514 pg, hard, '09

As clinical research show us the confluence of temperament, attachment history, affect, and trauma in every complex client, clinicans have found new ways to direct the EMDR's Standard Protocol toward their healing. This book contains a broad sample of creative solutions to many clinical conundrums.

Robin Shapiro has brought together several experienced EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) practitioners for this follow-up and complement to her acclaimed EMDR Solutions: Pathways to Healing. In this book, therapists share clinical insights, therapeutic strategies, and user-friendly interventions for a variety of clinical populations and issues, all while drawing on the latest clinical research. Each intervention is enriched with relevant case histories.

The book opens with several chapters that explore how to make optimal use of EMDR in the treatment of depression. Although the therapeutic benefits of EMDR have been well documented, there are no books that directly address the use of EMDR in treating depression, the most common presenting problem in therapy. EMDR Solutions II fills this gap in the literature, providing a wealth of information on using EMDR to treat depression and a number of other clinical concerns. Experienced EMDR practitioners will learn new ways to use EMDR to treat depression, while therapists new to EMDR will find effective approaches to this pressing clinical issue.

Subsequent chapters present EMDR as an effective tool for addressing a wide variety of key clinical concerns, including eating disorders, performance anxiety, complex trauma, and medically-based trauma. Concluding chapters present innovative EMDR-based solutions for working with two very different populations: Sex offenders, and religious or spiritual clients.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Unit 1 – Treating Depression

Unit 2 – Treating Eating Disorders

Unit 3 – Performance, Coaching, and Positive Psychology

Unit 4 – Treating Bodily and Medically Based Trauma

Unit 5 – More EMDR Solutions

REVIEWS:

"Robin Shapiro has assembled an impressive group of experienced EMDR practitioners who combine creative ideas with their solid understanding of EMDR to offer guidance to therapists working with diverse client populations. EMDR Solutions II provides EMDR therapists with a wealth of practical information and techniques. It is a welcome addition to the EMDR Literature"
— Laurel Parnell, PhD, author of Transforming Trauma: EMDR and A Therapist's Guide to EMDR

"Robin Shapiro's second book is even better than her first, because it covers much more ground. Seasoned EMDR clinicians have contributed chapters strong in theory, creative yet practical techniques, and case examples which illuminate the use of EMDR. Additionally, there are chapters that broaden our ability to meet our client' diversity of needs with spiritual issues, somatic issues, and childbirth-related problems. This book is a wonderful resource for the EMDR Community."
— Carol Forgash, LCSW, BCD, President of the Board of EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs, co-author of Healing the Heart of Trauma and Dissociation with EMDR and Ego State Therapy