Personalized psychotherapy in irritable bowel syndrome: Results from a pilot randomized controlled trial (PIONEER-IBS) (Journal of Psychosomatic Research)

 This study investigated the feasibility of assigning a personalized therapy, including EMDR therapy, based on symptom dynamics to reduce IBS gastrointestinal and psychosocial symptoms.

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) for ICU-related psychological distress among adult intensive care survivors: A scoping review (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This scoping review aimed to map the extent, characteristics, and findings of the available literature on the use of EMDR for ICU-related psychological distress.

The effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy on cognitive failure in nurses working in COVID-19 wards (Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research)

The aim of this randomized clinical trial study was to evaluate the effect of EMDR therapy on cognitive failure among nurses.

A study design for modulating two components of the risk architecture of chronic pain: Adverse life events and pain catastrophising (Frontiers in Psychology)

This study is testing whether EMDR can reduce chronic pain and related emotional symptoms by targeting either upsetting life memories or unhelpful pain-related thinking (such as catastrophizing), and whether changes in specific brain systems involved in pain regulation help explain those improvements.

‘A challenging but rewarding journey’: Qualitative study of participants’ experiences of EMDR for functional neurological disorder within the MODIFI trial (BJPsych Open)

We aimed to explore the experiences of participants with functional neurological disorder (FND) who had completed EMDR therapy in the MODIFI trial, which demonstrated positive outcomes.

Effect of EMDR for reduction of pain interference in children with sickle cell disease, the RELAX study: A randomized controlled trial protocol (BMC Pediatrics)

This paper outlines the study protocol of a randomized controlled trial aiming to investigate the efficacy of EMDR therapy in reducing pain interference in the lives of children with sickle cell disease (SCD).

Embodied EMDR: An enactive and dynamic systems perspective on therapeutic reprocessing (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This article proposes a conceptual expansion of therapeutic change in EMDR therapy through the integration of enactive cognition, phenomenology of the body, and dynamic systems theory.

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.

Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) on anxiety severity among physicians and nurses working in intensive care units (Critical Care Research and Practice)

This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of EMDR in reducing anxiety severity among intensive care unit (ICU) physicians and nurses.

When the Body Speaks in EMDR: A Somatic Approach to Adaptive Healing

Alison Leslie, EMDRIA member, discusses the role of the body in EMDR therapy and how to integrate somatic interventions within EMDR therapy.

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing for post-traumatic stress in survivors of critical illness (EMERALD): A mixed-methods, randomised, single-blind, parallel group-controlled, feasibility trial (eClinicalMedicine)

This study assessed the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of EMDR for critical care survivors with clinically significant post-traumatic stress symptoms.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for occupational memories associated with prolonged depressive and trauma-related symptoms after COVID-10 administrative redeployment: A public health nurse case report (Industrial Health)

This case study utilizing EMDR therapy with a public health nurse illustrates the clinical relevance of assessing occupational memories as possible contributors to persistent trauma-related symptoms after administrative redeployment.