Francine Shapiro Library: EMDR Bibliography
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1. Alden, S. (2001, April). New uses for eye movement therapy. Shape, 101.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: Some people sufferinq from post-traumatic stress disorder, such as rape or accident victims, have been helped by eye movement desensitization reprocessinq (EMDR), a technique that involves a trained therapist rapidly movinq his or finqers in front of the patient's eyes. Now, some practitioners are usinq it to enhance performance in fields as varied as sports, business and the arts and to help people overcome psycholoqical hurdles such as stage fright. One example: Arden Mahlberq. P~.D..a clinical psycholoqist in Madison, Wis., treated a woman who wanted to qo on a horseback-ridinq vacation with her husband but was afraid of horses. "The woman attained her qoal after one EMDR session," Mahlberq says. "In fact, they qave her the most challenqinq horse."
2. Anderson, S. (2002, September 25). Parent Power. Glasgow, Scotland: Daily Record.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing. This long and complicated term refers to a technique discovered to alleviate the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD.
Keywords: Overview General Glasgow, Scotland
3. Ansorge, R. (1998, April 9). Psychologists see benefits of finger-waving therapy. Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, [2 pages].
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: "He said, 'Hey!,'" Tinker says. `"After that session, the tantrums stopped. That's the significant thing with EMDR. The emotions change first, then the behavior tags along."
Keywords: Overview General Robert Tinker
4. Ansorge, R. (1997, April 22). Taming the terror: Local therapists seek to ease children’s fears with a relatively new – and controversial - technique. Colorado Springs, CO: Gazette, Lifestyle, 1 [4 pages].
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The Tibbetts (not their real name) credit EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing - a relatively new technique used on adults to defuse memories of traumatic events ranging from surgery and car accidents to combat and rape.
Keywords: Overview General Children Colorado Springs
5. Associated Press. (1994, August 14). New therapy eases trauma, study says. Cincinnati, OH: The Cincinnati Enquirer, A14.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: A treatment that included watching a therapist's fingers move significantly helped people who were suffering psychologically from long-ago traumatic experiences, a study found.
Keywords: Overview General Cincinnati
6. Atkinson, J. (1998, Sep). The eyes have it. Texas Monthly, 26(9), 60-68.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: By the time that vietnam veteran Jerry Smith (not his real name) found his way to psychologist John Black at the Veterans Administration North Texas Health Care System in Dallas in the fall of 1995, he was an absolute mess. In and out of the V.A. system since 1976 suffering from depression, anxiety, alcoholism, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), he had tried various medications and sat through hours of conventional therapy to no avail. He was an unemployable shut-in: Driving anywhere or visiting the mall—being in any crowd, in fact—made him anxious. He was tormented by sleep terrors, meaning he would wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. And he was so morose that in the previous year he had checked into the V.A. center ten times, five for attempting or considering suicide. The V.A. first tackled 53-year-old Smith’s drinking problem in the center’s substance-abuse ...
7. Baker, J. (2001, December 1). Visuals aid therapy: Lawrence psychotherapist uses eye movement technique. Lawrence, KS: Lawrence Journal-World.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The therapy has helped more than 1 million people worldwide who have survived trauma such as sexual abuse, domestic violence, combat and crime, according to the EMDR Institute of Pacific Grove, Calif., which trains clinicians in the technique. Francine Shapiro, who created the eye movement therapy in 1985, is a licensed psychologist and a senior research fellow at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, Calif. Shapiro is also the director of the EMDR Institute.
Keywords: Overview General Lawrence
8. Baker, J. (2002, April 22). Lawrence therapists work with EMDR process to offer a different direction in healing. Lawrence, KS: Lawrence Journal-World.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: "They used it initially with Vietnam vets (suffering from PTSD). We use it a lot now with sexual traumas. Now, the one thing I really like about EMDR, if anybody is really stuck in therapy, it can serve as a wonderful way to go in, try it and see if you can get unstuck, even if you're not working with a trauma," said Ed Bloch, a licensed specialist clinical social worker. Bloch and his wife, J e n a Bloch, a licensed clinical marriage family therapist, own the Life Enrichment Center, 5200 Bob Billings Parkway.
Keywords: Overview General Lawrence
9. Barrett, I. (1996, Nov/Dec). Right before my eyes. Natural Health, 26(6), 60.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
10. Barrs, J. (2002, Sep 16). Therapy in motion. Tampa, FL: The Tampa Tribune, Final, Baylife, 1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: An unusual method of trauma treatment frees sufferers from guilt and anger, proponents say. But naysayers reject it as pseudoscience.
Keywords: Overview General Tampa
11. Bevan, K. (2009, November 5). Local therapist hopes to make EMDR a household term in Berkshire County. The Advocate.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: When Lenox psychotherapist Valerie Sheehan recently spoke to a group of Berkshire County school adjustment counselors about EMDR, a therapy technique originally developed to treat trauma-related disturbances and now used to treat a wide range of psychological disorders, her passion on the topic was hard to conceal.
Keywords: General Overview Valerie Sheehan
12. Blore, D. C. (Pre 2001). Twenty-five minutes in the life of an EMDR client. The EMDR Practitioner. Retrieved December 27, 2008, from http://www.emdr-practitioner.net/.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract: Abtract: A single case of EMDR used with a Road Traffic Accident treated in 25 minutes is described (mainly) from the client's perspective. [Author abstract]
13. Boodman, S. G. (2001, October 30). EMDR, In the eye of the storm: Volunteers offer a controversial trauma therapy to September 11 survivors. Washington, DC: The Washington Post, F, Health, F1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Now proponents of a controversial and increasingly popular treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, are offering free therapy sessions to the latest group of traumatized Americans: survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks at the Pentagon and World Trade Center, relatives of those who were killed and workers involved in the ghastly rescue and recovery efforts.
Keywords: Overview General Volunteers 9/11 Washington, DC
14. Boodman, S. G. (2004, Jun3 29). All in the head: Three approaches to mental health treatment that stretch the boundaries – and, sometimes, credulity. Washington, DC: The Washington Post, Health Tab, F1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Imagine being able to quickly banish phobias by rhythmically tapping on various body parts. How about a painless treatment that eliminates depression by exerting gentle pressure on a patient's shoulders or torso? What if it were possible to overcome attention- deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by having a child focus on a computer image that retrains his brain waves?
Keywords: Overview General Wasington, DC
15. Boudreau, J. (1997, April 22). Making the memories stop. Walnut Creek, CA: Contra Costa Times, E01.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Her biopsychological treatment, called Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, involved a kind of new-age finger waving. The method seemed simple. Smith was told to remember combat while following the side-by-side movement of Shapiro's two fingers.
Keywords: Overview General Walnut Creek, CA
16. Bowden, M. (1994, June 30). New tool for therapy: Finger-wagging. San Jose, CA: San Jose Mercury News, Morning Final, Front, 17A.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: No abstract available.
Keywords: Overview General San Jose
17. Bowden, M. (1994, July 3). Finger-wagging seems to work: Treatment is the latest rage for dealing with traumatic memories. Mobile, AL: Mobile Register, AM, E13.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Now, they've taken to furiously wagging their fingers in front of the patient's face. It's called ``Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing,'' or EMDR to the cognoscenti, and it's the latest rage, practiced now by thousands of respected therapists in the treatment of traumatic memories and phobias.
Keywords: General Overview Mobile
18. Bowden, M. (1994, June 26). The eyes have it in a new therapy: It looks like finger-wagging, but it’s a treatment that has caught fire. Philadelphia, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Final, National, A01.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Over the years, therapists have tried a bizarre variety of methods to heal people's minds.
Keywords: General Overview Philadelphia
19. Bowden, M. (1994, July 3). Finger-wagging, schoolmarm style, the rage in therapy. Tampa, FL: The Tampa Tribune, Metropolitan, Nation/World, 16.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Now, they've taken to furiously wagging their fingers in front of the patient's face. It's called "Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing," or EMDR to the cognoscenti, and it's the latest rage, practiced now by thousands of respected therapists in the treatment of traumatic memories and phobias.
Keywords: General Overview Tampa
20. Bowden, M. (1994, July 12). Rapid eye motion may heal minds. Columbia, SC: The State, D1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Now, they've taken to furiously wagging their fingers in front of the patient's face. It's called "Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing," or EMDR, and it's the latest rage, practiced now by thousands of respected therapists in the treatment of traumatic memories and phobias.
Keywords: Overview General Columbia
21. Bowden, M. (1994, June 30). Therapists put their fingers on new therapy treatment. Lexington, KY: Lexington Herald-Leader, A3.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Now, they have taken to furiously wagging their fingers in front of the patient's face. It's called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, and it is the latest rage, practiced by thousands of respected therapists in the treatment of traumatic memories and phobias.
Keywords: Overview General Lexington Alan Goldstein
22. Bower, R. D., & Bernstein, M. A. (2004). Case presentation of a tattoo-mutilated, Bosnian torture survivor. Torture, 14(1), 16-23, 34.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract: Torture is used to create fear, destroy individuals and communities, and to suppress unwanted political or religious views. The survivor of torture often endures significant physical and psychological trauma. The basis for treating this trauma varies according to individual needs, community resources, programme designs, and cultural acceptance. The case presented here focuses on torture occurring during the Bosnian conflict of 1992 and demonstrates how the utilisation of a community-based, multidisciplinary network model can be effective in helping survivors through the recovery process. The unique circumstances of the study identify factors of imprisonment, rape, deprivation, physical violence and, particularly, body mutilation through tattooing. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Case Report Torture Survivors Bosnians Middle Aged Females Refugees Muslims Disfigurement PTSD Depressive Disorders Generalized Anxiety Disorder Plastic Surgery Treatment Drug Therapy Cognitive Therapy Yugoslav Wars of Secession
23. Braude, T. (2001, May 29). Quick visual treatment may help heal trauma. Detroit, MI: Detroit Free Press, Metro Final, Science, Body & Mind, 3F.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: EMDR was developed by Francine Shapiro, PhD, while she was a graduate student at University of California at Berkeley in 1987. Initially applied to people who had suffered severe traumatic stress -- like rape victims and Vietnam War veterans -- it has become a successful methodology for working with people who have experienced a variety of stressful conditions.
Keywords: Overview General Detroit
24. Braun, A. (2003, March 14). Old war wounds resurface, can be healed. Sebastian, FL: Sebastian Sun, Indian River County, A5.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Luckily Greg had not just been a soldier, he had in him a true warrior spirit. He was brave in the face of his pain - and thoroughly tired of it. So, after I explained the healing method to him, he agreed to try it. This procedure, known as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a revolutionary way to treat painful memories of all kinds. During the many years I have used it, it has never failed me once. Here is how it works.
Keywords: Overview General Sebastian, FL
25. Braun, A. (2000, December 8). Trauma can be overcome with help. Sebastian, FL: Sebastian Sun, Indian River County, A5.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: One of the best techniques to heal old pain is called EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), admittedly a terrible name.
Keywords: Overview General Sebastian, FL
26. Bresnan, A. (2000, September 1). Ask Beth. Boston, MA: The Boston Globe, Third, Living, C10.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Thank you for supporting therapy in your column. I'd like to tell you about a technique I've been using with clients for almost four years. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing helps people heal from traumas and works faster than just talking, as it helps the person unload negative feelings. It is helpful with adolescents who were exposed to criticism and other forms of mental abuse at home
Keywords: Overview General Boston Letter
27. Brisch, K-H. (2005, June). Treatment with EMDR of a boy with generalized tic disorder. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Brussels, Belgium.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract: EMDR and children
The treatment with EMDR of a boy with generalized tic disorder is
demonstrated with video material. This boy who had heart surgery at age 4
developed a generalized acute tic disorder at age 11 after an episode of
reanimation as a result of an instrument error that occurred during ECG
monitoring. This incident was not known to the parents, and neither the boy
nor the hospital staff reported on this. Within a few weeks the boy was
completely disabled not able to walk and to speak properly anymore. He
could neither attend school nor participate in leisure amenities with his
friends. After comprehensive diagnostic procedures and unsuccessful
treatment with different types of medication, the tic disorder was diagnosed
as symptomatology of an acute PTSD after traumatic experience of
reanimation with fear of near death.
After EMDR treatment the boy had a complete recovery and could
participate in school and leisure-time activities without any tic symptoms.
The recovery proved to be stable over the follow-up period of one year.
Keywords: Children Tic Disorder Symposium
28. Brogan, J. (2000, March 26). EMDR: New look in trauma therapy. Providence, RI: The Providence Journal, Health & Fitness, M-1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), an alternative to traditional talk therapies, may seem bizarre. Patients must follow the therapist's fingers waving before their eyes, as if they were trying to keep track of a tennis match. Or they watch a blinking light traveling along a special light bar.
Keywords: Overview General Providence
29. Brokaw, N. S. (2006, March 20). Healing the pain: Counselor, minister helps people help themselves. Bloomington, IL: Pantagraph, Main, Money C1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Over that time, Mather has explored new counseling techniques, particularly as insurance companies and other financial constraints continue to demand faster results. Whether Mather is using hypnosis, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), thought field therapy (TFT), biofeedback, self-psychology, good old talk therapy or something else, his goal is the same - to help patients lead better lives.
Keywords: Overview General Bloomington, IL
30. Brown, A. (2007, December 6). Helping kids cope with bereavement. Glasgow, England: Daily Record.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The service also uses Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) on victims of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is a psychotherapy method which features the child focussing on a disturbing memory image while moving the eyes from side to side.
Keywords: Overview General London
31. Brown, J. (2001, October 4). EMDR: The mystery cure. Salon.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: Oct. 4, 2001 1 Dr. Uri Bergmann has heard some horrific stories lately. Several of his therapy patients had worked for the Port Authority, on the 69th floor of World Trade Center 1, and their memories of Sept. 1 1 are gruesome.
Keywords: Uri Bergmann General Overview
32. Bruno, L. (1995, September 10). Trauma: ‘It’s real, it’s painful’. Staten Island, NY: Staten Island Advance, A19.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: During an EMDR session, a patient's eyes follow Ms. Cosentino's fingers back and forth while the patient "focuses on a specific picture of a troubling issue," she said. Invented eight years ago by California therapist Francine Shapiro, EMDR has shown promising anecdotal success in reducing anxiety and post-traumatic stress symptoms such as nightmares and flashbacks. Critics say there is not enough scientific data to warrant claims that EMDR works.
Keywords: Overview General Staten Island
33. Burne, J. (2004). Healing without Freud or prozac. London, England: The Independent, [5 pages].
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Where do you get the blues? Most people would say in the head. That's where we look for mental problems. Depression, anxiety, distress are all the result of brain chemistry going wrong - not enough serotonin, for example. And that's why we treat them with talking therapies and "serotonin reuptake inhibitors" such as Prozac.
Keywords: General Overview London
34. Burne, J. (1994, July 26). Just follow my finger, can simple eye treatments cure deep-seated traumas?. London, England: The Independent, 1 page.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: At 38, Emma was walking Which? -guide to therapies: behaviourist, cognitive, hypnosis, family and psychiatry. For 18 years she had tried the lot in an increasingly despairing attempt 'to conquer her agoraphobia. So it was with considerable scepticism that she embarked last year on a new therapy - Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) - that was apparently achieving miracle cures across the United States. What made her even more wary was that It sounded as absurdly simple as it was bizarre.
Keywords: General Overview London
35. Butler, K. (1992, November 25). Memories “reprocessed:” New therapy for post-trauma stress. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Chronicle, Final, News, A1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: FOr 4 1/2 years, the rape retained the vividness of a nightmare.
