Efficacy of EMDR Therapy for Children With PTSD: A Review of the Literature (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Efficacy of EMDR therapy for children and adolescents with PTSD, symptoms of PTSD, or other trauma-related symptoms.
EMDR Advocacy Award Winner: Salvatore “Sonny” Provetto
An interview with Sonny Provetto, trauma consultant for first responders, winner of the EMDRIA 2018 EMDR Advocacy Award.
An Integrative EMDR and Family Therapy Model for Treating Attachment Trauma in Children: A Case Series (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Effectiveness of an integrative EMDR and family therapy model, specifically the Integrative Attachment Trauma Protocol for Children (IATP-C).
Protecting Those Who Protect Others
An interview with two first responders and mental health therapists—Jim Reynolds and Brian Simmons—about protecting those who protect others.
The EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol in a Psychosocial Program for Refugee Children: A Qualitative Pilot Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing integrative group treatment protocol (EMDR-IGTP) in psychosocial program for child refugees.
The Sleeping Dogs Method to Overcome Children’s Resistance to EMDR Therapy: A Case Series (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Three case descriptions to demonstrate use of “Sleeping Dogs” method to engage children who initially refused to participate in EMDR therapy.
Randomized controlled trial on the EMDR integrative group treatment protocol for ongoing traumatic stress with adolescents and young adults patients with cancer (American Journal of Applied Psychology)
EMDR-Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Ongoing Traumatic Stress (EMDR-IGTP-OTS) for cancer stress in adolescents/young adults.
The effect of modality specific interference on working memory in recalling aversive auditory and visual memories (Cognition and Emotion)
This study found that recalling emotional memories while performing another task taxes working memory in general, but the effect is strongest when the secondary task matches the memory’s sensory modality (e.g., visual task with visual memory).
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in children and adolescents with subthreshold PTSD after medically related trauma: Design of a randomized controlled trial (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
Randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of EMDR in children and adolescents with subthreshold PTSD after hospitalization.
Effectiveness of trauma-focused psychological therapies for treating post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in women following childbirth: A Systematic review and meta-analysis (Frontiers in Psychiatry)
This study examined the effectiveness of trauma-focused psychological interventions for postnatal women.
In the News: EMDR as Treatment for Survivors of School Shooting
EMDR therapy is featured in Esquire as treatment for survivors of school shootings. Learn more in this edition of In the News.
A Pilot Study with Spanish-Speaking Latina Survivors of Domestic Violence Comparing EMDR & TF-CBT Group Interventions (Open Journal of Social Sciences)
This pilot study compared two evidence-informed group treatment methods with 19 Spanish-speaking Latina survivors of domestic violence.
