The role of emotion regulation in trauma processing during eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (Healthcare)

This study’s findings suggest that particular emotional and cognitive processes, especially low emotional awareness and hypothetical thinking, may contribute to specific EMDR processing difficulties and poorer treatment progress.

Stabilization-oriented restricted EMDR reprocessing in complex trauma treatment (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This clinical instruction article proposes a stabilization-oriented sequencing framework for using selected existing EMDR procedures under restricted processing conditions.

The combination of dialectical behavioral skills training with EMDR in the treatment of borderline personality disorder and psychological trauma: A feasibility randomized trial (Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation)

This study investigates the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of combining dialectical behavioral therapy group skills training (DBT-ST) with EMDR individual therapy for patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and psychological trauma.

A replicated single case evaluation of a depression focused EMDR protocol (EMDR-DeprEnd) for reducing depression, anxiety, and emotion dysregulation (Journal of Clinical Psychology Studies)

This replicated single-case study examined a depression-focused EMDR protocol (EMDR-DeprEnd) in three university students in Tehran, Iran.

Effects of timing and type of trauma-focused treatment on psychosocial functioning: Secondary outcomes from a randomized controlled trial in patients with co-occurring substance use disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (Behaviour Research and Therapy)

This study examined secondary outcomes from an RCT comparing Prolonged Exposure (PE), EMDR therapy, and Imagery Rescripting (ImRs), delivered simultaneously with or sequentially to SUD-treatment to evaluate treatment responses per type of therapy as well as timing of delivery.

Expanding the On-the-Spot EMDR method: From dementia care to broader desensitisation and emotional regulation (EMDR Therapy Quarterly, Winter 2026)

This article explores extending the On-The-Spot EMDR method beyond dementia care as a stabilising intervention.

The use of a pressure vest to reduce anxiety and dissociation during eye movement desensitization and reprocessing – a single-case experimental design study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This study investigated the hypothesis that the use of a pressure vest would decrease anxiety and dissociation during EMDR.

A grounded theory of attachment processes in EMDR for psychosis (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation)

This research sought to identify processes between attachment and EMDR that might promote recovery from psychosis.

EMDR therapy for adolescents with misophonia: A pilot study of a case series (EMDR Therapy Quarterly, 2025)

The aim of this pilot study was to assess the effectiveness of EMDR therapy in treating adolescents with misophonia.

Affect-Focused EMDR: Clinical Strategies for Working with Relational Trauma (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This theoretical article explores affect-focused EMDR, which posits that the reprocessing of affect is central to the EMDR process, rather than the reprocessing of memories or mental representations.

EMDR and family therapy: Integrative treatment for attachment trauma in children (W. W. Norton, 2025)

A practical guide to treating children suffering from early attachment trauma—now updated and revised.

The interplay of emotional intelligence and EMDR therapy outcomes (Journal of Anxiety & Depression)

This brief review examines how emotional intelligence (EI) might affect EMDR therapy outcomes.