Rewiring the Addicted Brain: An EMDR-Based Treatment Model for Overcoming Addictive Disorders - Softcover

Parnell Ph.D., Laurel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1732579008 ISBN 13: 9781732579002

Publisher: Green Tara Books, 2018

Synopsis

As a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of trauma, Dr. Laurel Parnell has found that many people who have suffered the effects of trauma use addictive substances or behaviors in an effort to relieve their pain.

In Rewiring the Addicted Brain, Dr. Parnell applies her extensive expertise in Attachment- Focused EMDR and Resource Tapping to the clinical challenge of addictions recovery. It is filled with brain-wise, compassionate, resilience-supporting EMDR-based techniques that can be easily integrated into all levels of addictions treatment.

Therapists and substance abuse counselors will find this a useful guidebook to help them navigate the difficult and complex terrain of addiction treatment—one that recognizes and addresses trauma and integrates repair of attachment deficits.

Case material is interwoven throughout the text; also included are chapters presenting in-depth cases which illustrate the techniques. These cases include history and background of the clients as well as actual sessions employing the interventions specific to rewiring the addicted brain.

About this title

About the Author

LAUREL PARNELL, PH.D., is one of the world’s leading experts on EMDR. A clinical psychologist, she has trained thousands in EMDR in her international workshops. Dr. Parnell is author of several books on EMDR, including Attachment-Focused EMDR: Healing Relational Trauma, A Therapist’s Guide to EMDR and Tapping In.

Review

Rewiring the Addicted Brain is a must read for anyone struggling with substance abuse and/or addictive behaviors and for the people who support and counsel them.  Dr. Laurel Parnell's compassionate, nuanced, and client-centered approach brings hope and empowerment through a detailed analysis of the foundations of addictive behaviors and their treatment.  Parnell outlines specific tools for resource development that have the capacity to build new neural circuitry that supports resilience and balance in the nervous system and an integrated shift towards health and wholeness.  
 Kim Cookson, Psy.D.

Director of Trauma and Resiliency Training and Services
Southern California Counseling Center

Since its introduction in 2013, I have used Parnell's Attachment Focused EMDR in my work with persons, both inpatient and outpatient, who are stuck in life destructive behaviors that are driven by addiction. In the complex addiction cases that I work with, Parnell's work has provided a clinical framework that functions to reprocess traumas that drive addictive behavior and help the individual stop their addictive behaviors by building stronger internal resources. These new internal resources allow the addicted individual to have more mature and healthy coping strategies in response to life stress, along with adaptive behavioral responses that help to rewire those dysfunctional neural circuitries that underlie and perpetuate their addictive behavior. In her latest work Rewiring the Addicted Brain, Parnell shows how to use "Resource Tapping", EMDR, and her new "Connecting the Consequences" protocol to help addicted persons be successful in their efforts to develop a life free of addiction. Parnell's work is an invaluable resource for anyone who works with people who are impacted by addiction. For the professional clinician, this work provides the tools that will help you help your clients develop life changing internal capacities and skills, allowing them to live a life free of addiction. I recommend it highly.
Roy A. Blankenship, MA, LPC, LMFT, CSAT, CAADC
Chief Executive Officer
HopeQuest Addiction Recovery Center
Woodstock, GA

"Dr. Laurel Parnell played a massive role in helping me find my voice as an EMDR therapist, and I continue to be inspired by our early conversations on expanding the possibilities of EMDR-related interventions. In her latest offering, Parnell adds her perspective to a growing collection of EMDR-related interventions on a topic that is near and dear to my heart, addiction recovery. Clinicians and human services workers with a passion for healing the suffering caused by and connected to addiction receive plenty of new ideas for working with clients, especially in the area of resourcing. You can never have too many strategies for helping individuals struggling with chemical dependency, process addictions, and co-dependency issues. I am grateful to Parnell for offering her unique perspective on how to resource in this work, which I know is near and dear to her heart as well."
 Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
Founder, The Institute for Creative MindfulnessCo-Author, EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness for Trauma-Focused Care; Author, EMDR Made Simple, Trauma and the Twelve Steps, Trauma Made Simple, Dancing Mindfulness

Dr. Parnell's work is at once brilliant and simple, deep yet accessible, validating of the destructive nature of trauma and hopeful of one's ability to completely heal.  
With compassion, attunement and intelligence, Dr. Parnell guides therapists of all levels through reparative techniques that address the many layers involved in healing; from core trauma to consequential addictive behaviors to enhancement of self-esteem, resilience, and reduction of shame. As an eating disorder specialist practicing for 26 years, I applaud Dr. Parnell's original and creative use of AF-EMDR, resource tapping and the reparative, healing therapeutic relationship to effectively bring clients into full and joyous recovery! 
 
Dr. Julie T. Anné
Licensed Psychologist & Eating Disorder Specialist
A New Beginning / TheHealthyWeighOut
 
 
 

Edition details

• Publisher: Green Tara Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1732579008
• ISBN 13: 9781732579002
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 326