EMDR Therapy and Neurodiversity GWT Magazine® Issue

We invited several authors to write about “EMDR therapy and Neurodiversity” in the Winter 2025 Go With That Magazine® issue.

EMDR Therapy and Neurodiversity (Go With That Magazine® Issue)

EMDR can be tailored to meet the unique needs of neurodivergent individuals, helping them process emotional distress and past traumas.

Neurodiversity Affirming EMDR: Pathological Demand Avoidance – Understanding and Supporting a Unique Nervous System Response

Neurodiversity-affirming EMDR aims to support individuals through a lens that respects their unique neurotypes without pathologizing them.

Affirming EMDR at the Intersection of Gender Identity and Neurodiversity

This article explores how therapists can adapt EMDR for clients who are both neurodivergent and identify as transgender-gender diverse.

Finding the Magic in the Neurotype: Using EMDR with Neurodivergent Clients

Article exploring impactful adaptations to EMDR when working with neurodivergent clients, including aspects of the author’s lived experience.

Using EMDR to Treat PTSD Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury: Navigating a Changed Brain and Sense of Self

With an ever-growing list of diagnoses under the neurodiverse umbrella, what does this mean for how we practice EMDR?

Community Voices: Neurodiverse Clients

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

Counselor’s Corner: ADHD Medications

EMDR therapists respond to the question “Does anyone have any insight on clients taking stimulant medications for ADHD…?”

Breaking the Cycle: The Link Between ADHD and Depression and How EMDR Can Enhance Workplace Performance

Joel Kouame discusses impacts of ADHD and depression and how EMDR therapy can enhance workplace performance.

Using Storytelling Integratively with EMDR for Neurodiverse Youth

Explore playful, story-based EMDR adaptations to support neurodiverse children and teens, enhancing engagement and therapeutic success.

Eye movements desensitization and reprocessing with finger movements and Elite mobile health software on guilt feeling of parents of children with autism: A randomized trial (Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing)

This randomized controlled trial (RCT) examined the impact of different ways to reduce guilt in parents of autistic children, including EMDR therapy.

EMDRIA Members Respond: Neurodiversity Celebration Week

EMDR therapists celebrate Neurodiversity Celebration Week by identifying internal and external resources in their clients.