Families/Parents Archives

EMDR therapy with unpaid carers of people living with dementia and other neurodegenerative conditions: Practical application ideas (EMDR Therapy Quarterly, 2025)

This article discusses EMDR therapy as having a significant place in unpaid carer interventions and presents a range of ideas about how to do this.

Developing Maternal Efficacy While Living in a Second Culture: How EMDR Can Help

Christine Forte, EMDRIA member, discusses ways that EMDR therapy can help mothers giving birth in a second culture.

Healing Young Hearts: Treating Attachment Trauma in Children with EMDR Therapy

This podcast explores the potential of EMDR therapy for children struggling with attachment trauma with guest Debra B. Wesselmann, MS, LIMHP.

EMpower Parents: Effectiveness of EMDR treatment for parental PTSD related to a child’s medical condition in a randomized controlled trial (BMC Psychology)

A study examining the effect of brief EMDR treatment (offered in-person or online, compared to waitlist control) in reducing PTSD symptoms and comorbid symptoms for parents of children with medical conditions.

Healing the Past: EMDR Therapy for Generational Trauma

Susan Weissbach Friedman, breaks down how traumatic patterns can be passed down through families—and how EMDR helps disrupt that cycle.

Short- and long-term effectiveness of brief intensive trauma treatment for adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder and their caregivers: Protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial (JMIR Research Protocols)

This study tests the effectiveness of a 1 week brief intensive trauma treatment (BITT) that includes EMDR therapy for adolescents with PTSD and their caregivers.

Feasibility and acceptability of integrating principles of sensory regulation, Theraplay®, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, and dyadic-developmental psychotherapy (STEDi) with adoptive families: A framework analysis (Journal of Child and Family Studies)

This study aimed to establish feasibility and explore acceptability of an integrative developmental trauma intervention for adoptive families.

EMDR Therapy for Caregivers of Neurodivergent Clients

This podcast explores the unique challenges caregivers of neurodivergent individuals face and how EMDR therapy can help.

Effect of desensitization with eye movement and reprocessing on depression in parents of autistic children (Pajouhan Scientific Journal)

This study aimed to determine the effect of desensitization with eye movement and reprocessing on depression of parents of children with autism.

Parent-child EMDR therapy for children aged 0-4 years: Protocol, pilot-data, and case study (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

This article describes the Parent-Child EMDR protocol for children (0–4 years) and provides a summary of a pilot study with 18 children aged 0–4 years, illustrated with a case study.

‘Please, see me’; Informal and professional support of students with relatives with addiction problems: A three-year longitudinal qualitative study (BMC Public Health)

This study aims to examine: (1) young adult family members’ experiences with informal and professional support in coping with the impact of relatives’ addiction problems and (2) how these experiences evolve over time.

Healing Families: How EMDR Therapy Can Help

Delve into how EMDR can help families heal from trauma, improve communication, & strengthen relationships with guest Amy Wagner, LMFT, LMHC.

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