Peer-Reviewed Archives

Comparison of two treatments for traumatic stress: A community-based study of EMDR and prolonged exposure (Journal of Clinical Psychology)

Both EMDR and prolonged exposure produced significant reduction in PTSD and depression symptoms, maintained at 3-month follow-up.

This article reviews the historical context and empirical research of EMDR over the past 12 years since its introduction.

Does relief of distress from competing visuospatial sketchpad tasks during imaginal exposure come at the cost of impaired desensitization?

We propose that EMDR’s eye movements facilitate the orienting response, i.e., the attentional adjustment to unexpected stimuli.

Treatment on complex of symptomatology that includes grief, PTSD, anxiety, and self-esteem comparing EMDR & guided mourning (GM) treatments.

Francine Shapiro discusses EMDR treatment evolution and integration in psychotherapy with a strong theoretical, clinical, and research base.

An early meta-analysis of EMDR therapy.

This paper explores how EMDR combines ego-state therapy with eye movements (EMs) to produce a powerful psychotherapy method.

Analysis of emotional information processing, emphasizing the neural foundations that underlie the experience and expression of fear.

EMDR for panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA) was compared with waiting list and credible attention-placebo control groups.

Self-healing using EMDR is discussed from the perspectives of other psychotherapeutic approaches to understand the contribution of EMDR.

Suggested uses of EMDR and EMDR adaptations to intervene in multiple reality disorder, provide a safe format for processing traumatic material.