EMDR Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024
AIP - ANSWER-Adaptive Information Processing-model describing the brains drive toward emotional health
Affect scan - ANSWER-developed by Shapiro. Intended to assist client in identifying experiences. Think of the experience, the emotions of sensations...
EMDR Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024
AIP - ANSWER-Adaptive Information Processing-model describing the brains drive toward emotional health
Affect scan - ANSWER-developed by Shapiro. Intended to assist client in identifying experiences. Think of
the experience, the emotions of sensations you are experiencing now, and allow yourself to scan back to an earlier time when you experienced something similar.
Back to target - ANSWER-term used to direct the client back to recall the original incident that was the focus of the processing.
bilateral stimulation - ANSWER-BLS eye movements, auditory or tactile to activate both hemispheres of brain.
Bundling - ANSWER-identifying experiences of similar symptoms to be used in developing a targeted plan.
Channels of Association - ANSWER-memories or emotions occuring during EMDR processing that have associations to the trauma.
cluster - ANSWER-similar self-referencing statements that fall in a core belief pattern
cognition - ANSWER-term used in EMDR by Shapiro to represent a belief, positive or negative.
core belief - ANSWER-a verbalization of an emotional sensory activated memory that resonates with a common belief schema such as, "I am not good enough." DAS - ANSWER-dual attention stimulation. The use of some form of activity while thinking of a disturbing
incident. This taxes the working memory, thereby allowing the adaptive info system to process the disturbance.
Eight phases of EMDR - ANSWER-History, prep, assessment, desensitization, installation, body scan closure, re-evaluation.
EMD - ANSWER-Shapiro's term for restricted processing of a specific incident where the client is repeatedly asked alternately to focus on the specific incident, while eyes movements are administered, then asked to report their level of disturbance.
EMDr - ANSWER-a contained processing experience that while being focused on a specific incident, allows "channels of association" specific to a designated target to be part of the processing experiences, thereby inviting limited new insights, changes in perspectives and incident specific learning.
EMDR - ANSWER-Preferred by Shapiro. eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. Allows unlimited free associations across the life span while eye movements are happening. No supposed to, past, present and future welcome.
Explicit memory - ANSWER-Conscious recall. Begins around 2-3 years of age.
implicit memory - ANSWER-unconscious, pre-birth, automatic.
Feeder memories - ANSWER-Incidents/memories, emotions, sensations, and/or insights (a.k.a.
channels of association) spontaneously occurring during EMDR processing that have associations to the incident being processed with BLS.
float back - ANSWER-an intervention strategy to use a client's
belief and affect to identify past experiences relating to a client's present experience.
Think of the experience, the associated emotions and belief, and allow yourself to float back to a time when you felt this way before. What comes up?
negative cognition - ANSWER-] Shapiro's terminology for a client's self-reported cognition related
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