Enhancing trauma-focused therapy (EMDR) with Imagery Rescripting for childhood abuse-related PTSD: a case study [PDF]
European Journal of PsychotraumatologyIntroduction: Childhood sexual and physical abuse (CSPA) can lead to a heightened risk to develop a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) show limited efficacy ...
Mellony T.C. van Hemert +5 more
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Effects of Imagery Rescripting Versus Rumination on Emotion Regulation in an Online Pilot Study [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesImagery rescripting (IR) has been shown to be effective for emotion regulation in both patients with mental disorders and in experimental settings. However, the effects of rumination on emotion regulation remain ambiguous, with some studies classifying ...
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You’re not alone: imagery rescripting for adolescents who self-harm [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), which refers to the deliberate act of causing harm to one’s own body without the intent to commit suicide, occurs in 20% of youth. Interestingly, approximately 90% of individuals who engage in self-harm report
Elisa Schmied +8 more
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Internet-based imagery rescripting intervention for adult survivors of institutional childhood abuse in the former German Democratic Republic – a pilot study [PDF]
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2022 Background: From 1949 to 1990, about 500,000 children and adolescents in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) were placed in institutional care. Many of these individuals experienced physical and sexual abuse as well as general maltreatment. While
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Imagery Rescripting Versus Cognitive Restructuring for Social Anxiety: Treatment Effects and Working Mechanisms [PDF]
Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2021 [Background] Negative mental images in social anxiety are often linked to memories of distressing social experiences. Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) has been found to be a promising intervention to target aversive memories, but mechanisms underlying ImRs are
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Treating PTSD with Imagery Rescripting in underweight eating disorder patients: a multiple baseline case series study [PDF]
Journal of Eating Disorders, 2022 Plain English summary The present study was the first to investigate treatment of posttraumatic stress symptoms, such as re-experiences and flash backs, in underweight eating disorder patients.
Marieke C. ten Napel-Schutz +3 more
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Clients’ Emotional Experiences Tied to Therapist-Led (but Not Client-Led) Physiological Synchrony during Imagery Rescripting [PDF]
Entropy, 2021 Imagery rescripting (IR), an effective intervention technique, may achieve its benefits through various change mechanisms. Previous work has indicated that client–therapist physiological synchrony during IR may serve as one such mechanism.
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Imagine yourself as a little girl…—efficacy and psychophysiology of imagery techniques targeting adverse autobiographical childhood experiences- multi-arm randomised controlled trial [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyFear of failure is often rooted in highly self-critical autobiographical memories that elicit persistent distress and avoidance. Imagery-based interventions aim to reduce the impact of such memories, yet their mechanisms of action remain unclear. In this
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Experimental single-session imagery rescripting of distressing memories in bowel/bladder-control anxiety: A case series [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2014 Bowel and bladder obsession (bowel/bladder-control anxiety; BBCA) is a viscerally-centred phobic syndrome involving a specific concern about losing control of bowel or bladder functioning in a public place.
Rosanna ePajak, Sunjeev K Kamboj
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Rescripting Memory, Redefining the Self: A Meta-Emotional Perspective on the Hypothesized Mechanism(s) of Imagery Rescripting [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) is a therapeutic technique that aims to reduce the distress associated with negative memories of early aversive experiences.
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