To get the full story of who I am and what I am all about you may want to visit http://au.geocities.com/brichards22/Erlinet_Brian.html (or)  http://www.maxpages.com/independence however if you are still with me as you read.

I am a Professional Counsellor and some times I am the Pastor of a church called

"The Word of Faith Ministries International"

For the last ten years I have been a missionary to Philippines and China. However the real purpose of this website is because I had a dream last night On Crossfire I had a picture in my mind of the Cross-of Jesus Christ, and then A Fire and the fire and the Cross-became together.

Then some understanding Of the dream came about! This was a vision from the Lord. The subtitle came to me CrossFire. I believe the Lord is giving me. A new vision for a new Ministry and this Ministry shall be called CrossFire Ministry

CROSSFIRE MINISTRY IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE WHOM HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN WRONG CHOICES, AND MANIPULATED CIRCUMSTANCES. DUE TO FAMILY FOUNDATION BREAKDOWNS, FINANCIAL CRISIS, LAWLESSNESS, & ABUSE. 

IN THE MIDDLE OF CROSSFIRE, AND BECOME VICTIMS.

Victims if every sense of the word! Have you ever been in the CrossFire of? Some thing else, somebody else, or feel victimised without a coarse, this is called CrossFire. There is a new Ministry being started right now in the fire of my belly and Spirit.

It shall be called CrossFire Ministry Inc, especially designed for the victims of CrossFire. If you feel the need to talk or tell some one about your Crossfire story of being a victim, we Are here for you.

We all know the real helper  and Comforter comes from the Holy Spirit But I believe that God has given me a special Ministry to comfort those people Who consider themselves being caught up in the Crossfire, and become a victim.

What has been your CrossFire today? Are you a victim of abuse, rape, domestic violence, drugs or alcohol Or worst still was it another Brother or Sister in Christ that has hurt you. The Bible say's It was one of my equals that wounded me? All of this happens to the best of us,

you Don’t have to go looking for trouble. The problem is where do you go when some thing Like this happens to you? Whom can you trust? Who wants to know about my problems?

There are always others that say, "Be strong.... Com’on get over it"

Always ready to jump down your throat if you say a bad confession.

"You can have what you say you know" Yes of course it’s true!

But where is the compassion in all of that? There is always people to tell you what not to do. However what we really need is Father's of the Faith that can teach us on a one to one basis, And teach us how to really make a difference.

How to really be in Faith and see victory in Our life, Healing, Deliverance, true Prosperity, not Gold diggers. Not supposing Gain

Is next to Godliness. See my book http://www.maxpages.com/richbi1

My name is Rev Brian Richards I have not been a Pastor or in ministry for 12 months Due to my wife having a baby boy, Joshua is now 10 months old and we are getting ready To start our new ministry very soon.THIS IS MY GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT YET www.maxpages.com/joshua1

If you want to be in the forefront of a brand new exciting ministry name CrossFire Ministries Inc.

Then you need to phone (02) 65512418 or e-mail brichards22@msn.com or mobile phone 0407274658

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing) EMDR is a new psychological therapy that utilises a combination of focused attention and bilateral eye movements to help "reprocess" traumatic memories and/or unpleasant thoughts and feelings. EMDR often facilitates profound change in the affect, including physical sensations that accompany distressing situations or memories. Despite having more research than any other trauma treatment, the efficacy of EMDR continues to be debated. There is also a debate as to whether EMDR represents something new, or is just a clever re-packaging of existing techniques. (Devilly, 1996) For the purposes of this paper, EMDR is treated as a single distinct approach, incorporating different elements from existing methods, with the addition of innovative elements.

Although EMDR began as a treatment of trauma, clinicians soon it found it effective in the treatment of other problems including addictions, anxiety, and pain. Despite a number of case studies and conference presentations, there have only been two studies into the efficacy of EMDR as a treatment for pain, (Hekmat Groth & Rodgers, 1994, Wilson Tinker & Becker, 1997 - unpublished pilot study). It seems that the pattern of use of EMDR with pain will follow that of trauma with research support lagging far behind clinical application. Meanwhile, clinicians have to justify what they are doing and why. Often the fact that what they're doing seems to work is not enough. In this early stage of research and development, this paper aims to provide support, for clinicians who are using EMDR in the treatment of pain by drawing together what is known about how psychological treatments work, and recent neurobiological discoveries. It is also hoped to stimulate that most important of scientific attributes, curiosity and highlight directions for research.

