Efficacy of EMDR in Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Associated Cognitive-Emotional Features (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Efficacy of EMDR in body dysmorphic disorder symptoms and features like appearance-based rejection sensitivity, body shame, & self-compassion.

The Effectiveness and Tolerability of an Intensive Outpatient Trauma Treatment Program for Adolescents With PTSD (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Efficacy of outpatient trauma treatment program using prolonged exposure (PE) and EMDR for adolescents with PTSD.

The Effect of Eye Movements on Craving in Alcohol-Dependent Inpatients: A Randomized Controlled Experiment (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Study on whether Eye Movements (EM) during recall of intrusive alcohol craving images impacted the ability of these images to elicit craving.

Is a Personal Trauma History a Risk Factor for the Development of Secondary Traumatization in EMDR Therapists? (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

EMDR therapists were surveyed to test whether personal trauma history predicts secondary traumatization symptoms beyond vicarious exposure.

EMDR Therapy for Dissociation in Children & Adolescents

How can EMDR therapy help children & teens make sense of internal fragmentation of dissociation? Learn more in the Let’s Talk EMDR podcast.

In the News: May 31, 2024

EMDRIA members and EMDR therapy are featured in various articles and interviews. Learn more in this edition of In the News.

Mental health and conflict: A pilot of an online eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) intervention for forcibly displaced Syrian women (Frontiers in Public Health)

This study looked at the effects of EMDR therapy treatment for forcibly displaced Syrian women with PTSD delivered by forcibly displaced Syrian women EMDR therapists.

Current research on matching trauma-focused therapies to veterans: A scoping review (Military Medicine)

This review explores possibilities of matching trauma-focused therapy (TFT) to veterans, and benefits and contraindications of TFTs for veterans.

How spirituality and EMDR synergize healing (The Pragmatic Therapist(s) Blog)

Are spirituality and EMDR mutually exclusive? Does one have to exist without the other? Do they have to compete?

EMDR Therapy and Medical Trauma

EMDRIA member Dr. Livia Perez discusses EMDR therapy for medical trauma.

Psychological therapy for functional neurological disorder: Examining impact on dissociation, psychological distress and general functioning (Journal of Trauma and Dissociation)

This study explored the dissociative profile of patients with functional neurological disorder (FND) and evaluated whether individual psychological therapy improved dissociative symptoms, psychological distress and general functioning.

EMDR therapy for depression (Oxford University Press, 2024)

 This chapter explores how EMDR can assist individuals suffering from depression, provides evidence of EMDR’s efficacy, and describes how to use EMDR to target key clinical aspects of depression.