Families/Parents Archives

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.

Bolstering family therapy: Assimilating EMDR into ABFT in youth and residential treatment (Family Process)

This article explores how EMDR therapy can be integrated with Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT) for youth in residential psychiatric treatment.

Eye movements desensitization and reprocessing with finger movements and Elite mobile health software on guilt feeling of parents of children with autism: A randomized trial (Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing)

This randomized controlled trial (RCT) examined the impact of different ways to reduce guilt in parents of autistic children, including EMDR therapy.

EMDR group therapy: Emerging principles and protocols for trauma and beyond (Springer, 2023)

This 23 chapter book provides both theoretical background and practical applications of using EMDR therapy in group settings with a variety of populations.

EMDR Therapy and Intergenerational Trauma

EMDRIA member Viviana Urdaneta discusses how EMDR therapy can help heal intergenerational trauma.

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.

An integrative treatment model of EMDR and family therapy for children with severe symptomatology after child abuse and neglect: A SCED study (Children and Youth Services Review)

Children who endured child abuse and neglect may develop a spectrum of symptoms beyond posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) alone.

EMDR Therapy with Foster Care and Adoption Trauma

EMDR therapist Rachel Harrison, LCPC, NCC discusses how EMDR therapy can help adoptees, foster children, parents, and guardians in this episode of Let’s Talk EMDR podcast.

Testing an attachment- and trauma-informed intervention approach for parents and young children after interparental violence: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial (BMC Trials)

Effective treatment combinations for traumatized parents and their young children after interparental violence.

Terapia EMDR con Niños Víctimas de Explotación Sexual

El trabajo en el campo del maltrato infantil requiere de los profesionales de la salud mental tengan un entrenamiento específico, conozcan las características de la problemática y estén entrenados en el reconocimiento de los indicadores de riesgo.

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