EMDR Therapists Archives

Affect-Focused EMDR: Clinical Strategies for Working with Relational Trauma (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This theoretical article explores affect-focused EMDR, which posits that the reprocessing of affect is central to the EMDR process, rather than the reprocessing of memories or mental representations.

Effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing on intensity of primary dysmenorrhea: A randomized controlled trial (Discover Mental Health)

The present study aimed to determine the effect of desensitization based on EMDR on dysmenorrhea intensity and menstrual distress.

Educational, but demanding: The experience of therapists in an intensive inpatient trauma treatment program (Frontiers in Psychology)

This study aimed to explore therapists’ experiences in an intensive trauma treatment program (ITTP). Our research questions were: How did the therapist experience working within the ITTP, and how did the treatment program influence them as trauma therapists?

EMDR therapy with unpaid carers of people living with dementia and other neurodegenerative conditions: Practical application ideas (EMDR Therapy Quarterly, 2025)

This article discusses EMDR therapy as having a significant place in unpaid carer interventions and presents a range of ideas about how to do this.

Perceived feasibility of group EMDR therapy among disaster-affected adolescents in Turkey: A convergent mixed-methods study (Preprint, BMC Psychiatry)

This study aimed to evaluate how symptom severity and psychological resilience influence adolescents’ perceptions of the feasibility of EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol.

Effects of EMDR vs. waiting list for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (Journal of Affective Disorders)

A systematic review and meta-analysis following PRISMA 2020 guidelines to evaluate EMDR versus waiting list in adults with PTSD.

Effectiveness of EMDR therapy on cognitive performances in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and complex post-traumatic stress disorder: A 6-month follow-up study (European Psychiatry)

The aim of this study is to assess cognitive functioning in response to treatment using EMDR therapy.

Exploring the clinical applications and implications of EMDR therapy for PTSD in forensic settings: A systematic review (European Psychiatry)

The aim of this study is to conduct a systematic review, following PRISMA guidelines, to assess the efficacy and evidence supporting the use of EMDR therapy for PTSD within forensic settings

Developing Maternal Efficacy While Living in a Second Culture: How EMDR Can Help

Christine Forte, EMDRIA member, discusses ways that EMDR therapy can help mothers giving birth in a second culture.

Yoga as a pre-treatment of EMDR to treat childhood abuse-related PTSD: Feasibility and pilot study (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This study aimed to test the efficacy of group yoga sessions followed by individual EMDR sessions on PTSD symptoms.

I feel pain, not pressure: A personal and methodological reflection on pain during cesarean delivery (American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology)

An experience-based article recounting pain during cesarean delivery, resulting PTSD, subsequent EMDR treatment, and a review of the evolution of cesarean delivery-based pain literature.

Successful treatment of secondary hypersomnia due to complex post-traumatic stress disorder with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A case report (Clocks & Seep)

This report explored the relationship between psychological trauma in complex PTSD and secondary hypersomnia, and clinical improvement after EMDR therapy in hypersomnolence and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS).

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