Treatment Method:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (E.M.D.R.)
School of Thought/Perspective:
Cognitive-Behavioral
Application:
Phase 1:
Evaluate the client’s aptness to therapy and identify potential targets for E.M.D.R.
Including but not limited to: distressing memories; current situations that produce emotional distress; similar events from the past.
Stress is put on the growth of explicit skills and behaviors that will be required future situations;
Goal: for the client to obtain insight into their situation, and have the emotional distress diminish as they begin to adapt their behaviors.
Phase 2:
Ensure that the client has multiple methods for managing emotional distress;
Several of imagery and stress …show more content…
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Therapist: “Ok, we’ll hold onto that for later, now the positive self-belief please.”
*Client shares a positive self-belief*
Therapist: “Perfect, now let's start the therapy.”
Therapist: “Well, I’ll need you to start tapping your finger in a constant rhythm like this:” *Therapist starts tapping finger on the arm of the chair* “Now I want you to recall just an image, but this image needs to be hard to recall and should be linked to traumatic event. Try your hardest and don’t forget to keep tapping your finger.”
Therapist: “You're doing great, now I want you to think of something else. Are you feeling like you could do another round?”
Client: “I think so. . .”
Therapist: “Ok, keep trying your hardest, now I want you to think of a new image, but this time follow my finger but remember to keep the memory in the front of your mind.”
Therapist: “You’re doing great! You can let your mind go empty now and just relay to me whatever