29(4) EMDR Therapy for Couples Archives

EMDR Therapy for Couples (Go With That Magazine® Issue)

In this issue, we explore EMDR therapy in couples therapy: helping partners navigate past wounds, improve communication, and rebuild trust.

EMDR therapists respond to the question “How do you handle crying clients? My client started crying during desensitization…”

EMDR therapists respond to how aspects of a client’s culture/race are meaningful as a resource/challenge in using EMDR with couples.

Integrating EMDR therapy into couples therapy is a promising new trend in psychotherapy, though it presents challenges.

This article explores how individual EMDR therapy could be modified for couples to possibly expand its potential for healing.

EMDR with couples is a natural fit. EMDR clinicians can quickly observe how couples are triggering each other’s past, unresolved memories.

Combining EMDR and CBT can be effective as a duo, and even referred to as a match made in heaven or the perfect therapeutic couple.

This article examines how EMDR can help heal the effects of interpersonal dependency and pathological bonding.