Robin Shapiro - EMDR Solutions: Pathways to Healing

EMDR Solutions

Note to Readers: Standards of clinical practice and protocol change over time, and no technique or recommendation is guaranteed to be safe or effective in all circumstances. This volume is intended as a general information resource for professionals practicing in the field of psychotherapy and mental health; it is not a substitute for appropriate training, peer review, and/or clinical supervision. Neither the publisher nor the author(s) can guarantee the complete accuracy, efficacy, or appropriateness of any particular recommendation in every respect.

EMDR Solutions

Pathways to Healing

Robin Shapiro, Editor

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EMDR solutions : pathways to healing / Robin Shapiro, editor.

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A Norton professional book.
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ISBN 978-0-393-70467-9
1. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. 2. Post traumatic
stress disorderTreatment. 3. Neuropsychiatry. I. Shapiro, Robin,
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To my mother, Elly Welt, with love and respect,
who, by her example, taught me to write

To Francine Shapiro, creator of EMDR,
who taught us to heal

Contents

J AMES W. C OLE , Ed.D., is a psychologist in private practice in Ellensburg, Washington. He is an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant and has presented workshops with Robert Tinker and Sandra Wilson on the use of EMDR with phantom pain. He has written seven books. The last two include forewords by Desmond M. Tutu and The Dalai Lama respectively.

R OY K IESSLING , L.I.S.W., Senior HAP (Humanitarian Assistance Program) EMDR Trainer and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, has a private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio. He provides telephone consultation and advanced EMDR specialty workshops throughout the United States. As a volunteer Trainer for EMDR-HAP, he has conducted EMDR trainings for mental health professionals throughout the United States, in the Middle East, and in Russia.

M AUREEN K ITCHUR , M.S.W., is in private practice in Calgary, Canada, where she runs couples therapy groups and trains and consults to North American therapists. She has treated sexual and homicide offenders and clients with complex posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She has published articles on the treatment of child sexual abuse and the Strategic Developmental Model for EMDR.

J IM K NIPE , Ph.D., has been a psychologist in independent practice since 1994. He is currently the Colorado Springs regional coordinator for the EMDR International Association and an instructor at the Colorado School of Professional Psychology. Since 1995, he has been involved in humanitarian EMDR training projects in Oklahoma City, Turkey, Indonesia, and the Middle East. In addition, he has written on the use of EMDR with complex cases.

U LRICH F. L ANIUS , Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice in Vancouver, British Columbia, specializing in the treatment of traumatic stress syndromes. He is a facilitator for the EMDR Institute and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant. He has presented nationally and internationally on the neurobiology of attachment and dissociation, as well as on the use of EMDR in populations with dissociative disorders. He has recently coauthored a paper on hyperarousal and dissociation in PTSD in Psychopharmacology Bulletin.

C AROLE L OVELL , M.S.W., Psy.D., founded and directs the Personal Growth and Learning Center in Cookeville, Tennessee. She has worked as a clinician, consultant, manager, and teacher. She supervises graduate students from several universities and teaches in the University of Tennessee Extended Education Program.

A RNOLD (A. J.) P OPKY , Ph.D., is an addiction specialist and consultant conducting trainings and workshops nationwide. Certified in Ericksonian hypnosis and EMDR, Dr. Popky has been involved in EMDR programs since its inception, including as a presenter for the EMDR Institute, EMDRIA, and as a primary clinical contributor in the EMDR Research Project at the Mental Research Institute (MRI) in Palo Alto, California. He is a coauthor of the integrative EMDR Chemical Dependency Treatment Manual distributed by the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs.

S USAN S CHULHERR , L.C.S.W., has a private practice in psychotherapy in New York City. She has presented to a variety of professional and general audiences on issues of weight, eating and eating disorders. Her article, The Binge-Diet Cycle: Shedding New Light, Finding New Exits, appeared in the fall 1998 issue of Eating Disorders.

A NDREW S EUBERT , L.P.C., N.C.C., is the codirector of ClearPath Healing Arts Center in Corning, New York. He is a licensed psychotherapist and a trained music therapist and has extensive training in Gestalt therapy. He works with couples, trauma, eating disorders, dually diagnosed (MH/MR) adults, integrating spirituality and psychotherapy. He has written several articles about therapeutic approaches with mental health/mentally retarded people.

R OBIN S HAPIRO , L.I.C.S.W., an EMDRIA-Approved Trainer and Consultant, maintains a private practice in Seattle. She teaches the EMDR Weekly Class, Parts One and Two, and has presented at regional and international EMDRIA conferences. In the 2003 Seattle Magazine, her peers voted her one of Seattles Top Doctors for Women.

R OBERT H. T INKER , Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice in Colorado Springs. He has trained therapists around the world on the use of EMDR with children. With Sandra Wilson, he is coauthor of Through the Eyes of a Child: EMDR with Children.

E LIZABETH T URNER , L.I.C.S.W., is an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant and Trainer on Bainbridge Island, Washington. In her private practice, her specialties include working with children, adolescents and adults, people with chronic illness and pain, and people with attachment issues.

J OANNE H. T WOMBLY , L.C.S.W., an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant, has presented at EMDRIA regional and international conferences and has a private practice in Waltham, Massachusetts. She is past president of the New England Society for the Study of Dissociation.

S ANDRA A. W ILSON , Ph.D., is executive director and founder of the Spencer Curtis Foundation in Colorado Springs, which conducts research and humanitarian treatment outcome studies of EMDR with special populations. Her research has been published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. With Robert Tinker, she is coauthor of Through the Eyes of a Child: EMDR with Children.

Most of the writers are available for consultation and to teach workshops. You can find their contact information at http://www.emdrsolutions.com.