English Archives

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures (Guilford, 2018)

This fundamental text by EMDR founder Francine Shapiro outlines the basic principles, protocols and procedures of EMDR therapy.

A five-day inpatient EMDR treatment programme for PTSD: Pilot study (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Preliminary effectiveness of an intensive five-day inpatient treatment with EMDR and trauma-informed yoga for patients with PTSD.

Emotionally focused therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: An integrated treatment to heal the trauma of infidelity (Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice)

Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) and EMDR were utilized conjointly as a means to heal trauma related to infidelity in couple therapy.

I Won’t Do EMDR! The Use of the “Sleeping Dogs” Method to Overcome Children’s Resistance to EMDR Therapy (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This article provides a comprehensive review of the challenges faced by chronically abused children and their treatment providers.

Kronos Abuses His Son: A Case Study of Severe Interpersonal Trauma, Dissociation, and Survival in Adolescence (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Case conceptualization, therapeutic intervention, and therapeutic progress of a hospitalized adolescent with PTSD following parental abuse.

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.

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