Posted by Jai Narayan on October 17, 2004, at 9:26:46
In reply to Re: I used to be an INTJ, posted by verne on October 16, 2004, at 21:55:30
> Hi Jai,
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> Good to hear from you. What's EMDR? I'm guessing it has to do with emotions.
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> verneI have been using EMDR for the last few years for my traumatic childhood. It works well for me.
To find information I used google and put in EMDR and this is one of the sites that came up and I liked what they had to say.
I hope it's not too lengthy.
thanks for asking.
JaiThe Adaptive Information Processing model is the theoretical foundation of the EMDR approach. It is based on the following hypotheses:
1. Within each person is a physiological information processing system through which new experiences and information are normally processed to an adaptive state.
2. Information is stored in memory networks that contain related thoughts, images, emotions, and sensations.
3. Memory networks are organized around the earliest related event.
4. Traumatic experiences and persistent unmet interpersonal needs during crucial periods in development can produce blockages in the capacity of the adaptive information processing system to resolve distressing or traumatic events.
5. When information stored in memory networks related to a distressing or traumatic experience is not fully processed, it gives rise to dysfunctional reactions.
6. The result of adaptive processing is learning, relief of emotional distress, and the availability of adaptive responses and understanding.
7. Information processing is facilitated by specific types of bilateral sensory stimulation. Based on observational and experimental data, Shapiro has referred to this stimulation as bilateral stimulation (Shapiro, 1995) and dual attention stimulation (Shapiro, 2001).
8. Alternating, left-right, bilateral eye movements, tones, and kinesthetic stimulation when combined with the other specificprocedural steps used in EMDR enhance information processing.
9. Specific, focused strategies for sufficiently stimulating access to dysfunctionally stored information (and in some cases, adaptive information) generally need to be combined with bilateral stimulation in order to produce adaptive information processing.
10. EMDR procedures foster a state of balanced or dual attention between internally accessed information and external bilateralstimulation. In this state the client experiences simultaneously the distressing memory and the present context.
11. The combination of EMDR procedures and bilateral stimulation results in decreasing the vividness of disturbing memory images and related affect, facilitating access to more adaptive information and forging new associations within and between memory networks.
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