Dr Sandor Heng of Visions by Promises, the addiction therapeutic arm of Promises Healthcare, cautioned that the “stick” approach may not be a deterrence.
“Negative consequences and fear-based approaches can quell curiosity, but it can also make one even more intrigued,” he said, adding that addictions start with curiosity and accessibility, which then lead to experimentation.
Friday, 04, Nov 2022 07:00 pm – Friday, 11, Nov 2022 12:00 pm(SGT)
Concorde Hotel – Concorde 3
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Course Overview
What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful, evidence-based therapeutic method for healing trauma-based problems. Through the incorporation of eye movements or other bilateral stimulation in a comprehensive approach to process and release information in the mind and body, EMDR therapy is able to free people from disturbing images, bodily sensations, debilitating emotions, and restrictive beliefs.
What is AF-EMDR?
Attachment-focused EMDR (AF-EMDR) is an evolution of standard EMDR and stresses the importance of creating safety for the client and the need to adapt treatment according to client-centered cultural and individual needs. AF-EMDR emphasizes a reparative therapeutic relationship using a combination of (1) Resource Tapping to strengthen clients and repair development deficits, (2) EMDR to process traumas, and (3) talk therapy to help integrate the information from EMDR sessions and to provide the healing derived from therapist-client interactions. Through these, AF-EMDR extends the use and benefits of EMDR and bilateral stimulation to clients typically less responsive to traditional EMDR protocols, due to chronic relational trauma and attachment deficits, and helps clients experience more complete resolution.
CNN Digital spoke with Dr Jacob Rajesh to give his views regarding a case that shocked the nation of Japan where a teenage girl was stabbed to death by her elderly grandfather.
Here’s his quote:
Jacob Rajesh, a senior forensic psychiatrist at the Promises Healthcare facility in Singapore, said in cases of rapidly progressing Alzheimer’s “it will be difficult to provide an accurate account of what actually happened.”
“There is also the question of fitness to stand trial – is a person fit enough to give evidence on the stand and plead guilty or not guilty?” he said.
Crimes involving dementia patients are also extremely complex, experts said.
