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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Foundations of the Positive Affect Tolerance Protocol: The Central Role of Interpersonal Positive Affect in Attachment and Self-Regulation (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Research has highlighted the negative effects of early neglect and abuse on the development of emotional self-regulation and attachment.

Do emotion regulation difficulties affect outcome of intensive trauma-focused treatment of patients with severe PTSD(European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Results suggest that emotional regulation difficulties are not associated with worse PTSD treatment outcomes, but that the difficulties improved after trauma-focused treatment of prolonged exposure and EMDR therapy.

Intervening in the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma by Targeting Maternal Emotional Dysregulation With EMDR Therapy (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Studies show the relationship of child & caregivers is critical for a child’s brain function and intergenerational transmission of attachment.