63rd Annual Conference

Saturday, February 25

Morning Workshops

8:45 A.M.-12:00 noon

Session 76

Integrating Individual and Group Psychotherapies: Bridging the Gap with EMDR

Chair:    

Katherine Steele, Ph.D., CGP, Adjunct Faculty, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

This workshop will present an overview of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and discuss its usefulness as an adjunct individual treatment in a successful group practice.  Videotaped segments of actual EMDR sessions will be viewed and participants will be invited to participate in brief demonstrations.

Sharing of work experiences-demonstration-experiential-didactic

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Discuss evidence for the efficacy of EMDR.

2. Identify appropriate EMDR targets from group process.

3. List resources for further inquiry.

Course References:

1. Shapiro, F. (2001). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Basic principles, protocols and procedures. (2nd Ed.). New York: Guilford Press.

2. Porter, K. (1993). Combined Individual and Group Psychotherapy. In A. Alonso, & H. Swiller (Eds.). Group Therapy in Clinical Practice. Washington, DC:  American Psychiatric Press, Inc. 309-341.

3. van der Kolk, B. (2002). Beyond the Talking Cure: Somatic experience and subcortical imprints in the treatment of trauma. In F. Shapiro (Ed.). EMDR as an Integrative Psychotherapy Approach:  Experts of diverse orientations explore the paradigm prism. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. 57-83.