How do clients experience intensive EMDR for post-traumatic stress? An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Sarah-Jane Butler , Christine Ramsey-Wade
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Abstract

Background

Several studies of the intensive delivery of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) have indicated it to be an effective treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), providing improved client experience, faster reduction in symptoms, greater symptom reduction, and reduced dropout rates as compared to non-intensive EMDR. However, there is a dearth of studies that describe this non-traditional approach to the delivery of EMDR psychotherapy from the patients’ perspective.

Procedure

This qualitative study explores the experiences of patients who undertook intensive EMDR for post-traumatic stress. Interviews were conducted with 10 participants and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA).

Main findings

The data revealed two Personal Experiential Themes (PET) and four experiential statements. ‘The importance of psychological safety’ generated sub-themes of ‘A protected space’ and ‘The importance of a continued connection’. ‘The changing self’ generated two sub-themes of a ‘Wow! moment’, and ‘Living the way I always wanted’.

Conclusion

Results show that intensive EMDR can be experienced as safe, facilitating agency and engagement while affecting meaningful change.
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背景多项关于眼动脱敏与再处理(EMDR)强化治疗的研究表明,EMDR是治疗创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)的有效方法,与非强化EMDR相比,EMDR能改善患者体验、更快地减轻症状、更大程度地减轻症状以及降低辍学率。本定性研究探讨了接受强化EMDR治疗创伤后应激障碍的患者的经历。研究对 10 名参与者进行了访谈,并采用解释性现象学分析法(IPA)对访谈结果进行了分析。心理安全的重要性 "产生了 "受保护的空间 "和 "持续联系的重要性 "两个次主题。改变中的自我 "产生了 "哇!的时刻 "和 "以我一直想要的方式生活 "两个次主题。
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