Delivering eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in primary care: A service improvement pilot project (Mental Health Practice)

This article provides an overview of mental health in Northern Ireland and details the development of EMDR as a treatment for trauma in primary care settings.

EMDR as a treatment for compulsive sexual behavior (Routledge, 2026)

This chapter covers an overview of EMDR, AIP model theory, specific protocols and a composite case example of ‘Marie’, which demonstrates how EMDR therapy can be used as a comprehensive treatment for compulsive sexual behaviour.

EMDR therapy before PTSD: The benefit of treating acute stress disorder from a recent event (Prehospital and Disaster Medicine)

The objective of this study is to see if early specialized treatment of acute stress disorder with EMDR can prevent the onset of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

The role of non-pharmacological interventions in attenuating anxiety and stress symptoms in PTSD: A systematic review (Current Neuropharmacology)

A systematic review to examine the role of non-pharmacological PTSD treatments and symptom amelioration, including EMDR.

Reducing trauma-related parental stress in neurodevelopmental disorders: A randomized feasibility study (European Journal of Pediatrics)

This study aimed to explore the feasibility of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment for Ongoing Traumatic Stress (EMDR-IGTP-OTS) focused on reducing traumatic stress symptoms in parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs).

Reducing PTSD symptoms through unconscious intervention (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)

This study demonstrates that subliminally presenting trauma-related images during an eye-movement exercise can effectively alleviate PTSD symptoms while bypassing the distress of conscious exposure.

The timing of attentional distraction matters in facilitating extinction of trace fear memory (Experimental Neurobiology)

Research results show that attentional distraction facilitates trace fear extinction, and proper timing is a necessary condition for a sensory stimulation to effectively facilitate trace fear extinction.

Dying to survive: Insights from EMDR trauma treatment with men in a high security hospital (Routledge, 2026)

This chapter discusses integrating EMDR therapy in trauma treatment in a high-security hospital setting with male perpetrators.

“The Most Loving Decision a Mother Can Make”: Using EMDR to reduce internalized abortion stigma within TFMR parents (Studies in Clinical Social Work: Transforming Practice, Education and Research)

This case study demonstrates how phase five of EMDR therapy can be utilized to restructure a TFMR parent’s negative self-beliefs rooted in internalized abortion stigma, to decrease shame.

EMDR and play therapy: A playful integration for treatment of childhood sexual abuse (Routledge, 2026)

This chapter discusses integrating EMDR therapy and play therapy for the treatment of child sexual abuse (CSA).

Transmission of attachment patterns from parents to children (Psychwire, 2026)

This book explores EMDR therapy and attachment patterns.

Bilateral rhythmic stimulation as a possible modulator of meningeal lymphatic flow: A regulatory T cell-centered neuroimmune hypothesis of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience)

This study proposes that bilateral rhythmic stimulation in EMDR may influence long-term brain and behavior changes by altering autonomic balance and neuroimmune interactions—particularly involving regulatory T cells—offering a testable framework for future research.