EMDRIA Statement on Friday January 30, 2026’s Day of Action

In alignment with its values, EMDRIA will observe a half-day office closure on Friday in solidarity with therapists and others participating in a national day of action centered on preventing harm and supporting community well-being.

The TPSS+ experience in Ukraine: An innovative approach to the impact analysis of psychosocial interventions (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This study shows that a brief, accessible trauma support program combining psychosocial care and EMDR elements helped improve well-being for over 1,200 people in Ukraine, even during ongoing war stress, and that using both numbers and personal accounts was key to capturing those real-world benefits.

Integrating EMDR with tDCS in obsessive–compulsive disorder: An opinion paper (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This opinion paper proposes a therapy strategy combining EMDR with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to target trauma-related psychological processes and restore neural processes.

Keeping Up with EMDR, the Brain, and Neurobiology: From Brain Parts to Brain Networks

Bridger, Jen and Caleb bring us up to date on the evolving world of neurobiology and how EMDR therapist can apply this new knowledge.

Hope enhances treatment outcome of intensive trauma-focused treatment for PTSD (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This observational study examined the extent to which hope predicts a decline in PTSD symptoms and whether an increase in the level of hope predicts changes in PTSD symptoms. 

Inclusion of sexual- and gender-minoritized individuals in randomized clinical trials of first-line treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic literature review (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

A systematic literature review to examine the frequency with which sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) adults were enrolled in RCTs of CPT, PE, and EMDR and investigate these interventions’ efficacy in reducing PTSD symptoms among SGM adults.

Feasibility of intensive eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy for adults with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning and posttraumatic stress disorder in a tertiary mental health care setting: A nonconcurrent single-case design (Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities)

Intensive EMDR appears feasible, safe, and potentially effective for adults with mild intellectual and borderline intellectual functioning (MID-BIF) and PTSD in tertiary care.

It is not the shimmy, it is the shift: Differential effects of valence shift type and stimulation mode during a simulated EMDR session in PTSD patients and healthy controls (Health Sciences – Preprint)

Mechanism-of-action studies on EMDR have so far focused mainly on the presumed active component of bilateral stimulation (BLS). In this pilot study, a further potential working mechanism was examined for the first time, involving stimulation-induced changes in emotional valence.

Childbirth related post-traumatic stress disorder and childbirth trauma: A systematic review of available primary antenatal intervention (Birth Issues in Perinatal Care)

The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature and empirical evidence to identify antenatal interventions and their effectiveness for treatment of childbirth trauma related PTSD symptomology.

Treating Shame with EMDR: Practical Strategies for Therapists

EMDRIA member Skye Ross dives into Phases 1-4 with a shame focus and discusses the importance of using compassion and attachment EMDR focused therapy when working with shame.

The integration of culture, identity, and belongingness in EMDR therapy: Practitioners’ perspectives (Lesley University, 2026)

Using a qualitative narrative research design guided by intersectional feminist epistemology, this study investigates how privilege, positionality, and belongingness influence clinicians’ approaches to EMDR therapy.

Testing Wong’s theory on the flash technique with published timing data for healthy subjects (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This study uses currently available timing data on spontaneous blinking to examine mechanisms of action for the flash technique (FT) in healthy subjects.