(DNS) BT14 Keynote 03 - EMDR Therapy: Treating the Psychological, Physical and Societal Effects of Trauma Worldwide - Francine Shapiro, PhD (DNS) (Audio Only)
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- Topic Areas:
- Trauma | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) | Keynotes
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2014
- Faculty:
- Francine Shapiro, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 55 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2014
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- Never expires.
Description
Description:
The effective treatment of traumatized individuals has profound implications for family, community and the prospects of peace worldwide. This presentation will explore the psychological, physical and neurobiological effects of traumatization and how they can be efficiently reversed. EMDR therapy is an empirically supported trauma treatment. As indicated in the World Health Organization (2013) guidelines, EMDR and trauma-focused CBT are the only psychotherapies recommended for children, adolescents and adults with PTSD. The guidelines note that, unlike TF-CBT, the positive therapeutic outcomes of EMDR therapy are achieved without homework or detailed description of the disturbing event. Efficiency is demonstrated, for example, by research reporting that 100% of single-trauma victims no longer had PTSD after a mean of 5.4 hours of EMDR treatment. Individual and group EMDR protocols will be briefly described. An excerpt of a client session video will demonstrate the rapid transition from dysfunction to psychological health and resilience. Research will also be described to help clinicians correctly identify and treat the sources of PTSD symptoms not caused by major trauma.
Educational Objectives:
- Explain the psychological, physical and societal effects of trauma.
- Demonstrate how psychological, physical and societal dysfunction can be efficiently treated.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Credits
Faculty
Francine Shapiro, PhD Related Seminars and Products
Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., is the originator and developer of EMDR, which has been so well researched that it is now recommended as an effective treatment for trauma in the Practice Guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association, and those of the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Dr. Shapiro is a Senior Research Fellow Emeritus at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California, Executive Director of the EMDR Institute in Watsonville, CA, and founder and President Emeritus of the Trauma Recovery EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs, a non-profit organization that coordinates disaster response and low fee trainings worldwide.