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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Compassion-Focused EMDR (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Compassion-focused therapy was developed to help people where shame and self-criticism inhibited progress in therapy.
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