AIP was developed to explain the observed results of Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.
The AIP model hypothesises that maladaptively stored memories create obstacles to rational processing of information, and it becomes stuck in the brains neural network.
Any memory of a traumatic event causes the person to connect to the negative feelings and cognition associated with it. The goal is to add adaptive emotions to the neural network. This is obtained through bilateral stimulation, a process that creates new neural pathways and the ability to access the stored trauma. This allows for the reprocessing of the trauma and a reduction of associated anxiety, thereby creating new associations with memories and increasing adaptive behaviours.
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