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EMDR Therapy and Intergenerational Trauma

EMDR Therapy and Intergenerational Trauma Healing across generations: Using EMDR therapy for intergenerational trauma Trauma has a profound impact on individuals, families, and even entire communities. While the scars of…

TEDx Breckenridge: Being Understood as an Immigrant

EMDRIA Board of Directors Board Member Liliana Baylon, LMFT-S, RPT-S, discusses the immigrant experience, the nervous system, and seeing immigrants for who they are. Watch her talk. Back…

Pre-Post Study to Assess EMDR-Based Group Therapy for Traumatized Refugee Preschoolers

This pilot study examined eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)-based group treatment for preschool refugee children in German daycare centers.

EMDR Group Treatment of Children Refugees—A Field Study

Given the growth in the migration flow of refugees fleeing from persecution, terrorism, and war-torn countries to Europe, there is an urgent need for interventions for this highly traumatized population.

Évaluation du protocole EMDR de traitement en groupe d’épisodes traumatiques avec des réfugiés : une étude de terrain

En 2015, plus de 1,5 million de réfugiés sont arrivés en Allemagne, beaucoup d’entre eux gravement traumatisés. La thérapie de désensibilisation…

The EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol in a Psychosocial Program for Refugee Children: A Qualitative Pilot Study

The current study evaluated the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing integrative group treatment protocol (EMDR-IGTP) delivered within a novel psychosocial program for child refugees.

Evaluating the EMDR Group Traumatic Episode Protocol With Refugees: A Field Study

In 2015, more than 1.5 million refugees arrived in Germany, many severely traumatized. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy has been proven to be an effective treatment for acute and chronic traumatic stress symptoms.

Humanitarian Programs and Interventions in Turkey

The aim of this article is to underline the importance of basic elements of natural and man-made disasters in terms of organization, financing, training, and intervention.

Humanitarian Work Using EMDR in Palestine and the Arab World

The development of training in Arabic and provision of EMDR in areas of ongoing conflict including Palestine, Libya, Syria, and Iraq is described. Brief accounts of survivors of conflict, imprisonment, and torture.

EMDR With Traumatized Refugees: From Experience-Based to Evidence-Based Practice

Although EMDR is practiced with resettled refugees, only five small studies of limited quality have been conducted on EMDR with this population.

Psychophysiological Studies of EMDR

This article describes research on the effects of eye movements during authentic EMDR sessions of chronic PTSD in refugees with war and torture experiences and places this research in the context of other findings. The findings point to definite physiological effects of eye movements

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