Abstract
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) (Shapiro 1989a, 1989b, 1995) is an innovative, comprehensive approach to psychotherapy. While EMDR's use of eye movements has attracted a great deal of attention, the efficacy of the EMDR method can be explained parsimoniously in terms of many different types of therapy. Lang's (1985) information processing networks provide a way to understand the Accelerated Information Processing model proposed by Shapiro to explain EMDR. A representative EMDR session is presented to illustrate the integrative components of EMDR's procedural elements and the range of clinical effects. Therapeutic changes seen as a result of self-healing using EMDR are discussed from the perspectives of other psychotherapeutic approaches in order to understand the contribution of EMDR to the psychotherapy integration movement.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 189-206 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Journal of Psychotherapy Integration |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2000 |
Keywords
- EMDR
- Information processing
- Integration
- PTSD
- Psychotherapy
- Self-healing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health