According to the U.S. National Institute for Mental Health, an estimated 4.7 percent of the population experience a panic disorder at some time in their lives. They define a panic disorder as "an anxiety disorder characterized by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms that may include chest pain, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, or abdominal distress. These episodes occur “out of the blue,” not in conjunction with a known fear or stressor." EMDR Certified Therapist, Trainer and Consultant Carol Miles, MSW, LCSW, talks about how EMDR therapy can help with a panic disorder.

Resources

• EMDR Therapy for Panic Attack Disorders with or without Agoraphobia,  
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: EMDR Scripted Protocols and Summary Sheets. Treating Anxiety, Obsessive-compulsive, and Mood-Related Conditions (pp.51-70), Chapter: EMDR Therapy protocol for Panic Disorders with or without Agoraphobia. Ferdinand Horst, Ad de Jongh, 2015
• EMDR Treatment of Simple, Complex, and Associative Panic, EMDRIA Conference, 2020, OnDemand Course 
• EMDR in the Treatment of Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia: A Case Description, Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, Hvovi Bhagwager, 2016
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