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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy developed by Francine Shapiro that says that traumatic memories are the cause of psychopathology. The most widespread use of EMDR is for the treatment of Post-traumatic-stress disorder. It is thought to ease the symptoms of PTSD. Shapiro believes that, when a traumatic or distressing experience occurs, that these events overwhelms the normal coping mechanisms. Therefore, since the coping mechanisms are overwhelmed with sensory

This paper looks at the treatment of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing in treating individuals with PTSD. This is a very controversial treatment and more recently there has been quite a lot of research done on this treatment. The paper with indentify, the criteria for diagnosising an individual with PTSD, the specific treatment, other treatments for PTSD and the limitations of the research. Criteria of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, is a disorder

everyday life are starting to use exposure therapy. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective exposure therapy that has been used for many years to help a patient remove painful thought and to deal with physical, mental, and emotional conflicts . In 1987, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing was discovered by Dr. Francine Shapiro. Dr. Shapiro was walking in the park one day and realized that eye movements reduced negative emotions and troubled memories. She

Eye movement desensitization regulation (EMDR) is a treatment that was developed in order to treat individuals who have gone through a traumatic experience. The goal of this treatment is to resolve dysfunctional traumatic memories by adequately accessing and processing them (Solomon, Solomon, & Heide, 2009). By completing this treatment the traumatic memories would no longer cause major distress to the individual and their negative beliefs about himself/herself would be reformulated (Shapiro, 2009)

Lucid dreaming is a term used to describe a specific state of awareness that can be reached by dreamers while they are in the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) stage of their sleep cycle (Holzinger, LaBerge, & Levitan, 2006, p. 88). This level of consciousness is characterized by the sleeping individual’s recognition of the fact that they are in dream, their capabilities to intentionally engage in certain activities within the dream, and their ability to manipulate information and memories created in both

using cues from the therapist. The patient also repeatedly engages with their fear triggers.177 Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). EMDR is an extension of this PET in which the patient is exposed to the traumatic memories coincident with a small distraction. In the original version of EMDR, the distraction consisted of hand movements of the therapist to direct movements of the patient?s eyes. More recent versions of EMDR include other types of distractions such as hand-tapping or audio

Only 0.5 percent of the whole world suffers from Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder (“REM Behavior Disorder and Sleep”). Even though only a small percent of people have it, it is a serious condition. Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder is vividly acting out dreams, and can be a serious and dangerous disorder. Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder is a series of events that happen while sleeping that are unwanted (“REM Sleep Behavior Disorder-Overview & Facts”). People who have

Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Joseph Boring MiraCosta College Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Rapid eye movement sleep or REM sleep is a stage of the natural sleep cycle occurring in Humans. According to Nairne (2014), REM sleep is paradoxical since the brain’s electrical activity appears as if awake with extremely active activity taking place as interpreted by an EEG. As the name indicates while in the stage of REM sleep the eyes move rapidly from left to right, up and down while the rest of the body is

are known to be Rapid Eye Movement(REM), Insomnia, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea(OSA). Over 80 medically recognized sleep disorders exist with insomnia, sleep apnea, snoring, jet lag, shift work, sleepwalking and restless legs syndrome being some of the most common (Wells, Vaughn

and being surrounded by a very active social scene that can be found on almost all campuses. Most people need to sleep eight hours each night, this being especially true for college students. There are two types of sleep, rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM). NREM sleep is divided into four stages, stages three and four are referred to slow wave sleep. REM is a very active type of sleep where the brain is almost as active as if it was awake. Deep sleep is essential for restoring