title: [EMDR: method of psychotherapy for the treatment of trauma].
abstract: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method of psychotherapy that has been extensively researched for the treatment of trauma. The current treatment guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies designate EMDR as an effective treatment for PTSD.In this article the author writes about the history of this "breakthrough therapy" and describes EMDR as a standardized protocol. In the second part describes trauma recovery where she uses EMDR in treating post-traumatic stress disorder in a case study about a 25 year old woman, who has been a rubbery survivor.
authors.affiliation: Agora therapie and vormingscentrum, Antwerpen, Belgium. havelka.judit@telenet.hu
authors.forename: Judit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Havelka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D057169:Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008297:Male; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome