EMDR Within a Phase Model of Trauma-Informed Treatment

A practical guide to learning and using EMDR

Trauma is a potential source of most types of emotional or behavioral problems. Extensive research has shown EMDR to be an effective and efficient trauma treatment. EMDR Within a Phase Model of Trauma-Informed Treatment offers mental health professionals an accessible plain-language guide to this popular and successful method. The book also introduces the “Fairy Tale Model” as a way to understand and remember the essential phases of treatment and the tasks in each phase.

This manual teaches a clear rationale and a systematic approach to trauma-informed treatment, including often-neglected elements of treatment that are essential to preparing clients for EMDR. The reader is led step by step through the treatment process, with scripted hands-on exercises to learn each skill.

In addition to presenting the fundamental EMDR procedures, EMDR Within a Phase Model of Trauma-Informed Treatment teaches a treatment system that can be applied to a variety of cases. Using research-supported and proven-effective methods, this book takes you through the treatment process with easily-understood dialogues and examples. Explicitly guided exercises produce hands-on skills and familiarize you with ways to explain trauma to clients and prepare them for EMDR. You will also learn to problem-solve challenging cases using the trauma framework.

EMDR Within a Phase Model of Trauma-Informed Treatment also includes an Instructor’s Manual with:

• sample syllabus

  teaching tips

  PowerPoint slides

  test bank.

• why trauma matters

• posttraumatic symptoms

• the “trauma wall”

• the structure of trauma treatment

• the role of EMDR

• the eight phases of EMDR

• preparing clients for EMDR

• legal and medical issues in EMDR

• problem solving strategies in EMDR sessions

• treatment strategies for a variety of presenting problems

• using EMDR with children and adolescents

• use and application of the “fairy tale model”

• on-line and digital resources

Designed to be a comprehensive primer, companion/supplemental textbook, and valuable reference resource, EMDR Within a Phase Model of Trauma-Informed Treatment is ideal for clinicians already trained in EMDR, those actively learning EMDR, and mental health professionals interested in EMDR. Note that to practice EMDR requires formal supervised training.