Trauma-focused treatments for refugee children and adolescents with PTSD: A three-arm randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of EMDR and KIDNET versus a waitlist control group (the KIEM study) (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
This study evaluated the efficacy of EMDR and Narrative Exposure Therapy for Children (KIDNET), in reducing PTSD symptoms, behavioural and emotional symptoms and improving quality of life in refugee children and adolescents in the Netherlands, compared to a waitlist control group.
EMDR in working with migrants and refugees: Trauma therapy in an intercultural context (Trauma and Migration, Springer, 2026)
This chapter explains the neurobiological basis of EMDR, its eight-phase protocol, and how the method can be adapted in intercultural contexts.
Holding the Whole: EMDR Consultation and Training with Clinicians Serving Refugee Communities
EMDRIA member Sherry Yam invites EMDR consultants to consider consultation as a trauma-informed system of care.
The Political Nervous System: EMDR, Migration, and Mental Health in a Time of Fear
Liliana Baylon, EMDRIA member, encourages EMDR therapists to reflect on how to attune to clients affected by shifting political views on immigration.
Applicability and effectiveness of group EMDR therapy for forced migrants (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This retrospective pilot study evaluates the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a modified EMDR GTEP protocol tailored for migrant populations at a regional psychotrauma centre in Europe.
Impact of EMDR on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among urban refugees in Nairobi, Kenya (International Journal of Clinical Science and Medical Research)
The study examined the impact of EMDR on PTSD symptoms among a select group of urban refugees seeking services at an international non-governmental organization in Nairobi.
Affect-Focused EMDR: Clinical Strategies for Working with Relational Trauma (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This theoretical article explores affect-focused EMDR, which posits that the reprocessing of affect is central to the EMDR process, rather than the reprocessing of memories or mental representations.
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.
The Flash Technique as an Effective Low-Intensity Intervention for Migrants at the U.S. Point of Entry (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This study explores the EMDR therapy Flash Technique (FT) as a one-time intervention for newly arrived migrants.
EMDR Therapy, Cultural Humility, and the Healing Journeys of Migrant and BIPOC Families
Liliana Baylon, EMDRIA member, discusses rooting EMDR therapy in cultural humility when working with BIPOC and migrant families.
Διαταραχή μετατραυματικού στρες σε πρόσφυγες και θεραπευτικές παρεμβάσεις βασισμένες στη γνωσιακή συμπεριφορική προσέγγιση: Συστηματική ανασκόπηση (Psychiatriki)
Post-traumatic stress disorder in refugees and therapeutic interventions based on cognitive behavioral approach: A systematic review
Effectiveness of trauma-focused treatments for refugee children: A systematic review and meta-analyses (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
A systematic review and meta-analyses were conducted to provide an overview of, and to analyse, intervention studies using PTSD measures in young refugees.