Keywords: Overview General San Francisco
36. Cahill, P. (2000, August 25). Therapy may help some recover from disorders. Springfield, MA: Union-News, All, Health & Science, E01.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: But now there's a new choice, called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). It's a therapy so low-tech that it sounds like magic or science fiction. But it works, and in a fraction of the time that it takes talk therapy to work, said George Abbott, a psychologist at the Center for Behavioral Health at Holyoke Hospital who also has a private practice in Northampton.
Keywords: General Overview Springfield
37. Cano, D. (1992, November 26). Therapists to help hurricane victims. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Times.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Two Orange County therapists will spend the holidays in South Florida to help survivors of Hurricane Andrew. which decimated the area last summer. Judy Albert, a Huntington Beach marriage, family acd child Eounselor, is leaving today to help hurricane survivors deal with anxiety, depression and other disorders.
Keywords: Overview General Los Angeles Ruth Knowles Grainger
38. Carr-Elsing, D. (1997, November 17). Therapy frees grim memories. Madison, WI: Capital Times.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, the technique combines many of the successful, traditional approaches of psychotherapy with eye movements or other forms of rhythmic stimulation.
Keywords: Overview General Madison
39. Chang, G. (1998, March 27). Using flashing lights to banish bad memories. The Discovery Store, Science Today Online.
Language: English
Format: Other
40. Chillot, R., & Smith, S. (1994, December). Banish nightmarish memories with the wave of a hand. Prevention, 46(12), 73-75.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: Discusses the alternative psychological therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Its use for people suffering from post-traumatic stress-disorder; Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., developer of EMDR; Why patients watch a waving hand while focusing on the troubling memory; Research in EMDR's favor that was presented at the American Psychological Association convention in August 1994;[Academic Search Premier]
41. Chilson, M. (2002, March 4). EMDR anxiety relief with a flick of the eye?. Topeka, KS: Topeka Capital-Journal, [2 pages].
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Critics call EMDR "laughable" while believers call it "miraculous." You will discover that the acronym stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, but you won't find a solid definition anywhere.
Keywords: Overview General Topeka
42. Chilson, M. (2002, March 4). Client can direct treatment, define goals. Topeka, KS: Topeka Capital-Journal, B1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: A VOLUNTEER NETWORK of therapists trained in post-traumatic stress disorder is providing free treatment programs for people affected by the World Trade Center terrorist attack. The clinicians are trained in a technique called eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) that is proven to help the stress disorder, and the free service is part of the nonprofit Disaster Mental Health Recovery Network. The Mental Health Association of Suffolk County will provide names of EMDR specialists participating in the program. For information call the association at 631-226-3900, or 917-626-9117 for clinicians in the five boroughs. The Nassau County Mental Health Association also has social workers trained to deal with people contemplating suicide. The help line is 516-504-HELP.
Keywords: General Overview Topeka
43. Chomin, L. A. (2009, February 22). EMDR unlocks traumatic events frozen in time. Observer & Eccentric, B8.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Complicated grief is one of traumatic events in which Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can be used to unlock and resolve disturbing events that remain frozen in time. Chaloux had been partying with a friend on Super Bowl Sunday and missed the call that his grandmother was dying. Family thought his presence might have strengthened her her will to live since the two were close. Chaloux's grandmother helped raise him.
Keywords: General Overview David Breeden Complicated Grief
44. Churchill, M. A. (2000, January 7). Junk science invades psychiatry. Detroit, MI: Detroit Free Press.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: This psychiatrist tries to cure mental illness with eye wiggles. He says memory of childhood abuse is stored in the hips, elbows and toes. And he wants to bill health insurers for his services, the same as other medical doctors, a concept called "parity."
Keywords: Overview General Detroit
45. Colmenares, C. (2000, July 11). Doorway to healing?. Nashville, TN: The Tennessean, Living, 1D.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Then a sixth therapist, Nashville psychologist Wallace Reynolds, suggested EMDR, eye movement desensitization reprocessing, a relatively new psychotherapy technique that opens the boxes where monsters dwell so the mind can flick the switch and send them scattering. "It's not magic, just accelerated processing," Reynolds says. Indeed it's not magic in fact, it's smoke and mirrors, say scientists who dispute not only the efficacy of EMDR but the theories behind it.
Keywords: Overview General Nashville Wallace Reynolds
46. Colwell, D. (2000, January). Blind faith. San Francisco Weekly, 17-24.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: Many clinicians considered Shapiro's method to be nothing short of a breakthrough, and the technique, conceived by the then California graduate student with a background in English literature, quickly turned the psychology field on its head.
47. Condon, G. (2000, August 22). Eye-opening therapy: Method simulating REM succeeds in soothing painful memories, but nobody knows why. Hartford, CT: The Hartford Courant, Statewide, Life, D3.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Over time, the memory helped shape the low self-esteem, disturbed sleep, anxiety and depression that brought him to Carole MacKenzie's psychotherapy practice in Hartford last year. MacKenzie, a clinical social worker, used a technique called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a controversial but increasingly popular method that has been used for a decade to help heal those suffering the psychological aftereffects of trauma.
Keywords: Overview General Hartford
48. Cool, C. (1999, August). The mind’s eye. Penthouse, 30(360), 24-26, 32-34, 46.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: Since Cox switched to EMDR she has had dramatically good results.
Keywords: PTSD General Overview
49. Corcoran, M. (2001, July 5). 6-string therapy for Dale. Austin, TX: Austin American-Statesman Starr, XL ENT.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Out of hardship often comes great art. That's the message behind "Every Song I Write Is For You," the album by Dale Watson that hits stores July 24. The hard-core honky-tonker wears his heart on his sleeve -- literally, the sleeve of his CD, which features a picture of Teresa Lynn Herbert, the girlfriend he lost to a car accident Sept. 15. She crashed en route to Houston, where Watson had a gig. He had shut off his cell phone at lunch, and when he turned it back on a couple hours later, the caller ID showed that Herbert had called 13 times. "She had something she really wanted to tell me, but I'll never know what," says Watson, who plays every Monday at Ego's. The singer took the tragedy hard, and on New Year's Eve, he swallowed a handful of pills in a suicide attempt. After being evaluated by a psychiatrist, Watson was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and has been undergoing EMDR treatments. "After about 20 minutes, I'd felt like an 800-pound gorilla had been lifted off my shoulders," Watson says of the hypnosis-like therapy said to rejuvenate sleep-deprived patients. "For four months after Teresa's death, I'd relive it every day, all day. My mind was like a needle stuck in the groove of a record." Watson's next release was supposed to be a live album for Audium/KOCH, but he insisted that this "love song album with no apologies" come out first. "It was an easy album to write, but real hard to record."
Keywords: Overview General, Austin
50. Cowan, B. (2002, April 23). I felt the memory gush out. London, England: The Times.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: "After ten hours of EMDR, I had made the breakthrough I needed and I left the surgery in a state of euphoria. I haven't had a panic attack or nightmare since and now realise that they were the physical memory of the rapist crushing and suffocating me. Replaying events gave my brain another chance to process them. This time it got it right and emotionally, not just rationally, I now acknowledge that you can't control everything."
Keywords: Overview General London
51. Cowley, G. (1994, July 4). In the blink of an eye - Treating emotional trauma takes a new, controversial turn. Dallas, TX: The Dallas Morning News, Home Final, Today, 3C.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Discouraged by six months of conventional psychotherapy, Sgt. Baumgartner turned last August to a treatment called EMDR, or "eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing."
Keywords: Overview General Dallas
52. Cowley, J., & Biddle, N. A. (1994, June 20). Waving away the pain – Mind: Is the trendy therapy called EMDR the new Prozac or the old snake oil?. Newsweek, 123(25), 70-71.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: In 1989 Shapiro published hvo scholarly i papers (including her Ph.D. thesis), describing patients who felt they benefited from her treatment. And in 1991 she set up a company, the EMDR Institute, to market weekend training courses for psychologists and psychiatrists. "When I first saw the Shapiro study I thought it was a California cult thing," says psychologist Steven Silver of the Coatesville CA Medical Center in Pennsylvania. "Then I went through the training and brought it back to our unit. We've had excellent results for three years. I've seen changes occur with a speed I've never seen before."
Keywords: Overview General Steve Silver
53. Cox, J. (2005, January 11). Skittish riders —afraid of getting hurt again — use calming techniques to get back in the saddle. Denver, CO: The Denver Post, Scene, F-01.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Clinical psychologist Margot Nacey of Greeley, a lifelong equestrian who calls such fear a form of post-traumatic stress, says she has had great success treating it with the brain-reprogramming technique EMDR - eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.
Keywords: Ovrview General Denver Margot Nacey
54. Crump, S. (2004, February 2). Windows to the soul: Can rapid eye therapy reveal what’s holding you back?. Twin Falls, ID: The Time-News, Section B, B1 [4 pages].
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Mostly because RET has many similarities to a controversial psychotherapeutic method called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing EMDR that integrates a variety of therapeutic approaches in combination with eye movements to stimulate the brain's information-processing system. EMDR involves a therapist waving his or her fingers in front of a patient's eyes while the client imagines various disturbing scenes that are thought to be related to his or her problems.
Keywords: Overview General Twin Falls Rapid Eye Technology RET
55. Curry, N. (1999, December 23). Control your anger – it’s all the rage. London, England: The Independent, Independent Online Edition/Health Medical.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: No abstract available.
Keywords: Overview General London
56. Davis, R. (2005, April 25). Trauma treatment training has him on the run. Greenfield, MA: The Recorder.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Mimicking the rapid eye movement that's believed to help us integrate information from our days as we sleep, EMDR treatment has been around for nearly 20 years and has gradually become more accepted as an efficient, effective and systematic way to help process a memory the client would rather keep hidden. EMDR even works with very young children, Greenwald said.
Keywords: Overview General Greenfield, MA
57. de Jongh, A., & ten Broeke, E. (2008). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. In N. Nicolai (red.), 'Handboek psychotherapie na seksueel misbruik'. De Tijdstroom: Utrecht.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract: No abstract available.
58. Dees, L. (2006, September 5). Eye of the beholder. New Orleans Gambit Weekly, 27(36), 29-30.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: Medical personnel travel to New Orleans for workshops on a therapy that use eye movements to help alleviate PTSD.
Keywords: Overview General PTSD
59. Dees, L. (2006, November 10). A new way to treat stress: Trauma responds to moving-finger-therapy. Biloxi, MS: Sun Herald, Your Life, B1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Jeffries' psychologist used eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing. EMDR therapy is based on the principle that traumatic memories are stored differently in the brain --- recorded as bits and pieces. EMDR tries to create "cohesive images" by adding clinician-guided eye movements and tactile stimulation to the traditional intellectual approach.
Keywords: Overview General Stress Biloxi
60. Dees, L. (2006, November 2). Eye-movement therapists tackle post-traumatic stress. Portland, OR: The Forecaster.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy used to relieve the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. EMDR was developed in 1987 by American psychologist Dr. Francine Shapiro. Shapiro studied the impact of EMDR on reducing the symptoms of post-traumatic stress syndrome in Vietnam combat veterans. EMDR has since been expanded to include applications for grief, phobias, anxiety, depression, abuse, performance anxiety and addictions.
Keywords: PTSD General Overview Portland Molly Stanley
61. Devilly, G. J. (1997). Does EMDR work?. St. Charles’ Hospital Week, Brisbane, Australia.
Language: English
Format: Other
62. Dietz, D. (Publication Date Unknown). Eye movement therapy: Dawn of a new psychology or fad?. Salem Statesman Journal.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: In Palo Alto, Calif., it is Eye Movement Desensitization 'and Reprocessing. The therapy relies on a theory that a program of guided eye movements can relieve patients of severe psychological problems. Proponents say the therapy has relieved war veterans of nightmares, allowed phobics to regain normal lives and freed adults from abuse they suffered as children.
Keywords: Overview General Salem
63. Doctor, R. (1994). Tired of EMDR. the Behavior Therapist, 17(8), 202.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract: No abstract availablr.
64. Doner, K. (1994, April). EMDR: A radical new treatment for psychological trauma. Self, 6(4), 70.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
65. Donnelly, K. (1997, April 30). The EMDR alternative traumatized by tragedy? Menaced by those memos? No tiger in your golf game? The mind’s eye might cure it. San Jose, CA: San Jose Mercury News, Morning Final, Silicon Valley Life, 1E.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: An article in Wednesday's Silicon Valley Life section failed to identify both authors of ''EMDR: The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma.'' Margot Silk Forrest wrote the book with Francine Shapiro.
Keywords: Overview General San Jose
66. Drozd, L. M. (1994, Jul). EMDR – A natural halting process: A brief explanation. The Orange County Psychologist.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract: (EMDR) was developed by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. from the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto in 1987 and was utilied clinically beginning in 1989 with Vietnam veterans. Numerous scientific studies have been and continue to be done and data collected regarding the reliability and validity of EMDR as a psychotherapeutictechnique. It isno longer considered to be experimental.
67. Dulworth, S. (2004, September). CAM offerings really can enhance quality of care for some patients. Managed Care Magazine.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: People flock to these services whether insurers cover them or not. When does it make economic and medical sense to offer them?
Keywords: Overview General CAM
68. Duncan, C. (2004, July 9). Trauma is treatable after decades of distress. Cardiff, Wales: Western Mail.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Although EMDR as a treatment for traumatic memories is sometimes effective, it is not nearly so reliable or flexible as the treatment recommended by the European Therapy Studies Institute. Their preferred method, known by psychologists as 'the rewind technique', is more reliable and flexible than EMDR and has even detraumatised people in one session from memories laid down six decades earlier!
Keywords: Overview General Cardiff, Wales
69. Edwards, B. (Host) (1994, August 15). New psychotherapy sparks controversial debate. NPR, Morning Edition (10:00/11:00 a.m.), 21-23.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract: Bob Edwards, Host: A new type of psychotherapy has triggered debate among mental health professionals. Proponents of the therapy, known as Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, or EMDR, say it's highly effective for alleviating the emotional effects of traumatic experiences. But, critics say EMDR is an unproven therapy, and they question in particular a part of the treatment that involves using rapid eye movements.
70. Elgin, E. (2008, September 7). What is EMDR? A client's perspective. Mental Health Issues Examiner.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract: (PTSD), Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or any number of personality or disorders, a new type of therapy has emerged as a hopeful alternative in recent years. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an information processing psychotherapy that was developed to resolve symptoms resulting from disturbing and unresolved life experiences. Containing aspects of many different types of therapy including psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, interpersonal, experiential, and body-centered therapies, has had a very impressive success rates in recent years using double blind placebo studies.
71. Elias, M. (1999, November 29). Eyeing new treatment for trauma. USA Today, 1D, 1-2.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Psychologist Steve Silver was skeptical of the strange new therapy but he felt desperate. Facing him sat a middle aged man whose prductive life was ended 20 years ago.As a young soldier in Vietnam, his mental health had been shattered in one split second of savagery. "He'd become very close to his battalion commander," says Silver, "and then one day watched as this man literally had his head blown off right in front of him."
Keywords: General Overview Steve Silver Steven Lazrove
72. Emery, E. (2000, July 26). Banishing the nightmares - Psychologist helps Kosovo's children erase bad memories. Denver, CO: The Denver Post, Final Edition, Denver & the West, B-05 and 2D Edition, B-05.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Colorado Springs psychologist Sandra Wilson, an expert in a therapy called Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, was asked to come and help. She was accompanied by a team of American psychologists, and they worked side by side with a young interpreter from Kosovo named Jeton Hoxha. One by one, 100 children, ages 5 to 16, sat down with the psychologists and Hoxha and told their stories.
Keywords: General Overview Denver Sandra Wilson
73. Eschenroder, C. T. (2005). "Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing". In M. Linden & M. Hautzinger, Verhaltenstherapiemanual (5th ed.) (pp 163-167). Springer: Berlin Heidelberg.
