EMDR: Accelerated Information
Processing (AIP)
Accelerated Information processing (AIP) is the general theoretical model of
which EMDR is a specific method. This term refers to an innate tendency of the brain to
process disturbing life experiences to an adaptive resolution. The AIP model
states that the brain's information processing system can be
blocked as a result of trauma on a psychological level and that specific methods, such as
EMDR, can catalyze effective information processing at an accelerated rate leading to an adaptive resolution of the trauma.*
*Extracted from their first level training manual with permission from EMDR Institute, Inc.
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