This edited volume takes a case study approach to demonstrating effective EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) techniques in a variety of family therapy settings. EMDR has traditionally been used as a treatment for severe mental illnesses typically PTSD and related trauma disorders.

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

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.

"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)