EMDR therapy program for advanced psychosocial interventions provided by paraprofessionals

Journal of EMDR Practice and Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 122-128

  Jarero, Ignacio ^a   Rake, Gregory ^a   Givaudan, Martha ^a  

^a Latin American and Caribbean Foundation for Psychological Trauma Research   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Advanced psychosocial interventions; Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy; Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (IGTP); Paraprofessionals; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046238604     PISSN: 19333196     EISSN: 1933320X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1933-3196.11.3.122     Document Type: Article

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