EMDR in the Treatment of Adults Abused as Children [Hardcover]

This book shows therapists how to integrate EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) into the treatment so that adults who have been abused as children clear their trauma more rapidly, escape falling into the victim mentality, and proceed to lead full, productive lives. For therapists already familiar with EMDR, it covers the primary treatment issues and symptomatology of these clients and specific alterations of the standard EMDR protocol. For therapists experienced with treating abuse survivors, it introduces a safe and effective way to process trauma.Treatment of abuse survivors is extremely challenging, whatever themodality. Clients may experience intense emotional abreactions duringtherapy, report horrifying memories, and become stuck processing theirexperiences.