http://www.sonomapti.com/index.htmlEMDR News Research and Events!ensonomapti@gmail.comCopyright 2010 Sonoma Psychotherapy Training Institute2012-05-13T12:00:00-07:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Sun, 13 May 2012 12:08:01 -0700sonomapti@gmail.comResearchNews2012-05-13T12:00:00-07:00http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/EMDR_Research_News_May_2012.html#unique-entry-id-14http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/EMDR_Research_News_May_2012.html#unique-entry-id-14Here are this month’s recently published, peer-reviewed journal articles related to EMDR. This month I reprise the pilot study by van den Berg and van der Gaag, “Treating trauma in psychosis with EMDR” which was indexed in December 2011 for its online publication, and now for its print publication in March 2012. It highlights the application of EMDR to a well-documented series of cases of psychosis with co-occurring PTSD without any extended preparation or adverse treatment effects. There is also a systemic review by Haugen, Evces and Weiss, “Treating posttraumatic stress disorder in first responders” in which four of the 17 studies involved treatment with EMDR. This month you will also find a summary of a forthcoming book Child Psychotherapy by our EMDR colleague, Robbie Adler-Tapia now available for pre-publication purchase as well as the video of the month, “About EMDR” from the EMDR Association of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
]]>sonomapti@gmail.comResearchNews2012-04-07T11:00:00-07:00http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/EMDR_Research_News_April_2012.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/EMDR_Research_News_April_2012.html#unique-entry-id-13Here are this month’s recently published, peer-reviewed journal articles related to EMDR. This month you will also find summaries for two forthcoming books on EMDR (by Uri Bergmann and Ana Gomez), and a new book chapter (by Robbie Adler-Tapia). With each reference below, you will find the citation, abstract and author contact information (when available). Prior quarterly summaries of journal articles can be found on the EMDRIA website and a comprehensive listing of all EMDR-related research is available at the Francine Shapiro Library. EMDRIA members can access recent Journal of EMDR Practice and Research articles in the member’s area on the EMDRIA website. Each month I also feature an EMDR video. This month we start with the trailer from EMDR - a documentary film from Michael Burns.

