1013-16: EMDR Therapy for Pain and Fibromyalgia 

Eye movement desensitization & reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is included in many national and international practice guidelines for the treatment of acute and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The phases and protocol for EMDR therapy will be presented for the treatment of pain and fibromyalgia.

Presenters: Kate Wheeler, PhD, PMHNP-BC, APRN, FAAN

Disclosures:  The presenters and planners have no conflict of interest or commercial support to disclose.  Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation. 

Session Length:  1 hour 26 minutes

Target Audience: APRN

Session Objectives
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

1. Discuss the relationship between trauma and pain.
2. Identify the principles of treatment for pain and trauma.
3. Apply the 8 phases of EMDR to the treatment of pain.

Keywords: Trauma, Therapy, EMDR, Pain, Practice

Continuing Nursing Education
1.5 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed. 

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 30th Annual Conference
Hartford, Connecticut
Wednesday, October 19
7:15am - 9:15am

Release Date: July 24, 2017
The contact hours for this session expire: November 30, 2019