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EMDRIA Members Respond: Community Cultural Wealth for Native American Heritage Month

EMDR therapists can celebrate Native American Heritage Month by intentionally using the lens of Community Cultural Wealth to identify internal and external resources in their clients.

The effectiveness, efficiency, and acceptability of EMDR vs. EMDR 2.0 vs. the Flash technique in the treatment of patients with PTSD: Study protocol for the ENHANCE randomized controlled trial (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

The purpose of the current study is to determine the differential effectiveness, efficiency, and acceptability of EMDR therapy, an adaptation of EMDR therapy, referred to as EMDR 2.0, and a novel intervention for PTSD, the so-called Flash technique.

EMDR Therapy: Past, Present and Future

EMDR has evolved from a simple desensitization technique to broad-based psychotherapy approach. Discover EMDR therapy past, present, future.

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing as add-on treatment to enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy for patients with anorexia nervosa reporting childhood maltreatment: A quasi-experimental multicenter study (European Eating Disorders Review)

This study reports reduced eating disorder (ED) symptoms and dissociative symptoms and improved outcomes for patients with anorexia nervosa and childhood maltreatment when EMDR therapy was added to enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E).

10 Tips for EMDR Therapists Working with First Responders

EMDRIA member Bonnie Rumilly discusses using EMDR therapy with first responders.

Psychological support for earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria (Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock)

This article highlights the need for coordinated efforts of multiple organizations to help provide relief in the wake of environmental disasters, including mental health services like EMDR therapy.

EMDR Therapy and ADHD

EMDRIA member Christine MacInnis discusses the spectrum of neurodivergence and using EMDR therapy with people who have ADHD.

Exploration of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in treating posttraumatic stress-disorder in patients with acquired brain injury: A retrospective case series (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Clinical features, treatment characteristics, feasibility and efficacy of EMDR in adult acquired brain injury patients with PTSD.

Provision of online eye movement and desensitization therapy (EMDR) for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): A multi-method service evaluation (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This article assesses how online Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) compared to in-person EMDR in people with PTSD.

The role of dissociation-related beliefs about memory in trauma-focused treatment (European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2023)

Patients with PTSD, dissociative symptoms, or dissociation-related beliefs about memory received individual prolonged exposure (PE) and EMDR.

In the News: October 16, 2023

EMDRIA members are featured in various articles and interviews discussing EMDR therapy.

EMDR Therapy and Depression

Learn what EMDR therapist, trainer, and researcher Dr. Sarah Dominguez says about how EMDR therapy can help people with depression.

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