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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Improving Trauma Treatment: Examining the Effects of Different Levels of Activation in Online EMDR (Utrecht University, 2022)
This study for a master’s thesis investigated the effectiveness of different levels of activation and desensitization in online EMDR.
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The EMDR Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol With an Intensive Care Survivor: A Case Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Critical illness can lead to long term psychological distress for a significant proportion of intensive care survivors.
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Doing the Flash Technique Without Bilateral Stimulation and Without Prompted Blinking: Two Vignettes (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Two vignettes on the successful use of the Flash Technique (FT) without bilateral stimulation and prompted without blinking.
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EMDR in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India: A Short Report (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
During the period of the COVID-19 pandemic from the start of 2020 till late 2021, mental health services—seeking and providing—have gone through various changes and adaptations.
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Early Intervention Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Following Major Musculoskeletal Trauma: How Soon Is Too Soon? (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Major trauma centers have increased survival following serious physical injury, resulting in increased demand for specialist multidisciplinary rehabilitation.
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What Do We Know About EMDR Therapy Research? A Bibliometric Analysis (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Methods of bibliometric analysis are applied to publications on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy research.
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EMDR Therapy & PTSD
Wendy Byrd, LPC, LMFT, board of directors president of EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) discusses how EMDR therapy can help treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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The therapeutic relationship in EMDR therapy (Frontiers in Psychology)
Parallels between the therapeutic relationship and the development and core features of an attachment based relationship are discussed.
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The effects of psychological interventions on neurocognitive functioning in posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This systematic review examined whether psychological treatments including EMDR therapy for PTSD improve neurocognitive functioning related to memory, attention, information processing, and executive functioning.
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“When I am breathless now, I don’t have the fear that’s linked to it.” A case series on the potential of EMDR to break the dyspnea-anxiety cycle in COPD. (BMC Preprint)
Hypothesis that EMDR in patients with chronic obstructive COPD improves breathlessness mastery by decreasing the anxiety component.
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