Overview
A practical guide to learning and using EMDR! Trauma is a potential source of most types of emotional or behavioral problems. Extensive research has shown EMDR to be an effective and efficient trauma treatment. EMDR Within a Phase Model of Trauma-Informed Treatment offers mental health professionals an accessible plain-language guide to this popular and successful method. The book also introduces the “Fairy Tale Model” as a way to understand and remember the essential phases of treatment and the tasks in each phase.
This manual teaches a clear rationale and a systematic approach to trauma-informed treatment, including often-neglected elements of treatment that are essential to preparing clients for EMDR. The reader is led step by step through the treatment process, with scripted hands-on exercises to learn each skill. In addition to presenting the fundamental EMDR procedures, EMDR Within a Phase Model of Trauma-Informed Treatment teaches a treatment system that can be applied to a variety of cases. Using research-supported and proven-effective methods, this book takes you through the treatment process with easily-understood dialogues and examples. Explicitly guided exercises produce hands-on skills and familiarize you with ways to explain trauma to clients and prepare them for EMDR. You will also learn to problem-solve challenging cases using the trauma framework.
- Additional discussions address:
- why trauma matters
- posttraumatic symptoms
- the “trauma wall”
- the structure of trauma treatment
- the role of EMDR
- the eight phases of EMDR
- preparing clients for EMDR
- legal and medical issues in EMDR
- problem solving strategies in EMDR sessions
- treatment strategies for a variety of presenting problems
- using EMDR with children and adolescents
- use and application of the “fairy tale model”
- on-line and digital resources
Designed to be a comprehensive primer, companion/supplemental textbook, and valuable reference resource, EMDR Within a Phase Model of Trauma-Informed Treatment is ideal for clinicians already trained in EMDR, those actively learning EMDR, and mental health professionals interested in EMDR. Note that to practice EMDR requires formal supervised training.
- | Author: Ricky Greenwald
- | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- | Publication Date: Aug 08, 2007
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780789032164
- | ISBN-10: 0789032163