English Archives

Using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to reduce cocaine cravings (American Journal of Psychiatry)

Letter to the editor hypothesizing that drug cravings, like disturbing thoughts, might be reduced through EMDR.

EMDR and Psychotherapy Integration: Theoretical and Clinical Suggestions with Focus on Traumatic Stress (CRC Press, 1999)

This text elaborates on Shapiro’s Accelerated Information Processing (AIP) model in what author Howard Lipke, Ph.D. calls the Four Activity Model (FAM) of Psychotherapy which advances the integration of EMDR with other psychotherapies.

The effectiveness of EMDR with adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse (Social Work Research)

A randomized experimental evaluation found support for EMDR in reducing trauma among adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Treatment of specific phobias with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Protocol, empirical status and conceptual issues (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

Empirical status of EMDR as a treatment method for specific phobias, along with some conceptual and practical issues in relation to its use.

A single session, group study of exposure and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in treating posttraumatic stress disorder among Vietnam war veterans: Preliminary data (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

Vietnam War veterans diagnosed with PTSD received a single session of exposure or EMDR focusing on their most distressing war experience.

The Contributions of Eye Movements to the Efficacy of Brief Exposure Treatment for Reducing Fear of Public Speaking (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

Seventy-one undergraduate psychology students with fear of public speaking were administered eye movements to reduce fear.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and the Anxiety Disorders: Clinical and Research Implications of an Integrated Psychotherapy Treatment (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

This article by Francine Shapiro describes the procedures and protocols that are believed to contribute to EMDR’s clinical effects and can be applied to EMDR treatment and research of anxiety disorders.

Traumatic memories, eye movements, phobia, and panic: A critical note on the proliferation of EMDR (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

This article critically evaluates three recurring assumptions in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) literature.

What psychological testing and neuroimaging tell us about the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

Study on the pathophysiology and treatment of PTSD before/after EMDR through psychological testing, Rorschach Ink Blot, and neuroimaging.

Does EMDR work? And if so, why?: A critical review of controlled outcome and dismantling research (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

EMDR appears to be effective in reducing at least some distress relative to no-treatment for anxiety, panic disorder, and PTSD.

The relative efficacy and treatment distress of EMDR and a cognitive-behavior trauma treatment protocol in the amelioration of posttraumatic stress disorder (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

The present research compared EMDR and a CBT variant for PTSD, via a controlled clinical study using therapists trained in both procedures.

The cognitive dismantling of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

This study showed that a two-factor repeated measures analysis of variance revealed that EMDR produced significant symptom reductions.

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