Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing as a therapeutic intervention for traumatized children and adolescents: A systematic review of the evidence for family therapists (Journal of Family Therapy)
This article reviews literature on individual EMDR in traumatized children.
EMDR and mindfulness: Eye movements and attentional breathing tax working memory and reduce vividness and emotionality of aversive ideation (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)
A study comparing eye movement and attentional breathing in EMDR therapy and mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT).
EMDR treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder, with focus on hippocampal volumes: A pilot study (The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Preliminary study suggesting further consideration of the potential effects of psychotherapy on the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders
A randomised comparison of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in disaster-exposed children (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This article shows that both CBT and EMDR produced significant reductions in trauma-related symptoms, reached in fewer sessions with EMDR.
Usefulness of a trauma-focused treatment approach for travel phobia (Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy)
Non-randomized study to evaluate the usefulness of a trauma-focused treatment approach for travel phobia or anxiety arising from an accident.
Visuospatial working memory interference with recollections of trauma (British Journal of Clinical Psychology)
This study examined the vividness and emotional intensity of traumatic images recall while performing side-to-side eye movements, and compared this to counting and exposure alone.
The promise of EMDR in family and systemic psychotherapy: A clinical complement to Field and Cottrell (Journal of Family Therapy)
In this clinical addendum, the author seeks to complement Field and Cottrell’s systematic review by setting out ways in which EMDR has been incorporated in their systemic psychotherapy practice.
Trauma-informed treatment for disenfranchised urban children and youth: An open trial (Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal)
Project demonstrates that hard-to-reach disenfranchised urban children can benefit from trauma-informed treatment when appropriately adapted.
Do horizontal saccadic eye movements increase interhemishpheric coherence? Investigation of a hypothesized neural mechanism underlying EMDR (Frontiers in Psychiatry)
This study aimed to investigate whether memory enhancement following bilateral eye movements is associated with increased interhemispheric coherence in the electroencephalogram (EEG).
The posttraumatic growth path: An emerging model for prevention and treatment of trauma-related behavioral health conditions (Journal of Psychotherapy Integration)
Treatments reviewed for efficacy: prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive processing therapy & eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.
EMDR: Eye movements superior to beeps in taxing working memory and reducing vividness of recollections (Behaviour Research and Therapy)
Study compares auditory and eye movement BLS, supports a working memory account of EMDR, and suggests that the effects of beeps on negative memories are inferior to those of eye movements.
Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR): Mental health-substance use (Radcliffe, 2011)
This chapter explores using EMDR for mental health-substance use in an edited volume on the theory/application of a variety of techniques.
