Research and Treatment Guidelines for EMDR
EMDR therapy is extensively researched and widely recognized as effective trauma therapy. EMDR therapy is recognized as evidenced-based treatment for PTSD and other trauma and stressor disorders in treatment guidelines published by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, the World Health Organization, and a growing number of national and international organizations. Treatment guidelines are based on reviews that evaluate the research of established evidence-based mental health treatments.
EMDR Research Articles and Posts
Research Corner | September 2019
This material was published in the EMDRIA magazine Go With That in September 2019. Research Corner | September 2019
Research Corner | June 2019
This material was published in the EMDRIA magazine Go With That in June 2019. Research Corner | June 2019
Research Corner | March 2019
This material was published in the EMDRIA magazine Go With That in March 2019. Research Corner | March 2019
Exploring the Intersection of EMDR and Play Therapy
By Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW-R, RPT-S American psychologist, educator, and founder of EMDR, Francine Shapiro’s adaptive information processing (AIP) model proposes that the integration of…
Brains That Learn Not to Fear
Research Callout: Holmes’ (2019) review in Nature journal summarizes how Baek et al’s (2019) article sheds more light on possible mechanisms of EMDR therapy:…
Research Corner | December 2018
This material was published in the EMDRIA magazine Go With That in December 2018. ReResearch Corner | December 2018
Compiled in 2022, a list of EMDR meta-analyses and systematic reviews. Meta-analyses analyze evidence based research and are often used for data in treatment guidelines for standardized care. Systematic reviews summarize research on a specific question or topic. In medical or health care fields, they often assess the strength of evidence present in a treatment in the field. This list is an ongoing work in progress.
A 2016 bibliography of EMDR Research with short descriptions, this document covers a wide range of peer-reviewed journal articles about EMDR including meta-analyses, randomized controlled trials, non-randomized studies, and reviews of efficacy and treatment models. It also includes international treatment guidelines and recommendations from mental health agencies.
