Psychotherapy with survivors of sexual abuse and assault (Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience)

Authors discuss psychodynamic psychotherapy, trauma-focused CBT, and EMDR therapy to treat patients following sexual assault and abuse.

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How licensed EMDR and EFT clinicians integrate both models in couple therapy: A thematic analysis (California School of Professional Psychology Alliant International University, 2020)

Interviews with 13 clinicians dually trained in Emotionally focused Therapy (EFT) and EMDR on how they integrate both in couple therapy.

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From evil to live: A case study on a women’s journey through EMDR for severe trauma (Abuse: An international Impact Journal, 2020)

Effectiveness of EMDR combining aspects of Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) to reduce complex PTSD and life-threatening self-injury.

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EMDR intervention after a disaster: The Morandi Bridge collapse (Emergency Care Journal)

Survivors were treated with the EMDR Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol (R-TEP), resulting in reduced Impact of Event Scale-Revised scores.

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Psychological distress and quality of life are improved in autoimmune patients through Tandem-Psychotherapy, combining individual hypnosis and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment for trauma, followed by supportive-expressive group therapy (Clinical Rheumatology)

Tandem-Psychotherapy is effective for improving psychological symptoms and quality of life in autoimmune patients.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in children and adults with autism (Springer, 2020)

Feasibility of EMDR therapy in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and trauma symptoms and its clinical and scientific implications.

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Early psychological intervention following recent trauma: A systematic review and meta-analysis (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Early psychological interventions aim to prevent chronic difficulties. Findings for CBT-T, EMDR, and cognitive therapy without exposure were judged as clinically important.

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The EMDR recent birth trauma protocol: A pilot randomized clinical trial after traumatic childbirth (Psychology and Health)

This pilot study investigated the effectiveness of brief EMDR intervention compared to treatment-as-usual in women with post-partum PTSD.

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Empirically supported psychological treatments for adult acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder: A review (Depression and Anxiety)

Study found that trauma-focused CBT and to a lesser extent EMDR (due to fewer studies) are the psychological treatments of choice for PTSD.

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Efficacy of eye movement desensitization & reprocessing versus cognitive behavioral therapy in post-traumatic stress and depressive symptoms: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications)

This RCT protocol aims to compare the efficacy of EMDR and CBT in treating PTSD and depressive symptoms in Pakistan.

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Analyse et comparaison de discours de patients douloureux chroniques durant une thérapie de soutien par opposition à l’utilisation de la thérapie Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) (Pratiques Psychologiques)

L’objectif principal de ce travail s’est alors attaché à comparer le discours des patients durant l’utilisation de la thérapie EMDR en comparaison avec une thérapie de soutien, dans une Unité hospitalière de prise en charge de la douleur chronique.

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Medication versus trauma-focused psychotherapy for adults with posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis (Psychiatry Research)

There is insufficient evidence to determine whether SSRIs or trauma-focused psychotherapies are more effective for PTSD symptom reduction.

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