EMDR in the Treatment of Adults Abused as Children - Hardcover

Parnell PhD, Laurel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393702987 ISBN 13: 9780393702989

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999

Synopsis

Treatment of abuse survivors is extremely challenging, whatever the modality. Clients may experience intense emotional abreactions during therapy, report horrifying memories, and become stuck processing their experiences.

This book shows therapists how to integrate EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) into the treatment so that adults who have been abused as children clear their trauma more rapidly, escape falling into the victim mentality, and proceed to lead full, productive lives. For therapists already familiar with EMDR, it covers the primary treatment issues and symptomatology of these clients and specific alterations of the standard EMDR protocol. For therapists experienced with treating abuse survivors, it introduces a safe and effective way to process trauma.

Emphasizing the practical, Laurel Parnell not only teaches many techniques to help the therapist when an impasse is reached, but also provides a selection of treatment choices. She demonstrates how EMDR can be used in the beginning phase of therapy for ego strengthening and the development and installation of resources. This prepares clients for trauma processing in the middle phase. Finally, in the end phase, clients integrate their experiences and often feel an awakening of their creativity and spirituality. Cases are used throughout to provide therapists with a deeper, more grounded understanding of different kinds of abuse cases and their treatment.

Readers will find that Laurel Parnell is an empathic, sensitive, and knowledgeable guide to the difficult terrain of working with adults abused as children using EMDR.

About this title

About the Author:

Laurel Parnell, Ph.D., PhD, is one of the world’s leading experts on EMDR. She is the author of two previous books on EMDR, EMDR in the Treatment of Adults Abused as Children and Transforming Trauma: EMDR as well as articles and a book chapter. A clinical psychologist, she has trained thousands in EMDR through her international workshops. She is author of several books on EMDR and lives in San Rafael, California.

Review:

Parnell's book is well-indexed [with]...an exhaustive reference list....[It] may help clinicians understand how...ideas...can be applied to their own clients. (EMDRIA Newsletter, Brooke A. Brown, Ph.D.) REVIEW: Complementary to EMDR training....The book would be of interest to seasoned therapists seeking to expand their skills with EMDR training. (READINGS: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health, Sybill Kannry, MSW)

Complementary to EMDR training....The book would be of interest to seasoned therapists seeking to expand their skills with EMDR training.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0393702987
• ISBN 13: 9780393702989
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 242