In the News: September 30, 2025

In the News

EMDRIA member Elizabeth (Lizy) Wiggins, LCSW is interviewed in Psychology Today article “Your Dreams on Trauma (And How EMDR Therapy Can Help Heal)” on “the link between dreams, trauma, and healing.” Wiggins shares “Like many other therapists who have found the limitations of purely cognitive work when it comes to trauma, I craved new tools” which is what led her to find EMDR therapy.

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Cleveland.Com Community News article “Brunswick Author Launches Nonprofit After Trauma Therapy Saved His Life” reports a personal story of healing through trauma, naming EMDR therapy as an integral part of Ohioan author Zebulon Thomas’ journey.

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EMDRIA member Crystal Arber, RSW, RCC writes for GoodTherapy “5 Key Benefits of Preventive Trauma Treatment for First Responders” where she advocates for EMDR therapy as a preventative trauma treatment for first responders, including physicians, sharing that 1 in 6 emergency physicians meet criteria for PTSD.

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UK-based article “Social and Economic Deprivation Associated With More Severe Symptoms of PTSD” in Medical Xpress reports on recent research led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London and University of Southampton and published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology. Patients in the study were offered up to 20 sessions of trauma therapy (either TF-CBT or EMDR therapy per NHS guidelines). The study outcome found that people experiencing greater socioeconomic hardship experienced more severe symptoms and less improvement at the end of treatment.

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EMDRIA member Michaela Meier, LMSW-C is interviewed in Michigan EightWest news report “Pine Rest Offers EMDR Therapy to Address Trauma” where she describes how EMDR therapy can help clients struggling with addiction.

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InsideHook article “One of the Best Things You Can Do After a Fight” discusses the benefits of walking as “a highly effective form of regulation,” mentioning the back and forth of taking steps “is also a form of bilateral stimulation, an essential aspect of EMDR therapy, which activates the parasympathetic nervous system.”

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EMDR therapy is highlighted at North Dakota University’s Psychiatry Grand Rounds as reported in UND blog “Jaramillo-Villegas to Discuss Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing at Psychiatry Grand Rounds.”

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EMDRIA member Carla Natalucci-Hall, PsyD is featured in Psychology Today article “EMDR for Performance Enhancement: It’s Not Just for Trauma” as author John Cottone, PhD, recounts his interest in the topic and subsequent interview with Dr. Natalucci-Hall.

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EMDR therapy is featured as a source of fertility treatment resilience in the Fertility & Mental Health blog “EMDR for IVF: Healing Fertility Trauma and Rewiring Your Stress Response.”

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Metro article “I Attended a Protest Against Violence – Then I Was Stabbed” shares a firsthand account from a BBC journalist experiencing violence toward women in Afghanistan, including being stabbed herself. The survivor, Joya, states that “EMDR therapy, which helps process traumatic memories and emotions… helped me overcome what was haunting me.”

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EMDRIA member Jose Carabajal, LCSW is featured in Stephen F. Austin State University’s News & Media Center article “Carbajal Awarded 2025 EMDR International Association Ambassador Award” celebrating Carbajal as Ambassador Award receipient at the 2025 EMDRIA Conference in September.

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