This study will test the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) based Flash technique and a progressive counting (PC) based variant. EMDR-trained therapists will be trained in the standard Flash, and PC-trained therapists will be trained in PC Flash. In each group they will try it with a minor upsetting memory, and then with two more significant upsetting memories. Participants will use the subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) to rate distress pre- and post-treatment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
200
Progressive counting with Flash technique
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing with Flash technique
Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute
Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
RECRUITINGChange in SUDS following treatment
Subjective units of distress scale
Time frame: Pre-treatment, immediately post-treatment, one week post-treatment, and one month post-treatment
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