Keywords: EMDR attachment trauma Adult Attachment Interview outcome The rationale and scoring procedures for the AAI are explained. This article provides an overview of the literature related to adult attachment categories and summarizes the effect of adult attachment status on emotional and social functioning. Following EMDR therapy, all three patients made positive changes in attachment status as measured by the AAI, and all three reported positive changes in emotions and relationships. The EMDR approach utilized all eight phases of treatment within the three-pronged approach. The three patients received 10 to 15 EMDR sessions over the course of approximately 1 year, interspersed with talk therapy sessions for the purpose of debriefi ng and psychoeducation. All presented with symptoms of depression and anxiety and complaints regarding problems in their current marital and family relationships. Two adult males and one adult female presented for outpatient therapy all of them were categorized with an insecure or disorganized attachment status at pretreatment. Three case studies illustrate pre– and post–eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) adult attachment status as measured by the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI).
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