Dissociation of the Personality and EMDR Therapy in Complex Trauma-Related Disorders: Applications in Phases 2 and 3 Treatment
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) psychotherapy can play a major role in phaseoriented treatment of complex trauma-related disorders. In terms of the theory of structural dissociation of the personality and its related psychology of action, a previous article described
Phase 1 treatment—Stabilization, Symptom Reduction, and Skills Training—emphasizing the use of EMDR procedures in this phase. Phase 2 treatment mainly involves applications of EMDR processing in overcoming the phobia of traumatic memories and their subsequent integration.
Phase 3 treatment focuses on further integration of the personality, which includes overcoming various phobias pertaining to adaptive functioning in daily life. This article emphasizes treatment approaches that assist therapists in incorporating EMDR protocols in Phases 2 and 3 of phase-oriented
treatment without exceeding clients' integrative capacity or window of tolerance.
Keywords: EMDR; INTEGRATION; PHASE-ORIENTED TREATMENT; STRUCTURAL DISSOCIATION; TRAUMATIC MEMORIES
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 February 2014
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