AIP Archives

Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in the 21st century (Routledge, 2024)

This chapter gives an overview of EMDR therapy discussing that EMDR treats the whole person – their cognitions, their emotions, their body, and their stored traumatic memories.

Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) Model (Webpage)

This website explains the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model for a general audience. The AIP model help us understand EMDR therapy.

Editorial: EMDR and the AIP model: Healing the scars of trauma (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

This editorial showcases a collection of research that expands the knowledge base on the Research Topic of EMDR therapy and the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model.

Integrating EMDR With Other Types of Therapies GWT Magazine™️ Issue

We invited several authors to write about “Integrating EMDR With Other Types of Therapies” in the Spring 2024 Go With That Magazine™️ issue.

Can EMDR complement Adlerian play therapy? (The Journal of Individual Psychology)

“This article provides an overview of the underpinnings of Adlerian theory and the adaptive information-processing model and a description of similarities and differences.”

The evolution and future of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (BJPsych Advances)

This article discusses EMDR therapy’s underlying model, adaptive information processing (AIP), treatment categories within EMDR, and EMDR training and credentialing.

Bolstering the adaptive information processing model: A narrative review (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

This review and comparative analysis examined different theoretical proposals in relation to the adaptive information processing (AIP) model.

Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (Routledge, 2024)

This chapter illustrates similarities in EMDR and memory reconsolidation, in Unlocking the emotional brain: Memory reconsolidation and the psychotherapy of transformational change.

AIP-based professional intervention program for adversity for trauma and stress reduction in groups: A pilot study in Ethiopia (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

This study examined aspects of EMDR therapy and the AIP model modified into a group therapy exercise called the professional intervention program for adversity (PIPA) on patients with PTSD symptoms in Ethiopia.

The AIP model as a theoretical framework for the treatment of personality disorders with EMDR therapy (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

This article discusses the theoretical framework behind EMDR therapy (the Adaptive Information Processing model). It uses a case example to demonstrate how to use the AIP model and EMDR therapy to conceptualize and treat personality disorders.