Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing for Children and Adolescents With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Narrative Review (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
There is currently a limited number of studies into the efficacy of EMDR therapy with children and adolescents with PTSD.
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A Clinician’s Guide to the Efficacy of EMDR Therapy
Volume 13, Issue 4 of the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research (JEMDR) is conceptualized as a guide for clinicians, including articles about the use of EMDR therapy across a range of populations, diagnoses, and symptom clusters.
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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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