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Clinical Q&A: Getting Started with EMDR (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Question: I recently took the EMDR training, but I’m having trouble getting started with EMDR. What do you suggest?

Current Status and Future Directions for EMDR Research (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This review provides the groundwork for a basic understanding of articles written about EMDR, including a brief overview of theory and practice.

Using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to enhance treatment of couples (Journal of Marital and Family Therapy)

This article examines how EMDR therapy can enhance couples therapy.

Eye movement during recall reduces objective memory performance: An extended replication (Behaviour Research and Therapy)

Together, the findings suggest that the eye movement manipulation renders stimulus attributes less accessible for future recall.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the psychological treatment of trauma-based psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy)

A case study utilizing a non-controlled qualitative multiple revelatory case design, integrates EMDR into the psychological treatment of PNES patients with confirmed trauma experiences.

Effects of bilateral eye movements on gist based false recognition in the DRM paradigm (Brain and Cognition)

The effects of saccadic bilateral (horizontal) eye movements on gist based false recognition was investigated.

Utilization of EMDR in the treatment of sexual addiction: A case study (Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention)

EMDR as a specific intervention to help treat the issues of trauma in the etiology and treatment of sexual addiction.

Effects of EMDR on previously abused child molesters: Theoretical reviews and preliminary findings from Ricci, Clayton, and Shapiro (The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology)

Preliminary findings on using EMDR therapy to treat persistent deviant sexual interest in children from previously abused child molesters.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the treatment of panic disorder with agoraphobia (Clinical Case Studies)

Case study using EMDR to address early traumatic events as well as the present stimuli that caused presentation of panic disorder with agoraphobia.

Predicting treatment outcome on three measures of post-traumatic stress disorder (European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience)

Predictors of treatment outcome for PTSD after treatment and 15-months in trial of EMDR versus Imaginal Exposure and Cognitive Restructuring.

Responding to an identified need: A joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs training program in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for clinicians providing trauma services (International Journal of Stress Management)

A training program for EMDR psychotherapy was implemented with personnel from federal departments to fill the need for PTSD interventions.

A randomized clinical trial of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), fluoxetine, and pill placebo in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Treatment effects and long-term maintenance (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry)

Comparing the efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) fluoxetine, psychotherapeutic treatment EMDR, and pill placebo.

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