EMDR and Phantom Limb Pain: Theoretical Implications, Case Study, and Treatment Guidelines (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Reviews of literature on EMDR treatment of somatic complaints and Shapiro’s AIP model in the treatment of phantom limb pain.

A Clinical Vignette: Resource Connection in EMDR Work With Children (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This vignette describes a procedure for drawing on and strengthening a child’s resources in all phases of EMDR treatment.

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.

Assessment of Psychophysiological Stress Reactions During a Traumatic Reminder in Patients Treated With EMDR (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This study investigates changes of stress-related psychophysiological reactions after treatment with EMDR. Sixteen patients with PTSD following type I trauma underwent psychometric and psychophysiological assessment during exposure to script-driven imagery before and after EMDR and at 6-month follow-up.

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.

Of sleep, memories and trauma (Nature Neuroscience)

Implications of memory during slow-wave sleep and potential uses for treating PTSD.

Reducing the vividness and emotional impact of distressing autobiographical memories: The importance of modality-specific interference (Memory)

This study shows that doing tasks that load the same type of working memory—eye movements for visual images, speaking for auditory images—reduces the vividness and emotional impact of those memories.

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.