Language: German
Format: Book Section
Abstract: "Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing“ (EMDR) ist die Bezeichnung für eine psychotherapeutische Methode, die von der amerikanischen Psychologin Francine Shapiro entwickelt wurde (Shapiro 1998). Das Grundprinzip von EMDR besteht darin, dass die Person sich auf eine traumatische Erinnerung und die damit verbundenen Gedanken und Körperempfindungen konzentriert, während gleichzeitig die Aufmerksamkeit auf einen äußeren Reiz gelenkt wird. Ursprünglich glaubte Shapiro, dass die Induktion von schnellen rhythmischen Augenbewegungen entscheidend für die Wirkung des Verfahrens sei; es zeigte sich aber, dass auch akustische oder taktile Stimulierungen eine ähnliche Wirkung haben. Dennoch wurde die Bezeichnung EMDR als "Markenname“ beibehalten.
74. Eulitt, D. (2002, March 4). EMDR: Anxiety relief with a flick of the eye?. Topeka Capital-Journal.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: No abstract available.
Keywords: Overview General Topeka
75. Everly, Jr., G. (2002). Nipping PTSD in the bud. Psychology Today.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: A less traditional approach called eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), which initially required patients to fix their eyes upon the therapist's rapidly moving finger, instead now employs oscillating taps or tones while the patient concentrates upon the traumatic event in the hope of becoming desensitized to it. Controlled research on EMDR is largely supportive and many practicing clinicians report positive results with their patients.
Keywords: Overview General PTSD
76. Feagin, R. M. (2003, March 17). Healing dimensions: Personnel treat myriad of emotional disorders. Mansfield, OH: News Journal, B1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing as it is technically known, was developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro in 1989. Its first major application was with Vietnam veterans who were still suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Keywords: General Overview Mansfield
77. Feingold, A. (2001, Feb 14). EMDR for PDA?. HelpHorizons.com.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract: Over the years, a number of studies have demonstrated that the treatment known as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) offers some benefit when used to address some forms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Keywords: Overview General PDA
78. Fenstermaker, D. (1991, December). A general practice screen for dissociative disorders. EMDR Network Newsletter, 1(2), 13-17.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: Media descriptions, popular magazine articles, novels and television programs, dissociaparticularly talk shows, present a variety of human conditions to the public. These accounts are often portrayed to represent the general condition when, in fact, they represent highly stylized, idiosyncratic variations of a general class. Over the last ten years, many accounts of dissociative somedisorders, most specifically multiple personality disorder (MPD), have been presented in the media in exactly that sensationalizing fashion. The public, as well as many mental health practioners, have been inundated with largely believable, but exceptionally rare, accounts of how patients with these disorders function, (e.g., what they are like in their day to day living and how they are likely to present themselves in treatment). These conditioned descriptions lead inadvertently to unrealistic expectations about how to recognizesignsand symptoms that would lead to an accurate diagnosis of dissociative disorders.
Keywords: Dissociative Disorders
79. Fillmore, R. (1995, February). More PTSD sufferers are spelling relief E-M-D-R. The Stars and Stripes, 16.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract: Thousands of therapists
across the country, many at
VA medical centers, are using
a new weapon in the battle
against posbtraurnatic stress
disorder (PTSD).
Under "Eye Movement Desensitization
and Reprocessing"
(EMDR), is a therapy
based on having the client concentrate
on their disturbing
experiences in 20-second periods
while trackinga therapist's
moving finger with sweeping
left-to-right eye movements.
80. Fine, C., Paulsen, S., Rouanzoin, C., Luber, M., Puk, G., & Young, W. (2001). A general guide to the use of EMDR in the dissociative disorders: A task force report. In F. Shapiro, EMDR: Basic principles, practices and procedures, 2nd Ed. New York: Guilford Press.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract: No abstract available.
Keywords: Dissociative Disorders Task Force Report
81. Fisher, E. (1997, May 26). Coached to success: Professional advisers help many workers break out of career and personal slumps. Washington, DC: The Washington Times, Business Times, D12 [4 pages].
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Many in the scientific community dispute EMDR's validity, but Ms. Fox and many patients of EMDR insist the method reduces stress and improves performance at key moments.
Keywords: Overview General Washinton, DC
82. Fitzgerald, B. (2001, January 12). The eyes have it: Controversial therapy treats trauma disorders through eye movement. Boston University Community Weekly Newspaper: B.U. Bridge, IV(1).
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Bessel van der Kolk does not mince words when describing the effectiveness of a controversial therapy that started becoming popular among psychologists a decade ago. "It's the greatest thing since sliced bread," he says about eye movlement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).
Keywords: Overview General Boston
83. Fizel, D., Yakstis, L. C., et al (1997). EMDR for trauma (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing). Paper presented at the 105th meeting of the American Psychological Associaiton, Washington, DC.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Keywords: Trauma General Overview
84. Flint, R. T. (1992, December). Behavioral validation of EMDR: Two PTSD cases. EMDR Network Newsletter, 2(2), 5-6.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: Clinicians trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) often describe approaching the method with great skepticism that transforms into enthusiasm and a desire to proselytize. This enthusiasm is often mixed with the lament that more behavioral validation studieshave not been performed. This note records two cases in which people suffering from chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms demonstrated striking behavioral changes after a single brief EMDR treatment.
85. Forbes, D., Creamer, M. C., Phelps, A. J., Couineau, A. L., Cooper, J. A., Bryant, R. A., McFarlane, A. C., Devilly, G. J., Matthews, L. R., & Raphael, B. (2007, July). Treating adults with acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder in general practice: A clinical update. Medical Journal of Australia, 187(2), 120-123.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract: General practitioners have an important role to play in helping patients after exposure to severe psychological trauma. In the immediate aftermath of trauma, GPs should offer "psychological first aid", which includes monitoring of the patient's mental state, providing general emotional support and information, and encouraging the active use of social support networks, and self-care strategies. Drug treatments should be avoided as a preventive intervention after traumatic exposure; they may be used cautiously in cases of extreme distress that persists. Adults with acute stress disorder (ASD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) should be provided with trauma-focused cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) in addition to in-vivo exposure (confronting avoided situations, people or places in a graded and systematic manner) may also be provided for PTSD. Drug treatments should not normally replace trauma-focused psychological therapy as a first-line treatment for adults with PTSD. If medication is considered for treating PTSD in adults, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants are the first choice. Other new generation antidepressants and older tricyclic antidepressants should be considered as second-line pharmacological options. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors may be considered by mental health specialists for use in people with treatment-resistant symptoms.
Keywords: Acute Stress Disorder PSTD Anti-depressants SSRIs MAO Inhibitors
86. Foreman, J. (1997, February 24). It’s enough to make you crazy. Boston, MA: The Boston Globe, Third, Health and Science, C1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: There's less agreement on the efficacy of psychoanalysis, despite its longstanding reputation, or some newer controversial treatments like EMDR -- eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, a technique that relies on eye movement exercises to relieve for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Keywords: Overview General Boston
87. Foreman, J. (1998, September 14, Corr 16). New therapy for trauma is doubted. Boston, MA: The Boston Globe, Third, Health and Science, C1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: But since that day 11 years ago Shapiro has been ferociously studying -- and promoting -- EMDR. When she first began her studies, she was enrolled in a now-defunct, never-accredited school, the Professional School of Psychological Studies in San Diego. She eventually earned a PhD in psychology there and in 1989 published a study showing EMDR seemed to help people with post-traumatic stress disorder, which is characterized by nightmares, flashbacks and anxiety.
Keywords: Overview General Boston
88. Föreningen EMDR Sverige (2001). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing - En psykoterapeutisk metod för att behandla traumatiska minnen. Author.
Language: Swedish
Format: Other
Keywords: General Overview Brochure
89. Gadd, J. (1998, March 14). Banishing bad memories with flashing lights. Toronto, Ontario: The Globe and Mail, Science.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Its supporters believe a controversial technique can cure patients when years of traditioanl psychotherapy have not.
Keywords: Overview General Toronto
90. Garloch, K. (1998, August 10). Points of order. Charlotte, NC: Charlotte Observer, 1E [5 pages].
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: ``I used to think EMDR was strange. I actually thought it was bizarre,'' said Jan Brittain, a Charlotte therapist who's been using it with clients for several years. Six weeks ago, she also trained to do thought field therapy. At a workshop in Chicago, she volunteered to be a subject, and ``I had a dramatic reduction of the (chronic) pain in my neck and upper back. I was surprised and immediately assumed it must have been the Tylenol I took.'' But the next morning, she still felt better. ``That got my attention, big time. I knew that something powerful had happened,'' Brittain said. ``The proof is in the pudding...So far, I'm a believer.''
Keywords: Overview General Charlotte, NC
91. Gastright, J. (1995). EMDR works! Is that enough?. Cincinnati Skeptic, 4(3), 1-3.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: In 1987 a 39-year-old, Brooklyn-born, new age seeker was walking in a park in San Gateo, California. Without warning she was overwhelmed with disturbing thoughts. They vanished as quickly as they had arrived, and on analysis she decided that the improvement occurred after she had flicked her eyes from side to side. She tried the technique on other traumatic memories and noticed that after the eye movement the memories just "didn't have the same charge." When she tried the technique with friends, she noticed that many people were unable to flick their eyes properly, so she started "conducting" them by moving her fingers back and forth in front of their eyes at the correct speed. The fingers move about as fast as a tennis match on fast forward.
Keywords: General Overview Skeptic
92. Gaudiano, B. A. (2004 January 4). Can be depressing. Monterey County, CA: The Monterey County Herald, Commentary, F1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: There's also a treatment for post-traumatic stress called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. Similar to techniques used in other effective treatments for this condition, EMDR therapists ask clients to review the traumatic events repeatedly in their minds until their anxiety dissipates. What makes EMDR unique is that the therapist also moves index and middle fingers rapidly from left to right in front of the client, who is asked to visually track the movement while imagining the scene. But research shows that the eye movements appear to be completely superfluous, as people who are asked to keep their eyes still while recounting the events improve just as much as those who do the eye-wiggling.
Keywords: Overview General Monterey County
93. Gaudiano, B. A. (2004, January 4). Beware of weird, wacky psychotherapy treatments. Salt Lake City, UT: The Deseret News, All, Viewpoint, AA08.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: There's also a treatment for post-traumatic stress called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. Similar to techniques used in other effective treatments for this condition, EMDR therapists ask clients to review the traumatic events repeatedly in their minds until their anxiety dissipates. What makes EMDR unique is that the therapist also moves index and middle fingers rapidly from left to right in front of the client, who is asked to visually track the movement while imagining the scene. But research shows that the eye movements appear to be completely superfluous, as people who are asked to keep their eyes still while recounting the events improve just as much as those who do the eye-wiggling.
Keywords: Overview General Salt Lake City
94. Gauvreau, P. (2009, May). Using EMDR to treat generalized anxiety disorder. Paper presented at the EMDR Canada Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract: Generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by excessive and difficult to control worry which is accompanied by symptoms of anxiety. This presentation will show how to use EMDR to treat this anxious disorder. Following a review of GAD and its clinical features, its etiological model and cognitive-behavioral model, participants will be shown how to integrate these notions within an AIP model framework. Treatment planning, target selection and EMDR reprocessing for this specific disorder will be presented. A final part will raise certain issues when working with Axis 1 and Axis 2 co-morbid disorders.
Keywords: GAD Generalized Anxiety Disorder
95. Gauvreau, P., & Bouchard, S. (2008). Preliminary evidence for the efficacy of EMDR in treating generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 2(1), 26-40.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract: This preliminary study sought to evaluate the potential effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) as a treatment modality for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Using a singlecase design with multiple baselines across four subjects, the effectiveness of 15 EMDR sessions was evaluated. Results indicate that subsequent to targeting the experiential contributors to GAD and the current and anticipated situations that caused excessive worry, the scores of anxiety and of excessive worry dropped to levels below diagnostic threshold and in two cases to full remission of GAD symptoms. At both posttreatment and at 2 months follow-up, all four participants no longer presented with GAD diagnosis. In addition, time-series analyses (ARMA) indicate statistically signifi cant improvement on both daily measures of worry and anxiety over the course of the EMDR treatment. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Efficacy Generalized Anxiety Disorder Single-Case Design Time-Series Analyses Treatment
96. Gentry, C. (1994, August 14). Eye movement cited as therapy for trauma. St. Petersburg, FL: St. Petersburg Times, City, National, 18a.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: In the seven years since, she has developed this discovery into a treatment she calls Eye Movement Densensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR. It involves a series of maneuvers that alternate left or right attention while the patient focuses on the disturbing thought.
Keywords: Overview General Tampa
97. Gilbert, P. R. (1994, December 5). Wave trauma goodbye? A new therapy is said to reduce the effects of severe psychogical injury. Bergen County, NJ: The Record, All Editions, Lifestyle, b 01.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: EMDR is an experimental and controversial technique that, on its face, looks like hocus-pocus. The therapist holds two fingers together near the patient's face and instructs the patient to focus on the fingers. The therapist waves the fingers rapidly back and forth about two dozen times, then stops and asks, "What comes up for you?" After a discussion, the process is repeated.
Keywords: Overview General Bergen County
98. Glaser, G. (2006, August 23). Eye-catching therapy: An unusual treatment for post-traumatic stress, eye movement desensitization goes mainstream. Portland, OR: The Oregonian, Sunrise, Living, C01 [3 pages].
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: It had been almost a year since the accident, and Lynn Hornbuckle felt herself getting worse, not better. She could not escape the deafening sound of the screeching tires and breaking glass. She was unable to turn her mind away from the moment the truck slammed into her Mercedes near Bend, killing a woman in the car behind her. Worst of all, Hornbuckle's arm, which required four surgeries and an excruciating skin graft, throbbed, as if the bones themselves remembered.
Keywords: Overview General Portland
99. Goode, E. (2004, March 9). Psychology police challenge theories. Torrance, CA: Daily Breeze, A7.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The challengers have also criticized a number of fashionable therapies, including "critical incident" psychological debriefing for trauma victims, eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, and other techniques. "These guys are sort of the Ralph Naders of psychology," said David Barlow, director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University.
Keywords: Overview General Torrance, CA
100. Goode, E. (2001, November 20). Treatment can ease lingering trauma of Sept. 11. New York, NY: The New York Times.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: "What is effective in E.M.D.R. is not new, and what is new is not effective," said Dr. Richard McNally, an associate professor of psychology at Harvard and a vocal critic of the technique.
Keywords: Overview General New York Richard McNally
101. Gower, T. (2002, May). The new quick-fix therapy. Health, 98-99.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: Anita Anderson tried all sort of ways to relieve her fear of flying. She listened to soft music before takeoff, make herself think soothing thoughts – nothing worked. Then, two years ago, the 52-year-old from Brewster, Massachusetts, learned that a psychotherapist friend of hers had been trained to perform EMDR, a new treatment that allegedly relieves anxiety quickly. She promptly made an appointment.
Keywords: General Overview Fear of Flying
102. Greenwald, R. (2002, June). Getting to EMDR: Structuring treatment so that EMDR fits in. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the EMDR International Association, San Diego, CA.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract: The commonly-reported difficulty in identifying opportunties to use EMDR reflects the fact that relatively few EMDR-trained clinicians were previously trauma specialists. This workshop will present a comprehensive model of trauma-informed treatment that will help participants to utilize their preferred orientation and methods in a manner conducive to trauma treatment and to EMDR. Participants will learn specific interventions to help their clients understand why EMDR can help them to resolve their presenting problem. Participants will learn a conceptual framework with which to organize and sequence a range of intervention to prepare their clients for EMDR. Participants will learn specific interventions to prepare their clients for EMDR. This workshop is appropriate for clinicians working with children, adolescents, and adults wilth a range of presenting problems (not just PTSD).
