EMDR for eating disorders and body schema disorder: An update (Intech Open, 2025)
This chapter discusses EMDR therapy for eating disorders, underlying theory and a narrative case study.
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Alexithymia, dissociation and emotional regulation in eating disorders: Evidence of improvement through specialized inpatient treatment (Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)
67 female eating disorder inpatients (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder) were treated with EMDR and other methods.
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for the treatment of eating disorders: A systematic review of the literature (Mental Health Science)
The study aimed to systematically evaluate the current evidence regarding the use of EMDR therapy in the treatment of eating disorders (ED), ED symptomatology, and body image concerns.
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Comparison of the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), transcranial direct current brain stimulation (tDCS) and combined therapy on perceived stress and food craving in women with binge eating (Journal of Modern Psychological Research)
A study comparing EMDR therapy, transcranial direct current brain stimulation, and combined therapy as a treatment for food cravings and perceived stress in women who binge eat.
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EMDR Therapy, Eating Disorders and Sexual Abuse
Patty Cabot met EMDR Certified Therapist Leah Leatherbee, LCSW-R to help with her eating disorder, which was driven by years of sexual abuse.
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Efficacy of EMDR in Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Associated Cognitive-Emotional Features (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Efficacy of EMDR in body dysmorphic disorder symptoms and features like appearance-based rejection sensitivity, body shame, & self-compassion.
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EMDR Therapy for Eating Disorders
EMDR-certified therapist Marnie Davis, MA, LMHC discusses her experience with clients who have eating disorders and how EMDR therapy heals.
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EMDR Therapy and Eating Disorders GWT Issue
We invited several authors to write about EMDR Therapy and Eating Disorders in the Fall 2023 Go With That Magazine issue.
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Internalized Sexual Shame in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Understand shame and eating disorders to allows for better history-taking, case conceptualization, and client success in EMDR therapy.
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Resilience: The Intersection of Eating Disorders and EMDR
Resilience is a competency that can be learned and developed through treating trauma and in the context of eating disorder (ED) recovery.
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EMDR Therapy & Eating Disorders (Go With That Magazine Issue)
Eating disorders affect at least 9 percent of the population worldwide. With so many people suffering, how can EMDR therapists help?
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BIPOC Perspective on Eating Disorders
Examples of how a client’s culture/race was significant in the use of EMDR therapy for eating disorders or disordered eating.
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