Full Description
The third edition presents innovative child and adolescent EMDR therapy approaches and tools designed to meet the challenges of today's youth
Written for all EMDR child therapists—new and seasoned—this text is a comprehensive guide toward the effective practice of EMDR therapy with children, from infants to adolescents. It offers step-by-step instructions translating each of the eight phases in creative and developmentally appropriate ways for children and teenagers while providing advanced protocols for therapists. The third edition combines the updated guide and accompanying treatment manual into one volume for greater convenience. Chapters now integrate content, explanations, and instructions with associated checklists, protocols, and worksheets for quick access to crucial information. The book also provides new leading-edge chapters on EMDR therapy regarding telehealth, cultural and social responsiveness, and addictions and includes inventive methods, techniques, resources, and protocols.
Additionally, the third edition features engaging exercises for target identification, a child client readiness checklist, and a brochure explaining EMDR therapy with children. The book offers abundant case examples, drawings, tables, detailed scripts, and complete instructions along with useful links and resources for therapists to apply in their practice. Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers.
New to the Third Edition:
Streamlines content, scripts, checklists, protocols and instructions combining them with the treatment manual in one handy book
Introduces groundbreaking new chapters on EMDR therapy and telehealth, cultural and social responsiveness, and addiction—highlighting addictions to screens
Expands Phase One of EMDR therapy—History-Taking, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment Planning—into two chapters emphasizing the complexity in working with children
Addresses contemporary areas of trauma, including COVID-19, school refusal, climate change, school shootings, and political divisiveness
Updates chapter references and resources and reflects gender neutral pronouns
Key Features:
Integrates powerful, creative play and art therapy interventions with EMDR therapy
Offers child-friendly exercises for target identification
Contains a reference table listing developmental adjustments to the eight phases of EMDR therapy for children 0 to 18 years old
Provides a chapter on diagnoses specific to children, including attachment, dissociation, neurodiversity, and more
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Getting Started With EMDR Therapy With Children: Infants to Adolescents
Chapter 2. EMDR Therapy Phase 1, Part A: History-Taking With Children
Chapter 3. EMDR Therapy Phase 1, Part B: Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning
Chapter 4. EMDR Therapy Phase 2: Preparation Phase With Children
Chapter 5. EMDR Therapy Phase 3: Assessment Phase With Children
Chapter 6. EMDR Therapy Phase 4: Desensitization With Children
Chapter 7. EMDR Therapy Phases 5, 6, and 7: Installation, Body Scan, and Closure
Chapter 8. EMDR Therapy Phase 8: Reevaluation
Chapter 9. Advanced Affect Management Skills for Children
Chapter 10. The Art of Reprocessing With Children
Chapter 11. Adaptations for the Implementation of EMDR Therapy With Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
Chapter 12. Adaptations to EMDR Therapy for Preteens and Adolescents
Chapter 13. EMDR Teletherapy With Children
Chapter 14. EMDR Therapy Case Conceptualization: DSM-5 and ICD-10 Diagnoses Specific to Infants Through Adolescents
Chapter 15. EMDR and Situational Experiences Unique to Children
Chapter 16. Culturally and Socially Responsive EMDR Child Therapy
Chapter 17. Treating Pediatric Substance Use, Misuse, Abuse, and Addictions With EMDR Therapy
Index
