In this chapter some practical consequences of the paradigm shift to understand depression as a stress- and trauma-based disorder are discussed. As successful eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy helps to resolve these memories, the authors show how EMDR therapy works with depressive patients. Randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies demonstrate that not only is EMDR therapy for depressive disorders at least equal to other treatments, but there are more complete remissions. The EMDR DeprEnd Protocol is a significant step forward in the treatment of depressive patients and in the reduction of depressive relapses. This is important as the effect of treatment-resistant depression leaves patients at risk for suicide and families to bear the loss of their family member. Improved treatment possibilities would also occasion economic savings. With more knowledge about the importance of childhood memories in the development of depression, we can also do much more for primary prevention of depression.

This chapter presents a summary of the Current Anxiety and Behavior Protocol. For current anxiety and behavior problems, the Standard Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Protocol should be applied to the certain targets, including the past, present, and future templates. The chapter serves as a one-stop resource where therapists can access a wide range of word-for-word scripted protocols for EMDR practice. These scripts are outlined in an easy-to-use, manual style template for therapists, allowing them to have a reliable, consistent form and procedure when using EMDR with clients. After clients have processed their issue(s), they might want to work on positive templates for the future in other areas of their lives using the future templates. If new material comes ups during the Reevaluation Phase after the current anxiety and behavior were processed, target this material as soon as possible to make sure that the whole event have been reprocessed.

Studies show that there is a high risk for relapse in major depression (MD). Each depressive episode increases the risk of relapse by 15” and the episodes get more severe with each relapse. It is the third most common cause for primary health consultation and the leading cause of disability from ages 15 to 44. Research shows that distinct psychosocial stressors precede most of the depressive episodes by 1 or 2 months (episode triggers). Following the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, DeprEnd© is an eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy protocol that addresses an important cause of depression that may also contribute to the maintenance of the symptoms of the disorder: pathogenic memory networks. In the DeprEnd© protocol, four main types of memories are addressed and worked with: classic traumatic memories (Criterion A), often non-Criterion A-based episode triggers, belief systems, and depressive and suicidal states.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease of the central nervous system that affects both the brain and the spinal cord by destroying the myelin sheath that protects the nerve fibers. This chapter describes the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy approach applied to the treatment of posttraumatic reactions related to MS. It briefs the emotional burden of MS and specific disease-related problems, followed by the main results of research in psychosocial treatments. The chapter explores the clinical features of traumatic reactions related to the disease. This protocol aims to support patients in their difficult tasks of coping with the following: the illness, fears connected to its future progression, and the difficult choices managing the stage of the disease characterized by the significant worsening of symptoms, often resulting in the total loss of autonomy and the ability to communicate normally with the external world.

This author is interested in the idea of consolidating information in an accessible form throughout her career. The Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Summary Sheet was the result of a need on her part to have access to all of the relevant information concerning client information and EMDR interventions at a glance. This EMDR Summary Sheet is a way to consolidate important client information quickly and succinctly. It contains details such as the name of the patient, diagnosis, paper and pencil test results, goals, presenting problem, touchstone event, and experiences of childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and any anticipatory anxiety. Major themes/cognitive interweaves and present resources are also noted.

The growing attention of the World Health Organization concerning prevention has led to many health care programs and procedures aimed at the three types of prevention: primary, secondary, and tertiary. The possibility of enhancing the effectiveness of prepartum course for delivery preparation and a postpartum course for parenting support for prevention in pre- and postpartum care motivated the author to develop integrated protocols for individuals and groups of women for the prevention of birth trauma and postpartum depression. She has introduced EMDR Therapy into the Obstetric Psychoprophylaxis in Childbirth Course/Childbirth Preparation Class that includes Piscicelli’s Respiratory Autogenic Training (RAT) method. The goal of the EMDR Therapy Group Protocol for the Prevention of Birth Trauma and Postpartum Depression for Pregnant Women is that of conceptualizing and treating childbirth as a peak performance, promoting the women’s active participation in childbirth. This protocol integrates the use of various EMDR Therapy-related protocols for application.