EMDR and the Energy Therapies

Phil Mollon, PhD, is a psychoanalyst, clinical psychologist, and energy psychotherapist. He is well-known as a writer and speaker on topics including shame, trauma, dissociation, self-psychology, and EMDR - and has pioneered the development of Psychoanalytic Energy Psychotherapy. With 40 years of clinical experience, in both the British National Health Service and private practice, he has explored many different approaches, always seeking better ways of helping those who are troubled with mental health problems. His work remains rooted in psychoanalysis, whilst also incorporating neurobiological, cognitive, and energetic perspectives.

'In the last twenty years, the treatment of phobias, generalised anxiety and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder has been revolutionised by the use of Energy Therapies, posing a major challenge to conventional treatment approaches. In his book, Dr Mollon builds a much-needed bridge between these new, highly effective techniques and the concepts of traditional psychotherapy. Practitioners from both fields have much to learn from each other and this book provides an excellent meeting ground.'- Birgitta R. Heiller, BPS Chartered Psychologist and UKCP Registered Psychotherapist.'Dr Mollon once again stimulates us with innovative and creative clinical ideas for the open-minded psychotherapist, backed by excellent clinical examples and a full review of the research.'- John Spector, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Accredited Trainer and Past President of EMDR Association UK and Ireland'This groundbreaking book is revolutionary in its scope. It is most stimulating reading ... A seminal and turning-point contribution for psychoanalysis.'- Judith Issroff, Psychoanalyst; Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatrist and Traumatologist

• Preface , Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), emotional freedom techniques (EFT), and psychoanalysis , The waking dream: from Freud to EMDR , What happens during an EMDR or EFT session? , The abandonment of memory, trauma, and sexuality: the excessive preoccupation with “transference”, and other problems with contemporary psychoanalysis , Disintegration anxiety: the bedrock resistance to psychological change , EMDR treatment of a travel phobia with complex traumatic roots , Jane: EMDR and psychotherapy with a traumatized and abused woman , Brief case illustrations , Using EMDR and energy methods in practice , A comprehensive model of the psychosomatic matrix: towards quantum energy therapy , Research conclusions , Two therapists’ personal experiences , Appendix 1