Dying to survive: Insights from EMDR trauma treatment with men in a high security hospital (Routledge, 2026)

This chapter discusses integrating EMDR therapy in trauma treatment in a high-security hospital setting with male perpetrators.

EMDR service evaluation: The impact of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing on symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and risk in high secure forensic patients (EMDR Therapy Quarterly, 2025)

This study aims to measure the efficacy of EMDR in reducing symptoms of PTSD and related risk to self and others in patients from an NHS high secure hospital with a psychiatric diagnosis of serious mental disorder and PTSD, utilising third-party nursing observations from patients’ notes.

Using EMDR to treat combat-related trauma: A prison-based clinical case study (EMDR Therapy Quarterly, 2025)

This case study explores efficacy of EMDR for combat-related trauma (CRT) and summarises how EMDR was used to help two former soldiers, now in prison, who were suffering from CRT. 

EMDR Therapy for Survivors of Domestic Violence: A Trauma-Informed Approach

Vanessa Vaughter, EMDRIA member and expert on domestic violence, shares insights regarding EMDR therapy in situations with intimate partner violence.

Personal Experiences of EMDR Therapy within Secure Services (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This study aimed to develop an understanding of personal experiences of EMDR therapy within secure services or forensic populations.

Addiction focused EMDR therapy to treat sexual addiction in an individual with a sexual offense history: Self-report and wearable device report in a single case design (Sexual Health & Compulsivity)

This study investigated the efficacy of Addiction Focused EMDR (AF-EMDR) therapy interventions in patients struggling with sexual addiction, and aimed to determine if AF-EMDR therapy reduced craving for explicit content and other symptoms of sexual addiction.

Exploring the clinical applications and implications of EMDR therapy for PTSD in forensic settings: A systematic review (European Psychiatry)

The aim of this study is to conduct a systematic review, following PRISMA guidelines, to assess the efficacy and evidence supporting the use of EMDR therapy for PTSD within forensic settings

Response to: ‘A randomised controlled trial of eye movement desensitization and re-processing (EMDR) in forensic services and in prison’ – Letter to the editor (Medicine, Science and the Law)

A response to Every-Palmer et al. (2025) study welcoming continued dialogue for EMDR work in prison settings.

A randomised controlled trial of eye movement desensitization and re-processing (EMDR) in forensic services and in prison (Medicine, Science and the Law)

This article in Medicine, Science and the Law journal has no abstract.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) within prisons and the criminal justice system (Medicine, Science and the Law)

An editorial on traumatic stress within the criminal justice system, and how EMDR therapy can help.

Integration of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in a prison-based therapeutic community (Routledge, 2024)

This chapter addresses the utilization of EMDR therapy in a prison-based therapeutic community (TC).

EMDR Therapy in Correctional Settings

EMDR therapy’s adaptive information processing (AIP) model views that we all have the innate ability to heal. This goes hand in hand with the emerging research…