Be sure to scroll to the last of the alphabetically listed articles for the new study from van den Hout, et al. “Tones inferior to eye movements in the EMDR treatment of PTSD” and then join the EMDR International Association Members discussion on this topic on LinkedIn. ]]>sonomapti@gmail.comResearchNews2012-03-09T08:15:00-08:00http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/EMDR_Research_News_March_2012.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/EMDR_Research_News_March_2012.html#unique-entry-id-12Here are this month’s recently published, peer-reviewed journal articles related to EMDR. First, I want to express my deep appreciation to Udi Orren for his moving obituary of David Servan-Schreiber. For each article below, you will find the citation, abstract and author contact information (when available). Prior quarterly summaries can be found on the EMDRIA website and a comprehensive listing of all EMDR-related research is available at the Francine Shapiro Library. EMDRIA members can access recent Journal of EMDR Practice and Research articles in the member’s area on the EMDRIA website. Each month I also feature an EMDR video. This month we start with an EMDR video from ABC News 20/20.
]]>sonomapti@gmail.comResearchNews2012-02-04T08:30:00-08:00http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/EMDR_Research_News_February_2012.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/EMDR_Research_News_February_2012.html#unique-entry-id-11Here are this month’s selected, recently published, peer-reviewed journal articles related to EMDR. For each article you will find the citation, abstract and author contact information (when available). Prior quarterly summaries can be found on the EMDRIA website and a comprehensive listing of all EMDR related research at the Francine Shapiro Library. EMDRIA members can access the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research articles in the member’s area on the EMDRIA website. Each month I also feature an EMDR video. Below you will find this month’s EMDR video PTSD treatment with EMDR from ABC 7 News (Australia) featuring interviews with John Buttsworth and Gary Fulcher. This month there is a bonus video interview with Dr. Barbara Rothbaum from This Emotional Life on PBS. ]]>sonomapti@gmail.comResearchNews2012-01-08T06:14:31-08:00http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/EMDR_Research_News_January_2012.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/EMDR_Research_News_January_2012.html#unique-entry-id-10Here are this month’s selected, recently published, peer-reviewed journal articles related to EMDR. For each article you will find the citation, abstract and author contact information (when available). Prior quarterly summaries can be found on the EMDRIA website and a comprehensive listing of all EMDR related research at the Francine Shapiro Library. EMDRIA members can access the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research articles in the member’s area on the EMDRIA website. Each month I also feature an EMDR video. You will find this month’s video EMDR Success with Iraqi War Veteran from Jordan Shafer, MS, LPC of Compassion Works below.]]>sonomapti@gmail.comNewsTraining2011-12-15T10:00:00-08:00http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/Spring_2012_Basic_Training_in_EMDR.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/Spring_2012_Basic_Training_in_EMDR.html#unique-entry-id-9Our next EMDR International Association approved basic training in EMDR begins February 11, 2012, at the Flamingo Conference Resort & Spa in Santa Rosa. The early registration discount remains open until January 5, 2012. As with our previous trainings, participants will be traveling to Santa Rosa from throughout the SF Bay area because of their attraction to the unique SonomaPTI EMDR basic training model.
]]>sonomapti@gmail.comResearchNews2011-12-15T07:30:00-08:00http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/EMDR_Research_News_December_2011.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/EMDR_Research_News_December_2011.html#unique-entry-id-8Here are this month’s selected, recently published, peer-reviewed journal articles related to EMDR. For each article you will find the citation, abstract and author contact information (when available). Prior quarterly summaries can be found on the EMDRIA website and a comprehensive listing of all EMDR related research at the Francine Shapiro Library. EMDRIA members can access the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research articles in the member’s area on the EMDRIA website. Each month I also feature an EMDR video. You will find this month’s video EMDR: first-choice treatment for the effects of psychotrauma from the EMDR Association of the Netherlands below.
]]>sonomapti@gmail.comNewsEvents2011-02-11T06:00:00-08:00http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/Fall_2011_EMDR_Training.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/Fall_2011_EMDR_Training.html#unique-entry-id-6The spring 2011 training is now underway and plans for the fall 2011 basic training in EMDR to be held in Alameda are set. See the training schedule page for the dates. Participants in our spring 2011 training met for the first of four weekends of the program on February 5 and 6. They praised the tranquility and beauty of our training facility at the Harbor Bay Isle Community Center. They expressed appreciation for the comprehensive training manual and overall organization of the training. With the growing number of participants, the training staff are assuming greater responsibility in the practice exercises and consultation sessions. The feedback forms showed all “4s” and “5s” indicating participants found the training staff supportive and skillful. ]]>sonomapti@gmail.comNewsEvents2010-11-08T08:00:00-08:00http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/Spring_2011_EMDR_Training.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/Spring_2011_EMDR_Training.html#unique-entry-id-5Plans for the spring 2011 basic training in EMDR to be held in Alameda are set. We are currently accepting registrations. Yes, what you have heard is true. We offer the most competitive pricing for basic training in EMDR in California. We offer special rates for pre-licensed interns, graduate students and clinicians working in agencies and the lowest rates available to licensed clinicians. We invite you to compare our training fees, our training schedule, our curriculum and our training materials with all other EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) approved basic trainings in EMDR. We believe you will chose SonomaPTI.
]]>sonomapti@gmail.comNewsEvents2010-09-15T11:30:00-07:00http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/Inaugural_Training_Launch.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/Inaugural_Training_Launch.html#unique-entry-id-4Our first group of clinicians completed Weekend One of the SonomaPTI basic training in EMDR on September 9 and 10. Participants were enthusiastic and gave high marks on their evaluations for the training format, exercises and the teaching faculty. The facilities at the beautiful and historic Flamingo Hotel Resort and Spa were wonderful.
]]>sonomapti@gmail.comResearchReviewsPublications2010-04-05T08:00:00-07:00http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/developmental_pathways_to_dissociation.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/developmental_pathways_to_dissociation.html#unique-entry-id-3Is early trauma the root cause of dissociative disorders?
Most of the literature and research on dissociation focuses on trauma as the root cause of dissociative disorders, and many studies show an association between dissociation and trauma (Putnam, 1997). “The fact that nontraumatized individuals sometimes demonstrate dissociation and that not all trauma survivors dissociate suggests that there may be more to the etiology and development of dissociation than trauma alone.” (Dutra, Bianchi, Siegel and Lyons-Ruth, 2009, p. 84). If early trauma is not the unique cause of dissociation, then what else could cause it?
]]>sonomapti@gmail.comResearchReviews2010-03-15T13:30:00-07:00http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/meeting_outreach_and_treatment_needs_after_a_major_terrorist_attack.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/meeting_outreach_and_treatment_needs_after_a_major_terrorist_attack.html#unique-entry-id-2A recently published paper by Brewin, et al. (2010) describes “the usage, diagnoses and outcomes associated with the 2-year Trauma Response Programme (TRP) for those affected by the 2005 London bombings.” This terrifying series of bombings took place over 17 days in July 2005. The initial bombing on July 7 injured 775 and killed 52, the largest mass casualty event in the UK since the second World War.
]]>sonomapti@gmail.comResearchReviews2010-02-22T13:00:00-08:00http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/extinction_or_reconsolidation.html#unique-entry-id-1http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/extinction_or_reconsolidation.html#unique-entry-id-1Memory is central to all learned behavior, and in humans to one’s sense of identity. Sleep and memory processes are deeply entwined. Both are central to our sense of well-being. As Shakespeare wrote in Macbeth,

Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care,
The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast

Problems with memory processes (and with sleep) are at the root of one of the most pervasive problems in society, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Those with PTSD suffer from memories they cannot escape nor resolve. They cannot escape into sleep because their memories follow them into recurrent nightmares.
]]>sonomapti@gmail.comNewsEvents2010-02-15T12:01:39-08:00http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/new_comprehensive_EMDR_training_format.html#unique-entry-id-0http://www.sonomapti.com/sonomaptiblog_files/new_comprehensive_EMDR_training_format.html#unique-entry-id-0Our first group of clinicians completed Weekend One of the SonomaPTI basic training in EMDR on September 9 and 10. Participants were enthusiastic and gave high marks on their evaluations for the training format, exercises and the teaching faculty. The facilities at the beautiful and historic Flamingo Hotel Resort and Spa were wonderful.
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