Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Part 1 – theory, procedure and use in PTSD (BJPsych Advances)
This article reviews theory behind how EMDR works, evidence supporting its use in the treatment of PTSD & its indications/contraindications.
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In the News: June 24, 2022
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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Randomized trial on the effects of a group EMDR intervention on narrative complexity and specificity of autobiographical memories: A path analytic and supervised machine-learning study (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
EMDR proved to be an effective treatment to overcome traumatic experiences and to promote coherent autobiographical narratives in children.
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Psychological intervention in women victims of childhood sexual abuse: An open study-protocol of a randomized controlled clinical trial comparing EMDR psychotherapy and trauma-based cognitive therapy (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
Women victims of childhood sexual abuse receive either EMDR psychotherapy or trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy.
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Exploring EMDR with Trauma-Impacted Clients Using Video Therapy (University of Manitoba, 2022)
This project explored specific strategies and experiences of therapists adapting EMDR treatment to video-based services for trauma treatment.
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Eye-movement replay supports episodic remembering (Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences)
When we bring to mind something we have seen before, our eyes move in a sequential pattern very similar to the original encounter.
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EMDR Therapy, PTSD and Treating Black Men and Adolescents
Dr. Allen Lipscomb, LCSW, associate professor, director of Minority Male Mentoring (M3) discusses how clinicians can help treat PTSD in Black men and adolescents who have experienced racial trauma.
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Can working memory account for EMDR efficacy in PTSD? (Preprint, BMC Psychology)
We examined whether the working memory (WM) hypothesis would provide an explanation for the beneficial effect of bilateral stimulation.
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What works? Lessons from a pretrial qualitative study to inform a multi-component intervention for refugees and asylum seekers: Learning through play and EMDR group traumatic episode protocol (Journal of Community Psychology)
Learning Through Play and EMDR Group Treatment Protocol designed to address parental mental health with refugees.
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Sensorimotor interaction against trauma (Frontiers in Neuroscience)
Our central hypothesis is that the triadic principle of feedback-synchrony-plasticity governs the adaptive capacity of the body-brain system.
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When Did ‘EMDR’ Change to ‘EMDR Therapy’?
In 2014, EMDR therapy founder Francine Shapiro wrote a short article in an EMDRIA Newsletter advocating for the terminology change from ‘EMDR’ to ‘EMDR Therapy.’
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EMDR Therapy with LGBTQ Populations
EMDR therapy can help heal the trauma of LGBTQ individuals caused by assault, sexual assault or LGBTQ conversion therapy. EMDR therapy can be used with LGBTQ populations.
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