Keywords: General Trauma-Informed Interventions
103. Greenwald, R. (1996, October). New hope for trauma victims. Ithaca, NY: Ithaca Times.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Trauma. Even the word shocks, jars a little. But most of us have some. Who hasn't been in a car accident, a house fire, lost a loved one, been assaulted? Not to mention child abuse, rape, war... These are the adverse life experiences that are supposed to make us stronger. Supposed to - but it's not automatic. We become stronger not merely by having a bad experience, but by mastering it. Some people can accomplish this on their own over time, while others may need months or even years of therapy. The important thing is to face it head on, work through the emotions, and get through it. To the other side, where life is good again.
Keywords: Trauma Victims Ithaca General Overview
104. Guiste, A. (1994, November 12). Eyes may help ease high stress of trauma – A new technique isn’ta cure and it’s not for everyone, but for those it’s helped, it’s a miracle. Tallahassee, FL: Tallahassee Democrat, Local, 1C.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: They're not sure how it works, but mental-health professionals are raving about an intense but simple psychotherapy technique that may help alleviate Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing promises to help free people of the psychological symptoms suffered after a traumatic event. And it's quick - the treatment can be as brief as 90 minutes.
Keywords: General Overview Tallahassee
105. Haederle, M. (1999, November). The eyes have it. Spirit, 88-94.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: 0 ne morning in 1987, a graduate student in psychology named Francine Shapiro was taking her morning walk through a park in Los Catos, California, puzzling over a personal problem. "The thought was the kind that you generally have to do something about to get rid of," she recalls. "1 suddenly noticed it wasn't there, and when I recalled it, it didn't have the same charge. I wondered what had happened."
106. Hicks, R. (Publication Date Unknown). Fingers of therapy. The Australian, Australian Magazine, 14-17.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: It seems too good to be true, yet it's claimed to work in more than 50 per cent of dzficul t cases. Ron Hicks looks into the treatment that is revolutionising psychotherapy in Australia.
107. Houston, P. (2000, October). Seeing is believing. Elle, 16(2), 236-240, 389.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: Can wide-wake REM take you places even your sleeping self won't go? Pam Houston trries out a radical new therapy - and changes her life.
108. Iglesias, E. (2000, April 14). Psicologia espeiritual contra la depresion. Miami, FL: El Nuevo Herald, Final, Galeria, 1C.
Language: Spanish
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Otro tratamiento nuevo es el EMDR (Eye Movement Disensitation and Reprocessing), o reprocesamiento y desensibilización a través del movimiento de los ojos. ``Cuando existe algún trauma, o se está deprimido, esas imágenes están almacenadas en el lado derecho, que es el cerebro emocional. La persona piensa en ese recuerdo y determina la imagen que acompaña ese pensamiento. A lo mejor siente el corazón apretado o dolor en distintas partes del cuerpo. Eso se procesa a través del movimiento de los ojos, buscando el equilibrio entre el hemisferio derecho y el izquierdo, que es el del pensamiento, para que pueda liberar esas emociones''.
Keywords: Overview General Miami, Florida
109. Iglesias, E. (2000, June 16). Terapias para fortalercer el yo interno. Miami, FL: El Nuevo Herald, Final, Galeria, 8C.
Language: Spanish
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: La neurolingüística y el EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, por sus siglas en inglés) son dos sistemas terapeúticos que se utilizan para reprogramar a las personas.
Keywords: Overview General Miami
110. Jacobs, K. (2001, November 1). The road to wellness. Cincinnati, OH: CityBeat, 7(50).
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: In 1984, Cathy Navey was assaulted in a parking lot. Her physical wounds soon healed, but the trauma left her disoriented. "I felt like I was in a fog," she told me. "I was going through the motions of my life, but I wasn't there emotionally."
Keywords: Overview General Cincinnati
111. Jacobs, S. (1995, May 29). An intriguing new mental health therapy: An eye into the psyche. Miami, FL: The Miami Herald, Final, Living, 1C.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The jury is still out on Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, or EMDR, a controversial new therapy for such mental illnesses as depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. But presentations at last week's American Psychiatric Association convention show that what started as a fringe therapy just a few years ago is being taken seriously by mainstream psychiatrists.
Keywords: Overview General Miami
112. Jacobs, S. (Publication Date Unknown). Physicians using rapid eye movement. Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The method sounds bizarre: Rapid movements of the eye, prompted by a therapist, unlock and chase away mental ghosts that have tormented victims for decades.
113. Jacobs, S. (1995, June 27). Exorcising mental demons: The eyes have it. Long Beach, CA: Press-Telegram, AM, Lifestyle, D3 (pages 1-3).
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The jury is still out on Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, or EMDR, a controversial new therapy for such mental illnesses as depression and PostTraumatic Stress Disorder. But presentations at the recent American Psychiatric Association convention show that what started as a fringe therapy is being taken seriously by some psychiatrists.
Keywords: Overview General Long Beach
114. Jacobs, S. (1995, July 1). The eyes have it: Rapid eye movement is a new and controversial therapy that’s being used to treat mental illnesses. St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Pioneer Press, Metro Final, Express, 1D [3 pages].
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The jury is still out on Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, or EMDR, a controversial new therapy for such mental illnesses as depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. But presentations at the recent American Psychiatric Association convention show that what started as a fringe therapy just a few years ago is being taken seriously by mainstream psychiatrists. ``In the 10 years I have been working with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, I have not seen this level of excitement,'' said Dr. Steven Southwick, a Yale University psychiatrist who heard the new research presented at the conference in Miami Beach.
Keywords: General Overview St. Paul
115. Jacobs, S. (1995, June 27). The eyes have it – Rapid eye movement therapy used to treat mental illness. Biloxi, MS: Sun Herald, Health & Style, B1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The jury is still out on Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, a controversial new therapy for such mental illnesses as depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. But presentations at the recent American Psychiatric Association convention show that what started as a fringe therapy just a few years ago is being taken seriously by mainstream psychiatrists.
Keywords: Overiew General Biloxi
116. Jadrnak, J. (1997, May 19). Refocusing with the eyes. Albuquerque, NM: Albuquerque Journal, Health, C1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Perhaps the most familiar power therapy is EMDR -- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Keywords: Overview General Albuquerque
117. Katz, A. (1995, October 19). See through the pain. New Haven, CT: New Haven Register, All,Health/Science, d1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Eye movement therapy seems to soothe victims of trauma.
Keywords: Overview General New Haven
118. Keefe, C. (1995, June 14). Looking trauma in the eye: An unusual psychotherapy technique brings relief to trauma victims. Orange County, CA: The Orange County Register, Morning, Accent, E01.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Traditional therapy failed to bring lasting relief from her demons. Morgan says Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing _ EMDR _ finally released her from the horrors of her past. EMDR is a technique practiced by licensed clinicians to help trauma victims replace negative images and emotions with positive ones. Its basic premise is that the human brain wants to heal itself.
Keywords: General Overview Orange County
119. Keeler, G. (1994, May 30). The eyes have it: Eye therapy offers hope for people haunted by traumatic events. Fresno, CA: The Fresno Bee, Home, Life, G1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Then marriage and family counselor Nancy Stark suggested Elaine try a new procedure called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Keywords: Overview General Fresno Nancy Stark
120. Kennedy, S. (2004, March 31). EMDR An essential “tool” for a counselor’s “toolbox”. Arizona Department of Public Safety Crime Victim Services Newsletter, 24, 1-2.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is quickly becoming a valuable and soughtafter method for treating victims of trauma. Use of EMDR is revolutionizing the treatment of commonly seen mental health problems (such as depression, anxiety, phobias, etc.) and some of the most troubling and difficult-to-treat problems professionals deal with in clinical settings *(such as posttraumatic stress syndrome, substance abuse, eating disorders, and dissociative disorders).
121. Kennett, L. (2007, November). Does EMDR spell healing?. Ode Magazine Online [4 pages].
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: In 1974, Sam (not his real name) joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary, now known as the Police Service of Northern Ireland. The death toll exacted by The Troubles was being ratcheted up daily, topping 1,000 in April of that year. It would double and then triple over the course of Sam’s service, as the country was convulsed by sectarian violence. Corpses, bombings and assault became part of Sam’s routine. “It was like a normal event,” he says, “explosions, killings, being attacked, seeing my friends attacked and even killed.”
122. Kirk, R. (2004, May 1). Residential school trauma: As time runs out for the Aboriginal Healing Fund, new treatments show promising results. The need for healing is still huge, but will the resources be available to ease the suffering and resultant social costs?. Regina, SK Canada: Briarpatch.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: I conducted my doctoral dissertation on my use of EMDR with 56 individuals, finding it working more quickly and effectively than other interventions. The EMDR process asks the individual not only to focus on the trauma, but also on their bodily reactions and the beliefs that they hold about what happened. People do not necessarily report to the therapist an in-detail recounting of the historic event, but often gain new insights about themselves and their situations that had not occurred to them in any previous self-reflection. Positive-emission topography (PET) scans on the brains of people recalling their traumas and those undergoing EMDR show different parts of the brain lighting up, and post-treatment, the areas of the brain that are activated are more balanced in both hemispheres than before.
Keywords: Overview General Regina, SK Canada
123. Klepac, S. (2002, March 12). Seeing the healing path -- Therapists have new methods to help people deal with traumatic life events. Yakima, WA: Yakima Herald-Republic, Unleashed, 1C-2.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: With Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing - or EMDR - those seeking to overcome current phobias or past traumas have another option aside from the traditional techniques used by therapists.
Keywords: Overview General Yakima
124. Knaff, D. L., & Oring, S. (1994, Dec 20). Relieving stress with a wave of the hand. Cleveland, OH: The Plain Dealer, Final, All, Every Woman, 2E.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Acting on the maxim that extraordinary claims require extraordinary proofs, researchers are setting out to discover if the therapy known as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, offers help to rape victims, veterans and cancer survivors.
Keywords: Overview General Cleveland
125. Kutz, I., & Bleich, A. (2005). Mental health interventions in a general hospital following terrorist attacks: The Israeli experience. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 10(1/2), 425-437.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract: Over three years of repeated terrorist attacks in Israel have shown that the victims suffering from acute stress syndromes constitute the bulk of the casualties. The large number of psychological victims presents an immediate problem of hospital surge capacity. The need for alleviating acute suffering and preventing chronic, disabling posttraumatic syndromes requires organizational and clinical skills. The article reviews deployment and intervention protocols for the treatment of victims and affected staff members in a general hospital setting. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: Terrorism Survivors Israelis Acute Stress Disorder Crisis PTSD Emergency Rooms Group Psychotherapy
126. Laidman, J. (2003, August 11). Brain teaser: Can eye aid recall and ease trauma?. Toledo: OH: Toledo Blade, City Final, Peach, D1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Then Dr. Silver read about Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - EMDR for short - in the Journal of Traumatic Stress. He was immediately suspicious.
Keywords: Overview General Toledo Steve Silver
127. Lalley, H. (2005, April 26). Mind makeover: Controversial EMDR offers hope for mental traumas. Spokane, WA: The Spokesman-Review, 1D.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The therapy is called EMDR – Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing – and, while still controversial, it’s being practiced around the country and is widely used to treat post-traumatic stress and other disorders.
Keywords: Overview General Spokane
128. LaMay, C. (1994, September 5). The eyes have it in the latest trend in psychotherapy. The Idaho Statesman, 1C-2C.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: No abstract available.
Keywords: Overview General Idaho
129. Lando, S. (2001, December 12). To heaven and hell, and back. Jerusalem, Israel: Jerusalem Post, Daily Edition, Features, 10.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: I looked at him, waiting for the rest. He knew I wouldn't accept that word as a real answer. "B'seder gamur" - very fine," he said a second later. Then he added, "B'seder vegamur (Fine and finished)." I had been working with Malachi after the terrorist bombing attack in which he was badly wounded. Like many people who survive these incidents, he suffered from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), a condition which causes flashbacks from the event, nightmares, panic attacks and prevents the individual from functioning. In his late forties, [Malachi] looked older. He had sat behind the wheel of a bus from 5 a.m. till 9 p.m. and knew, personally and by name, many of the passengers who had traveled with him daily and were now hurt or dead.
Keywords: Overview General Jerusalem
130. Levin, C. (1992, December). The heart of EMDR. EMDR Network Newsletter, 2(2), 18.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: Sometimes the EMDR work can bring unexpected delights. I was working with a client whom I had been seeing for close to a year for general anxiety and procrastination. We were in the middle of a session, involved with constructing a cognitive weave regarding a projected behavior. The positive cognition was, "Taking even a small step is good for me." Following the set of eye movements, the client in his customary "deadpan" fashion said five (VoC = 5). I asked the client to repeat the sentence to himself again and proceeded with another set of eye movements. This time he responded, in the same deadpan fashion, five and one-eighth. He saw the puzzlement on my face as I began to comment about what fine gradations of truth he was able to evaluate. Without cracking even the hint of a smile, he looked directly at me and said, "Taking even a small step is good for me."
Keywords: General
131. Levin, C. (1991, December). Treating the unknown. EMDR Network Newsletter, 1(2), 10.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: Maybe it is a sacrilege, but sometimes I yearn for the clarity of the medical model. How simple our lives would be if we need only assess a client for discernible, measuable symptoms and then refer to a diagnostic "cookbook" or treatment recommendations. However, our lives as psychotherapists are rarely so uncomplicated.
Keywords: General
132. Lim, A. (2005, August 20). Good times, bad times. The Australian, Australian Magazine, 14.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
133. Linsker, S. W. (1995, December 10). Eye motions that limit trauma. New York, NY: The New York Times.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Weeks after a Westchester woman was raped by her date at an upstate New York college, she started having panic attacks. They continwd for five years until, she sald, she found relief through a new psychotherapeutic technique: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocesslng. Her theraplst, Bonnie R. Cohen, a cllnical social worker in private practice In Mount Kisco and Miilwood, said she believes that with the therapy, she has acquired a powerful new tool.
Keywords: Overview General New York Bonnie R. Cohen
134. Lipke, H., & Glang, C. (2000, December). Psychological approach to Albanian Kosovar refugees with considerations for brief post-crisis services in general. Traumatology, 6(4), 295-305.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract: This article focuses on an interesting experience in working with Albanian Kosovar refugees last year in a refugee camp in Hemer, Germany. The authors, though highly trained and proficient traumatologists, worked with a large number of clients for a brief amount of time who had to rely on poorly trained interpreters who were themselves refugees in need of traumatology services (and eventually received it). They describe how Western educated practitioners were forced to adopt their methods of treatment ("standard EMDR model") to fit the requirements of the context. Among other things, they had to represent their work as educational ("information focus groups") and not "treatment" (due to the stigma), skip the time-consuming activities of assessment and rapport building, and accepted the direction of the camp psychologists as to who should or should not receive assistance. The bulk of their report focuses on the their information focus: the focus group content. They most often utilized a solution-focused approach (using eye movements to reinforce positive self-referencing statements) when working with individuals, although EMDR was used successfully with the few who requested it. The latter portion of the report includes three case studies. The authors concluded what worked best is a combination of group and individual work that relied on psychoeducation, accessing positive as well as negative material, and not initially focusing on the trauma. This information should be useful to any practitioner who must overcome similar challenges. [Adapted from Introduction] [Pilots]
Keywords: Kosovars Refugees Victim Services Psychotherapeutic Processes Interpreters
135. Lister, D. (2000). EMDR in the context of general medical practice in the UK: 4 case reports. The EMDR Practitioner. Retrieved December 27, 2008, from http://www.emdr-practitioner.net/.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract: Editorial note: This interesting article describes the use of EMDR in a very time-pressured general practice surgery. The description of the use of EMDR is unorthodox and must be considered anecdotal, especially the second case report. If readers have any comments on the descriptions given, please contact the editor. All responses to this article will be published on the emails to the editor page. [Editor] Abtract: Some EMDR cases that the author has conducted have taken long sessions outside of normal surgery hours, but a few have reached a successful conclusion within or nearly within the seven and a half minutes allocated to a GP consultation. Four such cases are reported here.[Author abstract]
Keywords: Medical Practice Case Study
136. Lockhart, S. (2009, June 16). Do the eyes have it?. Psychology Today.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: A few years ago, my friend Ally, who had a somewhat unwarranted confidence in my knowledge of Things Psychological, asked if I knew anything about EMDR; she had suffered some severe childhood trauma, and was thinking of trying it. "EMDR?" I asked, "Is that a new street drug?" I guess that showed her what I knew. She explained that her therapist had suggested this relatively new technique, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, that had been shown to ease symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in soldiers and rape victims. From what she understood, the therapist would help her to focus on her devastating memories of childhood abuse while directing her eyes to twitch rapidly from side to side. This, according to her shrink, would help her to better "process" her memories. "Sounds like hypnotism," I expertly analyzed. "Who knows, maybe it will work." More recently, when I wrote here about the neurobiological advantages of emotionally "finding a safe place," several readers also wrote in to ask me about EMDR. Now I understand why people want an expert opinion (and I'm no expert, by the way): a heap of controversy surrounds this popular technique.
