In the News
EMDR therapy will be offered at the Women’s Wellness (Spa)ce, a drop-in wellness center with a founding team of Ashley Biden, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Daily Mail article “Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Team Up With Joe Biden’s Social Worker Daughter Ashley to Build ‘Trauma-Informed’ Wellness Centre” shares that the goal of the center to be a “‘drop-in space where women can eat a healthy meal, hit the treadmill or box, listen to guided meditation, and access therapies including EMDR and infrared saunas.” Page Six also covers this news, quoting Ashley: “I was able to get great treatment, and so I’ve been able to take some of those things that I’ve learned in therapy and use them as well. EMDR [eye movement desensitization and reprocessing] did wonders for me when it came to my brother’s death,” she said, referring to the passing of her brother, Beau Biden, who died from brain cancer at the age of 46 in 2015.”
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Harvard Health Publishing article “Sexual Violence Can Cast a Long Shadow on Health” recommends EMDR therapy as a trauma-focused psychotherapy for people who have experience sexual violence.
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EMDRIA member Terri Keener, LCSW shares about EMDR therapy and equine work as trauma therapy for first responders still healing from the UNLV shooting tragedy in 3News article “Valley First Responders Learn Trauma Therapy Using Horses.”
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EMDR therapy is mentioned as a helpful treatment for skier Drew Petersen as he worked through his suicidal thinking and mental health journey in The Guardians‘ “Skier Drew Petersen on Shredding Powder and Stigmas Around Mental Health.”
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Forbes article “How to Deal With PTSD Symptoms At Work” recommends EMDR therapy for folks dealing with PTSD symptoms in their workplace settings.
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EMDR therapy is included as an advancement in the field of mental health in Next Avenue’s article “A Look at the Groundbreaking Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health 25 Years Later.”
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EMDRIA members Elaine Wynne and Jonna Phillips, LMFT are both mentioned as key changemakers in offering EMDR therapy to veterans in Minnesota Women’s Press article “Good News: Helping Veterans, Through Changemaking Perseverance.”
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EMDR therapy is examined as treatment for OCD in Medical News Today’s article “EMDR for OCD: Does it Help?”
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Date
December 27, 2024
