Treatment of choking phobia by targeting traumatic memories with EMDR: a case study

✍ Scribed by Ad de Jongh; Erik ten Broeke

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 79 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1063-3995
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0879(199812)5:4<264::aid-cpp176>3.0.co;2-m

✦ Synopsis

Choking phobia is a specific phobia characterized by fear and avoidance of swallowing foods and liquids. It often develops following an episode of choking on food. A prospective case study of a 30-yearold woman with a phobia of choking, acquired after a series of traumatic incidents 5 years previously, demonstrates the usefulness of an approach that is aimed at processing the disturbing memories of a traumatic event. Two therapy sessions of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) produced a lasting decrease in symptomatology.