ASSYST-Individual Adapted for the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This study describes the ASSYST-I Adapted for OCD and discusses its preliminary safety, feasibility, and acceptability.
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Randomized trial on the effects of an EMDR intervention on traumatic and obsessive symptoms during the COVID-19 quarantine: A psychometric study (Frontiers in Psychiatry)
This randomized controlled trial investigated body perception, disgust, emotions of guilt and shame, mental contamination, posttraumatic and obsessive-compulsive symptoms before and after EMDR intervention.
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The Distancing Approach: A Comprehensive Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Psychotherapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
The Distancing Approach, a psychotherapy rooted in EMDR, aims to address complex symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
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EMDR Phase 1 and Assessment of OCD Subtypes: Meta OCD, Existential, Relational, and Health-Related Concern OCD
This article discusses four subtypes of OCD (meta, existential, relational, health concern) and assessment/client history (EMDR Phase 1).
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EMDR Therapy and OCD
The second week of October is OCD Awareness Week, a time to raise awareness and education around obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We turned to EMDRIA…
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The Oxford Handbook of EMDR (Oxford, 2023)
This handbook includes entries on the theoretical framework for EMDR therapy, specific populations, and enhancing clinical competency.
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EMDR safety platform for early and transgenerational trauma: Description and an OCD application (BP International, 2023)
The “EMDR Safety Platform Protocol” (EMDR-SP) used for transgenerational & attachment traumas, OCD, & affective self-regulation failures.
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Reducing scratching behavior in atopic dermatitis patients using the EMDR treatment protocol for urge: A pilot study (Frontiers in Medicine)
This article discusses the use of an EMDR treatment protocol in order to reduce scratching behavior in atopic dermatitis.
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Psychotherapies and digital interventions for OCD in adults: What do we know, what do we need still to explore? (Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Non-systematic review of literature on emerging psychological & digital therapies for OCD and potential biomarkers of treatment response.
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A case report on the effectiveness of virtual eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy in childhood OCD (International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences)
A 10-year-old was given EMDR therapy to address his OCD after intrusive thoughts such as witnessing his parents being fatally slashed.
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EMDR Therapy and OCD
EMDR therapist Dr. Kendhal Hart discusses how she uses EMDR therapy with clients who have OCD in this episode of Let’s Talk EMDR podcast.
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Counselor’s Corner on Trichotillomania in Teens
Using EMDR to Address Trichotillomania in Teens: Practical Approaches. Insights from Go With That Magazine.
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