treatment of a patient with borderline personality disorder based on phase-oriented model of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (emdr): a case report

Objective: this study aimed at reporting the effect of the 3-phase model of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of a patient with borderline personality disorder. method: a 33-year-old female, who met the dsm-iv-tr criteria for borderline personality disorder, received a 20-session therapy based on the 3-phase model of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. borderline personality disorder checklist (bpd-checklist), dissociative experience scale (des-ii), beck depression inventory-ii-second edition (bdi-ii), and anxiety inventory (bai) were filled out by the patient at all treatment phases and at the 3- month follow- up. results: according to the obtained results, the patient’s pretest scores in all research tools were 161, 44, 37, and 38 for bpd-checklist, des-ii, bdi-ii, and bai, respectively. after treatment, these scores decreased significantly (69, 14, 6 and 10 respectively). so, the patient exhibited improvement in borderline personality disorder, dissociative, depression and anxiety symptoms, which were maintained after the 3-month follow-up. conclusion: the results supported the positive effect of phasic model of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing on borderline personality disorder.