Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in a primary care setting: Assessing utility and comparing efficacy of virtual versus in-person methods (Telemedicine and e-Health)

This study compared EMDR with CBT to CBT alone for treatment of anxiety and compared the efficacy of virtual to in-person EMDR.

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Counselor’s Corner on Alliance in Telehealth

Creating Connection in High-Stress Telehealth Situations: EMDR Therapists Share Strategies. Go With That Magazine, Counselor’s Corner column.

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Pandemic Times and the Experience of Online EMDR Practice in Greece: A Qualitative Study on Obstacles and Perspectives (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The COVID-19 pandemic had a biopsychosocial impact on the Greek mental health system, worsening depression & stress in the general population.

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Effectiveness of treating depression with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing among inpatients–A follow-up study over 12 months (Frontiers in Psychology)

Patients with severe depression received an integrated systemic treatment approach including EMDR therapy in a naturalistic hospital setting.

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Supporting healthcare workers in times of COVID-19 with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing online: A pilot study (Frontiers in Psychology)

This pilot study adapts group EMDR protocol for treatment online for healthcare workers in a nursing home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A stage 1 pilot cohort exploring the use of EMDR therapy as a video-conference psychotherapy during Covid-19 with frontline mental health workers: A proof of concept study utilising a virtual blind 2 therapist protocol (Frontiers in Psychology)

The research tentatively supports the case for EMDR therapy as a credible treatment when used as a video conference psychotherapy.

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Fully remote intensive trauma-focused treatment for PTSD and complex PTSD (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This study shows that intensive, trauma-focused treatment is safe and effective even when brief and applied fully remote.

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Exploring EMDR with Trauma-Impacted Clients Using Video Therapy (University of Manitoba, 2022)

This project explored specific strategies and experiences of therapists adapting EMDR treatment to video-based services for trauma treatment.

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What works? Lessons from a pretrial qualitative study to inform a multi-component intervention for refugees and asylum seekers: Learning through play and EMDR group traumatic episode protocol (Journal of Community Psychology)

Learning Through Play and EMDR Group Treatment Protocol designed to address parental mental health with refugees.

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Improving Trauma Treatment: Examining the Effects of Different Levels of Activation in Online EMDR (Utrecht University, 2022)

This study for a master’s thesis investigated the effectiveness of different levels of activation and desensitization in online EMDR.

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The EMDR Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol With an Intensive Care Survivor: A Case Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Critical illness can lead to long term psychological distress for a significant proportion of intensive care survivors.

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EMDR in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India: A Short Report (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

During the period of the COVID-19 pandemic from the start of 2020 till late 2021, mental health services—seeking and providing—have gone through various changes and adaptations.

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