Attachment-Focused EMDR: Healing Relational Trauma
Book by Laurel Parnell PhD (Author),
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition (October 7, 2013) Language : English Hardcover : 432 pages ISBN-10 : 0393707458 ISBN-13 : 978-0393707458 Item Weight : 1.84 pounds Dimensions : 6.4 x 1.3 x 9.6 inches Best Sellers Rank: #114,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #10 in Psychotherapy #83 in Medical Counseling #159 in Popular Psychology Counseling , Integrating the latest in attachment theory and research into the use of EMDR. Much has been written about trauma and neglect and the damage they do to the developing brain. But little has been written or researched about the potential to heal these attachment wounds and address the damage sustained from neglect or poor parenting in early childhood. This book presents a therapy that focuses on precisely these areas. Laurel Parnell, leader and innovator in the field of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), offers us a way to embrace two often separate worlds of knowing: the science of early attachment relationships and the practice of healing within an EMDR framework. This beautifully written and clinically practical book combines attachment theory, one of the most dynamic theoretical areas in psychotherapy today, with EMDR to teach therapists a new way of healing clients with relational trauma and attachment deficits. Readers will find science-based ideas about how our early relationships shape the way the mind and brain develop from our young years into our adult lives. Our connections with caregivers induce neural circuit firings that persist throughout our lives, shaping how we think, feel, remember, and behave. When we are lucky enough to have secure attachment experiences in which we feel seen, safe, soothed, and secure―the “four S’s of attachment” that serve as the foundation for a healthy mind―these relational experiences stimulate the neuronal activation and growth of the integrative fibers of the brain. EMDR is a powerful tool for catalyzing integration in an individual across several domains, including memory, narrative, state, and vertical and bilateral integration. In Laurel Parnell’s attachment-based modifications of the EMDR approach, the structural foundations of this integrative framework are adapted to further catalyze integration for individuals who have experienced non-secure attachment and developmental trauma. The book is divided into four parts. Part I lays the groundwork and outlines the five basic principles that guide and define the work. Part II provides information about attachment-repair resources available to clinicians. This section can be used by therapists who are not trained in EMDR. Part III teaches therapists how to use EMDR specifically with an attachment-repair orientation, including client preparation, target development, modifications of the standard EMDR protocol, desensitization, and using interweaves. Case material is used throughout. Part IV includes the presentation of three cases from different EMDR therapists who used attachment-focused EMDR with their clients. These cases illustrate what was discussed in the previous chapters and allow the reader to observe the theoretical concepts put into clinical practice―giving the history and background of the clients, actual EMDR sessions, attachment-repair interventions within these sessions and the rationale for them, and information about the effects of the interventions and the course of treatment. Read more
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In the ever growing world of mental health, many psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists ostensibly operate with the intention to help those in need. But is them having good intentions enough? No. Many walk away from psychiatrists' and therapists' offices with deeper attachment wounds and more confusion with unequivocally dangerous psych meds in their bodies and inefficient and more distressing thought patterns brought on by the use of CBT, DBT, talk therapy, neurofeedback, yoga, and other short-term solutions to complex problems. Many even walk away from EMDR therapy with more confusion and a sense of hopelessness because the modality didn't work in it's standard protocol. Alas, we are introduced to the psychologist, Laurel Parnell, who unlike most psychologists has focused her time on developing efficacious solutions to complex problems rather than just researching on the effect histamines have on mental health or how a buddhist monk's brain looks under an MRI. This book helps those who have sought the most cutting edge trauma therapy, EMDR, and still failed to find relief. The mere existence of her book with such a mission to refuse to give up on people with more complex traumas is beautiful in it's own right. The fact that this book actually helps people with seemingly impossible to overcome issues is the empirical conviction to change the world and remove the REAL stigma of mental illness: that it can't be overcome and that it's roots are genetic. The book piggybacks on her previous books' ideas and practices with "Tapping In" and modified protocols re-weaved into the book. The book pulled me in when it started to list the important characteristics of a therapist. These 5-10 page in themself are fascinating. The book then gets down to business and talks about the "ideal parent" exercise, an earth shattering technique that can rip away many of the problems client's seek to be done with. The book continues with many clear descriptions of how to apply techniques and case examples make this all the more possible!
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