EMDR Early Intervention Archives

Early intervention with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy to reduce the severity of post-traumatic stress symptoms in recent rape victims: A randomized controlled trial (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This RCT shows that EMDR therapy 2-4 weeks post-rape was not more effective than treatment as usual for reducing symptoms of PTSD.

Postpartum early EMDR intervention (PERCEIVE) study for women after a traumatic birth experience: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (BMC Trials)

This study explores the preventive effects of early intervention EMDR therapy in women after a traumatic birth experience.

EMDR Therapy in a Brief Therapy Model (SIG Brief Presentation)

Urdaneta delineates what is meant by “brief therapy” and discusses the challenges and strengths found in the community mental health setting.

F-TEP: Fragmented traumatic episode protocol (Practice Innovations)

This article presents the F-TEP (fragmented traumatic episode) protocol for treating recent trauma at the acute stress reaction (ASR) stage.

Effectiveness of three brief treatments for recent traumatic events in a low-SES community setting (Psychological Trauma: Theory Research Practice Policy)

Traumatized participants were given individual EMDR, group stress management with a trauma focus, or group psychological first aid.

Efficacy of EMDR: Case study of a child with choking phobia – case report (Psychiatria Danubina)

This study adds to the limited literature on the early intervention of EMDR for young children with a trauma-related phobia.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy for psychosis (EMDRp): Protocol of a feasibility randomized controlled trial with early intervention service users (Early Intervention in Psychiatry)

Few trials explore trauma-focused treatments as interventions for psychotic symptoms, especially in individuals with early psychosis.

Managing COVID-19 related psychological distress in health workers: Field experience in northern Italy (Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)

This letter to the editor discusses COVID-19 related stress for healthcare workers in northern Italy and the need for psychological support.

Effective Treatments for PTSD: Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Third Edition (Guilford Press)

Book describes PTSD assessment and intervention practices that are efficacious and provides practical, real-world implementation guidance.

Using recent traumatic episode protocol in college counseling centers (Journal of College Counseling)

This article explores using EMDR Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol will college students who lived though a mass shooting.

Fast Feet Forward: Sports training and running practice to reduce stress and increase positive cognitions in unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors (Counselling & Psychology Research,)

This paper looks using running as bilateral stimulation (BLS) and findings of an unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors sport trauma group.

EMDR resources in the era of COVID-19 (Luber, 2020)

This electronic publication, edited by Marilyn Luber, Ph.D. suggests how EMDR can help alleviate the anxiety and uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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