EMDR LEVEL 1
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EMDR LEVEL 1
Click the REFRESH button of your Internet Browser to get the current version, as your computer may have saved an earlier one. Last updated 17 November 2008.
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APS Endorsed Activity
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Pre-workshop Preparation. Click here.
In 1994 Chris Lee & colleagues published a paper showing the links between EMDR and contemporary information processing models. This paper provides a useful framework for understanding the processes underlying EMDR, and is recommended reading.
In addition it would repay your time to browse the papers linked from this page. You may also like to have a look at the recently released Guidelines for the Treatment of Adults with Acute Stress Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. These can be found on the website of the Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health.
A recent review on EMDR concluded that it is more effective than usual clinical practice and that it at least matches the effectiveness of highly specific psychological treatments for PTSD as well as the most efficacious drug treatments. The underlying processes by which EMDR works are not the same as in psychological therapies (exposure-based therapies). Contemporary neurological mechanisms provide the most promising explanation. For details click here.
EMDR helps people resolve trauma. Read this Client Handout for a straightforward description of "resolution" as it applies to emotionally charged memories. Freely use with your clients. (PDF)
How does EMDR work? This paper by Robert Stickgold proposes an excellent answer to that question. (PDF format) This paper is heavy going - it is not regarded as essential reading.
Chris Lee was awarded the 2000 International Researcher Award by the EMDR International Association for this research comparing EMDR with a CBT trauma treatment. Click here to see it. (PDF)