In the News
EMDRIA’s Board of Directors announced that EMDRIA has “reached an agreement with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Beginning January 1, 2025, the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research (JEMDR) will be published by AAAS’s Science Partner Journal’s (SPJ) program.”
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EMDRIA member Megan Bigwood, LCMHC and business partner Ali’i (Bear) Alo are featured in St. George News article “This New Therapy ‘Brings You Down to Earth’ While Having A Knockout Impact on Healing.” The article highlights their program Grow Your Mind Body & Spirit (GYM) which combines elements of EMDR therapy and boxing.
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New York Times bestselling author Bassey Ikpi writes from her experience in BET article “Unlocking Healing: My Intensive Journey with EMDR Therapy.” Ikpi writes about her experience with EMDR therapy, and how one day of intensive EMDR therapy contributed to her understanding of trauma and healing. Ipki writes a follow up article “Rediscovering Myself: The Continuing Journey of EMDR Therapy” also in BET, sharing “the transformative effects continue to unfold.”
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EMDR therapy is the focus of this Fox 8 News video clip “Don’t Want to Talk? This Popular Therapy Helps Patients Heal from Trauma.” EMDRIA Board President and Member Marisol Solarte-Erlacher, LPC is interviewed.
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The psychological impact of the severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight could be eased with EMDR therapy says The Times of India article “Indigestion in Mind: Passengers of Turbulence-hit SIA Flight Inflicted Psychological Scars, Experts Say.”
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Comedian Atheer Yacoub shares she is utilizing EMDR therapy to work through “deep-seated trauma” from living through bombings in Ramallah in NCPR article “Palestinian American Comedian Atheer Yacoub Explores Life as a Muslim Woman Through Humor.”
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In the campus protest news this month, EMDR therapy is mentioned as a trauma therapy “a form of counseling used to help someone cope with an emotionally difficult event” in Indiana Daily Student article “Local, Independent Therapists Offering Free Trauma Therapy for Arrested Protesters.”
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EMDRIA member Paula Merucci, LCSW is interviewed in Behavioral Health Integration podcast “Unravelling EMDR Therapy: A Comprehensive Discussion With Paula P. Merucci.”
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Article “Prince Harry Behind Rise in ‘Tapping Therapy’ Demand” revisits Prince Harry’s experience with EMDR therapy and a resulting “boom in depend for private and NHS appointments in Britain, as therapists say EMDR now has ‘street cred’ and is proving popular among Gen Z.”
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People article “Natalie Joy Opens Up About Past Childhood Trauma and How Therapy Helps Her and Nick Viall” mentions EMDR therapy as treatment choice for Natalie Joy.
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Earl Charles Spencer reports that he underwent EMDR therapy, the same therapy for trauma that Prince Harry had in The U.S. Sun article “Inside Prince Harry’s relationship with relative who supported him through ‘most horrifying half an hour of his life.” The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) is quoted: “EMDR therapy can help you process experiences that are having an impact on your mental health and wellbeing.”
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Prince Harry makes EMDR headlines again in Mirror article “Prince Harry’s Unusual Therapy That Reset his Brain and Got Him Out of ‘Fight or Flight’ Mode.”
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In a nod to Mental Health Awareness Month, Ian Astbury, the frontman of the band The Cult destigmatizes mental health treatment and states that “EMDR is amazing, by the way…” in BraveWords article “Slash, Sully Erna, Jacoby Shaddix and Others Discuss Managing their Mental Health.”
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Globe Echo mentions EMDR therapy for processing traumatic memories in article “The Dangers of Emotional Disconnection From Your Physical Self, According to a Psychologist.”
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In New Zealand, Ōtāne School invited EMDR therapy into its school to help children recover in response to Cyclone Gabrielle. Hawke’s Bay Today article “Ōtāne School students learn post-cyclone trauma tools” discusses how EMDR clinician Dr. Chris Neuenfeldt helped provide this service.
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EMDRIA members Carrie Nyitrai and Rochelle Lee share that EMDR therapy is the therapy of choice for children in their Thunder Bay, ON wellness center in “New Child-Focused Therapy Available in Thunder Bay.”
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Fox23 News Cape Girardeau reports how “Handling Acute Stress After Severe Weather” can create post-traumatic stress reactions and suggests EMDR therapy for reprocessing trauma after recent storms in Missouri.
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Behavioral Health Business article “Trauma-Informed Approach Enhances Substance Use Disorder Care, Appeals to Payers” discusses the link between traumatic experiences and an increase in the likelihood of substance use disorders. The article mentions EMDR therapy as a trauma-informed treatment approach.
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Article “After Brutal Car Accident Doctors Said She Would Never Run Again. Two Years Later, She Ran a Half Marathon” in Today shared Kaylen Ardiles-Cervera’s story of recovery from a car crash. Kaylen states that EMDR therapy was part of her recovery process.
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EMDR therapy is mentioned as therapy for overcoming childhood trauma in The Financial Express article “How Do Our Childhood Traumatic Events Shape Our Perspective As Adults?”
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Date
May 31, 2024