137. Loos, M. L. (2004, October 19). New therapy offers hope after trauma. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinoisan, E3.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: A powerful and relatively new form of psychotherapy has shown to have positive results for survivors of trauma. EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) has been shown to reprocess traumatic events so the client is no longer troubled by events that may trigger a “playback” to that trauma.
Keywords: General Overview Carbondale
138. MacDonald, S. (1994, August 24). Eye movement used in traumatic experiences therapy. Cincinnati, OH: The Cincinnati Enquirer, D3.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: It sounds somewhat strange, but therasts are finding that a new technique using rapid but controlled movements of the eye can unlock hidden memories or help people recover from traumatic or fearful experiences.
Keywords: Irene Giessl Cincinnati Overview General
139. Marano, H. E. (1994, July/August). Wave of the future. Psychology Today, 22-25.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: Picture this. A woman walks into a therapist’s office complaining of depression and unpleasant memories stealing up on her. The therapist sits the patient down, has her call up and concentrate on a specific mental image relating to one such memory, and asks the patient to follow with her eyes the therapist’s outstretched finger as it is waved rapidly side to side 20 or so times on front of the patient’s face. In one session, the patient is relieved of distress and the memories are anxiety-producing no more.
140. Marano, H. E. (2004, October 14). Advice column. Psychology Today.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: This man might benefit from EMDR, a technique that facilitates the brain's process of integrating traumatic experiences. A trained and credentialed practitioner helps the person access the memory in a safe environment and process the emotions to bring about a sense of closure around the event. A list of all people who have completed training can be found at www.emdr.org. I am not affiliated with the organization, but I discovered it in my search for assistance with my own PTSD.
141. Marsa, L. (2002, March 25). Trauma therapy’s new focus. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Times [4 pages].
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Watching a therapist's hands move back and forth in front of your face while recalling painful memories may seem an unlikely way to alleviate trauma. Blut hundreds of thousands of people have reportedly tried the technique, and some psychologists--and theiir patients--say it works. The therapy, called eye-movement desensitization reprocessing, involves
Keywords: Ovrview General Los Angeles
142. Marsa, L. (2002, April 16). Miracle or mirage: Hand movement therapy receives acceptance from doctors, patients. Fort Wayne: IN: The Journal Gazette, Final Edition 1D.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: "EMDR sounds like utter nonsense, but this weird thing has a profound effect on people," says Dr. Bessel A. van der Kolk, a professor of psychiatry at Boston University who has studied EMDR.
Keywords: Overview General Fort Wayne
143. Marsa, L. (2002, April 16). EMDR: Movement with meaning? Some psychologists think it's a potent therapy; others call it exaggerated. Burns Harbor, IN: Post-Tribune, All, Lifestyle, D1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Watching a therapist's hands move back and forth in front of your face while recalling painful memories may seem an unlikely way to alleviate trauma. But hundreds of thousands of people have reportedly tried the technique, and some psychologists -- and their patients -- say it works. The therapy, called eye-movement desensitization reprocessing, involves a combination of hand movements (or sometimes finger taps or sounds), accompanied by verbal commands. The patient follows the therapists' movements with his or her eyes while discussing the event or problem that led the patient to seek help.
Keywords: Overview General Burns Harbor
144. Marsa, L. (2002, April 15). Mind-eye coordination: A psycho therapeutictechnique that relies on hand movements is gaining more adherents. Bergen County, NJ: The Record, F1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: "EMDR sounds like utter nonsense, but this weird thing has a profound effect on people," says Dr. Bessel A. van der Kolk, a professor of psychiatry at Boston University who has studied EMDR.
Keywords: Overview General Bergen County
145. Martin, C. (2004). New developments in EMDR. Top of the Carrot News, 3(1), 6.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: People who suffer from anxiety, phobias, and stress are finding relief/results through an innovative therapy called EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing).
146. Martinez, M. (2001, June 25). Waking from the nightmare. El Paso, TX: El Paso Times, Relationships, 03D.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Many therapies and treatments are used to treat PTSD. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or verbal counseling, combined with medication is the most common. But experts are also using eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, which was developed in 1987. In it, the patient discuss the traumatic event while the therapist conducts the directional eye movement therapy.
Keywords: Overview General El Paso
147. Mattson, S. (2005, Jun 3). Treatment extremely useful in resolving trauma. Tucson, AZ: Tucson Citizen, 5B.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Indeed, EMDR is seen as one of the most researched and effective psychotherapeutic treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Keywords: Overview General Tucson
148. Maxfield, L. (2008). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. In F. T. L. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling, V. 1 Changes and challenges for counseling in the 21st century (pp. 198-202). Thousand Oaks CA: Sage.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract: No abstract available.
149. Maxfield, L. (2002, January). An eye on EMDR, does controversial trauma therapy really work? Pro: Effective treatment for PTSD [and] Con: No miracle cure. Parkhurst Exchange, 10(1), 24-25.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an integrative psychotherapy developed to treat traumatic memories. Numerous randomized clinical trials support is use for the rapid elimination of posttraumatic stress disorder (PSTD). Research reports a drop in diagnostic status of 50-90% after three to eight sessions, and significant decreases in symptoms with effects maintained at follow-up. After successful treatment, emotional distress is relieved, negative beliefs are reformulated, and physiologic arousal is reduced. EMDR's probably effiacy has been recognized by the Clinical Psychology Division of the American Psycholpgical Association and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
Keywords: General Overview Trauma PTSD Integrative Psychotherapy Efficacy
150. Maxwell, E. (1994). Beyond deficiency motivation: EMDR, peak experiences, and transcendence. EMDR Network Newsletter, 4(1), 6.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: When I initially heard of EMDR, I was totally uninterested. I was happy with my repertoire of skills and simply could not be bothered. However, the reports of colleagues who had the training were so exceptional I thought it was time to have a look. I still was not prepared to waste my precious hours on a training, and my way around this was to experience EMDR myself. I had genuine difficulties isolating a problem since I was at a particularly fulfilling stage of my life; however, I finally settled on a minor irritation that I was having with one of my clients. That session, plus two others, moved me very rapidly to a decision to move into private practice, to implementing that decision, and to currently experiencing a life of ease, gentle pacing, and tranquility that I had no previous vision of being possible. In fact, there has been a total life style transformation. I now work only three days a week, have time to follow the joyous explorations of my toddler for hours, am writing a novel, and am experiencing considerable relaxation of the Puritan work ethic. The starting point had been a life style I had previously perceived as fulfilling and perfectly for me.
Keywords: General
151. McAleavy, T. (1996, April 22). Therapies opening a “window of understanding”. Bergen County, NJ: The Record, All Editions, Lifestyle, H4.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: When EMDR was first introduced by clinical psychologist Francine Shapiro in 1987, Danubio was among many critics who had trouble believing that rapid eye movement could be emotionally therapeutic.
Keywords: Overview General Bergen County
152. McFadden, J. E. (2004, December 24). Eye-movement therapy may seem weird but is sometimes effective. Schenectady, NY: The Daily Gazette, Schenectady-Albany, A-05.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: For the past decade, increasing numbers of mental health professionals have been treating trauma victims with a therapy called eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), a relatively new treatment developed in the late 1980s by psychologist Francine Shapiro, a senior research fellow at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, Calif., and executive director of the EMDR Institute in Pacific Grove.
153. Meignant, M. (2009, June). The legend of EMDR. Video presentation at the annual meeting of the EMDR Europe Association, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Language: English
Format: Conference
154. Miller, K. (2005, June 15). An eye on recovery - Hocus-pocus or miracle cure? A controversial therapy called EMDR claims to help victims see trauma - and recovery - in a new light. Minneapolis, MN: Star Tribune, Metro, Variety, 1E.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: That was four years ago. Today, Colleen Eliason, 42, is happily remarried and lives in Elko. But in the nightmarish days after the suicide, she turned to St. Paul psychologist Catherine Hedberg, who uses a tool called EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) to treat trauma. Since EMDR was introduced to the psychiatric community 15 years ago, it has remained highly controversial. Proponents call it a painless, quick, effective therapy to treat victims of trauma - from social anxiety to war, rape and natural disasters.
Keywords: Overview General Minneapolis
155. Minall, G. L. (Publication Date Unknown). Therapy relieves trauma: Memory trement is used for many psychological ills.including post-traumatic stress disorder. Staten Island, NY: Staten Island Advance, Health, B3.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Joseph, who also underwent several months of traditional therapy, was referred to the Staten Island therapist who is certified in the new technique called EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.
Keywords: Overview General Staten Island
156. Minall, G. L. (1996, Jun 24). Stress can linger after traumatic experiences: Treatments exist for memories buried for years but which surface during a time of crisis. Staten Island, NY: Staten Island Advance, Health, B5.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: After undergoing a relatively new treatment called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), she is again able to take commercial flights, with less anxiety.
Keywords: Overview General Staten Island
157. Mitchell, J. (1993, November 13). Short therapy, in the blink of an eye. Portland, OR: The Oregonian, C 01, C 16.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The secret of all three Portland-area residents (who requested that their real names not be used) is a simple new therapy with a complicated name: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDlR for short.
Keywords: Overview General Portland
158. Moore, M. V. (2007). Medical family therapy. In F. Shaprio, F. W. Kaslow, & L. Maxfield (Eds.), Handbook of EMDR and family therapy processes (pp. 365-384). New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc. xxxiii, 470 pp.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract: The concept of treating the whole family spread into the medical field in the late 1960s, when William Doherty, a family therapist, and Macaran Baird, a family physician, developed a model for integrating family therapy practices with family medical care. They explained that their model grew out of a frustration with the "fragmented, individually oriented treatment of children's psychiatric disturbances" and stated that they created family therapy medicine as a response to this problem (Doherty & Baird, 1983, p. 1). This chapter discusses the work of medical doctors who apply the principles of psychosocial medicine and the work of psychotherapists who practice medical family therapy. Integration of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and family therapy is discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Medical Family Therapy Psychosocial Medicine Whole Family Family Therapy Family Interdisciplinary Treatment Approach Medical Treatment (General) Models
159. Morgan, T. (2008, August 27-September 2). Communicating culture. Boise Weekly, 17(9), 11-15.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: There's a technique called EMDR-Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing. It's a simple technique that activates both sides of the brain," [Leslye Boban] explained. The technique has patients focus on their trauma while an external stimulus, like tapping, is applied to the head. "We're combining it with art therapy to help them release traumas without actually having to talk about the trauma. We're working with a counseling group to also do the same technique with the parents, because you can't work with the kids and open them up like that and go home to a chaotic, unstable environment."[Alt-Press Watch]
160. Naden, G. (2002, May 25). Life's a stitch. United Kingdom: Telegraph.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Dr William Davies, director of APT, the Association for Psychological Therapies in Leicester, says it is significant that the girls are in the midst of taking exams. "They are moving their eyes from right to left in the same way as EMDR, which gives them a relaxing feeling," he says.
Keywords: Overview General London
161. Nagle, A. (1998, October 29). Before your panic, try checking out a self-help book: Authors offer some ideas for transforming anxiety and changing your life. Syracuse, NY: The Post-Standard, Final, Neighbors Northwest, 38.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: EMDR," by Francine Shapiro and Margot Silk Forrest, focuses on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy, described by the authors as a breakthrough therapy for overcoming anxiety, stress and trauma.
Keywords: Overview General Syracuse
162. Nagle, A. (1998, October 29). These books can help take fear out of life anxiety disorder are common and you can take out books about them confidentially. Syracuse, NY: The Post-Standard, Final Neighbors East, 32.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: "EMDR," by Francine Shapiro and Margot Silk Forrest focuses on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy, described by the authors as a breakthrough therapy for overcoming anxiety, stress and trauma.
Keywords: Overview General Syracuse
163. National Institute for Clinical Excellence. (2005, July). EMDR, of limited use, whichever way you look at it. Healthwatch Newsletter, 58, 4-5.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: The National Institute for Clinical Excellence recently recommended a controversial form of trauma therapy called Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) for the treatment of post traumatic stress. In EMDR an individual is asked to create and hold in their mind a picture of the worst moment during the disaster, while following the movement of their clinical psychologist's fingers with their eyes. The psychologist instructs the patients to “let the image go freely where it wants to”. Some proponents believe this process has the power to unlock traumatic memories. Others are sceptical, among them psychologist Dr James Ost, an advisor to the British False Memory Society
Keywords: PTSD Overview General
164. Nelson, K. L. (2000, May 10). Don't panic: Anxiety disorders understandable, treatable. Knoxville, TN: The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Final, Health and Science, B1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: What helped Ben is a controversial and still scientifically unproven therapy called EMDR, for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. EMDR has been used with survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing and the Columbine High School shooting.
Keywords: Overview General Knoxville
165. Nickell, A. (1998, July 4). Treatment ends bad memories. Cheyenne, WY: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, A6.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: A therapy developed in 1987 by psychologist Dr. Francine Shapiro is helping patients diminish and remove the effects of those disturbing memories.The therapy is called eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). Trained therapists use it by alternating stimulation between the two hemispheres of the brain while the patient focuses on the trauma."It's a fairly complicated therapy," said licensed counselor Roger Ludwig. "I go through a series of steps with my patients. "Those steps include getting to know the patient and understanding what triggers the anxiety.The patient also must isolate a mental snapshot to represent the event, a feeling about the event and thoughts about the event, such as "He's going to kill me."The doctor then runs the patient through a sequence of bilateral stimuli.
Keywords: Overview General Cheyenne Roger Ludwig
166. Noga, S. (2001, May 14). EMDR not hypnosis. Detroit, MI: The Detroit News, No Dot, Letters, 08A.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: I am a practitioner of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). The writer evidently knows little if anything about EMDR as she claims it is "hypnotic" and leaves clients open to suggestions (of sexual abuse) during the procedure. During the use of EMDR, clients make their own associations to their own thoughts and feelings. It is not the therapists' place to make suggestions of any kind regarding a person's history during the use of EMDR. Further, EMDR is not a hypnotic method.
Keywords: Overview General Detroit
167. Nottingham, P. (2007, March). Using EMDR on the road. Symposium at the 5th annual Conference of the EMDR UK & Ireland Association, Glasgow, Scotland.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract: Symposium 8
Keywords: General
168. Novak, V. (1995). Slow down. EMDR Network Newsletter, 5(1), 5.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: In attempting to make EMDR more comfortable for myself and my clients, I have come across an approach which seems to be extremely helpful - slow down.
