Community Voices: Cultural Background, Racial Identity, or Political Beliefs
EMDR therapists recall instances when a client’s cultural background, racial identity, or political beliefs posed a challenge in EMDR therapy.
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Self-Care Strategies for Navigating Difficult Conversations
Ideas to practice self-care as a therapist during the current political polarization and constant barrage of information and opinion.
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Thorny Topics: Addressing Oppression and Oppression Trauma as Difference in the Room
Talking about differences in the therapy room between therapist and client can be difficult. Here are some tips.
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Therapeutic Neutrality in an Age of Polarization: A Buddhist-Informed Approach
As an Israeli-born therapist, I watched in horror as events unfolded after Oct. 7th, followed by a surge in global antisemitism.
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Difficult Conversations in the Therapy Room
What do we do with difficult conversations in the therapy room? There are consequences, whether we avoid the issue or address it in some way.
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On Being a Therapist in a Divided World
EMDR professionals are not immune to the pressures and tensions that our society is currently experiencing. Helping one another is important.
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In the News: May 30, 2025
EMDRIA members and EMDR therapy are featured in various articles and interviews. Learn more in this edition of In the News.
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The rapid and successful efficacy of EMDR in the treatment of specific phobia (cat phobia): Case report (Turkish Journal of Traumatic Stress)
A case report that presents a clinically significant outcome with EMDR intervention involving a patient who experienced a persistent and debilitating fear of cats for over three decades.
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Developing a Culturally and Methodologically Adapted Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy Protocol for Major Depressive Disorder in Pakistan (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Several critical cultural & methodological adaptations necessary to enhance effectiveness of the DeprEnd EMDR therapy protocol in Pakistan.
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Effectiveness of treating post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with co-occurring substance use disorder with prolonged exposure, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing or imagery rescripting: A randomized controlled trial (Addiction)
Three different PTSD treatments were compared, added simultaneously to SUD treatment, with SUD treatment alone in patients with co-occurring SUD-PTSD: Prolonged Exposure (PE), EMDR therapy, and Imagery Rescripting (ImRs).
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When the mind meets the ear: A scoping review on tinnitus and clinically measured psychiatric comorbidities (Journal of Clinical Medicine)
A scoping review aimed to identify links between tinnitus and comorbid mental health conditions and examine the relationship between tinnitus and psychiatric symptoms, outcomes, and treatments.
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A multisite retrospective review exploring the delivery of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy to veterans via telehealth (TH) versus in person (IP) (Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy)
This study aimed to (a) evaluate the effectiveness of EMDR among veterans and (b) compare outcomes between in person and telehealth modalities.
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