Page No 208-217 Aditi Bansal and Monika Misra
Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an eight-phase, threepronged therapeutic approach that helps in reprocessing maladaptively stored and
inadequately processed memories. The present case is a part of pilot study for the
main research titled ‘Efficacy of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Intervention in Adults with Anxiety Disorders and Insecure Attachment.’ The case is of
a client X, a 24-year-old male, graduate and pursuing CS (Company Secretary),
unmarried, living in nuclear family presented with chief complaints of fear and anxiety
related to mathematics since school. More recently, as he was preparing for CS
exams, one of the subjects being math, he started experiencing anxiety again. After
administration of the tools for baseline evaluation, EMDR intervention was initiated.
After the intervention, tools were administered to determine post-intervention evaluation.
In the present case, EMDR was found to be helpful in decreasing anxiety and increasing
self-soothing behaviour. Further, larger sample to be taken for better generalization.