Keywords: General
169. O'Shea, B. (2001, March). Post-traumatic stress disorder: A review for the general psychiatrist. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 5(1), 11-18.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract: PTSD affects about one in every hundred of the population at any particular time. Aetiological factors include genetics, personality, a background of psychiatric problems, the personal meaning of the traumatic event, issues of proximity or intensity, childhood abuse, and the initial emotional response to stress. Many precipitants are known, ranging from combat through rape or torture to difficult parturition. Core symptoms are reflective of the traumatic precipitant. Prolonged symptoms are associated with prior psychiatric or physical problems, poverty, repeated assault, alcohol or drug abuse, and cultural factors. Co-morbidity is high, especially for depression, alcohol and drug misuse. Reduced hippocampal volume, corticosteroid abnormalities, and adrenergic overactivity have been described. The use of official criteria and specific measuring instruments help in differential diagnosis. Management needs to be tailored to the needs of the individual and the stage of the disorder, and includes psychotherapy, antidepressants, and the newer eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing approach. [Author Abstract]
Keywords: PTSD Literature Review
170. Oldenburg, D. (1994, May 19). Helping to forget, trauma victims may find peace through a new procedure. Dayton, OH: Dayton Daily News, 3.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Eric Smith remembers the crack of gunfire clearly now, how the fusillade startled him from light sleep sometime after midnight. This was Vietnam, north of Saigon, 1968. Dug in following heavy fighting, his squad had orders to guard a prisoner until morning. They had lost a lot of men. They were angry. Some pretended to fall asleep knowing the prisoner would try to escape.
Keywords: Overview General Dayton
171. Oldenburg, D. (1995, July 21). EMDR and life after the blast: Controversial therapy praised in Oklahoma City. Washington, DC: The Washington Post, C5.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Seconds bdare the bomb destroyed the federal building in Oklahoma City on April, Linda Crampton stood on her 17th-floor balcony of the apartment s acorss the streeet. She breathed in the morning air, then retrned inside to go to her job as a sales rep for an airborne express service.
Keywords: Overview General Oklahoma City
172. Oldenburg, D. (1994, April 12). In the eye of the beholder: Is a controversial technique that heals trauma victims too good to be true?. Washington, DC: The Washington Post, E5.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Eric Smith remembers the crack of gunfire clearly now, how the fusillade startled him from light sleep sometime after midnight. This was Vietnam, north of Saigon, 1968. Dug in following heavy fighting, his squad had orders to guard a prisoner until morning. They had lost a lot of men. They were angry. Some pretended to fall asleep knowing the prisoner would try to escape.
Keywords: Overview General Washington, DC
173. Orange City News. (1995, July 13). Orange resident talks about helping at Oklahoma bomb site. Orange County, CA: The Orange County Register, Orange, 03.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: EMDR is a new treatment that uses principles of Rapid Eye Movement sleep to help clients reprocess and store traumatic experiences into long-term memory. Age: 49 On Oklahoma City: One of three psychologists specializing in EMDR.
Keywords: Overview General Orange County
174. Ost, J. (2005, July). EMDR – Of limited use, whichever way you look at it. HealthWatch Newsletter, 58, 4-5.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
175. O’Dell, K. (2005, April 05). EMDR can fight fears, soften troubling memories. Springfield, MO: Springfield News-Leader.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Psychologists say Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, appears to help clients thoroughly process old painful events so they "unstick" from the conscious mind and move into resolved memory. Several Springfield-area therapists say they have used EMDR to successfully treat troubled war veterans as well as clients with a host of phobias, eating disorders, a history of sexual abuse, depression and low-self esteem.
Keywords: Overview General Springfield Mike Murrell
176. Palmer, V. (1996, February 19). The eyes have it: Controversial eye-movement therapy may unlock trauma, lead to healing. Torrance, CA: Daily Breeze, 10.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: "He (Dr. Pratty)didn't give me much detail about how EMDR works," Dickinson says. "He just explained what we would be doing - about the hand movement -and gave me a set of questions to answer to establish how disturbing the image I chose was to me (it was 7 on a scale of l0).
Keywords: Overview General Torrance
177. Paquette, C. (1997, October 26). New type of psychotherapy seen as boon to traumatic disorders. New York, NY: The New York Times. Retrieved on 1/3/2009 from http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E1DE123EF935A15753C1A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3.Times.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Sexually abused by a relative from the ages of 5 to 11, Deirdre, a 29-year-old nurse spend much of her life in a rage until she tried a new type of psychotherapy. The memory of her abuse was repressed until she was about 19, she said, then the flashbacks began and she was consumer with anger and a feeling that she was suffocating. At 21, her impending marriage encouraged her to seek help.
Keywords: Overview General New York David Grand
178. Peck S., et al (2007, March 9). Chief petty officer guilty of raping colleague. United Kingdom: Telegraph.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: It was only two months later, after she underwent a controversial psychotherapy technique called Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), that she was able to remember details of the sexual assault.
Keywords: Overview General Rape London
179. Peerenboom, J. (2003, Aug 19). Are you trapped by your fears?. Green Bay, WI: Green Bay Press-Gazette, Health Frist, 06T.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: No abstract available.
Keywords: Overview General Green Bay
180. Peña, M. (2006). Sanar el dolor a traves del movimiento ocular. Buenos Aires: Kier.
Language: Spanish
Format: Book
Abstract: Ningún Método aplicado por la medicina tradicional ha podido terminar con esta clase de sufrimiento. Hoy, gracias a la novedosa técnica EMDR (Movimientos Oculares de Desensibilización y Reprocesamiento), nos encontramos ante un nuevo paradigma terapéutico: la posibilidad real de terminar con el dolor. Los recuerdos traumáticos se aíslan en el cerebro como resultado de los neuroquímicos producidos por el cuerto en el momento del trauma, que se almacenan sin asimilar durante años. El trabajo que se realiza a través del movimiento de los ojos desbloquea estos recuerdos reconectando las redes neuronales, antes aisladas del resto del cerebro, logrando así eliminar la sensación de dolor que el recuerdo genera en el paciente. Las técnicas EMDR y T.I.C. (Técnicas de Integración Cerebral) se han utilizado con enorme éxito en personas que sufrieron graves traumas: asaltos, abusos sexuales, así como en soldados con secuelas de guerra (Guerra de los Balcanes en Sarajevo, Bosnia), en víctimas de ataques con bombas (Oklahoma, EE.UU), en pacientes con ataques de pánico y fobias. Es tratamiento de soldados con estrés de combate, víctimas de inundaciones y huracanes y en los sobrevivientes al ataque a las Torres Gemelas en Nueva York, EE.UU., en 2001. La Lic. Marta Peña nos acerca en esta obra las bases y aplicaciones de las técnicas con ejemplos de exitosos casos clínicos reales.
181. Phillip, D. (1996, August 19). Eye wash for perverts?. Alberta Report/Newsmagazine, 23(36) The Law.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
182. Pinker, S. (2002, June 25). The eyes may have it. Toronto, Ontario: The Globe and Mail.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: No abstract available.
Keywords: General Overview Ontario
183. Powers, M. (1997, January 27). Clients swear by post-trauma therapy, but experts divided. Memphis, TN: The Commercial Appeal, A1 [3 pages].
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Enter eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), a decade-old therapeutic technique that sounds ridiculously simple.
Keywords: Overview General Memphis
184. PR Newswire. (2001, January 1). Famed EMDR psychologist abandoned her patient in the middle of controversial treatment (EMDR) aimed at helping patient recover from significant childhood abuse. San Francsico, CA: PR News Wire.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: EMDR is a treatment modality for use with adults who have been abused as children, which is purported to help them clear their trauma more rapidly and to lead full, productive lives. In using EMDR treatment, a patient is asked to hold in mind an image of the trauma, a negative self-cognition, negative emotions and related physical sensations about the trauma. While doing so, the client is instructed to move their eyes quickly and laterally back and forth for about 15-20 seconds, following the therapist's fingers or some other stimulation device. The patient then reports the images, cognitions, emotions and physical sensations that emerge. This procedure continues until "desensitization" of the troubling material is complete and positive self-cognitions have replaced the previous negative self-cognition.
Keywords: Overview General San Francisco
185. Pressey, D. (2004, July 25). Treating the mind after trauma - Some getting best results with 'eye movement desensitization' therapy. Champaign-Urbana, IL: The News-Gazette, A-1, A-10.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, developed in the late 1980s, is an information-processing therapy that draws on the recollection of one vivid memory of the trauma episode and uses eye movements to stimulate the brain to reprocess the episode and bring the person a sense of closure.
Keywords: Overview General Champaign Urbana, IL
186. Ratliff, K. (2000, November 19). Psychological care explores new arena. Iowa City, IA: Iowa City Press-Citizen, 1C.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), the technique is a psychological method for treating emotional problems ranging from traumatic events such as combat stress, assaults and natural disasters, to upsetting childhood events and anxiety disorders.
Keywords: Overview General Iowa City
187. Ratner, L. K. (2001, November 13). Interactions. Washington, DC: The Washington Post.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The article was clearly written to denigrate this effective and efficacious treatment. Conveniently, the article failed to mention the plethora of research supporting the use of EMDR as a valid, helpful treatment not only for post-traumatic stress disorder but other psychiatric problems as well.
Keywords: Overview General Washington, DC
188. Ritter, M. (1994, August 14). Study says eye-movement therapy helps. Orange County, CA: The Orange County Register.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: A treatment that included watching a therapist's fingers move has helped people who were suffering psychologically from past traumatic experiences, a study found.
Keywords: Overview General Orange County Sandra Wilson Roger Pitman
189. Rogers, M. (2001, January 24). Healing through the windows of the soul. Sante Fe, NM: The Sante Fe New Mexican, E-3.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The therapy technique, called eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing, is an innovative method of therapy for anyone who has experienced a trauma of any kind, Stark said. EMDR can be used to treat victims of sexual abuse, domestic violence, criminal violence, combat and natural disasters. It has even been used to treat people with personality disorders, such as schizophrenia.
Keywords: Overview General Sante Fe
190. Ruark, L. A. (1994, September 18). More than meets the eye: Word of new psychotherapy spreading, but some have doubts. Tulsa, OK: The Tulsa World, L1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Catie McGoldrick, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Tulsa, enthusiastically endorses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Keywords: Overview General Tulsa Catie McGoldrick
191. Ryan, T. J. (2005, August 16). Some nervous habits have unknown causes - Whether nail-biting is a bad habit or a medical emergency is a matter of degrees. Grand Rapids, MI: The Grand Rapids Press, All Editions, Your life, E1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: EMDR, a technique pioneered by therapist Francine Shapiro in 1987, is a form of behavior modification that helps clients identify what triggers the undesired reaction, and desensitizes them to it. For example, in a grooming disorder case, Schoeppel asks a woman who plucks her eyelashes out what is going on when this happens. Then, using rapidly moving lights and methodical tapping on the hands, she programs a new thought pattern that helps suppress the urge to do the bad habit.
Keywords: Overview General Grand Rapids
192. Ryan, T. J. (2005, August 14). Stress can really bite down on nails, hair. Waco, TX: Waco Tribune-Herald, Features.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: modification that helps clients identify what triggers the undesired reaction, and desensitizes them to it. For example, in a grooming disorder case, Schoeppel asks a woman who plucks her eyelashes out what is going on when this happens. Then, using rapidly moving lights and methodical tapping on the hands, she programs a new thought pattern that helps suppress the urge to do the bad habit.
Keywords: Overview General, Waco
193. Saltus, R. (2000, October 29). Seeing is believing. Boston, MA: The Boston Globe, Magazine, 6.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: About 10 years ago, word of a curious new therapy began trickling into psychologists' offices. Proponents claimed that the therapy could relieve anxiety, phobias, and frightening flashbacks related to past hurts - and in a matter of weeks or months instead of years. Now, the trickle has become a torrent. The treatment, called eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, is the hottest new therapy in years, and therapists of many schools are rushing to learn to do it. EMDR was first used with patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, but it's now being offered for problems ranging from panic attacks to the effects of depression, addiction, and low self-esteem.
Keywords: General Overview Boston
194. Schiraldi, G. R. (2000). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). In G. R. Schiraldi (Ed.), The post-traumatic stress disorder sourcebook: A guide to healing, recovery, and growth (pp. 213-218). Los Angeles, CA: Lowell House.
Language: English
Format: Book Section
Abstract: No abstract available.
195. Schmidt, K. (1994, December 15). Skeptics skewer new therapy, but its proponents says it’s all in the eyes – EMDR tenchique aims to ease trauma by desensitzation. Hartford, CT: The Hartford Courant, E1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Psychologist David Russell was starting to feel like a dentist who didn't use Novocain. Working with clients who were dealing with trauma meant dredging up memories in psychotherapy sessions -- an often painful process. ``We could effectively work through things, said Russell, who practices in West Hartford, ``but there had to be a better way.
Keywords: Overview General Skeptics Hartfort
196. Schultz, J. (1995, March 21). Hand-eye healing: A controversial psychiatric technique is helping patients who have been through traumatic experiences. Norfolk, VA: The Virginian-Pilot, B1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Therapy and counseling didn't help - until she began sessions last November in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, with Virginia Beach psychotherapist Kathy Forti. Within weeks, Bea's fears and anxieties began to slip away. She wanted to be around people, go out shopping alone. She felt energized.
Keywords: Overview General Norfolk
197. Schwartz, M. (1998, May 19). Seeing their way clear - Eye movement psychotherapy is helping people who seem unable to free themselves from negative memories, reactions and behaviors. Riverside, CA: The Press-Enterprise, F01.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: What just transpired is a psychotherapy called eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). It has emerged over the past decade as one of the hottest - and some say most powerful - therapies for those who seem stuck in negative memories, reactions and behaviors. Once harshly criticized, EMDR's growing clinical and research track record has won over most detractors. Disagreements among mental-health professionals no longer focus on whether it works, but on how it works.
Keywords: Oveview General Riverside
198. Shapiro F. (1999). EMDR for trauma eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Language: English
Format: Audio
199. Shapiro, F. (1995). Stray thoughts. EMDR Network Newsletter, 5(3), 1-2.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: One of the most upsetting professional experiences I have so far encountered occurred in November 1995. One of the participants at the Level I1 training in New York handed me a letter from a relative of hers. She had suggested that her sister get EMDR treatment and counseled her to call the EMDR Institute office for a referral. The following are excerpts from the letter:
Keywords: General
200. Shapiro, F. (1991, December). Stray thoughts. EMDR Network Newsletter, 1(2), 1-3.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: As I have mentioned in the workshops, I feel that there is an experiential base to most existing pathologies. One of the beauties of EMDR is the ability to metabolize quickly the dysfunctional residue of the past and shift the material into something useful and fruitful. In the Intermediate Training (now the Level I1 Training), I cover ways of rapidly accessing this painful information so that it can be more easily assimilated into a functional superstructure. (In the following material, I am assuming the reader has taken the Level I1 Training.)
Keywords: General
201. Shapiro, F., & Mousnier-Lompré, F. (2005). Des yeux pour guérir: EMDR: La thérapie pour surmonter l’angoisse, le stress et les traumatisms - [Eye to heal: EMDR: therapy for overcoming anxiety, stress and trauma]. Paris: Seuil.
