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How have you incorporated Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) into your outpatient psychiatric practice?

What trainings or resources did you find most helpful for learning EMDR? In which patient populations have you found EMDR to be most effective? What challenges have you encountered in implementing EMDR in an outpatient setting?
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Psychiatry · Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
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Training is formal and takes one week, and the training I had was truly excellent and experiential. The EMDRIA website has a list of trainers and trainings. I have found EMDR to be a powerful modality that rapidly clears the negative emotions related to past traumatic or unpleasant events. I use it ...

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Psychiatry · UPR School of Medicine
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I have completed EMDR training, and my experience with it has been entirely positive. At this point, I do not yet feel that I have practiced enough to confidently implement it with patients in our clinic, so I am reviewing the material and seeking more opportunities to strengthen my skills. In the m...

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