Disabilities Archives

EMDR Therapy for Persons with Disabilities

According to the WHO, 16 percent of the global population experience significant disability. How can EMDR therapists these clients?

The Impact and Adaptation of EMDR Therapy on the Taiwanese Deaf University Students (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Using EMDR with deaf adolescents adapting to hearing-dominated universities helped students stabilizing emotional arousal quickly.

EMDR in Three Adults With Severe Intellectual Disability and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Multiple-Baseline Evaluation (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Effectiveness of EMDR therapy using the storytelling method in three adults with severe intellectual disability and PTSD.

Clinicians’ experiences of learning to use eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy with people with intellectual disabilities: A qualitative study (Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities)

The current study interviewed newly trained EMDR therapists working in intellectual disability services.

EMDR treatment for people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review about difficulties and adaptations (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

A systematic review to identify difficulties and adaptations in using EMDR therapy with people with intellectual disabilities (ID).

EMDRIA Members Respond: Community Cultural Wealth for International Day of Persons with Disabilities

EMDR therapists can celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities by using the lens of Community Cultural Wealth to identify internal and external resources in their clients.

Pilot research study: Utilizing the EMDR integrative group treatment protocol online to help parents with the stresses of having a special needs child (Springer, 2023)

Six parents of special needs children were given assessments before treatment, immediately after and one-month after EMDR treatment.

Neuro EMDR: Applying EMDR therapy with clients who have impaired cognitive abilities (EMDR Therapy Quarterly)

Can EMDR be effective with adults who have experienced a brain injury or are experiencing other cognitive difficulties?

Affirm Your Practice

Read case vignettes that affirm using EMDR therapy with neurodiverse clients in this article from Go With That Magazine.

EMDRIA Members Respond: Identity Representation for Persons with Disabilities

EMDRIA members discuss disability and identity and how they inform, strengthen, and or challenge EMDR practice.

Safety, feasibility, and efficacy of EMDR Therapy in adults with PTSD and mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning and mental health problems: A multiple baseline study (Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities)

EMDR therapy was found to be safe, feasible, and (potentially) efficacious in decreasing PTSD symptoms for adults with MID-BIF.

From Trauma to Triumph: Cultural Resilience of People With Disabilities

This course explores ways to provide clients access to EMDR phases 3-8 to promote healing & build resiliency for clients with a disability.

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