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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a proven effective treatment for reprocessing distressing memories of adverse and traumatic events. This handbook, featuring contributions from over thirty experts, explores the latest developments in EMDR for children and adolescents. It covers the treatment's background, scientific research, and implementation, along with its application in various psychopathologies, target groups, and settings.
Offering a comprehensive overview of EMDR's impact on young individuals, the book also supports the standardization of EMDR training for children and adolescents worldwide. Additionally, it aims to inspire new research by integrating insights from both scientific studies and clinical practice. Written in clear, accessible language, it is enriched with case studies that illustrate practical applications.
List of contents
- Part I. Trauma And EMDR With Children and Adolescents
- 1: Renée Beer and Carlijn De Roos: Starting Points
- 2: Renée Beer and Carlijn De Roos: The Impact Of Trauma
- 3: Renée Beer and Carlijn De Roos: Empirical Research
- 4: Renée Beer and Carlijn De Roos: Case Conceptualization
- 5: Renée Beer and Carlijn De Roos: EMDR Indications
- 6: Renée Beer and Carlijn De Roos: Parents And Families
- 7: Renée Beer and Carlijn De Roos: Adjustments In EMDR Therapy And In The Protocol For Children And Adolescents (4-18)
- 8: Carlijn de Roos and Renée Beer: EMDR Storytelling: Reprocessing Preverbal Traumatic Memories
- 9: Renée Beer and Carlijn De Roos: Interweaves
- 10: Renée Beer and Carlijn De Roos: Stressregulation
- 11: Renée Beer and Carlijn De Roos: Group Protocols
- Part II. EMDR For CandA With Specific Psychopathologies: Preparation And Treatment
- 12: Arianne Struik: Preparing Resistant Children For EMDR With The Sleeping Dogs Method
- 13: Arianne Tjeenk, Tirtsa Ehrlich, Anneke Eenhoorn: EMDR For CandA With ADHD
- 14: Esther Leuning and Petra Spuijbroek: EMDR For CandA With Autism
- 15: Lieke Doornkate, Jeantine Janse, Gerarda Jeannette Wieten: EMDR For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Children And Children With Developmental Language Problems
- 16: Liesbeth Mevissen: EMDR For CandA With Mental Disabilities
- 17: Kirsten Hauber and Arianne Struik: EMDR For CandA With Dissociative Disorders
- 18: Steven Meijer, Agaath Koudstaal, and Laurian Hafkemeijer: EMDR For Adolescents With Borderline Personality Disorder
- Part III. EMDR In Specific Settings: Preparation And Treatment Of The System
- 19: Mirjam Heinemans, Jacqueline Van Baar and Thimo Poel: EMDR For Adolescents In The Forensic Mental Health System
- 20: Esty Bar Sade and Barbara Wizansky: EMDR In Children: A Dyadic Approach With Playful Interventions
- 21: Debra Wesselmann, Irma Hein and Nathalie Schlattmann: Integrative Attachment Trauma Protocol For Children
- 22: Joanne Morris-Smith and Michel Silvestre: EMDR And Family Therapy With Families Following Child Abuse
- 23: Trudy Mooren: Emdr Therapy In Refugee Families: Custom Work
- 24: Caroline Ploeg, Henriët Scholts, Lysbert Zeinstra, Femy Wanders: Emdr In An Inpatient Setting: Kings - Kid In Good System
About the author
Renée Beer is a clinical psychologist, cognitive behavioral therapist, EMDR Europe accredited trainer in EMDR with children & adolescents, and certified trainer in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She chairs the EMDR Europe Child & Adolescent Trainers, works in private practice and coordinated a trauma center in the past. Renée provides trainings together with Carlijn de Roos and publishes about the treatment of children with trauma-related problems. She specialized in the treatment of patients with an eating disorder with CBT and EMDR and published about both. Currently she is involved in international projects disseminating EMDR and TF-CBT in Ukraine.
Carlijn de Roos is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist working with children and adolescents with PTSD, other trauma-related symptoms and/or suffering from persistent physical symptoms like chronic pain. She currently works at Levvel, the
Academic Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the
Amsterdam University Medical Centre (AMC). In addition to her clinical work, she is an EMDR consultant and an EMDR trainer for children & adolescents accredited by EMDR Europe. She previously served as the president of the EMDR Association the Netherlands and currently chairs the EMDR Europe Child & Adolescent Committee. Carlijn is also a senior researcher and member of several research committees. Her doctoral thesis focused on time-limited trauma-focused treatment for children and adolescents.
