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Articles for Clients

The Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy: What It Is and How It Works
As published in Shirley Jean's 2006 book, The Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy: A Model for Healing Adults With Childhood Attachment Wounds

All About EMDR
A good summary of the history of EMDR, the meaning of the name, clinical applications, sample session, client comments, case history, and more.

Honoring Pain
As published in the January/February 1998 issue of Enjoy Whole Health magazine.
Summarizes various meditation techniques for working with pain.

Fibromyalgia Hope
As published in the January/February 2000 issue of Enjoy Whole Health magazine.
Discussion of fibromyalgia possibly being the result of seemingly unresolvable internal conflicts and offers hope about getting unstuck.

In Pain?? Whatever You Do, Don't Go to the Beach
As published in the March/April 2000 issue of Enjoy Whole Health magazine.
Contrasts a loving kindness orientation to physical pain with an escapist orientation.

Articles for Psychotherapists

The Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy: What It Is and How It Works
As published in Shirley Jean's 2006 book, The Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy: A Model for Healing Adults With Childhood Attachment Wounds

The Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy: Eight Case Studies
Published in the March 2007 issue of the online journal Traumatology

Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy: A New Treatment Approach Applied to Dissociative Identity Disorder
As published in the December 2004 issue of the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation

Meeting Needs with a Resource Sandwich
As published in the December 2001 issue of the EMDRIA Newsletter - Special Edition

Overcoming Client Resistance to Resource Development and Installation (RDI)
As published in the December 1999 issue of the EMDRIA Newsletter

Resource-Focused EMDR: Integration of Ego State Therapy, Alternating Bilateral Stimulation, and Art Therapy
As published in the March 1999 issue of the EMDRIA Newsletter

Internal Conference Room Ego-State Therapy and the Resolution of Double Binds: Preparing clients for EMDR trauma processing
As published in the June 1998 issue of the EMDRIA Newsletter