Earning Individual Hours Within a Group Setting

Guidelines for earning individual EMDR consultation hours within a group setting, including ratios, time calculations, and limits.

Example Contract Agreement for Consultation

Sample EMDR consultation contract outlining roles, expectations, confidentiality, fees, and informed consent for consultants and consultees.

Example Permission to Record EMDR Client Sessions for Consultation Purposes

Sample permission form for recording EMDR client sessions for consultation, outlining informed consent, confidentiality, and client rights.

Facilitating Effective Consultation Groups

Guidance for EMDR consultants on leading effective consultation groups, including group dynamics, ethics, confidentiality, and clinical focus.

EMDR, dissociation, and beyond: Reexamining and expanding the frame for impactful trauma treatment (Routledge, 2026)

This book delves deeply into the dissociative disorders’ literature, providing much-needed connectivity between two fields that are often at odds, and expanding possibilities for EMDR therapy case conceptualization.

Letter: Eye movement desensitization reprocessing and transcranial magnetic stimulation in an adolescent with comorbid major depression disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder: A case report (Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology)

Case study that suggests that a multimodal approach combining pharmacotherapy, neuromodulation, and trauma focused psychotherapy may be beneficial for teens with MDD and PTSD and who show limited response to conventional interventions.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing versus cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of inpatients with obesity, binge eating disorder, and traumatic experiences: a randomized controlled trial (Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome)

 A two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) was run to test the hypothesis that a 4-week EMDR intervention was more effective than a parallel CBT intervention in the treatment of inpatients with obesity and BED who experienced at least a traumatic event.

Adapting and testing of DeprEnd EMDR therapy for major depressive disorder: A study protocol of mixed method randomized controlled trial (Trials)

This study has two aims: first to develop an adapted DeprEnd EMDR therapy protocol in Pakistan; second, to test its feasibility, relevance, and clinical effectiveness across in-person and online modalities.

Therapeutic alliance, treatment intensity, and symptom change in post-traumatic stress disorder: A retrospective study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing-centered psychotherapy (Cureus)

This study examined the relationships among therapeutic alliance, treatment intensity, and PTSD symptom change in a naturalistic outpatient context on clients receiving EMDR therapy.

Can vibratory bilateral stimulation reduce the emotionality and vividness of negative autobiographical memories? (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

This study tested the effect of vibratory bilateral stimulation (VBS), or pulses felt in each hand, on the emotionality and vividness of autobiographical negative memories in healthy participants.

EMDRIA Members Respond: Case Conceptualization for Black History Month

EMDR therapists celebrate Black History Month by sharing best practices for case conceptualization with Black clients.

Effects of virtual reality eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy for adolescents with major depressive disorder: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study (European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

This study found that 12 sessions of virtual reality–based EMDR therapy significantly reduced depression symptoms and improved cognitive function in adolescents with major depressive disorder, likely by positively changing brain network connectivity.