Intensive trauma-focused therapy with victims of crime

Greenwald, Ricky; Camden, Abigail A.; Gamache, Nicole; Lasser, Kymberly A.; Chapman, Rebecca; Rattner, Bambi

doi:10.1016/j.ejtd.2020.100146

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“…Intensive trauma-focused therapy’s potential advantages—effectiveness, efficiency, low dropout rate, and rapid results—make it ideal for many therapy clients and presenting problems (Greenwald et al, 2021), particularly when unresolved trauma or loss is a significant contributing factor. Careful screening is important, to avoid attempting intensive trauma work with someone who may not presently have sufficient stability and/or affect tolerance.…”

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“…Decisions regarding screen-outs were made at the discretion of the screening clinician, who made judgments based on the presenting clinical picture, seeking consultation if needed. We refined our screening practices over time, as described in more detail in Greenwald et al (2021). During this study, five people were screened out for various reasons such as not having experienced a qualifying event, not residing in the designated catchment area, or requiring services beyond the scope of what we could offer in this program, such as needing further stabilization and/or too many days of treatment.…”

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“…However, research-supported trauma treatments must be evaluated in field settings to ensure that they work in clinical practice, before the treatment can be legitimately recommended (Najavits, 2015). PC has performed well with treatment-seeking clients in case reports (Jarecki & Greenwald, 2016;Lasser & Greenwald, 2015), as well as in an intensive therapy open trial (Greenwald et al, 2021). The next step is to compare PC to other legitimate trauma treatments in field settings with treatment-seeking clients.…”

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“…Intensive trauma-focused therapy typically entails individual treatment for multiple hours per day, for multiple consecutive days. Several group studies of successful intensive trauma-focused therapy have featured EMDR (e.g., Greenwald et al, 2021; Hurley, 2018; Van Woudenberg et al, 2018) and one also featured PC (Greenwald et al, 2021). The two studies that compared trauma-focused intensive treatment to the weekly format of the same treatment (Ehlers et al, 2014; Hurley, 2018) found equivalent outcomes for each treatment condition.…”

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“…The growing interest in intensive trauma-focused therapy reflects its potential advantages over conventional 1-hr therapy per week, including reduced total treatment hours, reduced dropout rate, and—perhaps most important—rapid results (Greenwald et al, 2021). Given the promise of intensive trauma-focused therapy, further research is warranted, particularly featuring EMDR as well as more recently developed options such as PC.…”

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A pragmatic randomized comparison of intensive EMDR and intensive PC for victims of crime.

Greenwald¹,

Camden²

2024

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Objective: The intensive therapy format offers clients the opportunity to reduce time to treatment benefit, compared with conventional weekly therapy. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has been identified as the most efficient of the leading trauma therapies. Progressive counting (PC) is less resource-intensive for therapists to master and may be at least as efficient as EMDR. Our objective was to evaluate and compare intensive EMDR and intensive PC. Method: We randomized 96 treatment-seeking victims of crime to intensive EMDR or intensive PC. Results: Participants experienced statistically and clinically significant improvements on measures of posttraumatic stress, presenting problems, level of functioning, and quality of life from pretreatment to posttreatment and follow-up, with large to very large effect sizes on all measures. There were no significant differences between EMDR on PC any outcome, including treatment efficiency, and dropout was minimal. Conclusions: These results support previous findings regarding the value of intensive trauma-focused therapy and indicate that PC may be comparable to EMDR in the intensive therapy format. Clinical Impact StatementWe compared intensive EMDR to intensive PC for multiply traumatized treatment-seeking victims of crime. The treatments were similarly effective, efficient, and well tolerated. Benefits were durable, achieved quickly, and with minimal dropout. These findings support the use of intensive EMDR and PC for traumatized victims of crime.

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confidence: 99%

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A pragmatic randomized comparison of intensive EMDR and intensive PC for victims of crime.

Greenwald¹,

Camden²

2024

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Bifokale Ansätze der Traumatherapie

Schubbe¹

2021

Z Psychodrama Soziom

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Trauma‐specific treatment among individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities: A case series with progressive counting

Keesler

McCoy²,

Wiltz³

2022

Brit J Learn Disabil

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Background Individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities are vulnerable to potentially traumatic events and trauma sequelae. Despite ongoing advances surrounding trauma and intellectual/developmental disabilities, trauma‐specific treatments are needed for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities. This study explores the first implementation of Progressive Counting (PC), a novel trauma treatment, with people with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Methods A case series with descriptive analyses was used to explore the implementation and effectiveness of PC among four adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities and trauma histories. Findings PC was associated with reductions in symptoms and increased quality of life. Although individual experiences required modest adaptations to the intervention, PC was generally well‐tolerated and required a limited number of treatment sessions. Conclusions PC demonstrates promise as a trauma‐specific treatment. Additional research with increased methodological rigor is warranted to further establish its efficacy. Recommendations for future research and practice are provided.

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Intensive trauma-focused therapy with victims of crime

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A pragmatic randomized comparison of intensive EMDR and intensive PC for victims of crime.

A pragmatic randomized comparison of intensive EMDR and intensive PC for victims of crime.

Bifokale Ansätze der Traumatherapie

Trauma‐specific treatment among individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities: A case series with progressive counting

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