In the News: April 25, 2025
EMDRIA members and EMDR therapy are featured in various articles and interviews. Learn more in this edition of In the News.
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Instruments: Benevolent Childhood Experiences (BCEs) scale (University of Denver)
There are three versions of the BCEs scale (the BCEs-Original scale, the BCEs-20 scale, the BCEs-Revised scale), all have unique advantages.
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Myth Busters: Myths Standing Between EMDR Practitioners and their Autistic and ADHD Clients | Part 2
EMDRIA members Erin Wheeler, Skylar Ibarra, and Jane Kosloff bust common myths regarding Autism and ADHD for therapists utilizing EMDR with neurodivergent clients.
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Effects of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing on depressive symptoms, stress and rumination in adolescents with depression: A randomised controlled trial (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of EMDR in combination with SSRI medication in treating depressed adolescents versus SSRI medication alone.
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Healing Beyond Boundaries: Culturally Sensitive EMDR Therapy
Jessica Crunkleton shares how EMDR can be adapted to be culturally sensitive, ensuring that clients from diverse backgrounds feel seen.
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Utilizing EMDR as the primary modality to treat veteran PTSD in a community based program
This paper describes a community based, free mental health program, founded with the mission to decrease veteran suicide, and overcome barriers to care, especially stigma.
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Adapting the group traumatic episode protocol approach as a paraprofessional-led early intervention for law enforcement personnel (Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Study evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of a paraprofessional led adaptation of EMDR called mGTEP within the law enforcement population.
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EMDR Therapy with Victims of Crime
Crime victim specialist, Joshualin Dean, EMDRIA member, shares how EMDR therapy can help treat this population.
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Treatment of Sexual Disorders with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy and Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study on a Sample of Patients with Genito-Pelvic Pain Disorder (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
The combined therapy saw substantial benefits, highlighting integrating psychophysical approaches in treating sexual pain disorders.
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Psychological interventions for adult posstraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review of published meta-analyses (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)
Review of meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on psychological interventions for adult PTSD.
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EMDR Group Therapy with Sexual Violence Survivors
Ceit Robinson and Emma Sanderson share about the Sexual Violence Survivors (SVS) EMDR Group Protocol they developed.
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EMDR future template study (Liberty University, 2025)
This study examined whether three EMDR Future Template sessions could reduce mild to moderate social anxiety.
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