Reversing Reciprocal Suppression in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex: A Hypothetical Model to Explain EMDR Effectiveness (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

A theoretical model is proposed to explain desensitization during EMDR as resulting from the reversal of reciprocal suppression of cognitive processing in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC).

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The Use of EMDR in Reducing Presentation Anxiety: A Case Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

While traditional approaches to managing presentation anxiety help some students, EMDR may offer an effective intervention for those with serious presentation anxiety.

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Utilization of EMDR in the Treatment of Grief and Mourning (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

EMDR can be utilized within a comprehensive framework for the treatment of grief and mourning. EMDR can process the obstacles that can complicate the grief and mourning process.

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A Clinical Vignette: EMDR Treatment of Choking Phobia (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This vignette describes the treatment of a woman who developed a severe choking phobia following an allergic reaction to a herbal beverage.

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Clinical Q&A: Self-Soothing for Stress (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The Clinical Q&A is a regular journal feature in which master clinicians answer a question posed by a reader who is requesting assistance with clinical challenges.

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Rapid eye movements for acute stress disorder using video conference communication (Telemedicine and e-Health)

The authors present a patient suffering from an acute stress disorder, treated by rapid eye movements through telepsychiatry services.

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Applying EMDR on children with PTSD (European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

A child-adjusted protocol for EMDR is suggested after being applied in a RCT for PTSD among traumatized and psychosocially exposed children

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Effect of bilateral eye movements on frontal interhemispheric gamma EEG coherence: implications for EMDR therapy (The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)

The present study examined the effects of the eye movements used in EMDR on interhemispheric electroencephalogram coherence.

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Training needs for the treatment of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: A survey of Department of Defense clinicians (Traumatology)

Ninety percent of military/VA mental-health professionals surveyed did not use cognitive, EMDR, exposure, or stress inoculation therapies.

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EMDR within a phase model of trauma-informed treatment (Routledge, 2007)

This book offers mental health professionals an accessible, plain-language guide to this popular and successful method and includes Greenwald’s “Fairy Tale Model” to understand the phases.

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Editorial Vol. 1, No. 1 (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

My goal as editor is to ensure the scientific quality of manuscripts published in JEMDR, so it becomes the premiere journal on EMDR.

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Welcome Vol. 1, No. 1 (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association (EMDRIA) is proud to introduce this first issue of the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research.

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