EMDR and Dissociation: The Progressive Approach

EMDR is a psychotherapeutic approach developed for the treatment of PTSD, meanwhile, practicing clinicians have found the application of EMDR to be useful in treating patients who have experienced emotionally traumatic events, which they described as distinctive of their family-of-origin, their personal life history and their attachment relations. In this book the authors describe some of the basic aspects that therapists must understand in order to adequately apply EMDR in the more severe cases, including dissociative disorders, personality disorders and different types of complex traumatization.

Anabel Gonzalez, M. D., Ph. D. works as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in the Public Mental Health System and in Private Practice. She coordinates the Trauma and Dissociation Program in the Severe Mental Disorders Services of the University Hospital of A Coruña, and has a broad clinical experience with Dissociative Disorders and Complex Trauma. Trained in different psychotherapeutic approaches, she has been working with EMDR since 1999 and is an EMDR Therapist, Consultant, and Facilitator. Anabel Gonzalez is Vice-President of the Spanish EMDR Association and member of the ESTD Board. She is head of the ISST-D online training on complex trauma and dissociation and has presented several workshops and courses about EMDR interventions in dissociative disorders, personality disorders, and psychosis. She is author of several articles, presentations, and books Dolores Mosquera, M. A. is a psychologist and psychotherapist. She is the director of the Institute for the Study of Trauma and Personality disorders (INTRA-TP), a private institution where she has worked with EMDR for many years on cases related to severe traumatization. She works in an offenders program and collaborates treating adolescents in a youth correctional facility. She has been trained in several psychotherapeutic approaches and is an EMDR Europe Consultant and Facilitator. She has extensive teaching experience, leading seminars, workshops, and lectures internationally. She has published many books and articles on personality disorders, complex trauma, and dissociation and is a recognized expert in this field. Dolores Mosquera is a member of the ESTSS board and a member of the Editorial Board for the ESTD Newsletter.