EMDR Therapy Treatment for Grief and Mourning

Roger M. Solomon, Ph.D., is a psychologist specializing in trauma and grief. He is the Program Director and on the Senior Faculty of the EMDR Institute, an EMDR Europe approved trainer, and teaches EMDR therapy internationally. He is a consultant to the US Senate and has provided services to numerous first responder agencies following traumatic incidents, including the FBI, Secret Service, NASA, and the US military. Dr. Solomon presents workshops on EMDR therapy with grief and mourning, complex trauma and dissociative symptoms, treating attachment issues, and the "Art" of EMDR therapy. Onno van der Hart, Ph.D., is a psychologist and psychotraumatologist, and until 2017 a psychotherapist. He is an emeritus professor of psychopathology of chronic traumatization. With Ellert Nijenhuis and Kathy Steele, he wrote the book The haunted self: Structural dissociation and the treatment of chronic traumatization (2006). Kathleen Martin, LCSW, EMDRIA Consultant and Trainer, ISSTD Fellow, is an international trainer on EMDR therapy and complex trauma. In her private practice in Rochester, New York, USA, she uses EMDR therapy extensively in her specialty of PTSD, trauma and dissociation, and teaches workshops in the area. She has published numerous articles and book chapters focused on treating complex trauma and dissociation.

Foreword
My Journey with EMDR Therapy
Introduction
Section 1: EMDR Therapy, and Grief and Mourning
1: EMDR Therapy with Grief and Mourning
2: Grief and Mourning
3: Impact of Loss: Internal and Interpersonal Changes
4: Traumatic Bereavement
5: Complicated Grief and Mourning
Section 2 Grief and Mourning Frameworks
6: Attachment Theory
7: Models of Grief: Continuing Bonds Theory
8: The Dual Process Model of Grief
9: The "R" Processes of Mourning
Section 3 EMDR Therapy Integrative Treatment Model
10: Comprehensive Model for EMDR Therapy with Grief and Mourning
11: Three-Pronged Protocol: First Prong - Past Memories
12: Three-Pronged Protocol: Second and Third Prong - Present Triggers and Future Template
Section 4 Eight Phases of EMDR Therapy
13: Phase 1: History Taking and Treatment Planning
14: Phase 2: Preparation and Stabilization
15: Introduction to Reprocessing Phases
16: Phase 3: Target Assessment
17: Phase 4: Desensitzation
18: Phases 5-8: Installation, Body Scan, Closure, and Reevaluation
19: Roger Solomon, Onno van der Hart, and Kathy Martin: Grief and Mourning with Complex Trauma and Trauma-Generated Dissociation of the Personality
20: Closing Thoughts
Appendix 1: EMDR Therapy Treatment of Grief and Mourning with Death Due to COVID-19
Appendix 2: Transcripts of Sessions
Appendix 3: Psychological First Aid
Appendix 4: EMDR PROTOCOL FOR RECENT CRITICAL INCIDENTS AND ONGOING TRAUMATIC STRESS (EMDR-PRECI) AND EMDR RECENT EVENT PROTOCOL (R-TEP)
Appendix 5: Additional Resources