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Traumatic Experiences: A Case Study

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Traumatic experiences are common in our society and can be caused by a range of events such as, combat related trauma, domestic abuse, or rape. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), delayed treatment, biofeedback-assisted relaxation and prescription drugs are only a few of the theorized treatments for PTSD. EMDR is a treatment where the client is asked to think about an image from the trauma and while doing so they are instructed to move their eyes quickly from side to side, following the therapists fingers for about 15 to 10 seconds. Sessions such as these continue until desensitization of the trauma is complete and positive self-cognition has replaced previous negative self-cognition. The client then describes the thoughts,

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