The mechanisms by which EMDR might work are the subject of much debate and research. Dr Francine Shapiro, the originator of EMDR, has stated that perhaps EMDR is harnessing some kind of innate information processing ability, similar to what is might operate during REM sleep. What this information processing capacity is and how it works are only dimly understood. Other theorists have suggested that EMDR is just a very effective way to unblock energy locked in our body. All we can say, maybe, is that EMDR seems to be activating unconscious capabilities for transducing information in the form of thoughts and feelings.

There is no general agreement as to what constitutes this information processing mechanism. However, recent research into the neurobiology of emotions and trauma has made possible some understanding of how emotions and thoughts are 'processed' by the brain and body. (Le Doux, 1996. Van der Kolk, 1996). These discoveries have been summarised in the popular best seller 'Emotional Intelligence' (Daniel Goleman, 1996). One interesting finding is that the brains of people who have suffered trauma are different from those of none-traumatised persons. (Le Doux etc, ibid). Consequently, there is curiosity about whether psychotherapy might reverse or alleviate these abnormalities, (Goleman, 1995) including EMDR. (Bergmann, 1996) and also how. EMDR seems to be effective in reducing the emotional component of some problems, (Shapiro, 1989, 1995, Wilson Tinker & Becker, 1995). Chronic pain is a problem with a significant affective component so it should be amenable to this form of treatment.

To try and talk about how EMDR might alleviate pain however is a formidable task indeed. Pain is a very complex problem, medicated by a huge array of variables. While there is research support for the efficacy of traditional approaches such as relaxation, even hypnosis, there are only hypotheses as to how these interventions might actually

mediate the pain response. Most of these hypotheses are really couched in terms of psychological processes, eg; relaxation response, and don't include investigation of neurological phenomena. It must be said that at this stage, no psychotherapy or method could survive the burden of proof that an understanding of its biological underpinning’s would demand.

EMDR, because of its unusual characteristics, the speed at which change occurs etc, demands a thorough explanation. Thus this discussion will focus on both psychological and neurological processes, but with an emphasis on the latter. Increasing knowledge about neurological correlates of emotions, trauma and even pain make it possible to attempt to explain psychotherapy in terms of both mental and neurobiological processes. For example, Goleman recently described psychotherapy as a kind of "emotional tutorial" wherein the successful patient is one who has learned to control their "overactive amygdala." (1996, p213). The inclusion of knowledge about neurobiology into our explanations of psychological processes makes for a more substantive and verifiable explanation.

As I have already stated, understanding how psychological interventions affect pain is difficult. Some of the variables, which are known to influence the outcome of pain interventions, include different measurement criteria, different types of pain, the personality of the pain sufferer, the gender of the pain sufferer etc. Nevertheless, based on what is known about how other psychological approaches alleviate pain, we can make a number of relatively general suppositions about how EMDR might help alleviate pain. The effects EMDR might have on pain can be described in terms of the traditional psychological processes and outcomes; relaxation, distraction, stimulation of release of natural opioids, and even placebo effects.

For example, distraction is a well-documented pain-management strategy. (Clum et al, 1982, Scott & Barber, 1977). The bilateral stimulation used in EMDR might simply work as a kind of distraction, providing relief by taking the sufferers attention away from the pain.

EMDR probably also works by stimulating a relaxation response. Hedstrom (1991) found that bilateral stimulation could stimulate relaxation. The bilateral stimulation might also work to by stimulating the release of endorphins. Many psychological pain-management techniques are thought to work this way, including hypnosis and placebo effects. Goleman (1985) has written of the "pain-numbing" response when endorphins are released enabling us to ignore pain when our survival depends on it.

Placebo undoubtedly accounts for some treatment effect in any psychological intervention. Estimates of the size of placebo effect range between a low of 12% and a high of 35% of treatment effect. (Simmonds & Kumar, 1994, Gaupp Flinn & Weddige, 1989)

All these hypotheses are attempts to explain how EMDR might alleviate pain in terms of traditional psychological processes, and hypotheses. We are using accepted hypothetical constructs and terms to 'explain' a noticeable effect, with only a limited understanding of how that effect is produced in the body.

Most of the research about EMDR has been in its applications to trauma and the reduction of associated distressing thoughts and feelings. Most of the research about the neurological correlates of psychological problems has been with trauma. Thus, any discussion of how EMDR might work to "reprocess" pain must begin with identifiable neurological parallels between pain and trauma, and the scant information that exists about how EMDR might influence neurological processes.

Much of what is known about the emotional brain comes from studies of trauma, although knowledge about the effects of chronic pain on the brain is increasing. Some of the significant parts of the Central Nervous System (CNS) that are involved in the experience of both pain and trauma are; the Prefrontal Cortex, the Amygdala and the Cingulate system.

The amygdala regulates the emotional state of the brain. We know from trauma research