Treating Addiction and Compulsive Behaviors with EMDR Therapy
Gerard Ilaria, EMDRIA member, discusses the overlapping areas of trauma and addiction, and how EMDR interventions can help compulsive behaviors.
Mental imagery and its role in the psychopathology and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and narrative synthesis (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)
This review examined the features of intrusive mental imagery in OCD, and evaluated the literature of imagery-based therapies such as EMDR and Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) in treating symptoms.
Integrating EMDR with tDCS in obsessive–compulsive disorder: An opinion paper (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This opinion paper proposes a therapy strategy combining EMDR with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to target trauma-related psychological processes and restore neural processes.
Tratamiento Para Trastornos de Ansiedad con la Terapía EMDR: Protocolos Básicos y Aplicaciones Avanzadas
Aprende cómo el modelo de tres vertientes y el protocolo de ansiedad de EMDR ayudan a tratar TOC, pánico, fobias y ansiedad social.
Role of Enhanced Resourcing in EMDR Treatment of Addiction and Compulsions
Learn EMDR and resourcing strategies to treat addiction, address trauma roots, and build adaptive coping across all EMDR phases.
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.
Attachment-focused EMDR for obsessive-compulsive disorders: Three case studies (EMDR Therapy Quarterly, 2024)
This case series describes the use of attachment-focused EMDR (AF-EMDR) for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
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.
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).
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).
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…
EMDR therapy and OCD (Oxford University Press, 2023)
This chapter examines the use of EMDR therapy for individuals with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD).
