Healing Quest – Inner World: EMDR Therapy

In this Healing Quest video featuring Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., EMDR therapy is explained for the general public, with client examples. 

Meta-analysis of psychological treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder in adult survivors of childhood abuse (Clinical Psychology Review)

This article compared trauma-focused treatments for PTSD to non-trauma-focused interventions for individuals and groups.

How eye movements in EMDR work: Changes in memory vividness and emotionality (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

This study suggests that eye movements during memory recall can reduce the vividness and emotional impact of negative memories 24 hours later, helping to explain part of EMDR’s therapeutic effect.

Treating trauma in addiction with EMDR: A pilot study (Journal of Psychoactive Drugs)

Effects of standard EMDR protocol in chronically addicted patients. Reprocessing traumatic memories could lead to changes of symptoms. 

Facilitating access to emotions: Neural signature of EMDR stimulation (PLoS ONE)

This study examined whether there is increased activation of the amygdala during bilateral stimulation (BLS) in EMDR therapy.

Neurophysiological correlates of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing session: Preliminary evidence for traumatic memories integration (Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging)

This study suggested that EMDR leads to an integration of dissociated aspects of traumatic memories and, consequently, a decrease of hyperarousal symptoms.

Efficacy of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing for patients with posttraumatic-stress disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (PLOS One)

The first meta-analysis of clinical studies by investigating the effects of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.

EMDR interview Francine Shapiro

In this video, Joany Spierings of the EMDR Netherlands Association (Vereniging EMDR Nederland) interviews EMDR founder Francine Shapiro.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for posttraumatic stress disorder in bipolar disorder (Psychiatry Investigation)

There is evidence that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more prevalent in patients with bipolar disorder.

Treating addictions with EMDR and the stages of change (Springer, 2014)

This book provides a practical roadmap to using the Stages of Change Model and EMDR therapy for effectively treating addictions.

Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: What works in children with posttraumatic stress symptoms? A randomized controlled trial (European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

Forty-eight children (8–18 years) were randomly assigned to eight sessions of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy or EMDR.

Potential of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (Psychological Research and Behavior Management)

Recently, research attention has been focused on the types of memory processes involved in PTSD and hypothesized neurobiological processes.