Healing Young Hearts: Treating Attachment Trauma in Children with EMDR Therapy
This podcast explores the potential of EMDR therapy for children struggling with attachment trauma with guest Debra B. Wesselmann, MS, LIMHP.
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Dual-task interventions reduce vividness and unpleasantness in both old and new memories (Behaviour Research and Therapy)
This study provides insight into memory consolidation, dual-task effectiveness and interventions, and EMDR.
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Symptom retention after successful intensive trauma-focused treatment for post-traumatic stress disorders (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of residual symptoms among those who no longer met PTSD diagnostic criteria after intensive trauma-focused treatment and at six-month follow-up.
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Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing as a potential treatment for substance use disorders: Study protocol (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This study aims to investigate the efficacy of EMDR in substance use disorder (SUD) patients with comorbid psychological trauma.
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The relationship between changes in emotional intensity and treatment outcome in PTSD patients in EMDR therapy (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between changes in emotional intensity of traumatic memories during EMDR therapy and treatment outcomes for PTSD.
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Extending EMDR Therapy to Personal Growth
EMDRIA member Bradford Stucki shares how EMDR therapy can create lasting change and personal growth.
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Courage, hope, and transformation: Patient experiences of web-based therapist delivered eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for suicidal ideation (PLOS Mental Health)
This study explored the lived experiences of adult mental health outpatients who received web-based, therapist-delivered EMDR targeting experiences related to their suicidal ideation (SI).
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The efficacy of psychotherapy treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, EMDR (PsychOpen CAMA)
The efficacy of psychotherapy treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, EMDR.
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A common denominator: PTSD, rapid eye movements, and fear extinction (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)
Our findings provide evidence linking gaze reinstatement and pattern completion and advance a functional role for EMs in memory retrieval.
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A qualitative study of therapists’ use of empirically supported techniques for PTSD (Frontiers in Psychiatry)
This study aims to contribute to the understanding of how practicing therapists implement and perceive PTSD treatments by exploring the experiences and attitudes of therapists who treat PTSD in clinical practice.
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In the News: August 1, 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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Untangling the Myths: EMDR Therapy in the Perinatal & Postpartum Journey
This podcast dives into misconceptions surrounding EMDR therapy during perinatal and postpartum periods with guest Bethan Warren, LCSW, MPH-C.
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