Post-traumatic stres disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that is characterised with autonomic, dysphoric and cognitive signs together with affective numbing, distressed reexperiencing and avoidance from previous traumatic events at a person who has encountered, lived or heard an excessive traumatic event.
EMDR is a psychological method which has proven to be effective and it brings together elements of well-established approaches such as psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioral and client-centered approaches.
In this paper treatment process with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) of a case who shows signs of post-traumatic stress disorder after a car accident and the need for using this method by clinicians more frequent and widespread at post-traumatic stress disorder patients will be discussed.
Key words: Post-traumatic stress disorder, eye movement desensitization, reprocessing
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