EMDR, Adaptive Information Processing, and Case Conceptualization
EMDR is an integrative, client-centered psychotherapy approach that emphasizes the brain's information processing system and memories of disturbing experiences as the bases of those pathologies not caused by organic deficit or insult. EMDR addresses the experiences that contribute to
clinical conditions and those needed to bring the client to a robust state of psychological health. Overviews of the history, development, and research that have established EMDR as an empirically supported treatment are provided. Subsequent to an explanation of the adaptive information processing
model, an extended case example is used to illustrate the recommended EMDR case conceptualization and eight phases of treatment. This approach is used to process the early memories that set the foundation for the pathology and the present situations that trigger the dysfunction, while providing
templates for appropriate future action that incorporate the information and behaviors needed to overcome skill and/or developmental deficits. The benefits of integrating EMDR and family systems perspectives to provide the most comprehensive therapeutic effects are described.
Keywords: ADAPTIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING MODEL; EMDR (EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING); FAMILY SYSTEMS THERAPY; INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY; MEMORIES
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 October 2007
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