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RESEARCH: EMDR TREATMENT
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) treatment for Psychologically traumatized individuals
Sandra A. Wilson, The Union Institute
Lee A. Becker, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Robert H. Tinker, PhD., Colorado Springs, Colorado
Dr. Robert Tinker
Participants receiving EMDR showed decreases in presenting complaints and in anxiety and increases in positive cognition.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has been shown to be effective for treating posttraumatic stress disorder
Abstract
Participants in the delayed-treatment condition showed no improvement on any of these measures across the 30 days before treatment, but after participants in the delayed-treatment condition showed similar effects on all measures. The effects were maintained at 90-day follow-up. Research: 15 Month Follow up The present study is a 15-month follow up of the effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy on the functioning of 66 participants, 32 of whom were diagnosed with posttramatic stress disorder (PTSD) prior to treatment. PTSD participants improved as much as those without the diagnosis, with both groups maintaining their gains at 15 months. At 15-month follow-up, the three 90-minute sessions of EMDR previously administered (S.A. Wilson, L.A. Becker, and R.H. Tinker (1995) produced an 84% reduction in PTSD diagnosis and a 68% reduction in PTSD symptoms. The average treatment effect size was 1.59; the average reliable change index was 3.37. Implications of the maintenance Of EMDR treatment effects are discussed. The effects of three 90-minute eye movement densitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment sessions on traumatic memories of 80 participants were studied. Participants were randomly assigned to treatment or delayed-treatment conditions and to 1 of 5 licensed therapists trained in EMDR.
Sixty-two police officers were randomly assigned to either EMDR or a standard stress management program (SMP), each consisting of 6 hours of individualized contact.
At completion, police officers in the EMDR condition provided lower ratings on measures of PTSD symptoms, subjective distress, job, stress, and anger; and higher marital satisfaction ratings than those in SMP.
Research
Stress Management with Law Enforcement Personnel: A Controlled Outcome Study of EMDR versus Traditional Stress Management Program Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has been shown to be effective for treating posttraumatic stress disorder, but its efficacy as a stress management tool for normal individuals in highly stressful occupations has not been demonstrated. The effects of EMDR were maintained at the 6-month follow-up, indicating enduring gains from a relatively brief treatment regimen for this subclinical sample of officers who were experiencing some level of stress from their job. Established Research with EMDR MVA, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, Grief, Substance Abuse, Low Self Esteem, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Children, ER Workers, Phantom Limb Pain, Psychosomatic Disorders, Somatophysic, Pain Syndromes, Group Protocols, OCD, Psychosomatic Disorders, Pedophilia, Tinnitus Sandra Wilson and Bob Tinker trained this group in EMDR and in EMDR with children. Sandra later conducted a retreat in the mountains for a portion of these therapists, including EMDR for their secondary traumatization. Sandra A. Wilson, Robert H. Tinker, Lee A. Becker, Carol R. Logan
Since then, EMDR-HAP has gone on to sponsor hundreds of programs to help victims of disaster, man-made and natural, around the world over the last 30 years. EMDR-HAP also trained thousands of EMDR therapists to be HAP volunteers.
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--Lee Becker, PhD., the second author on the JCCP studies, died in 2023 of an aggressive brain tumor. He was a great colleague and a best friend.
--Sandra Wilson, PhD. died in 2015 of an auto-immune disorder. The 24 years we had together were a great time of exciting purpose and discovery. We were proud of our contributions to EMDR, but we were proudest of our part in contributing to the origin of EMDR-HAP and seeing it develop into the fine organization it is now. We need it now more than ever.