Karsten Böhm (Dr.phil., Dipl.Psych.) is a Trainer in EMDR, Consultant in CBT, and specialist in OCD, Anxiety Disorders and PTSD psychotherapy. He is president of the German EMDRIA board and also member of the German National Guideline Commission on the treatment of OCD. He is a lecturer for psychotherapy at the EMDR-Institute Germany, institutes for Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Stuttgart, Bale in Switzerland), medical councils and on several congresses (DGPPN Congress Berlin etc.). He has published a number of articles, chapters and working materials on the use of EMDR in OCD patients. From 2003-2009, he worked as a clinical and ward psychologist at the University Hospital of Freiburg. Currently, he is working as a leading psychologist in Klinik Friedenweiler of Friedenweiler in the Black Forest, Germany.
Workshop content:
OCDs are difficult to treat.
Various studies have demonstrated that 15–40% of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) do not respond to treatment; they cannot be motivated to undergo treatment, drop out, or experience persistent difficulties in regulating their emotions. In this practical workshop, EMDR is presented as an additional method in the treatment of OCD.
OCD patients experience EMDR as a useful and motivating method. Furthermore, they feel encouraged to deal with their emotions in additional psychological treatments. Confrontation therapy markedly reduces OCD symptoms.
EMDR will be shown as a useful augmentation method in treating patients with OCD by using videos, live-demonstrations and presentation. Important interweaves for OCD patients, and their timing in therapy, will be shown.
Trichotillomania seems to be quite similar to treat – but in reality, a lot of changes have to be done to make a treatment work. Differences in the use of EMDR will be shown and demonstrated.
Learning:
Demonstrate the use of the EMDR protocol for OCD patients
Create specific interweaves for OCD patients
Differentiation between the use of EMDR in OCD and PTSD
Combination of behavioural and emotional level in the treatment for OCD
Use of negative and positive cognitions in OCD patients
Trichotillomania treatment plan and EMDR process
HANDOUTS:
EMDR with OCD and Trichotillomania