Legal/Prison/Forensic Archives

Personal Experiences of EMDR Therapy within Secure Services (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This study aimed to develop an understanding of personal experiences of EMDR therapy within secure services or forensic populations.

Response to: ‘A randomised controlled trial of eye movement desensitization and re-processing (EMDR) in forensic services and in prison’ – Letter to the editor (Medicine, Science and the Law)

A response to Every-Palmer et al. (2025) study welcoming continued dialogue for EMDR work in prison settings.

EMDR Therapy with Victims of Crime

Crime victim specialist, Joshualin Dean, EMDRIA member, shares how EMDR therapy can help treat this population.

A randomised controlled trial of eye movement desensitization and re-processing (EMDR) in forensic services and in prison (Medicine, Science and the Law)

This article in Medicine, Science and the Law journal has no abstract.

Healing Behind Bars: EMDR Therapy for Incarcerated Individuals

Podcast episode on mental health support behind bars and how EMDR therapy can offer hope in breaking the cycle of trauma and recidivism.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) within prisons and the criminal justice system (Medicine, Science and the Law)

An editorial on traumatic stress within the criminal justice system, and how EMDR therapy can help.

EMDR, Generational Trauma and Criminal Recidivism: Toward Safer Communities

Explore how EMDR in prisons addresses developmental trauma and reduces recidivism by healing early attachment wounds.

Integration of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in a prison-based therapeutic community (Routledge, 2024)

This chapter addresses the utilization of EMDR therapy in a prison-based therapeutic community (TC).

EMDR Therapy in Correctional Settings

EMDR therapy’s adaptive information processing (AIP) model views that we all have the innate ability to heal. This goes hand in hand with the emerging research…

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy compared to usual treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in adults with psychosis in forensic settings: Randomized controlled trial (Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy)

This trial assesses the efficacy & risks of EMDR with PTSD & psychotic disorders receiving forensic care, including inpatients & prisoners.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in prison and forensic services: A qualitative study of lived experience (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Limited research on EMDR in forensic mental health is unfortunate given how common PTSD is in mentally unwell offenders.

Treatment of PTSD and SUD for the incarcerated population with EMDR: A pilot study (Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling)

Adverse childhood experiences predict recidivism. In incarcerated individuals, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) rates are higher.

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