Language: French
Format: Book
Abstract: Tout le monde connaît désormais la thérapie introduite en France par David Servan-Schreiber dans son livre Guérir. Cette nouvelle thérapie appelée EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) consiste pour l'essentiel à refaire vivre au patient victime d'un événement traumatique la scène terrible qui est à l'origine de sa souffrance, en lui faisant faire des mouvements oculaires provoquant une diminution progressive du stress. Les résultats sont incontestables, mais la raison des progrès enregistrés reste énigmatique. Peut-être s'agit-il d'une reconstruction ce la mémoire profonde du même ordre que celle qui se produit dans le sommeil paradoxal (où le dormeur connaît des mouvements oculaires analogues). Cette thérapie a été fondée par Francine Shapiro, du célèbre institut de Palo Alto. Ce livre fondateur raconte l'origine de sa découverte, donne des interprétations scientifiques possibles et surtout décrit de nombreux cas exemplaires où cette thérapie s'est révélée efficace. Il est de ce fait très poignant. On y rencontre une femme ayant perdu son fils de huit ans dans un accident de train et accablée par l'image terrifiante du corps disloqué de l'enfant, des anciens combattants du Vietnam hantés par les images terribles de la guerre, des victimes de viol... Et surtout on y voit comment ces personnes, emprisonnées dans leur souffrance, ont pu s'en affranchir et retrouver un équilibre psychologique.
Keywords: General Overview Anxiety, Stress Trauma
202. Shillington, P. (2001, October 4). On post-traumatic stress. Miami, FL: The Miami Herald, Final, Living, 3E.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The treatment I use is EMDR, a technique developed by California psychologist Francine Shapiro that has shown to be successful treating post-traumatic stress. The technique is designed to process traumatic memory by mimicking the way people generally process thoughts into memory, during the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) phase of sleep. You can put patients into rapid-eye movement in several ways, including having them move their eyes back and forth as if following the ball in a tennis match, or tapping their hands. They concentrate on the troubling images in their mind or repeat `I feel horror,' for example, and the brain can then begin to process it. I work with children with nightmares or fears and they usually go away fast. Even if you don't understand it, EMDR can still work.
Keywords: Overview General Miami
203. Shoop, S. A., & Morgan, J. (2000, January 12). Trauma: Harrison’s healing taking time. USA Today, Health, [6 pages].
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: An alternative treatment - eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) - is gaining acceptance after much initial skepticism. Recent clinical studies support the controversial treatment's efficacy, and this year for the first time the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies includes EMDR in their professional guidelines.
Keywords: Overview General George Harrison
204. Shreeve, J. (1995, May 1). The brain that misplaced its body. Discover.
Language: English
Format: Other
205. Shryer, D. (2007, September 14). Rethinking your childhood. ReZoom Online.
Language: English
Format: Other
206. Shultz, M. (2007, April 24). New therapy helps families heal. Cleburne, TX: Cleburne Times-Review.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: EMDR involves having a client think about either positive or negative thoughts while focusing on the therapist’s hands. While the client recalls a memory, the therapist either makes passes in front of the client’s eyes or taps on alternating knees. Noles said these passes force the client to use both sides of the brain.
Keywords: Overview General Cleburne, TX
207. Siegel-Itzkovich, J. & Cukan, A. (2002, April 16). Stress treatment offers hope, questions. United Press International, [3 pages].
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Robbie Dunston, coordinator of training at the EMDR Institute Inc. in Pacific Grove, Calif., said 60,000 clinicians have been trained in the two levels of EMDR. More than 1 million people have been treated for traumas, including sexual abuse, domestic violence, combat, crime and other mental health problems.
Keywords: Overview General Robbie Dunton
208. Silinger, P. (2005, February 28). Psychotherapy's new tool - "EMDR" takes aim at anxiety. The Easterner.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract: "It's not really a verbal therapy," says Carrie Brown, a trauma victim who, after several EMDR sessions, overcame the negative self-perception that typically follows victims of sexual abuse.
Keywords: Anxiety General Overview
209. Silverskiold, W. (2003). EMDR and EE, the Silfvershield method II (emotion eradication): A radically new ultrashort psychotherapy based on the discovery of the process of emotion-extinction : the therapy generally effects total and lasting elimination of harmful permanent emotions, the pain of traumatic memories normally in one single session: added, a translation in English of an internet publication in Swedish 2001 by the author (2nd ed.). Halmstad, Sweden: Magnus Stenbocks.
Language: English
Format: Conference
Abstract: Paper presented in a lecture before the 24th Nordic Congress of Psychiatry, Linkoping, Sweden, May 1994
Keywords: Silfvershield method II Emotion Eraditcation EE
210. Silverstein, M. (1996, October 31). Seeing a way to heal: Local psychologist trains Germans in new. Jeruslaem, Israel: Jewish Exponent.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: "I went to train German psychologists in a new technique called EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing," said Luber, who serves on the board of the EMDR International Association. "I had a really incredible experience."
Keywords: Overview General Jerusalem Marilyn Luber
211. Smeltzer, N. J. (1998, February 2). New psychiatric treamtent is allowing emotional wounds to heal. Columbus, OH: The Columbus Dispatch, Home Final, News, 05C.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Any new treatment in psychiatry meets with skepticism, said Dennis Quigley, a licensed social worker at Ohio State University Medical Center. He said EMDR works best in helping people get over an anxiety without verbal discussion of the issue.
Keywords: Overview General Columus Dennis Quigley
212. Smith, A. (1995, August 15). The eyes have it: Some doctors see a cure for depression in therapy that uses rapid eye movements. Melville, NY: Newsday, Nassau and Suffolk, B21.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Bob Franke was one of the most miserable people on Long Island a month ago.
Keywords: Overview General, Melville, NY Railroad
213. Smith, G. (2000, May 2). Blinking great idea. Glasgow, Scotland: Sunday Mail.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: As we dream, our eyes flicker from side to side - Rapid Eye Movement sleep known as REM - and it may be that the flickering induced by EMDR stimulates the brain into spring- cleaning the negative images that have been deliberately brought to mind.
Keywords: Overview General Glasgow, Scotland
214. Smith, J. M. (1999, November 4). Strock has a few psychological 'issues' of his own. Schenectady, NY: The Daily Gazette, Schenectady-Albany, B-10.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Since I attended the trauma conference, I am aware of research findings that Carl fails to mention in his columns. Carl described "the waggling of fingers," which is just one part of EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) - although Carl presents the finger movement as the entire procedure.
Keywords: General Overview Schenectady
215. Sörensen, S. (2007). Seelische selbstheilungskraft ganzheitliche EMDR - Selbsttherapie und individuierende selbstanalyse - [Mental self healing power: Holistic EMDR self therapy and individual self-analysis]. Norderstedt Books on Demand GmbH.
Language: German
Format: Book
Abstract: Erfahrungsbericht einer Selbsttherapie an Leib und Seele, Biografie und Sachbuch. Sofia Sörensen hat sich während ihres turbulenten Lebens selbst sachkundig gemacht und mutig unter multidimensionaler Psychotherapie mit EMDR, Verhaltenstherapie, Psychoanalyse und anderem selbständig erfolgreich behandelt. In der Wagneroper Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg fragt Walther von Stolzing: "Wie fang' ich nach der Regel an?" Und Hans Sachs antwortet ihm: "Ihr stellt sie selbst und folgt ihr dann." Der eigene Leitsatz von Sofia Sörensen lautet: "Irren kann ich mich auch selbst. Dafür benötige ich keinen Therapeuten mehr."Erfahrungsbericht einer Selbsttherapie an Leib und Seele, Biografie und Sachbuch. Sofia Sörensen hat sich während ihres turbulenten Lebens selbst sachkundig gemacht und mutig unter multidimensionaler Psychotherapie mit EMDR, Verhaltenstherapie, Psychoanalyse und anderem selbständig erfolgreich behandelt. In der Wagneroper Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg fragt Walther von Stolzing: "Wie fang' ich nach der Regel an?" Und Hans Sachs antwortet ihm: "Ihr stellt sie selbst und folgt ihr dann." Der eigene Leitsatz von Sofia Sörensen lautet: "Irren kann ich mich auch selbst. Dafür benötige ich keinen Therapeuten mehr."
216. Soares, C. (2001). Quick cures for trauma memories?. Discovery Health Channel.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract: The treatment, called eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), actually involves a complex combination of traditional psychotherapy approaches, but its distinctive central feature is the be!ief that rapid eye movenlents durina the recollection of a traumatic event can somehow defuse the memories
217. Solomon, F. (2001, November 13). Interactions. Washington, DC: The Washington Post.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The Post did an especially untimely disservice in ridiculing EMDR ["EMDR, In the Eye of the Storm," Oct. 30]. For survivors in need of serious and sensitive mental health care, EMDR adds a valuable dimension to the recovery process.
Keywords: Overview General Washington, DC
218. Solomon, R. M. (1993-1994, Winter). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. LifeNet, 4(4).
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: I have often been have asked to elaborate on Eye Movement Desensitize and Reprocessing (EMDR). This is a therapeutic technique developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro in 1987. It is most frequently utilized in the treatment of traumatic or anxiety evoking memories. Clinical experiences indicate that EMDR rapidly desensitizes traumatic memories and images,and significantly reduces trauma symptoms.
219. Staff. (2002, November/December). Alternative treatments for anxiety disorders: EMDR. Triumph Newsletter.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: The alternative therapy addressed in this article is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) developed by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. in 1987. One day, while walking in a park, Dr. Shapiro made a connection between her involuntary eye movements and the reduction of her negative thoughts. She decided to explore this link and began to study eye movements in relation to the symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by the development of symptoms after exposure to a traumatic event. Symptoms can include re-experiencing the event - either in flashbacks or nightmares - avoidance of reminders of the event, feeling jumpy, having difficulty sleeping, having an exaggerated startle response, and experiencing feelings of detachment.
Keywords: General Overview Anxiety Disorders
220. Staff. (2007, Mar 7). Sailor 'recalled rape in therapy'. United Kingdom: BBC News.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Dr McGowan said that she used a part of a technique used in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help the rating recall some of her lost memories.
Keywords: Overview General London
221. Staff. (1998, Aug 30). Tips on how to handle what you fret about. Lancaster, PA: Sunday News, Style, G-3.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: `Various professional therapies can be hugely effective. Cognitive-behavioral therapy...has a great track record in dealing with chronic worry. EMDR (eye movement, desensitization and reprocessing) is a new, simple technique that shows very promising results. And there are a host of new medications, led by Prozac, that have opened up a whole new era of the pharmacological treatment of worry.
Keywords: Overview General Lancaster
222. Staff. (2001, January 11). University of Arkansas psychologist says popular therapy for trauma and emotional distress is ‘pseudoscience’. Ascribe Newswire, Health. 5-7.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: It's called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and it first entered the field of clinical psychology in the late 1980s. Since its introduction, more than 25,000 mental health professionals have been trained in the procedure. It has been applied to millions of people worldwide and promoted as a "paradigm shift" in psychological treatment.
Keywords: General Overview University of Arkansas
223. Staff. (2004, May 1). Controversial therapy used. Olympia, WA: The Olympian, South Sound, C2.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Drug Court's new trauma treatment program is centered on a relatively new and still controversial form of therapy known as eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR.
Keywords: General Overview Olympia
224. Staff. (2005, January 27). Body over mind - A new book by an area author looks at how our memories cause physical pain--and what can be done about it. New Haven, CT: The New Haven Advocate, Lifestyle.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The quest to solve this riddle of her early life is one that Scarf explores through some cutting-edge mind/body therapies that have been successful in pinpointing and alleviating painful memories. Two of these are the EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapy, and the PBSP (Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor) approach. EMDR was the accidental finding that emotional distress could be alleviated by rapid back and forth eye movements, a kind of rhythmical "eye-tracking" that tapped into some neuro-physiological place within the body that actually relieved pschological pain. PBSP was the group dynamic that involved support through role playing and acting out a trauma.
Keywords: Overview General New Haven
225. Staff. (2001, January 24). Well being: A psychological theory called eye movement desensitization and reprocessing... . Peoria, IL: Journal Star, All, Feature, C06.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: A psychological theory called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is scientifically and theoretically inadequate, says Jeffrey Lohr, a psychology professor at the University of Arkansas. More than 25,000 therapists have been trained to use it, especially for post-traumatic stress disorders, he said. But objective scientific testing has shown it to be ineffective.
Keywords: Overview General Peoria
226. Staff. (1995, May 29). What it is. Miami, FL: The Miami Herald, Final, Living, 1C.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a method of unlocking and relieving troubling thoughts, but it has been controversial and is not yet proved.
Keywords: Overview General Miami
227. Staff. (1998, April). Behavioral therapy works well for PTSD, according to a new meta-analysis. APA Monitor, 29(4).
Language: English
Format: Other
228. Staff. (2002, February). EMDR. The Harvard Mental Health Letter, 4-5.
Language: English
Format: Newsletter
Abstract: Mental health professionals often disagree about some aspect of psychotherapy, but it’s rare for these disputes to be as prolonged and intense as they have been in the case of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). This unconventional technique, developed by the American psychologist Francine Shapiro, was originally intended for the treatment of traumatic stress reactions and anxietyprovoking memories.
229. Staff. (2006, July 24). Business snapshots column. Butte, MT: The Montana Standard.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: EMDR is an adaptive information processing treatment model that uses dual attention through bilateral stimulation to help resolve traumatic and distressing emotional experiences.
Keywords: Overview General Butte
230. Staff. (2000). Using the eyes to overcome stress and anxiety: A controversial therapy called EMDR. News & Perspective, WholeHealthMD.com.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract: Many of the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 had no physical wounds but were deeply wounded by psychological scars. Traumatized by memories of the tragedy and its aftermath, they experienced a form of lingering psychological paralysis called post-traumatic stress disorder that made it nearly impossible to live a normal life.
Keywords: Oklahoma City Bombing General Overview
231. Staff. (1994, September 18). EMDR therapy now mission of founder. Tulsa, OK: The Tulsa World, Final home edition, Living, L1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Psychology's hottest issue at the moment, the clinicians, research scholars, physicians and others in the mental health field continue to debate about EMDR and how it works. Many concede that it really does, and they can't figure out why.
Keywords: Overview General Tulsa
232. Staff. (1996, March 14). The eyes have it: How the method works -- Here's how eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing is performed. Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake Tribune, Final, C8.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Therapists say clients with a single tramuatic event may need only one to three 90-minute sessions. Those with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder -- women molested for years as children or Vietnam veterans -- can require many more sessions as well as other kinds of assistance to treat what EMDR creator Francine Shapiro calls ``secondary gain.'' These are the benefits that reinforce the trauma, such as the disability checks a Vietnam veteran receives or the attention and nurturing a molestation victim gets.
Keywords: Overview General Salt Lake City
233. Staff. (2000, December 17). Questionable therapy. Boston, MA: The Boston Globe, Third, Magazine, 3.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: RICHARD SALTUS QUOTES AN EMDR ENTHUSIAST AS SAYING THAT MORE THAN 60,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN THE THERAPY. IT IS COMMON FOR EMDR FOLKS TO CITE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ATTENDED EMDR WORKSHOPS, AND THEY DO SO IN ORDER TO LEND CREDIBILITY TO THE APPROACH. WHAT IS NEVER MENTIONED IS HOW MANY OF THESE PEOPLE FOUND THE WORKSHOPS INSTRUCTIVE AND HOW MANY GO ON TO USE EMDR IN THEIR CLINICAL WORK. I KNOW THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN HAVING "BEEN TRAINED" IN EMDR AND YET DECIDING NOT TO USE IT. MY REASON, SIMILAR TO OTHERS', I AM SURE, IS THAT I FIND EMDR TO BE, AT BEST, OLD WINE IN A VERY EXPENSIVE NEW BOTTLE, ONE THAT IS HEAVILY OVERSOLD. GERALD C.
Keywords: Overview General Boston
234. Staff. (2001, November 5). Professional peers leery of itssuccess. Lancaster, PA: Intelligencer Journal, Lifestyle, B-5.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: No abstract available.
