EMDR Therapy and Anxiety

Anxiety affects four percent of the world’s population EMDR-certified therapist Nancy Andino, LCSW, CASAC explains how EMDR therapy can help.

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Integrating compassion into EMDR for PTSD (OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine)

A protocol for integrating compassion focused techniques into EMDR therapy with the aim of facilitating adaptive information processing.

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The impact on eye movement and desensitization reprocessing of incomplete memory in a drug-facilitated rape: A single case study (Journal of Trauma and Dissociation)

Case study of EMDR for symptoms following a drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA), with adaptations to address an incomplete trauma memory.

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Commentary: EMDR, RCTs, and the proliferation of trademarked acronyms (Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy)

The present situation is untenable in our opinion because any clever entrepreneur can claim a new method and trademark a new acronym.

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“Without it, I am not sure I would still be here”: A mixed methods service evaluation for online EMDR trauma therapy in a primary care network in England (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

Article findings underscore the potential of EMDR and online EMDR as an accessible and effective approach within primary care settings.

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Management of anxiety using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy in children undergoing extraction: A randomized controlled pilot study (Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine)

Evaluating anxiety trends in pediatric dental patients during local anesthesia and extraction with and without EMDR therapy.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in prison and forensic services: A qualitative study of lived experience (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Limited research on EMDR in forensic mental health is unfortunate given how common PTSD is in mentally unwell offenders.

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In the News: November 27, 2023

EMDRIA members are featured in various articles and interviews discussing EMDR therapy in this edition of In the News.

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Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline for mental, neurological and substance use disorders (World Health Organization)

International guidance for the management of mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) conditions. Recommendations include EMDR therapy as treatment for conditions related to stress.

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EMDR Therapy and Intergenerational Trauma

EMDRIA member Viviana Urdaneta discusses how EMDR therapy can help heal intergenerational trauma.

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A pragmatic randomized controlled exploratory trial of the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy for psychotic disorder (Journal of Psychiatric Research)

Study shows that EMDR can reduce the impact of traumatic events for patients with a psychotic disorder in a clinical setting in the UK.

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EMDR Therapy for Religious and Spiritual Trauma

Listen to Cassidy DuHadway, LCSW, discuss adverse religious experiences and how they lead to belief systems that present as complex trauma.

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