Re: 8 Phases of EMDR · 4/28/00 at 12:21 am ET I have a history of trauma and a few months ago had my first emdr session which didn't last long as I easily felt overwhelmed by the emotions and body memories which surfaced. Since then I have had 2 more emdr sessions, each lasting longer than the previous one.

May 4, 2000 · An EMDR treatment session consists of eight essential phases. EMDR should always be used within a comprehensive treatment plan and is never to be attempted without appropriate training, preparation, and the opportunity for reevaluation. The following is brief delineation of the critical phases for EMDR treatment.

Aug 10, 2000 · FRANCINE SHAPIRO: An EMDR treatment session consists of eight essential phases. EMDR should always be used within a comprehensive treatment plan and is never to be attempted without appropriate training, preparation, and the opportunity for reevaluation. The following is brief delineation of the critical phases for EMDR treatment. Phase One ...

EMDR-8 phases Christa · 11/21/00 at 10:03 PM ET I am researching EMDR for a class I am taking in my graduate program. I have learned a lot about it, yet am unclear about one thing. In two different areas of my research I read that EMDR consists of 8 phases. However, the resources did not specify what the 8 phases were.

Re: 8 Phases of EMDR · 5/4/00 at 1:16 am ET thanks for your response. the decision to move slowly has been my decision. I have a history of childhood and adult trauma (sexually abused by a previous therapist along with a series of devastating crisis). My present therapist is quite respectful of my need to move slowly and is not pushing me.

Aug 24, 2000 · An EMDR session to target a particular memory can take place over a number of (or many) therapy sessions as the 8 phases of EMDR are not that simple. One phase might take a number of therapy sessions, another phase a few more therapy sessions and so forth.

Sep 10, 2002 · Re:Question for Practitioners: EMDR/DBT? Ricky Greenwald · 08/12/02 at 10:11 PM ET EMDR is a late-stage component of a comprehensive trauma treatment approach. Earlier steps include evaluation, psychoeducation, treatment contracting, interventions to support safety, self-control, symptom management, and affect tolerance.

The advantage that the CBT treatments have is clarity: everyone knows that the preparatory phases are officially part of the treatment, so they're not considered "additional" to the treatment. So I don't think it's realistic to expect a "pure" EMDR treatment, because that would be clinically inappropriate and not reflective of the way that EMDR ...

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Re:What is EMDR? Cahill · 05/01/03 at 9:30 PM ET Ricky: I think that the majority of your preceding post, all the comments about prepatory phases before doing EMDR, was in response to my suggestion about your proposed study in which you compare Deblinger's package with EMDR wrapped in the same "packaging" as Deblinger's package.