Keywords: Overview General Lancaster
235. Staff. (2001, November 5). Nontraditional therapy uses eye movement to ‘desentisize’. Lancaster, PA: Intelligencer Journal, Lifestyle, B-5.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: EMDR proponents claim it is effective where traditional therapies have failed. They say EMDR works a lot faster than talk therapy to help people work through deeply rooted memories and traumatic events. Myra sought out therapist Donna Knudsen, a doctor of clinical psychology in Quarryville with a practice in Media. Knudsen has completed two levels of EMDR training plus workshops. They agreed to work together.
Keywords: Overview General Lancaster Donna Knudsen
236. Staff. (2001, January 11). UA psychologist labels popular trauma therapy “pseudoscience”. Faytetteville, AK: University of Arkansas, Daily Headlines Online.
Language: English
Format: Other
Abstract: Seeking recovery from emotional distress and traumatic experiences, millions of people have turned to a new psychological therapy that promises miraculous results in a matter of weeks. But a University of Arkansas psychologist claims this miracle treatment is based on inadequate scientific evidence and is no more effective than existing treatments.
237. Staff. (2001, November 5). Professional peers leery of its success. Lancaster, PA: Intelligencer Journal, Lifestyle, B-5.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: As more than 22,000 mental health clinicians have their training in EMDR and many laud its effectiveness, some are begging their peers to slow down and reconsider the evidence.
Keywords: Overview General Lancaster
238. Staff. (2004, August 5). Trauma victims to benefit from new treatment. Northern Ireland News.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Trauma victims in Northern Ireland could soon benefit from a unique and highly effective new method of treatment, thanks to the University of Ulster. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a relatively new psychological process that helps patients recall traumatic memories or events with little or no distress.
Keywords: Overview General Ireland
239. Staff. (2002, June 3). EMDR cuts to chase quickly. Redding, CA: Redding Record Searchlight, D1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Fast transformation is a large part of the appeal of eye-movement desensitization reprocessing, or EMDR. When Susan Rogers, a psychiatric social worker in Los Angeles, attended an EMDR workshop two years ago, she was asked to think about an event in her life that was still painful.
Keywords: Overview General, Redding, CA Susan Rogers
240. Stockley, E. (2004, November 7). Lingering Stress? Traumatic events can have lasting effects. Florida Local Newspapers (see link).
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Success has also been reported with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reproces-sing (EMDR), although rigorous scientific data are lacking and it is unclear whether this approach is as effective as CBT.
Keywords: Overview General Florida
241. Stone, G. (1994, May 9). Magic fingers. New York, 27(19), 33-36.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: One winter night seven years ago, 20-year old Elise Terranova, having parked her car near her apartment, was hurrying out of the lot when a burly man charged out of a clump of bushes, grabbed her, broke her nose, and raped her. He ordered her to close her eyes and count to 100. By the time she opened her eyes, he had disappeared.
242. Strain, C. (1998, August 30). Mind games - Boulder’s Casa Futura earns patient for device that tricks the brain to prevent stuttering. Boulder, CO: Daily Camera, First, Business, B1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Stuttering was for years thought to be a psychological problem, but it is, in fact, a neurological problem, Kehoe said. The new neurology approach is eye movement desensitization and preprocessing, EMDR, working through the eyes rather than drugs. Casa Futura products use the same premise, only they work through the ears.
Keywords: General Overview Boulder
243. Stuart, J. (2003, January 8 ). The eyes have it. London, England: The Independent, Independent Online Edition/Health & Wellbeing.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: It sounds like a quack remedy -just moving the eyes from side to side to treat emotional suffering. But it works, says Julia Stuart, for anything from childhood abuse to post-traumatic stress disorder,
Keywords: Overview General London
244. Talan, J. (2001, October 23). In the mix. Melville, NY: Newsday, C04.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: A VOLUNTEER NETWORK of therapists trained in post-traumatic stress disorder is providing free treatment programs for people affected by the World Trade Center terrorist attack. The clinicians are trained in a technique called eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) that is proven to help the stress disorder, and the free service is part of the nonprofit Disaster Mental Health Recovery Network. The Mental Health Association of Suffolk County will provide names of EMDR specialists participating in the program. For information call the association at 631-226-3900, or 917-626-9117 for clinicians in the five boroughs. The Nassau County Mental Health Association also has social workers trained to deal with people contemplating suicide. The help line is 516-504-HELP.
Keywords: Overview General Melville, NY
245. Talan, J. (2001, July 3). Searching for way to whip yips: EMDR probes nervous system, releasing trauma. Melville, N. Y.: Newsday, All Editions, Sports, A52.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Recently, he was sitting with Grand, talking about his golf game. While he spoke, Gutterman wore headphones and listened to the hum of gentle ocean sounds designed to dislodge traumatic memories. Grand is an expert in a psychological technique called Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (or EMDR), and he's been using the technique at his Bellmore and Manhattan offices to bring athletes back to top form.
Keywords: Overview General Melville, NY David Grand
246. Tale, J. (1998, January 20). Do the eyes have it?. Melville, NY: Newsday.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: No abstract available.
247. Talen, J. (1998, Apr 21). Can trauma be relieved by the wave of a hand? The controversy over eye movement therapy. Washington, DC: The Washington Post, Z12.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: "When I started teaching EMDR in 1990, I dubbed it experimental because I didn't want therapists using it without training and then hurting their patients," Shapiro said in a telephone interview. "But there's been eight years of research that shows that it effectively treats post-traumatic stress disorder better than anything out there."
Keywords: Overview General Washington, DC
248. Tate, S. (1996, October). Life after near death. Cincinnati Magazine, 112-118.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: Ask Sclziering or anyone who has been a victim of violent crime, assault, robbery domestic violence - and they wi11 tell you life changes forever.
249. Taylor, S. (2002, January). An eye on EMDR, does controversial trauma therapy really work?: Con No miracle cure. Parkhurst Exchange, 20(1), 25.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: EMDR is a controversial but widely used method for treating PTSD and other psychiatric conditions. Controversy surrounding EMDR stems from two main sources. FIrst, it lacks convincing scientific rationale. The main intervention in EMDR requires the patient to recall trauma-related memories while also attending to some form of external oscillatory stimulation. This stimulation is typically induced by the therapist moving a finger from side to side, across the patient's field of vision, inducing eye movements. After each set of eye movements, the patient is asked to natice what memories, images, thoughts, or feelings arise, and then more sets of eye movements are induced until distress is reduced.
Keywords: General Overview Flaw Outcome Studie Controversy Efficacy
250. Terwilliger, C. (1995, January 9). Overcoming fright flight. Long Beach, CA: Press-Telegram, AM, Lifestyle, F2.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: It's important to gradually go beyond visualizing the fearful situation to experiencing it, Frost says. ''The big issue here is feeling out of control; whatever you can do to help people experience being in control is going to make a difference.'' Some therapists claim success with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - EMDR - an innovative technique that involves eye movement in tandem with visualization.
251. Terwilliger, C. (1999, December 28). Eye therapy to be tested on victims. Denver, CO: The Denver Post.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Dec. 28 - COLORADO SPIUNGS - In what may be the first study of
its kind, researchers are trying to determine whether therapy that
incorporates an unusual trauma treatment helps victims of domestic
violence.
Also posted online as
Terwilliger, C. (1999, December 8). Researchers try new trauma treatment. Denver Post Online
Keywords: Overview General Denver
252. Terwilliger, C. (1994, August 14). For some, it’s all in the eyes: Springs EMDR study praised. Colorado Springs, CO: Gazette Telegraph, City/State, B1, B4.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: If it weren't for flashbacks, Rori WHelan might have considered herself healed.
253. Terwilliger, K. (1995, January 9). Overcoming fright flight. Long Beach, CA: Press-Telegram, AM, Lifestle, F2.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: It's important to gradually go beyond visualizing the fearful situation to experiencing it, Frost says.
''The big issue here is feeling out of control; whatever you can do to help people experience being in control is going to make a difference.'' Some therapists claim success with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - EMDR - an innovative technique that involves eye movement in tandem with visualization.
Friedman participated in a recent Colorado Springs study of EMDR; she's also done some conventional therapy. Neither seemed to help her overcome her phobia - ''but in some ways, I gave up,'' she says. Now, she's considering trying again.
Also appeared in: Terwilliger, C. (1995, January 9). Overcoming fright flight. Long Beach, CA: Press-Telegram, AM, Lifestyle, F2.
Keywords: Overview General Long Beach
254. Theall, M. (2005, December 2). The mind-body connection. Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: At 25, I found a great therapist and tried Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy, or EMDR, for the first time. What I learned through EMDR could fill an entire magazine of its own. So, for those of you dealing with the residual effects of traumatic situations, you may want to check out www.emdr.com. I've since emerged a healthy and happy individual.
255. Tucker, M. (2004, May 17). Therapy gives patients a normal life again. Maryville, TN: The Daily Times.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Choosing not to reveal their real names but eager to talk, Mike and Kelly are now clients of Trish Starbird, a therapist at Starbird Counseling in Maryville who practices EMDR therapy -- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Keywords: General Overview Maryville
256. Tupponce, J. (2005, January 20). In the mind’s eye: Ocular movement and rhythmic stimulation may curb bad thoughts. Richmond, VA: Richmond Times-Dispatch, City, Explore, F-1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: In her case, one EMDR session proved helpful. "After we finished, I felt like I knew something that I had always known," she said. "It helped me process the messages in a normal way like most people do. I noticed that I wasn't replaying the tape in my head anymore. It's been two years and I still haven't replayed it. I know what I did [in my marriage] was OK."
Keywords: Overview General Richmond
257. Turcotte, D. T. (1995, June 11). Process thaws images of trauma. Worcester, MA: Worcester Telegram & Gazette, All, Local News, B1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: According to Solomon, therapists assume the human brain contains an information-processing mechanism that takes information to resolution, much like when the body heals a cut.
Keywords: Overview General Worcester Roger Solomon
258. Unknown. (2005). EMDR. Kaunseringu Kenkyu, 38(Part 4), 353-360.
Language: English
Format: Journal
Abstract: No abstract available.
259. van der Kolk, B. (1998, July 12). Staring down the demons. Boston, MA: The Boston Globe, D1, D5.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: In recent years, the problem of post-traumatic stress disorder has received a great deal of public attention.
Keywords: Overview General Boston
260. van Uchelen, I. (2004). Ik dacht dat ik mijn werk no oit meer zou kunnen doen. Advisie Maart, 6-7, 9.
Language: Dutch
Format: Magazine
Abstract: Mensen die na een trauma worden gekweld door emotioneel
beladen herinneringen aan deze gebeurtenis, kunnen
door piepjes afwisselend in het linker en
rechter oor, snel weer normaal
functioneren. Deze techniek
- EMDR (Eye Movement
Desensitization and
Reprocessing) - kan
lang ziekteverzuim als
gevolg van een trauma
voorkomen.
People after a trauma are tormented by emotional
charged memories of this event may
by alternating beeps in the left and
right ear, quickly return to normal
function. This technique
- EMDR (Eye Movement
Desensitization and
Reprocessing) - can
long sick leave as
result of a trauma
prevention. [Author abstract]
261. Walters, B. (1995, July 7). 20/20: When all else fails: 07/07/1995. ABC NEWS [Television Broadcast] ABC News Bookstore, New York.
Language: English
Format: Video
Abstract: At the ABC NEWS Store website select 20/20, search "EMDR". The DVD (Item #T950707_04M) is $29.95
262. Warrick, C. (1997, December 29). Mending the pain. Cincinnati, OH: The Cincinnati Post, Final, Living, 1B, 5B.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: EMDR is not new. But to those who know little about the decade of research and clinical experience behind it, the treatment probably sounds like a gimmick. That may be because it employs rapidly movlng lights or alternating tones which the client follows while focusing on a difficult memory.
Keywords: Overview General Cincinnati Barbara Hensley Irene Giessl
263. Wartik, N. (1994, Aug 7). The amazingly simple, inexplicable therapy. Los Angeles Magazine, 9.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: I've just seen a demonstration taped during the course of a recent study, of what's probably the most controversial psychotherapy in use today. In 1989, the first articles about an improbable-sounding tech nique for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (F'ISD) appeared in the psychological literature. PTSD. an anxiety disorder with a multitude of mental and physical symptoms, strikes after an ordeal such as rape. combat. chid abuse or natural disaster and can permanently scar a psyche. But with little more than a wave of the hand, it seemed, Eye Movement Desensitizatior. and Reprocessing (EMDR) could undo trauma's tormenting effects in a remarkably short time, sometimes in a single session. The procedure, originated by psychologist Francine
Keywords: Overview General Mary
264. Weisberg, D. (1999, April 27). Quick fix? Patients say new therapy offer freedom from past traumas in a short time. Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sooner, Health, G-3.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Months later, she gave therapy another try, this time seeing Peggy Elkus, a Regent Square psychologist who is certified to practice a controversial technique many therapists have never even heard of. Called EMDR - for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - it enabled Troup, in just three sessions, to find peace after decades of pain.
Keywords: Overview General Pittsburgh
265. Wells, J. (1992, October 26). Moving finger points way to better performance. The Australian.
Language: English
Format: Magazine
Abstract: The moving finger may
have written one of the most
important sport storles of the
age in the past fortnight.
The finger of Sydney psychiatrist
Dr. Bob Hampshire
was waved daily in the eyes of
Brett Dutton, Jeff Stewart,
Jamie Kelly, David Perry, and
Mark Elliott of the Ansett
Australia team during the
Pacific Power-Commonwealth
Bank Cycle Classic.
And if Hampshire is right, a
painless technique called
EMD (Eye Movement Desensitisation)
may have opened
up a golden avenue in the
brain for improved sporting
performance.
Keywords: General Overview Sports Performance
266. Wilson, D. (1995, June 16). Therapists take technique to survivors of bombing. Colorado Springs, CO: The Gazette, City/State, 2.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: Organized by Colorado Springs therapist Sandra Wilson, the volunteers practice a therapy called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR for short. Wilson, who is currently in Oklahoma City, conducted a local study of the technique and presented the findings to the American Psychological Association in August.
Keywords: Overview General Colorado Springs Sandra Wilson
267. Winte, M. (2008, April 4). Stress disorder not just for vets. Denver, Co: Rocky Mountain News.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: My friend says his first EMDR session drove him to the floor. "It was like a firestorm of images, a horrific slide show of images that wouldn't stop."
Keywords: Overview General Denver
268. Woosley, L. (2002, June 2). Eye movement eases angst for those haunted by memories. Tulsa, OK: The Tulsa World, Final Home Edition, Living, 1.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: A therapy meant to muscle man over traumatic memories is gaining popularity and regard in the world of psychology. EMDR, or eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing, taps into the brain's storage bin of bad experiences, and using a combination of bilateral eye movement and talk therapy, alters how one processes a traumatic event.
Keywords: Overview General Tulsa
269. York, S. (2002, November 10). Therapist works on healing, letting spirit move you. Flint, MI: The Flint Journal, The Fenton Press, Community, FP01.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: The EMDR machine, which uses eye movement to stimulate the brain to "pull out the negative and put in the positive," is one of several treatments offered by Callard-Moore, 33, at her office in the Fenton Creative Health Center on N. Long Lake Road.
Keywords: Overview General Flint
270. Young, J. (2009, October 9). Help all those wounded vets. Austin American Statesman.
Language: English
Format: Newspaper
Abstract: A book from my childhood about Medal of Honor winners has a chapter about him: "Too Young to Fight." The Texas boy lied about his age at 17, his face and physique betraying him to the Marines who turned him away. Enlisting in the Army at the stroke of 18, he was nicknamed "Baby." Then he become one of World War II's most highly decorated warriors. From there, Second Lt. Audie Murphy graduated to the rank of movie star and, away from the set lights, to basket case.
Keywords: General Overview Veterans Commentary