Examining therapists’ experiences of self-efficacy while delivering intensive eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This study examined intensive EMDR therapists’ experiences of self-efficacy, clinical skills, professional attunement, and exposure to vicarious and secondary trauma.

Hope enhances treatment outcome of intensive trauma-focused treatment for PTSD (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This observational study examined the extent to which hope predicts a decline in PTSD symptoms and whether an increase in the level of hope predicts changes in PTSD symptoms. 

Feasibility of intensive eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy for adults with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning and posttraumatic stress disorder in a tertiary mental health care setting: A nonconcurrent single-case design (Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities)

Intensive EMDR appears feasible, safe, and potentially effective for adults with mild intellectual and borderline intellectual functioning (MID-BIF) and PTSD in tertiary care.

“The world does not look the same anymore”: The experiences of patients six months after finishing an intensive trauma treatment program (BMC Psychology)

The current study aimed to explore participants’ experiences of an intensive inpatient trauma treatment program six months after completing it.

Brief intensive EMDR therapy with rotating therapists: Experiences of adults with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning, PTSD, and severe behavioural problems (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

This study explored the experiences of individuals with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning, PTSD, and severe behavioural problems, with brief Intensive EMDR therapy delivered by a team of rotating therapists.

8-day intensive treatment programme for PTSD and complex PTSD vs treatment as usual: A clinical trial (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This study compared the effect of an 8-day intensive treatment programme (ITP) with traditionally spaced treatments for PTSD. The programme includes prolonged exposure (PE), EMDR therapy, physical activity, and psychoeducation. 

Educational, but demanding: The experience of therapists in an intensive inpatient trauma treatment program (Frontiers in Psychology)

This study aimed to explore therapists’ experiences in an intensive trauma treatment program (ITTP). Our research questions were: How did the therapist experience working within the ITTP, and how did the treatment program influence them as trauma therapists?

Symptom retention after successful intensive trauma-focused treatment for post-traumatic stress disorders (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of residual symptoms among those who no longer met PTSD diagnostic criteria after intensive trauma-focused treatment and at six-month follow-up.

Cost-effectiveness of massed versus spaced trauma-focused treatment as first-line treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults with multiple trauma exposure: Protocol for a single-blind non-inferiority randomised controlled trial (BMJ Open)

This paper describes the research protocol of a single-blind, multicentre RCT to investigate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of M-TFT versus S-TFT in employed, multiply traumatised patients who seek first-line treatment for PTSD.

Multisite randomized controlled trial on the provision of the EMDR integrative group treatment protocol for ongoing traumatic stress to polytraumatized children and adolescents with PTSD or CPTSD diagnosis (Academic Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatology)

A multisite RCT to evaluate the effectiveness of EMDR-IGTP-OTS in reducing PTSD or CPTSD symptoms in polytraumatized children and adolescents.

Short- and long-term effectiveness of brief intensive trauma treatment for adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder and their caregivers: Protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial (JMIR Research Protocols)

This study tests the effectiveness of a 1 week brief intensive trauma treatment (BITT) that includes EMDR therapy for adolescents with PTSD and their caregivers.

The effectiveness of an EMDR group traumatic episode protocol in an intensive outpatient dual diagnosis program (The Military Psychologist)

This study utilized EMDR group traumatic episode protocol (G-TEP) integrated with individual EMDR with U.S. active-duty military population for the first time in an intensive outpatient treatment program for PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder population.