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EMDRIA member Katie Grant, LCPC, LMHC, LPC talks all about EMDR therapy in this YouTube video interview, “What is EMDR therapy?” with Jenny Hughes, PhD. “If you’ve ever wished someone would actually talk about what EMDR looks like in real life, this is that conversation.”
EMDR therapy has yet to become a familiar therapy for rural Pennsylvanians as Morning AgClips reports in “New Poll on Rural Pennsylvanians.” The article shares that while seven in ten rural PA residents are concerned about depression, there is still a stigma around mental health challenges.
NewsNow Omaha reports on EMDR therapy in “Understanding EMDR Therapy” highlighting EMDR therapists from a local therapy office sharing the ins and outs of EMDR therapy.
EMDRIA board member Dr. Timothy Vermillion shares how EMDR therapy “involves creating space in the mind for the patient to reduce focus on a jarring memory” and discusses the importance of harm reduction and suicide prevention for veterans in American Legion‘s “Healing the Mind Through Memory-Based Therapy.”
EMDR therapy is offered to Ukrainian servicemen, veterans and their families as part of the ‘Return’ project in the Khmelnytskyi region as Mezha reports in “Mental Health Center Opens in Khmelnytskyi for Veterans and Servicemen.”
Psychiatric Times article include EMDR therapy as an evidence-based therapy for PTSD in the article “Meeting the Needs of Veteran Patients.”
“Trauma-focused therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and EMDR, which is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, are among the most successful in treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder” as stated in the Missouri Ozarks based KY3 News Report “Veteran Suicide Rates 1.5% Higher than National Population.“
EMDRIA member Dr. Julia Alisha Andre discusses EMDR therapy in this South China Morning Post Wellness article, “EMDR Therapy Helped Miley Cyrus and Prince Harry, but How Does Bilateral Stimulation Work?”
Police Magazine article “Police-Led Mental Health Charity Expands to Include Veterans” discusses the expansion of services for peer-support programs and professional psychological support, including EMDR therapy, for veterans and officers in New York.
“Dual Diagnosis and EMDR Emerge as Critical Components in Trauma-Based Addiction Recovery” press release highlights Awkward Recovery IOP’s approach based in Austin, Texas: “The integration of dual diagnosis treatment with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is emerging as a game-changing approach that addresses both trauma and addiction simultaneously, leading to more sustainable recovery outcomes.”
Fans of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives may have seen Mikayla in an EMDR therapy session. Grazia article “What is EMDR Therapy? Mikayla’s Trauma Therapy Explained” shares more.
EMDR therapy is combined with surf therapy in a retreat described in this personal anecdotal The Times article “The Surf Retreat That Healed My Trauma (Sort Of).”
EMDRIA member Mary Moore, LPC, shares in Woman’s World article “How EMDR Therapy Is Helping Women Over 50 Finally Heal Old Wounds” the basics of EMDR therapy, and how healing old wounds can pave the way for new chapters in life.
Kompasiana blog post “From Hawkins to Reality: How Stranger Things Show Childhood Trauma and Today’s Teen Mental Health Issues” discusses how the show Stranger Things sheds light on the ways trauma can show up through the characters and highlights EMDR therapy as a treatment of choice for trauma.
Fans of Married at First Sight can read about UK reality star Steven Springett’s journey of recognizing “not liking how I showed up” on the show, and after the show, “sorted out myself some EMDR therapy along the way” in BristolLive article “MAFS UK’S Steven Tells Viewers ‘I’m Sorry’ As He Reveals Therapy Journey.”
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Date
November 28, 2025
