EMDR Therapy, Complex Trauma and PTSD

Professor Paul W. Miller, M.D. discusses how complex trauma can impact someone, whether PTSD is always a given, and how EMDR can improve their lives – even patients with Schizophrenia.

Do attachment-informed EMDR interventions, used in conjunction with a CBT protocol, improve treatment outcomes for individuals with OCD? A mixed methods study (University of London, 2023)

The aim in this study was to use attachment-informed EMDR (AI-EMDR) to process childhood trauma to soothe the participants’ threat system and facilitate them in undertaking exposure and response prevention (ERP) activities.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy and Change in Attachment Security: A Pilot Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This study explores changes in attachment security in a sample of adults who received EMDR therapy for PTSD/C-PTSD.

EMDR Therapy, Men and Attachment Disorders

EMDR therapist and Consultant-in-Training Marcken Volmy, LMHC, LPC, NCC discusses attachment disorders in men and how they can break the macho line of thought about therapy.

Testing an attachment- and trauma-informed intervention approach for parents and young children after interparental violence: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial (BMC Trials)

Effective treatment combinations for traumatized parents and their young children after interparental violence.

The brain-body disconnect: A somatic sensory basis for trauma-related disorders (Frontiers in Neuroscience)

This article proposes that trauma symptoms are rooted in brainstem-level somatic sensory processing dysfunction, affecting emotion, arousal, and self-regulation, and offers a model linking body-based sensory processes to brain mechanisms for treatment guidance.

EMDR and Attachment-Focused Trauma Therapy for Adults: Reclaiming Authentic Self and Healthy Attachments (Springer, 2022)

Strengths-based, Attachment-Focused Trauma Therapy for Adults (AFTT-A) that facilitates healthier attachment patterns for adult clients.

Transforming Personality & Attachment Patterns: PAC System & EMDR Therapy

Through EMDR resource work, unmet childhood needs for nurturing and protection can be met within clients themselves.

Preparing Dysregulated, Dissociative, Attachment – Wounded Clients for EMDR

This workshop introduces ego state therapy concepts for stabilizing dysregulated, dissociative, attachment-wounded clients in EMDR Phase 2.

Tratamiento de la Dependencia Interpersonal con EMDR-AIP

Inicialmente desarrollada para abordar el trauma agudo y el PTSD, la terapia EMDR ha demostrado ser extremadamente efectiva en una gran variedad de pacientes. Sin embargo, en pacientes con presentaciones complejas, se requiere adaptar el protocolo estándar.

The therapeutic relationship in EMDR therapy (Frontiers in Psychology)

Parallels between the therapeutic relationship and the development and core features of an attachment based relationship are discussed.

Rachel Walker explains EMDR, parts work, and structural dissociation (The Art and Science of EMDR)

In this video, Rachel Walker explains the integration of attachment theory, structural dissociation, parts work, and EMDR.