Healing Children through Integrating Play & Art Therapy with EMDR Therapy

Integration of play/art therapy throughout each of the 8 phases of EMDR Therapy is a powerful healing process for children with trauma.

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EMDR and Nonpharmacological Techniques for Anxiety Prevention in Children Prior to Invasive Medical Procedures: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Nonpharmacological Techniques (NPT) have been suggested as an efficient & safe means to reduce pain & anxiety in invasive medical procedures.

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Research Review: Psychological and psychosocial treatments for children and young people with post-traumatic stress disorder: a network meta-analysis (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)

Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy appears to be most effective for PTSD in youth. EMDR is effective but to a lesser extent.

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Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment associated with parent management training (PMT) for the acute symptoms in a patient with PANDAS syndrome: a case report (Italian Journal of Pediatrics)

Results indicate the possibility of improving the treatment outcomes of patients with PANDAS by a combining antibiotic and EMDR therapies.

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EMDR Group Treatment of Children Refugees—A Field Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The growth in refugees fleeing from persecution, terrorism, and war-torn countries, there is an urgent need for therapeutic interventions.

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Perspectives in Practice: Navigating the Child Welfare System as an EMDR Therapist

EMDRIA members Marshall Lyles and Anne-Marie Brown discuss navigating the child welfare system as an EMDR Therapist.

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Exploring the Intersection of EMDR and Play Therapy

EMDRIA member Ann Beckley-Forest explores the Intersection of EMDR Therapy and Play Therapy.

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Exploring the Intersection of EMDR and Play Therapy

Children learn mostly through action & imaginative experimentation, not through verbal reflection/imagery as adults using EMDR.

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Flip the Script: Messaging to Heal the Parent-Child Connection

Parent-child bonds are important for healing. Learn how to foster a supportive atmosphere and enhance a child’s self-perception.

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Perspectives in Practice: Navigating the Child Welfare System as an EMDR Therapist

Treating children in a child welfare system can complicate EMDR treatment. Learn skills to help this population.

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Using EMDR Therapy with Suicidal Children and Adolescents

Little is known about younger children and suicide and even less has been written about using EMDR with suicidal children and teenagers.

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Parents as Partners: Enhancing Co-Regulation and Coherence through an Integration of Play Therapy and EMDR

Parents are important partners for healing childhood trauma. Discover the transformative role of co-regulation.

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