In the News
EMDRIA member and researcher Itoro Udo is featured in Cambridge University Press’ BJPsych Advances Article of the Month “Creating More Pathways to Wellness: Harnessing EMDR Therapy” and points to four research articles highlighting the development of EMDR therapy:
- Udo, I., Javinsky, T-R., & Awani, T. (2022). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Part 1 – theory, procedure and use in PTSD. BJPsych Advances, 32, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2022.32
- Javinsky, T-R., Udo, I., & Awani, T. (2022). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Part 2 – wider use in stress and trauma conditions. BJPsych Advances, 31, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2022.31
- Udo, I., Javinsky, T-R., & McDaniel, C. (2023). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Part 3 – applications in physical health conditions. BJPsych Advances, Online, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2023.32
- Miller, P. (2024). The evolution and future of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy. BJPsych Advances, Online, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2024.25
The series includes an accompanying podcast here:
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EMDRIA member Patricia Alvarado, LCSW is featured in HipLatina article “Digame: Patricia Alvarado is Helping Latinxs to Heal From Generational Trauma” where she discusses her cultural roots and Latinx influences and inspiration.
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CatholicNewsAgency article “Religious Sister Speaks to 6,000 at National Eucaristic Congress About Mental Health” highlights EMDRIA member Sister Josephine Garrett, LPC as keynote speaker and advocate for mental health and EMDR: “… relational EMDR can help the client reprocess past relationships “so what was broken in the past doesn’t govern the present moment.”
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EMDRIA member Lynn Aguilar, LMFT is featured in OpenPR article “Therapist Lynn Aguilar Empowers Clients to Break Free from Diet Culture with EMDR Therapy and Intuitive Eating” which states “EMDR is a powerful therapeutic approach designed to help individuals reprocess traumatic memories and negative beliefs that often underlie disordered eating and body image issues. By addressing these deep-seated issues, Lynn helps her clients overcome feelings of not being good enough, perfectionism, and the relentless pressure to conform to societal beauty standards.”
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Refinery29 article “Why First-Gen Latines Often Have an Insecure Attachment Style” explores the journey of Viviana, Quinetero, and other Latina contributors on the difficulties of being a first generation child of an immigrant in the US. Viviana shares that EMDR therapy is part of her therapy process to “learn how to be in a relationship in a secure way.”
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EMDRIA member Elizabeth Wiggins, LCSW is featured as the EMDR trainer working to train therapists in this news reporting “Arkansas State Troopers to Utilize EMDR Therapy.” The Arkansas State Police is funding the EMDR training to help law enforcement officers. Each office can receive up to 12 free EMDR therapy sessions.
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EMDR therapy helps Canadian Olympic athlete Alysha Newman recover from “having to battle her own mind.” The Pinnacle Gazette’s article “Alysha Newman Makes Olympic History With Bronze Medal” shares more about Newman’s story.
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ASB Zeitung article “Trauma Expert: Relaxation is Important for Survivors” discusses the benefits of calming the nervous system as well as EMDR as a therapy option for accident survivors, like the survivors after the hotel collapse along the Mosel in Germany.
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EMDR therapy is discussed in depth in this The Conversation article “Hard-to-treat Traumas and Painful Memories May be Treatable with EMDR – a Trauma Therapist Explains Why It Is.”
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Walter Reed National Military Medical Center now offers EMDR therapy. The article ‘Walter Reed Offers Partial Hospitalization Program for Mental Health Care‘ states ““We are always looking at ways to adapt the program to meet the needs of our current patients and monitor trends in referrals,” said Quinn. She explained that this has led to incorporating trauma treatment into the general mental health program, including adding eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for post-traumatic stress.”
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EMDR therapy is one of several evidence-based treatments included in Texas A&M’s training program working to bring trauma-focused treatment to the Ukraine in light of the effects of mass violence and war. Texas A&M Today article “Texas A&M Welcomes Doctors From Ukraine For Mental Health Training” shares more about the efforts to provide trauma care in the midst of the “mental health emergency.”
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Psychology Today article “Treatment for Sexual Abusers and Sexual Abuse Victims” by Susan Lewis, PhD., J.D., a mental health professional, forensic psychologist, and attorney, discusses the need for society to treat sexual abusers and those who have been sexually abused and EMDR therapy is mentioned as treatment.
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van der Heijden et al. (2024) new research article in Current Biology looks at enhancing EMDR therapy treatment effects during sleep. Science Alert discusses the research findings in article “This Memory Exercise Could Help Reduce Severity of PTSD Symptoms.”
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Date
August 30, 2024
