Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and the Anxiety Disorders: Clinical and Research Implications of an Integrated Psychotherapy Treatment (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

This article by Francine Shapiro describes the procedures and protocols that are believed to contribute to EMDR’s clinical effects and can be applied to EMDR treatment and research of anxiety disorders.

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EMDR minus eye movements equals good psychotherapy (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

It is argued that EMDR is efficacious independent of its parts (e.g., eye movements) because it applies accepted principles of psychotherapy.

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A controlled comparison of eye movements and finger tapping in the treatment of test anxiety (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

Statistics students with test anxiety were randomly assigned to EMD or control (finger tapping) to test if eye movement are critical.

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Eye movement desensitization: A new treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

This early article by Francine Shapiro aims to describe the use of Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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