EMDR as Add-On Treatment for Psychiatric and Traumatic Symptoms in Patients with Substance Use Disorder (Frontiers in Psychology)
Study to assess the efficacy of a combined trauma-focused and addiction-focused EMDR intervention in patients with substance use disorders.
Read MoreTreating obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy: An ethno-phenomenological case series (International Journal of Psychotherapy)
This case-series design study explored EMDR Therapy with clients with OCD, who had received previous treatment but were still symptomatic.
Read MoreEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in Complex Trauma and Dissociation: Reflections on Safety, Efficacy and the Need for Adapting Procedures (Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma & Dissociation)
Considerations for EMDR in complex trauma & dissociation: emotional dysregulation, collaborative decision-making, and progressive BLS.
Read MoreEye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy as a treatment for depression (Kansas State University)
Thesis examining the efficacy of EMDR therapy as a treatment for unipolar depression. Results provide preliminary evidence of efficacy.
Read MoreEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures (Guilford, 2018)
This fundamental text by EMDR founder Francine Shapiro outlines the basic principles, protocols and procedures of EMDR therapy.
Read MoreEmotionally focused therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: An integrated treatment to heal the trauma of infidelity (Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice)
Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) and EMDR were utilized conjointly as a means to heal trauma related to infidelity in couple therapy.
Read MoreThe Role of Slow Wave Sleep in Memory Pathophysiology: Focus on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (Frontiers in Psychology)
At a neurobiological level, memories recorded during extreme stressful situations cause maximal amygdalar synapses, storing the events.
Read MoreEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Slow Wave Sleep: A Putative Mechanism of Action (Frontiers in Psychology)
The slow wave sleep hypothesis tries to explain how EMDR works and is discussed in light of other theories and neurobiological findings.
Read MoreThe effect of EMDR and CBT on low self-esteem in a general psychiatric population: A randomized controlled trial (Frontiers in Psychology)
Study investigating effectiveness of EMDR and CBT in enhancing self-esteem in a general psychiatric secondary health care population.
Read MoreThe effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing integrative group protocol with adolescent survivors of the central Italy earthquake (Frontiers in Psychology)
Study evaluating the use of EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol on adolescents after the earthquake in Central Italy on 24 August 2016.
Read MoreParticipant experiences of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing vs. cognitive behavioural therapy for grief: Similarities and differences (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
Study sought to explore participants’ experiences of two therapeutic approaches to grief: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and EMDR.
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