Introduction to EMDR Therapy: Providing Effective and Efficient Treatment

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an empirically validated, integrative psychotherapy approach that is compatible with all clinical orientations. Guided by the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, it enables therapists to provide effective and efficient treatment to eliminate the clinical consequences of psychological trauma and other negative life experiences. Couple and marriage and family therapists can utilize EMDR to break through clinical impasses.

The ability to rapidly treat unprocessed memories of adverse life experiences has important implications, as demonstrated by research that shows such memories are the foundation for an extensive array of psychological and somatic symptoms. Clinical applications of EMDR therapy include a wide variety of psychological problems, as well as stress-induced physical disorders and medically unexplained symptoms.

This presentation will provide a brief overview of EMDR therapy research and clinical procedures, including the advantages it provides to practicing clinicians. For instance, three controlled studies have indicated that 84%–100% of single-trauma victims no longer have posttraumatic stress (PTSD) after approximately 5.4 hours of EMDR therapy. As indicated in the World Health Organization (2013) practice guidelines, trauma-focused CBT and EMDR are the only psychotherapies recommended for children, adolescents, and adults with PTSD. The guidelines also state: “Unlike CBT with a trauma focus, EMDR does not involve (a) detailed descriptions of the event, (b) direct challenging of beliefs, (c) extended exposure, or (d) homework.” (p.1). The EMDR therapy procedures, clinical applications, and implications for therapy practice will be explored during the presentation.

This web conference is beginning instructional level and designed to help clinicians:

1. Utilize the basic principles of the Adaptive Information Processing model;
2. Explain the phases of EMDR therapy treatment;
3. Examine the effects and treatment of unprocessed memories;
4. Discuss how EMDR therapy can be integrated within diverse clinical orientations.

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Event Reviews from Members

"I was blown away by how useful EMDR is in meeting the needs of clients with various trauma histories, as well as its ability to treat pedophiles and other typically resistant maladapted behaviors." - Carl Golden, MS, MA, LMHCA

Continuing Education (CE) Information

One CE credit will be provided by GoodTherapy.org for attending this web conference in its entirety.

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Registration Information

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Highlights

"It’s not about clinical intrusion, it’s not about challenging, etcetera, but rather it is preparing the client in a certain way, stimulating the information processing system, and allowing the internal links to take place so that the insight emerges, the connections emerge, the negative emotion is eliminated, and what comes up instead is a sense of empowerment ... that sense that ... ‘I can handle whatever comes up.’" - Francine Shapiro, PhD

"With EMDR you don’t have to process each and every memory, you basically cluster them and you choose one to represent the cluster." - Francine Shapiro, PhD