. Statistical analysis showed a significant improvement in measures of stress, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and self-efficacy in the intervention group. Daily routine and physical exercise also improved. Based on these findings, we strongly encourage health professionals to advise women experiencing current and past IPV to adopt stress management techniques to their daily program, as a further means of empowerment.

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Stress Management and Health Promotion in a Sample of Women With Intimate Partner Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Kokka

Mikelatou

Fouka

et al. 2016

J Interpers Violence

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“…EMDR may be an alternative, although not for everyone – Tarquinio et al () reported excluding participants with “health issues, neurological disorders, eye disorders/pain, dissociative disorders, etc.” (p. 207), and Coffeng (), a Focusing‐Oriented therapist, noted that a client's PTSD “had become worse after a treatment with EMDR” (p. 284).…”

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A person-centred political critique of current discourses in post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic growth

Lee

2017

Psychotherapy and Politics International

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This article seeks to contribute to current person‐centred research exploring post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and post‐traumatic growth (PTG), by offering a person‐centred political critique of some individualizing/pathologizing ways in which these two discourses seem to be developing. Notions of lower resilience (Regel & Joseph, ), faulty brains (Bell, ), lower intelligence (Bomyea, Risbrough, & Lang, ), faulty femininity (Lilly, Pole, Best, Metzler, & Marmar, ) and personal deficits (Joseph, Murphy, & Regel, ) are identified. Some troubling parallels with the borderline personality disorder (BPD) discourse are drawn. Yet, while the meanings/implications of a BPD diagnosis increasingly attract stringent criticism, current PTSD and PTG research is not being sufficiently challenged from a political perspective. The article argues that person‐centred approaches (PCAs) need to be more recognized as treatments for PTSD – this work is already underway (see Murphy, Archard, Regel, & Joseph, , for instance) – and that, concurrently and then increasingly, practitioners of PCAs must intervene in the PTSD discourse, also challenging themselves to conceptualize what is now termed PTSD as actually just one incongruence amongst many, rather than a psychopathology encountered by some (deficient) people.

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“…Empirically supported treatments for trauma include Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy [17] [18] [19] [20]. Re-experiencing the traumatic event is the primary focus in many treatments of PTSD with a goal of reducing DOI: 10.4236/jss.2018.611015 206 Open Journal of Social Sciences intrusive images, thoughts, and nightmares related to the trauma.…”

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A Pilot Study with Spanish-Speaking Latina Survivors of Domestic Violence Comparing EMDR & TF-CBT Group Interventions

Harris¹,

Urdaneta²,

Triana³

et al. 2018

JSS

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This pilot study compared two evidence-informed group treatment methods with 19 Spanish-speaking Latina survivors of domestic violence. Spanishspeaking therapists trained in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TFCBT) led the groups. Assessments of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in participants using the SPRINT instrument taken after psychoeducational preparation/prior to trauma processing, and at the end of treatment demonstrated improvement in participants in the EMDR groups and in the TFCBT groups with more reduction of PTSD symptoms in the EMDR groups, although the findings are limited by small sample size and so are not generalizable. The results suggest that there is a need for additional study both on the effectiveness of group treatment for this population and on the best evidence-based approaches.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in the treatment of victims of domestic violence: A pilot study

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Stress Management and Health Promotion in a Sample of Women With Intimate Partner Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Stress Management and Health Promotion in a Sample of Women With Intimate Partner Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial

A person-centred political critique of current discourses in post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic growth

A Pilot Study with Spanish-Speaking Latina Survivors of Domestic Violence Comparing EMDR & TF-CBT Group Interventions

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in the treatment of victims of domestic violence: A pilot study

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Stress Management and Health Promotion in a Sample of Women With Intimate Partner Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Stress Management and Health Promotion in a Sample of Women With Intimate Partner Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial

A person-centred political critique of current discourses in post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic growth

A Pilot Study with Spanish-Speaking Latina Survivors of Domestic Violence Comparing EMDR &amp; TF-CBT Group Interventions

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