Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0487
ISSN: 2161-0487
Mastewal Abawa Bitew
University of Gondar, Ethiopia
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Psychol Psychother
Ethiopia is one of the ancient countries inhabited by well over a 100 million people with diverse cultures and languages. Such diversity needs mental health services to be culturally tailored to the folks�?? needs. This story is narrated from a 21 years old sexually abused young female electrical engineering student. Once up on a time, her father sent her to his friend�??s home. She was 13 years old. As she entered to his home, he suddenly squeezes and thrown her to his bed. �??I did not believe he intended to abuse me until he was untying his belt�?� she said. �??While I was trying to escape out of the window, he immediately pulls me down and thrown me to his bed once again.�?� She didn�??t know what happened afterwards except that her parents took her to health center to check for HIV status. As she grows up, she manifested destructive thinking patterns. She reported that �??when I was Grade 11, I was always thinking about committing suicide�?�. After having enough information about the courses of the problem, the nature of the assault and associated behavioral, cognitive, emotional difficulties, I decided to use EMDR therapy. By helping a client to focus on a trauma, I waved my finger closer to her face to the right-to-left-right-to-left direction. I started saw unpleasant behavioral manifestations. Then, she started to dilate and rolls out her dilated eyes. As she freezes, she shouted out all of a sudden.