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Recommendations and illustrations for combining hypnosis and EMDR in the treatment of psychological trauma.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11269626     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Three experienced therapists, trained in hypnosis and EMDR, distilled some tentative hypotheses about the use of hypnosis in EMDR from fifteen cases, two presented here. When a therapist uses hypnosis with EMDR, it seems that the client is having difficulty or the therapist anticipates that the client will have difficulty managing the experiences processed with EMDR. Hypnosis initiated either during the introduction to EMDR or within a therapy session prior to the initiation of EMDR seems to have served two functions. The first function is to activate inner work that prepares the client to use EMDR successfully, and the second function is to facilitate overtly the processing of the traumatic experience. Clients might have two kinds of difficulties in managing affect or distress: (1) they may have a long-standing, irrational and strongly held belief that interferes with managing affect or distress, and (2) they may never have developed the capacity to tolerate intense affect, distress or pain. Should a therapist use hypnosis during the closing down phase of a session without preparing the client with hypnosis during the introduction to EMDR, the therapist should seriously reconsider the pace and focus of EMDR and the client's resources to manage affect and distress.
Authors:
D B Beere; M J Simon; K Welch
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of clinical hypnosis     Volume:  43     ISSN:  0002-9157     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Clin Hypn     Publication Date:    2001 Jan-Apr
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-03-27     Completed Date:  2001-05-31     Revised Date:  2009-11-11    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0100626     Medline TA:  Am J Clin Hypn     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  217-31     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant 48859, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Child Abuse, Sexual / psychology
Desensitization, Psychologic / methods*
Dissociative Disorders / etiology,  therapy
Eye Movements*
Female
Humans
Hypnosis / methods*
Imagery (Psychotherapy) / methods
Models, Psychological
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology,  therapy*
Treatment Outcome

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