Light in the Heart of Darkness EMDR and the Treatment of War and Terrorism Survivors

by Rogers, Susan; Silver, Steven M.

• ISBN13: 9780393703665
• ISBN10: 0393703665
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

Focusing on the application of EMDR to survivors' traumatic experiences, this book covers a wide range of subject matter including school violence, 'near-war' experiences, refugees, combat soldiers, children, and emergency service workers. Using their experiences in humanitarian relief efforts, the authors provide useful information to all clinicians interested in participating in such activities. The book also includes extensive case histories as well as a 'consumer's report' from a war medic whose chronic PTSD was successfully treated with EMDR.

Author Biography

Steven M. Silver, Ph.D., is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who began working with trauma survivors in 1972. He is currently the director of the inpatient Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Program of the VA Medical Center in Coatesville, PA. He has trained mental health professionals in EMDR in Belfast, Northern Ireland; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina; Zagreb, Croatia; and in Oklahoma City following the bombing Susan Rogers, Ph.D., has been actively involved in the treatment of war and trauma survivors since 1981 and has provided treatment and training in EMDR in the United States, as well as in Londonderry and Belfast, Northern Ireland; Cracow and Warsaw, Poland; Dhaka, Bangladesh; St. Petersburg, Russia; and Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina. She has also worked with the American National Red Cross in response to the 1995 Mississippi floods and tornados. She serves on the VA Emergency Response Team for Eastern Pennsylvania

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Francine Shapiro
Foreword	xiii
Howard Lipke
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xxi
The Nature of War and Terrorism Trauma	1	(17)
Case Presentation	18	(5)
Interview with an EMDR Client	23	(20)
Interview with an EMDR Therapist	43	(9)
The Therapist	52	(18)
Overview of EMDR Methodology	70	(5)
Client History	75	(11)
Client Preparation	86	(11)
Assessment	97	(8)
Desensitization and Blocked Response	105	(24)
Installation	129	(5)
Body Scan and Closure	134	(5)
Reevaluation and Termination	139	(8)
Recent and Ongoing Events	147	(10)
Children	157	(9)
Abreaction	166	(6)
Grief and Loss	172	(10)
Guilt	182	(23)
Anger	205	(13)
Relief Work	218	(12)
Cross Cultural Issues	230	(10)
Research	240	(15)
References	255	(6)
Appendix A: Participating Clinicians	261	(3)
Appendix B: EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs	264	(1)
Index	265