Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing ( Emdr )

and is encouraged to process the trauma from different perspectives using cues from the therapist. The patient also repeatedly engages with their fear triggers.177 Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). EMDR is an extension of this PET in which the patient is exposed to the traumatic memories coincident with a small distraction. In the original version of EMDR, the distraction consisted of hand movements of the therapist to direct movements of the patient?s eyes. More recent versions of EMDR include other types of distractions such as hand-tapping or audio cues.160,178 Results with EMDR have been obtained from a few studies showing large symptom reduction in military populations,179 including results maintained at 9-month follow-up and 78% of completers no longer meeting criteria for PTSD.180 However, other studies conducted were either in very small samples or over only a few EMDR sessions.181-183 As such, much of the evidence supporting EMDR is still from studies in the general population.184 Therapeutic Commonalities. Each of the PTSD treatments discussed above focuses on the idea that learning to reprocess the old emotional memory will allow the patient to develop less dramatically fearful responses to triggers and helps the patient extinguish responses to the original memory through re-experiencing the trauma in a safe setting. Trauma based treatments center around extinction of the original emotional, fearful response. This neurological response will beShow MoreRelatedEye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing ( Emdr )1675 Words   |  7 Pages157). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) was developed in 1987 by Francine Shapiro and has been â€Å"mainly used in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder† (Seidler Wagner, 2006, p. 1515). EMDR is a form of therapy in which the patient recalls the memories associated with the traumatic event while undergoing â€Å"external oscillatory stimulation† (Taylor, Thordarson, Maxfield, Fedoroff, Lovell, Ogrodniczuk, 2003, p. 331). 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