Effects of EMDR vs. waiting list for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (Journal of Affective Disorders)
A systematic review and meta-analysis following PRISMA 2020 guidelines to evaluate EMDR versus waiting list in adults with PTSD.
Effectiveness of EMDR therapy on cognitive performances in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and complex post-traumatic stress disorder: A 6-month follow-up study (European Psychiatry)
The aim of this study is to assess cognitive functioning in response to treatment using EMDR therapy.
Exploring the clinical applications and implications of EMDR therapy for PTSD in forensic settings: A systematic review (European Psychiatry)
The aim of this study is to conduct a systematic review, following PRISMA guidelines, to assess the efficacy and evidence supporting the use of EMDR therapy for PTSD within forensic settings
Developing Maternal Efficacy While Living in a Second Culture: How EMDR Can Help
Christine Forte, EMDRIA member, discusses ways that EMDR therapy can help mothers giving birth in a second culture.
Yoga as a pre-treatment of EMDR to treat childhood abuse-related PTSD: Feasibility and pilot study (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This study aimed to test the efficacy of group yoga sessions followed by individual EMDR sessions on PTSD symptoms.
I feel pain, not pressure: A personal and methodological reflection on pain during cesarean delivery (American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology)
An experience-based article recounting pain during cesarean delivery, resulting PTSD, subsequent EMDR treatment, and a review of the evolution of cesarean delivery-based pain literature.
Successful treatment of secondary hypersomnia due to complex post-traumatic stress disorder with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A case report (Clocks & Seep)
This report explored the relationship between psychological trauma in complex PTSD and secondary hypersomnia, and clinical improvement after EMDR therapy in hypersomnolence and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS).
Highly Sensitive People and EMDR Therapy
EMDRIA member Dr. Jennifer Holt explores EMDR therapy with highly sensitive people (HSP).
Healing Young Hearts: Treating Attachment Trauma in Children with EMDR Therapy
This podcast explores the potential of EMDR therapy for children struggling with attachment trauma with guest Debra B. Wesselmann, MS, LIMHP.
Dual-task interventions reduce vividness and unpleasantness in both old and new memories (Behaviour Research and Therapy)
This study provides insight into memory consolidation, dual-task effectiveness and interventions, and EMDR.
EMDR-Sandtray-based therapy healing complex trauma and dissociation across the lifespan (Norton, 2025)
A powerful, multimodal approach for trauma healing.
Symptom retention after successful intensive trauma-focused treatment for post-traumatic stress disorders (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of residual symptoms among those who no longer met PTSD diagnostic criteria after intensive trauma-focused treatment and at six-month follow-up.
