English Archives

Use of the Flash Technique in EMDR Therapy: Four Case Examples (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Flash technique, used during the preparation phase of EMDR therapy to facilitate processing of intense, traumatic memories.

EMDR, Community Psychology, and Innovative Applications of a Trauma Recovery Network as a Tool for Social Change (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The need and ways to implement novel applications of EMDR interventions (EEIs) at the community level for marginalized groups.

EMDR therapy and mindfulness for trauma-focused care (Springer, 2018)

The book demonstrates how clinicians can conceptualize and deliver trauma-focused care in both mental health and addiction treatment.

The Role of Slow Wave Sleep in Memory Pathophysiology: Focus on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (Frontiers in Psychology)

At a neurobiological level, memories recorded during extreme stressful situations cause maximal amygdalar synapses, storing the events.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Slow Wave Sleep: A Putative Mechanism of Action (Frontiers in Psychology)

The slow wave sleep hypothesis tries to explain how EMDR works and is discussed in light of other theories and neurobiological findings.

The effect of EMDR and CBT on low self-esteem in a general psychiatric population: A randomized controlled trial (Frontiers in Psychology)

Study investigating effectiveness of EMDR and CBT in enhancing self-esteem in a general psychiatric secondary health care population.

Auditory and visual memories in PTSD patients targeted with eye movement and counting: The effect of modality-specific loading of working memory (Frontiers in Psychology)

This study tested whether auditory memories can be targeted with EMDR in PTSD patients and whether taxing the patient (performing a dual task while recalling a memory) in a modality specific way (auditory demanding for auditory memories and visually demanding for visual memories) was more effective in reducing the emotionality experienced than taxing in cross-modality.

The effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing integrative group protocol with adolescent survivors of the central Italy earthquake (Frontiers in Psychology)

Study evaluating the use of EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol on adolescents after the earthquake in Central Italy on 24 August 2016.

EMDR therapy of panic disorder and agoraphobia: A review of the existing literature (Clinical Neuropsychiatry)

The article outlines the state of the research on EMDR therapy of Panic Disorder (PD) and Agoraphobia.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and eating disorders: A systematic review (Clinical Neuropsychiatry)

This article defines eating disorders (ED), looks at traumatic origins, and reviews EMDR therapy as treatment for ED through 2017.

Participant experiences of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing vs. cognitive behavioural therapy for grief: Similarities and differences (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Study sought to explore participants’ experiences of two therapeutic approaches to grief: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and EMDR.

Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in children and adolescent with post-traumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (Frontiers in Psychology)

Meta-analysis to examine the efficacy of EMDR for PTSD in children/adolescents, and for depressive or anxious comorbid symptoms.

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