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Community Voices: Perinatal Clients

EMDR therapists recall instances when a client’s culture/race was meaningful in using EMDR with perinatal clients.

The Silence is Loud using EMDR for the Treatment of Underdiscussed Postpartum Rage

This article features a vignette of fictional client named Julia, a 32-year-old mother who is four weeks postpartum experiencing perinatal rage.

From Bonding to Attachment with the Calming Womb Family Therapy Model

The integration of EMDR with the CMFTM can improve inner resources for pregnant mothers, monitor stress levels & enable adaptive resolution.

Healing After Terminating a Pregnancy for Medical Reasons and the Role of EMDR Therapy

EMDR offers a compassionate approach to help individuals & couples process emotions and heal from trauma associated with a medical abortion.

Myth-Busting EMDR Therapy in the Perinatal Period: A Call to Clarity for EMDR Clinicians

This article offers clear guidance on EMDR therapy in the perinatal period through an accessible myth-versus-reality format.

Counselor’s Corner: C-Section Trauma

EMDR therapists respond to the question, “I have a client who had delivery trauma related to having a C-section.”

Dissociative and traumatic experiences in people with eating disorders (Current Opinion in Psychiatry)

This review synthesizes existing literature on the prevalence, assessment, and treatment of dissociation, focusing on its manifestation in eating disorders and explores dissociation, its relationship with trauma, and its role in emotion regulation.

Extending EMDR Therapy to Personal Growth

EMDRIA member Bradford Stucki shares how EMDR therapy can create lasting change and personal growth.

Face-to-face versus web-based EMDR therapy in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder symptoms: A randomized controlled trial (Cognitive Therapy and Research)

This randomized controlled study examined the effectiveness of face-to-face versus web-based EMDR for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

Courage, hope, and transformation: Patient experiences of web-based therapist delivered eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for suicidal ideation (PLOS Mental Health)

This study explored the lived experiences of adult mental health outpatients who received web-based, therapist-delivered EMDR targeting experiences related to their suicidal ideation (SI).

The efficacy of psychotherapy treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, EMDR (PsychOpen CAMA)

The efficacy of psychotherapy treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, EMDR.

Treatment of traumatic birth experience with postpartum early eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy: A randomized clinical trial (American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology)

This study investigated the effectiveness of early EMDR therapy in reducing symptoms of PTSD at nine weeks postpartum in women with a traumatic birth experience, compared with care as usual (controls).

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