In the News: August 29, 2025

In the News

EMDRIA member Dr. Deborah Korn is interviewed in Journal-News article “VOICES: Agencies Team Up to Bring Cutting-Edge PTSD Treatment to Butler County,” an article focused on EMDR therapy as treatment for PTSD in Butler County, OH. The article celebrates receiving public funding to train an additional 20 clinicians to provide EMDR therapy services in the county: “Our agencies count on public funding, so it’s important that we provide public benefit … by delivering the best possible services for the residents.”

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Newsbook Malta reports an EMDR therapy training event as part of “a significant step towards strengthening the nation’s psychological resilience. “Malta’s Mental Health Professionals Bolster Crisis Response Capabilities With Advanced Training” discusses the joint efforts of the Malta Chamber of Psychologists and the EMDR Association Malta to host the event.

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EMDR therapy was a crucial part of recovery for a British military service veteran, as reported in About Manchester article “Veteran Hails ‘Lifesaving’ Mental Health Support.”

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EMDRIA member Dr. Carla Natalucci-Hall is interviewed in YouTube video “EMDR for Performance Enhancement” where she advocates for EMDR as a way to enhance different areas of functioning.

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Psychiatric Times highlights natural disasters and names EMDR therapy as an evidence-based psychotherapy treatment for PTSD resulting from natural disasters in the article “Assessing and Treating PTSD in the Wake of Natural Disasters: Lessons From Katrina to Today.”

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EMDR therapy was a part of this first responder’s healing journey as reported in Vertical article From Rescuer to Survivor: A Coast Guard Pilot’s Journey Through Trauma and Recovery. “After years of flying daring Coast Guard rescue missions, Ryan Vandehei found himself battling a storm no checklist could prepare him for — and charting a new path toward healing.

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EMDRIA member Lauren Stern, LPC is highlighted as both a counselor who utilizes EMDR and art therapy and an artist whose recent pieces shown at a local art festival centered the lives of women and girls as reported in Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle‘s “Lauren Lazar Stern: Portrait of the Artist.”

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Firefighter Nation podcast ‘Ignite the Shift Within’ mentions EMDR therapy as a beneficial treatment for firefighters seeking better sleep, naming a complex relationship between sleep and mental health in “Crack the Code to Better Sleep” with Dr. Leah Kaylor, an FBI sleep expert.

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EMDR therapy is a “turning point” in his addiction recovery journey as reported in High Times article “Eric Zink Went to the Edge and Found a Way Back: His Take on Sobriety, Survival and Self-Awareness.” About EMDR, he states, “It uses your eye movement to pull trauma from the emotional side of your brain to the logical side… so that it no longer controls you.”

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