Working with Preverbal Trauma in EMDR Therapy

EMDRIA member Deborah Del Vecchio-Scully expands the view of trauma beyond explicit episodic memory and shares how EMDR therapy can help preverbal trauma encoded within the central nervous system.

Healing the Past: EMDR Therapy for Generational Trauma

Susan Weissbach Friedman, breaks down how traumatic patterns can be passed down through families—and how EMDR helps disrupt that cycle.

Generational wounds: The theory and practice of using systemic attachment-informed EMDR therapy with parents and children (Oxford University Press, 2025)

This chapter will explore the role of EMDR therapy in promoting change and integration in relational and affective dynamics and inner structures that perpetuate attachment wounds across generations.

Enhancing Trauma Recovery in BIPOC Communities with EMDR Therapy

Learn practical EMDR strategies to support healing in BIPOC clients through culturally sensitive, client-centered approaches.

EMDR Therapy for Caregivers of Neurodivergent Clients

This podcast explores the unique challenges caregivers of neurodivergent individuals face and how EMDR therapy can help.

EMDR therapy with older adult populations (Oxford University Press, 2024)

This chapter focuses on the application of EMDR within older adult populations.

Generational Trauma, Warrior Genetics, and EMDR therapy

EMDRIA member Erika Yourdan breaks down the concept of generational resilience in the form of warrior genetics and offers a practical strategy for EMDR therapists.

EMDR, Generational Trauma and Criminal Recidivism: Toward Safer Communities

Explore how EMDR in prisons addresses developmental trauma and reduces recidivism by healing early attachment wounds.

Trauma, Attachment and Formative Experience: An EMDR Paradigm Shift?

Discover attachment-informed EMDR using creative interweaves, case structure, and early-life targeting to transform formative patterns.

Distinct saliva DNA methylation profiles in relation to treatment outcome in youth with posttraumatic stress disorder (Translational Psychiatry)

This study investigated the link between epigenetic mechanisms like the DNA methylation genes and previously associated biological mechanisms with treatment outcome.

DNA methylation changes in association with trauma-focused psychotherapy efficacy in treatment-resistant depression patients: A prospective longitudinal study (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This article looks at the effects of trauma-focused psychotherapy on DNA methylation alterations.

EMDR Therapy and Intergenerational Trauma

EMDRIA member Viviana Urdaneta discusses how EMDR therapy can help heal intergenerational trauma.