Contents

Foreword by Uri Bergmann, PhD

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Link Between Trauma, Psychosis, and Schizophrenia

2. The Phenomenology of Dissociation, Psychosis, and Schizophrenia

3. History Taking and Mental State Examination in Psychosis

4. Psychotherapy for Psychosis and Schizophrenia: The “Wizard of Oz Fallacy”

5. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy

6. EMDR for Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses: Rationale and Research to Date

7. An End to Therapeutic Nihilism

8. Case Formulation and Treatment Planning: EMDR Therapy + ICoNN Model

9. EMDR Therapy + ICoNN 1 Category Case Examples

10. EMDR Therapy + ICoNN 2 Category Case Examples

11. EMDR Therapy + ICoNN 3 Category Case Examples

12. EMDR Therapy + ICoNN 4 Category Case Examples

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Appendix

Index

Paul William Miller, MD, DMH, MRCPsych, is a senior psychiatrist specializing in general adult and old-age psychiatry and a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He is an accredited EMDR consultant and an EMDR institute facilitator.

"The book exudes an atmosphere of openness, curiosity, humanism, and growth instead of control... This book is recommended to every therapist interested in the turbulent history of controversies and paradigms surrounding schizophrenia/psychosis and trauma.
Paul de Bont, Matty Geurink, PsycCRITIQUES
"Dr. Paul Miller takes EMDR theory, research, and practice a major step forward with his new book. [He] explores the way both researchers and clinicians can successfully integrate EMDR theory and therapy into the current understanding and work with schizophrenia and other psychoses. I believe this volume will be a milestone in the development of EMDR."
Udi Oren, PhD, President, EMDR Europe Association
"The EMDR community has been waiting for Paul to publish this book! He has a tremendous reputation, nationally and internationally!"
Uri Bergmann, PhD, Recent Past-President, EMDRIA
Author, Neurobiological Foundations for EMDR Practice
This groundbreaking resource is the first to apply EMDR therapy to individuals with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Written by the recognized world leader in using EMDR therapy to treat psychoses, the book delivers state-of-the-art research on this topic. It demonstrates how EMDR therapy can be safely used to help individuals with schizophrenia and other psychoses by formulating these disorders within a trauma and dissociation model. The book describes ICoNN (Indicating Cognitions of Negative Networks), an easy-to-use modification to the standard EMDR therapy eight-phase model, and includes actual case studies to illustrate its use. These case studies of patients that have been successfully treated with EMDR therapy serve as valuable templates for clinicians regarding obtaining patient histories, examining mental states, case formulation, and treatment planning. Scripted materials provide additional guidance to therapists working with this client group.
The book traces the evolution of the phenomenology of psychoses from Kraepelin's dementia praecox through to Kendler's substantial nosological contribution to the modern phenotype for schizophrenia. Using Kendler's criteria, it aids the clinician in identifying those clients most likely to benefit from EMDR therapy. The book demonstrates how to formulate cases within a trauma model to facilitate the strong therapeutic rapport needed when treating patients with psychoses. It describes the ICoNN model, which provides a semistructured method of formulating and treating complex cases, and underscores its value as a unifying model that facilitates research. Chapters reinforce the theoretical foundations of EMDR therapy through learning objectives and summaries covering historical, phenomenological, and clinical facets of EMDR therapy with psychotic patients.
KEY FEATURES: Guides clinicians in the safe, proven use of EMDR therapy to treat psychoses
Authored by a recognized world leader in EMDR therapy for treatment of psychoses
Describes ICoNN, an easily understood adaptation to the standard 8-phase EMDR therapy model
Summarizes the trauma and dissociation literature
Provides case examples and scripted materials to guide the therapist