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                                                  EMDRIA 2017 CONFERENCE: 
                                                  BELLEVUE, WA, USA 
                                                  AUGUST 2017
                  Dr Derek Farrell CPsychol, PhD, Csci, AFBPsS                                         1
                  University of Worcester –Institute of Health & Society
                  Chartered Psychologist,  Principal Lecturer in Psychology
                  EMDR Europe Accredited Trainer and Consultant
                  BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
                  Vice-President EMDR Europe
                  President Trauma Aid Europe
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                    Overview of what is OCD and theoretical concepts
                    Theoretical Rationale for the use EMDR Therapy  with client’s with OCD
                    Exploring EDR Therapy Protocol Options
                      Standard Protocol
                      Flash-forward
                      Blind 2Therapist Protocol
                    Pluralism & Integrationism in working with OCD
                    Empirical Evidence in support of the EMDR Therapy with OCD
                    Case Material demonstrating use of EMDR Therapy
                    Self-experience
                    Implications for future research and development
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                 • During this workshop we will be engaging in various exercises and self-
                   experience
                 • All exercises and self-experiences are entirely voluntary
                 • You are responsible for your own well-being
                 • Please feel free to utilize any self-care or internal resources as you feel 
                   necessary
                 • All material shared is confidential
                 • You are clinically responsible for how you practice EMDR Therapy
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                                               oEye Movement Desensitization and 
                                                 Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an 
                                                 eight-phase psychotherapeutic 
                                                 approach that emphasizes the 
                                                 physiological information processing 
                                                 system in the origin and treatment 
                                                 of mental health issues. (Shapiro, 2001, 
                                                 2014a). 
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                oIts theoretical basis is the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, 
                  which holds that the primary source of psychopathology is the presence of 
                  memories ofadverse life experiences that have been inadequately 
                  processed.
                oThese inappropriately stored episodic memories, which include the 
                  perceptions, sensations, beliefs and emotions that occurred at the time of 
                  the adverse life event, can be triggered by current internal and external 
                  stimuli, contributing to ongoing dysfunction. 
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                                   EMDR Therapy (3)
                                   Ref: Shapiro, 2016: ISTSS Stress Points e-Quarterly Newsletter
                oThis model was developed in the early 1990s and since then has 
                  been supported by research demonstrating the role played by 
                  disturbing life events in the genesis of many forms of 
                  psychological and somatic symptomology (e.g., Affifiet al., 2012; Felittiet 
                  al., 1998).
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               1. Access a Dysfunctionally Stored Trauma Memory
               2. Stimulate –Bilaterally and via Dual Attention
               3. Move it 
                    oNeurobiological
                    oArchitecture
                    oCharacter -SUD
                    oConstruct and meaning
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               oEMDR therapy is a trans-diagnostic, integrative psychotherapy 
                 approach that is intrinsically ‘Client-Centered’ at its core. It has 
                 been extensively researched and proven effective for the 
                 treatment of adverse life experiences. It utilises a theoretical 
                 framework known as adaptive information processing (AIP).
               oThe context of AIP is that adverse life experiences cause imbalance 
                 in the nervous system thus creating blockages or incomplete 
                 information processing –namely trauma memories 
                 o [Farrell (2015) Trans-generational Trauma and EMDR Therapy, BACP Private Practice Journal, Winter Edition 2015]
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