Ad de Jongh en Laurian Hafkemeijer over EMDR in de tbs

Ten EMDR sessions and, for 60% of people with a personality disorder, the diagnosis has disappeared a year later. That is what Ad de Jongh, the founder of EMDR in the Netherlands, tells Job and Christiaan. Together with clinical psychologist Laurian Hafkemeijer, who holds a PhD in EMDR therapy for personality disorders, he joins them for a conversation about trauma, neglect, and forensic psychiatric care. Support Knoester & Kwint with a donation via Petje Af: https://petjeaf.com/knoesterenkwint Those without a PTSD diagnosis often do not receive trauma treatment. A misconception, according to Ad de Jongh. It is precisely people who had to survive from a young age who repress their memories. And in forensic psychiatric care, trauma therapy sometimes only begins after ten or fifteen years. Far too late, both guests believe. Therefore, a pilot is starting at the Oostvaarderskliniek: EMDR with eight forensic psychiatric patients. Can this approach reduce symptoms and lower the risk of recidivism? You will learn what EMDR does to a charged memory why a personality disorder often begins as a survival strategy that you do not need a PTSD diagnosis for trauma treatment how a pilot at the Oostvaarderskliniek brings EMDR to forensic psychiatric care This episode is made possible by Andri, the European legal AI tool for legal professionals. Try Andri for free at https://www.andri.ai.