Instruments: BDI II (depression), STAI (anxiety), EGS (post-traumatic stress).

Method: Initial interview and data collection Terapia familiar sistémica y Tratamiento grupal integrativo con EMDR) (Eye movements desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR-IGTP) Jarero y Artigas,2016).

Results: At the beginning, the patient and his wife had symptoms compatible with post-traumatic stress disorder along with dissociative symptoms. Along with depressive disorder. We started the systemic family therapy sessions and applied 3 sessions of the EMDR-IGTP protocol of Jarero and Artigas, 2016 on PTSD for continuous trauma together. The results obtained have been very promising, because the symptomatology both depressive, the symptoms of post-traumatic stress and the dissociative, has been significantly reduced in the two members of the family.

Keywords:Covid; Family; Post-Traumatic Stress; Family Therapy; EMDR; Psychotherapy

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Citation: Espinosa-Gil Rosa Maria., et al. “Covid-19 and Psychotherapy: Family Therapy and EMDR". Acta Scientific Neurology 5.11 (2022): 18-23.

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