Disasters, A Psychological Perspective

A relatively new and controversial therapy for PTSD is Eye Movement Desensitization (EMDR), which involves controlled eye movements back and forth while the client is thinking about the trauma which occurred. Empirical findings are mixed (e.g., Taylor, Thordarson, Maxfield, Federoff, Lovell, & Ogrodniczuk, 2003). The explanatory mechanism for why the technique should work is involved and … ................
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