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During the past decades, the interest of clinicians and researchers in dissociative disorders has grown exponentially, so has the knowledge about their origins and the survival purposes of these disorders. While psychotherapy still remains the most effective treatment for trauma-related dissociation, not all trauma focused approaches are as effective for dissociative disorders as they are in treating less elaborated issues. EMDR is a renowned psychotherapy first developed by Francine Shapiro in the late 80’s and tested in the treatment of PTSD and trauma related conditions; after years of research and clinical practice, EMDR has been proven effective for several other mental health issues. In the process of becoming officially trained in EMDR, therapists are taught to screen for dissociative disorders for the sake of their patients and treatment outcomes; this has led many in our field to be uncertain if using EMDR processing, spending years in phase 2, otherwise known as preparation phase, waiting for their patients to be “ready to process traumatic memories”. While a thorough assessment for dissociative disorders should be considered good practice, during the last decades different authors have developed modifications of the standard EMDR protocol specifically targeting the complexities of structural dissociation, allowing the therapeutic work to unfold with minimum blocks and walking towards resolution progressively and safely, while introducing EMDR procedures early during treatment. Complex issues such dissociative disorders need to be addressed with flexibility and creativity, adapting interventions to the specific individual and their own internal fragmentation. In this 3 hour course, participants will learn how to combine some of these EMDR adaptations and to put them into practice. A practical angle will be offered by clinical vignettes to create a deeper learning experience.
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