The Effects of Bilateral Eye Movements on EEG Coherence When Recalling a Pleasant Memory (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Participants were exposed to bilateral eye movements during the contemplation of a positive memory and measured with electroencephalographies.

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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Treatment of Nightmares: A Case Report (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Client with depression and chronic nightmares was treated with EMDR and Luber’s (2010) protocol for nightmare processing.

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Compassion-Focused EMDR (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Compassion-focused therapy was developed to help people where shame and self-criticism inhibited progress in therapy.

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EMDR With Traumatized Refugees: From Experience-Based to Evidence-Based Practice (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Although EMDR is practiced with resettled refugees, only five small studies have been conducted on EMDR with this population.

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The Effectiveness of EMDR in Reducing Psychological Distress in Survivors of Natural Disasters: A Review (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The Humanitarian Assistance Programme has attempted to address mental health needs by providing EMDR to natural disaster survivors.

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Facilitating access to emotions: Neural signature of EMDR stimulation (PLoS ONE)

This study examined whether there is increased activation of the amygdala during bilateral stimulation (BLS) in EMDR therapy.

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Efficacy of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing for patients with posttraumatic-stress disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (PLOS One)

The first meta-analysis of clinical studies by investigating the effects of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.

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EMDR interview Francine Shapiro

In this video, Joany Spierings of the EMDR Netherlands Association (Vereniging EMDR Nederland) interviews EMDR founder Francine Shapiro.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for posttraumatic stress disorder in bipolar disorder (Psychiatry Investigation)

There is evidence that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more prevalent in patients with bipolar disorder.

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Treating addictions with EMDR and the stages of change (Springer, 2014)

This book provides a practical roadmap to using the Stages of Change Model and EMDR therapy for effectively treating addictions.

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Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: What works in children with posttraumatic stress symptoms? A randomized controlled trial (European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

Forty-eight children (8–18 years) were randomly assigned to eight sessions of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy or EMDR.

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Potential of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (Psychological Research and Behavior Management)

Recently, research attention has been focused on the types of memory processes involved in PTSD and hypothesized neurobiological processes.

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