Can working memory account for EMDR efficacy in PTSD? (Preprint, BMC Psychology)
We examined whether the working memory (WM) hypothesis would provide an explanation for the beneficial effect of bilateral stimulation.
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What works? Lessons from a pretrial qualitative study to inform a multi-component intervention for refugees and asylum seekers: Learning through play and EMDR group traumatic episode protocol (Journal of Community Psychology)
Learning Through Play and EMDR Group Treatment Protocol designed to address parental mental health with refugees.
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Sensorimotor interaction against trauma (Frontiers in Neuroscience)
Our central hypothesis is that the triadic principle of feedback-synchrony-plasticity governs the adaptive capacity of the body-brain system.
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When Did ‘EMDR’ Change to ‘EMDR Therapy’?
In 2014, EMDR therapy founder Francine Shapiro wrote a short article in an EMDRIA Newsletter advocating for the terminology change from ‘EMDR’ to ‘EMDR Therapy.’
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EMDR Therapy with LGBTQ Populations
EMDR therapy can help heal the trauma of LGBTQ individuals caused by assault, sexual assault or LGBTQ conversion therapy. EMDR therapy can be used with LGBTQ populations.
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Improving Trauma Treatment: Examining the Effects of Different Levels of Activation in Online EMDR (Utrecht University, 2022)
This study for a master’s thesis investigated the effectiveness of different levels of activation and desensitization in online EMDR.
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Global initiative for stress and trauma treatment – traumatic stress relief training for allied and para-professionals to treat traumatic stress in underserved populations: A case study (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)
To build capacity amongst paraprofessionals, the Global Initiative for Stress and Trauma Treatment developed a four-day AIP-informed training package.
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Counselor’s Corner on Trichotillomania in Teens
Using EMDR to Address Trichotillomania in Teens: Practical Approaches. Insights from Go With That Magazine.
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What Do We Know About EMDR Therapy Research? A Bibliometric Analysis (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Methods of bibliometric analysis are applied to publications on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy research.
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EMDR Therapy & PTSD
Wendy Byrd, LPC, LMFT, board of directors president of EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) discusses how EMDR therapy can help treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Integrative Therapies & Expressive Arts (Go With That Magazine Issue)
Find out how singing, art, music and story boards can help your clients during therapy session in the Spring 2022 issue of Go With That Magazine.
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The Transformative Journey Storytelling Method: A Culturally Responsive Approach to EMDR Preparation
As clients are guided the Transformative Journey, they develop metaphors, imagery, and symbols that can be installed before reprocessing.
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