Childhood Trauma Archives

About adverse childhood experiences (CDC)

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have long-term negative impacts on health, opportunity and well-being.

EMDR-AIP Intervention for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA)

Learn EMDR-AIP strategies and protocol adaptations for treating adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and complex trauma.

EMDR, Generational Trauma and Criminal Recidivism: Toward Safer Communities

Explore how EMDR in prisons addresses developmental trauma and reduces recidivism by healing early attachment wounds.

Childhood-related PTSD: The role of cognitions in EMDR and imagery rescripting (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This article analyzes the role of trauma-related negative cognitions in the treatment of PTSD due to childhood trauma with EMDR and imagery rescripting (ImRs).

Implementing the sleeping dogs method in engaging young people in residential care in EMDR (Australian Social Work)

This article examines the implementation of a treatment package of the Sleeping Dogs method plus EMDR to engage young people living in residential care in EMDR therapy to process their complex trauma.

EMDR Therapy & Childhood Trauma (Webpage)

This website for a general audience explains how EMDR therapy can help you heal from childhood trauma, including abuse and neglect.

Knowledge about eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy and child sexual abuse: A scoping review (Trauma, Violence, and Abuse)

A scoping review of literature on EMDR therapy as treatment for childhood sexual abuse.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood abuse: Comparison of phase-based treatment and direct trauma-focused treatment (Frontiers in Psychology)

This study compared the cost-effectiveness of a phased-based treatment approach with direct trauma-focused treatment in patients with PTSD and a history of childhood abuse.

Psychological intervention in women victims of childhood sexual abuse: A randomized controlled clinical trial comparing EMDR psychotherapy and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

This randomized controlled trial compared TF-CBT and EMDR therapy (G-TEP protocol) for victims of childhood sexual abuse.

Predictors and moderators of treatment outcomes in phase-based treatment and trauma-focused treatments in patients with childhood abuse-related post-traumatic stress disorder (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This study investigated the relationship between PTSD and a history of childhood abuse, and whether symptoms predicted or moderated treatment outcomes.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for childhood sexual abuse memories in men who have sexually offended against children: Changes in perceptions of abuse and offending (Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice)

EMDR could potentially contribute to the reduction of re-offending among adult males who had sexually offended against children.

Predicting optimal treatment outcomes in phase-based treatment and direct trauma-focused treatment among patients with posttraumatic stress disorder stemming from childhood abuse (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

This study examined efficacy of treatment, including EMDR therapy, for PTSD stemming from childhood abuse.

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