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    EMDR therapy was developed in 1987 to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. It involves having patients focus on traumatic memories while experiencing bilateral stimulation, like eye movements, to reduce the vividness and distress associated with the memories. EMDR is conducted in 8 phases over 6 to 12 weekly sessions to process traumatic memories and resolve symptoms. It aims to change how memories are stored in the brain to reduce problems like regularly reliving traumatic experiences.

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    EMDR therapy was developed in 1987 to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. It involves having patients focus on traumatic memories while experiencing bilateral stimulation, like eye movements, to reduce the vividness and distress associated with the memories. EMDR is conducted in 8 phases over 6 to 12 weekly sessions to process traumatic memories and resolve symptoms. It aims to change how memories are stored in the brain to reduce problems like regularly reliving traumatic experiences.

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    EMDR THERAPY

    Eye Movement Desensitization and


    Reprocessing

    WHAT IS EMDR?

    Developed in 1987
    Therapy in which the patient focuses on a traumatic memory
    briefly, while experiencing bilateral stimulation which is
    usually eye movements. This may help the vividness of the
    memory lessen.

    EMDR therapy helps reduce the vividness and upsetting symptoms


    of a memory. The therapist will have the patient focus on the
    memory, while experiencing rhythmic left-right (bilateral)
    stimulation. It is typically delivered one or two times per week for six
    to twelve sessions. The therapy is an eight-phase approach.

    The First Four stages


    History-taking-
    Preparing The Client
    Assessment
    Desensitization

    The Last Four Stages

    Installation

    Body Scan
    Closure
    Re-evaluation

    How EMDR Can Help Vietnam Veterans and others with PTSD

    Many people and veterans have or have dealt with PTSD at some point. So,

    this type of therapy may help. It will help stop the vividness of the memories,
    so it's easier to continue with daily life.

    Main Source
    https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/treatments/eye-movement-
    reprocessing
    Secondary
    Source
    https://www.emdria.org/about-emdr-therapy/

    "Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (Shapiro, 2001)


    was initially developed in 1987 for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder
    (PTSD) and is guided by the Adaptive Information Processing model (Shapiro 2007)."

    This means that EMDR was developed after the Vietnam war, so veterans didn't
    have this therapy right away.

    "Unlike other treatments that focus on directly altering the emotions, thoughts and
    responses resulting from traumatic experiences, EMDR therapy focuses directly on
    the memory, and is intended to change the way that the memory is stored in the
    brain, thus reducing and eliminating the problematic symptoms."

    This can help veterans with PTSD continue with daily life. PTSD is a daily struggle. By
    meeting one-two times per week, for six to twelve sessions, this therapy can help
    eliminate troubling feelings and vividness of everything. I see this kind of therapy as
    a way to try something new.

    "While clients briefly focus on the trauma memory and simultaneously experience
    bilateral stimulation (BLS), the vividness and emotion of the memory are reduced."

    Some people speculate whether or not the bilateral stimulation helps. The bilateral
    is typically eye movements, but can be tones or taps. The vividness going away can
    help to stop people from reliving their trauma as frequently.

    "EMDR therapy uses a structured eight-phase approach that includes:


    Phase 1: History-taking
    Phase 2: Preparing the client
    Phase 3: Assessing the target memory
    Phases 4-7: Processing the memory to adaptive resolution
    Phase 8: Evaluating treatment results"

    The phases go through introducing and preparing the client for the therapy, going
    through the therapy, then finding out the results. The different stages help in
    different ways. The first two stages go through evaluating the client and walking
    them through the procedure. The third and fourth are starting the therapy by having
    the client think about the event while experiencing bilateral stimulation. Five and six
    help reinforce positive thinking, and figuring out how the client feels. Seven is the
    end of the session, and eight is where the next session begins. Also, using these
    different stages can help breakdown the therapy process.

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