EMDR Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury
Dr. Michelle Morrissey discusses working with EMDR therapy and traumatic brain injury (TBI) clients/patients in this episode of Let’s Talk EMDR podcast.
Staying Centered in an Uncentered World (Go With That Magazine Issue)
What defines “staying centered”? How can EMDR therapists take care of themselves? Does positive psychology play a role?
BIPOC Perspective on Staying Centered
BIPOC Perspective on Centering in an Uncentered World. Insights from the Fall 2022 issue of Go With That Magazine.
Is There Still Steam in that Pressure Cooker: What Needs to Happen Now?
During COVID-19, therapists faced similar challenges as their clients. Many were burned out. How can we let steam out of that pressure cooker?
Staying Centered in an Uncentered World: Lessons Learned from Perinatal Mental Health
What lessons can we learn from perinatal mental health about staying centered when things do not go as planned?
In the News: November 28, 2022
EMDRIA members and EMDR therapy are featured in various articles and interviews. Learn more in this edition of In the News.
Current treatments of post-traumatic stress disorder and amygdala ablation as a potential cutting-edge therapy in its refractory cases (Cureus)
The purpose of this article is to highlight the use of extremely selective laser ablation of the amygdala-hippocampal unit as a successful surgical intervention for medically unresponsive PTSD.
Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress injuries among public safety personnel: A systematic review and meta-analysis (BMC Systematic Reviews)
“The current study assessed the effectiveness and acceptability of psychological interventions for PTSI among PSPs.”
Effects of intensive trauma-focused treatment of individuals with both post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This study’s purpose was to determine the effects of an intensive trauma-focused treatment program (EMDR and prolonged exposure) for patients with PTSD and borderline personality disorder.
Safety, feasibility, and efficacy of EMDR Therapy in adults with PTSD and mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning and mental health problems: A multiple baseline study (Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities)
EMDR therapy was found to be safe, feasible, and (potentially) efficacious in decreasing PTSD symptoms for adults with MID-BIF.
The brain-body disconnect: A somatic sensory basis for trauma-related disorders (Frontiers in Neuroscience)
This article proposes that trauma symptoms are rooted in brainstem-level somatic sensory processing dysfunction, affecting emotion, arousal, and self-regulation, and offers a model linking body-based sensory processes to brain mechanisms for treatment guidance.
EMDR therapy of transgenerational trauma activated in war conditions (Psicobiettivo)
This article presents the approach and stages of EMDR therapy in overcoming the consequences of activation of transgenerational trauma in the traumatic conditions of military operations.
