Description
Book SynopsisThis edited volume takes a case study approach to demonstrating effective EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) techniques in a variety of family therapy settings. EMDR has traditionally been used as a treatment for severe mental illnesses typically PTSD and related trauma disorders.
Trade Review"Francine Shapiro, Florence W. Kaslow, and Louise Maxfield have put together a book that will go a very long way toward meeting their ambitious goal of combining the EMDR and FST to 'offer the knowledge and procedures that will encourage immediate integrative clinical application.'"
—A. Rodney Nurse & Peggy Thompson (
PsycCRITIQUES, December 2007)
Table of ContentsForeword xii
Daniel J. Siegel
Preface xxi
Acknowledgments xxv
About the Editors xxvii
About the Foreword Author xxix
Contributing Authors xxxi
Part I Foundations
1 EMDR and Case Conceptualization from an Adaptive Information Processing Perspective 3
Francine Shapiro
2 Family Systems Theories and Therapeutic Applications: A Contextual Overview 35
Florence W. Kaslow
3 Use of the Genogram with Families for Assessment and Treatment 76
Sylvia Shellenberger
4 EMDR Treatment of Family Abuse: Eye Movement to “I” Movement 95
Marcelle Manon
Part II Attachment Problems
5 Treating Attachment Issues through EMDR and a Family Systems Approach 113
Debra Wesselmann
6 Repairing Maternal-Infant Bonding Failures 131
Antonio Madrid
7 Enhancing Attachments: Conjoint Couple Therapy 146
Mark D. Moses
Part III Marital Problems and Conflicts
8 Integrating EMDR and Bowen Theory in Treating Chronic Relationship Dysfunction 169
Nancy Knudsen
9 Integrating EMDR and Imago Relationship Therapy in Couple Treatment 187
Beverly S. Talan
10 EMDR and Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy for War Veteran Couples 202
Nancy Errebo and Rita Sommers-Flanagan
11 Sexual Trauma in Dysfunctional Marriages: Integrating Structural Therapy and EMDR 223
Wilhelmina S. Koedam
12 EMDR and Family Therapy in the Treatment of Domestic Violence 243
Julie E. Stowasser
Part IV Child and Family Problems
13 Complex Separation, Individuation Processes, and Anxiety Disorders in Young Adulthood 265
Laura Rocchietta Tofani
14 Children of Divorce 284
Frances (Frankie) R. Klaf f
15 The Child as Identified Patient: Integrating Contextual Therapy and EMDR 306
Barry Litt
16 Integrating EMDR and Family Therapy: Treating the Traumatized Child 325
Anita Bardin, Joel Comet, and Deborah Porten
17 Integrative Treatment of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse344
Louise Maxfield
18 Medical Family Therapy 365
Margaret (Peggy) V. Moore
Part V Community Disasters
19 Disaster Response: EMDR and Family Systems Therapy under Communitywide Stress 387
Robert A. Gelbach and Katherine E. B. Davis
Part VI Conclusion
20 The Integration of EMDR and Family Systems Therapies 407
Louise Maxfield, Florence W. Kaslow, and Francine Shapiro
Appendices
Appendix A: EMDR Resources 425
Appendix B: EMDR Trauma Research Findings and Further Reading 427
Appendix C: Family Systems Resources 436
Appendix D: A Brief History of the Field of Family Psychology and Therapy 438
Florence W. Kaslow
Author Index 455
Subject Index 463
