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A paper which looks at the development and use of EMDR therapy, and at the studies which have been carried out on patients with post traumatic stress disorder. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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aberrant behavioural patterns through exposing and addressing the root causes of such behaviours. It is assumed that these negative behaviours have their origins in traumatic or stressful experiences which have
previously occurred in the patients past, and which may well have been "blocked" or repressed to such an extent that the patient has no memory of them: consequently, if one
is not aware that the experiences exist, it is not possible to analyse them and deal with their subsequent consequences in later life.
Whereas cognitive behavioural techniques will work mainly on changing the behavioural patterns themselves, psychodynamic
theories maintains that long-lasting and permanent changes in behaviour cannot be accomplished unless the root causes of the behaviours are acknowledged and understood by the patient. EMDR also takes note
of the fact that there are invariably links between the re-living of a past experience and physical actions: in this instance, it is eye movements which are specifically studied and
the way in which these relate to the patients own accessing of painful memories.
EMDR therapists assert that the treatment is suitable for a wide range of disorders; that it is much quicker than other forms of
therapy in gaining positive results; and that the effects of the treatment are as permanent as those achieved through other therapies. Bouleware (2003) asserts that in the short-term, emotional distress
is instantly relieved, along with the behavioural impact of suppressed early trauma: the long term effect is the "restoration of the clients natural state of emotional functioning" (Bouleware, 2003, PG).
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