Francine Shapiro Ph.D. EMDR Webinar “The Past is Present”

Shapiro video presentation “The Past is Present: Understanding the Effects of Unprocessed Memories and Using EMDR Therapy in Treatment.”

Third Research Study on the Provision of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol with Child Victims of Severe Interpersonal Violence (Iberoamerican Journal of Psychotraumatology and Dissociation)

EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol and Individual EMDR Therapy Protocol for kids who attended a trauma recovery camp.

Pilot Research Study on the Provision of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol with Female Cancer Patients (

Study suggests EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol can support cancer patients with PTSD symptoms related to their diagnosis & treatment.

Second Research Study on the Provision of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol with Child Victims of Severe Interpersonal Violence (Iberoamerican Journal of Psychotraumatology and Dissociation)

EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol with children victims of interpersonal trauma (e.g., rape, violence, neglect, abandonment).

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of trauma with mild intellectual disabilities: A case study (Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities)

Paper exploring the effectiveness of EMDR therapy in an individual with mild intellectual disabilities currently detained in secure care.

Guidelines for Clinical Supervision in Health Service Psychology (American Psychological Association)

The Guidelines on Supervision were developed as a resource to inform education & training on implementation of competency-based supervision.

Child Dissociative Checklist (CDC) (Springer, 2014)

The child dissociative checklist (CDC) is a tool that compiles observations by an adult observer regarding a child’s behaviors.

Operational guidance, mental health & psychosocial support programming for refugee operations (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

International guidance for mental health and psychosocial support for refugee populations and settings.

Psychological therapies for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews)

This review looked at 70 studies and shows support for the efficacy of trauma-focused CBT and EMDR for chronic PTSD in adults.

Treating PTSD in patients with psychosis: A within-group controlled feasibility study examining the efficacy and safety of evidence-based PE and EMDR protocols (Behavior Therapy)

This feasibility trial suggests that PTSD patients with comorbid psychotic disorders benefit from trauma-focused treatment such as PE & EMDR.

The impact of eye movements and tones on disturbing memories involving PTSD and other mental disorders (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

Study was aimed at investigating the effects of taxing working memory in EMDR during recall of negative memories in 32 patients with PTSD.

Blurring of emotional and non-emotional memories by taxing working memory during recall (Cognition and Emotion)

This study tested whether recalling memories while performing eye movements (which tax working memory) would blur memories more than recall alone, and found that this effect reduced the vividness of negative (but not neutral) memories.