Handbook of EMDR and Family Therapy Processes

Starting with the Foreword by Daniel Siegel, MD, the Handbook demonstrates in superb detail how you can combine EMDR’s information processing approach with family systems perspectives and therapy techniques. An impressive and needed piece of work, Handbook of EMDR and Family Therapy Processes provides a clear and comprehensive bridge between individual and family therapies.

Foreword 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

"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)

FRANCINE SHAPIRO, PHD, is the originator and developer of EMDR and a Senior Research Fellow at the Mental Research Institute. She is a recipient of numerous honors including the International Sigmund Freud Award of the City of Vienna for distinguished contribution to psychotherapy, and has authored more than sixty articles, chapters, and books about EMDR.

FLORENCE W. KASLOW, PHD, ABPP, is Director of the Florida Couples and Family Institute. She has been president of various organizations including the International Family Therapy Association, American Board of Family Psychology, and two divisions of APA. She has received numerous awards from APA, AAMFT, and ABPP and has authored over 200 books, chapters, and articles.

LOUISE MAXFIELD, PHD, is a psychologist at the London Health Sciences Centre, Canada. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Western Ontario and an Adjunct Professor at Lakehead University. The author of numerous articles and recipient of various research awards, she is the founding editor of the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research.

Critical Acclaim for Handbook of EMDR and Family Therapy Processes

“A wonderful volume… If this book doesn’t grab you, you are not interested in pushing out your boundaries and thinking and learning more about therapy. . . If some books can be described as a ‘gold mine,’ this one qualifies as ‘platinum.’”
—William C. Nichols, EdD, ABPP (Diplomate in Clinical Psychology); former president of the International Family Therapy Association and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

“This book provides a clear and comprehensive bridge between individual and family therapies…An impressive and needed piece of work.”
—David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; founding board member of Doctors Without Borders

A groundbreaking new guide introducing a comprehensive approach for working with individuals, couples, families, and community disasters

Starting with the Foreword by Daniel Siegel, MD, the Handbook demonstrates, in superb detail, how to combine EMDR’s information processing approach with family systems perspectives and therapy techniques. These two powerful approaches result in a comprehensive integrated treatment to make therapy more robust and effective. Whether the client is presenting with an individual or family problem, the combined approach offers a range of interventions to assist therapists with case conceptualization and treatment. This unique volume blends theory, practice descriptions, and case examples to illustrate the therapy process with a wide variety of presenting complaints.

Fascinating and readable, the Handbook is ideal for all clinicians, regardless of training or orientation, who wish to broaden their scope and increase their therapeutic effectiveness in the treatment of individuals, couples, and families.