Effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy in reducing infertility distress in women: a community-based randomised crossover trial protocol. (the Trauma-AID trial): Protocol (BMJ Open)

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of EMDR therapy in reducing infertility-related distress and improving psychological well-being among women undergoing fertility treatment.

“The Most Loving Decision a Mother Can Make”: Using EMDR to reduce internalized abortion stigma within TFMR parents (Studies in Clinical Social Work: Transforming Practice, Education and Research)

This case study demonstrates how phase five of EMDR therapy can be utilized to restructure a TFMR parent’s negative self-beliefs rooted in internalized abortion stigma, to decrease shame.

Childbirth related post-traumatic stress disorder and childbirth trauma: A systematic review of available primary antenatal intervention (Birth Issues in Perinatal Care)

The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature and empirical evidence to identify antenatal interventions and their effectiveness for treatment of childbirth trauma related PTSD symptomology.

Exploring the relationship between breastfeeding and psychological well-being after traumatic childbirth: A secondary analysis of the PERCEIVE study data (Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology)

This study investigates associations between breastfeeding outcomes and psychological well-being in women with traumatic birth experiences, utilizing data from the PERCEIVE trial, which assessed EMDR therapy effectiveness on PTSD after childbirth trauma.

Early eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for traumatic birth experience: Treatment for maternal postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Evidence-Based Nursing)

EMDR therapy for traumatic birth experience and maternal postpartum PTSD.

Early online EMDR group therapy delivered by midwives for prevention and treatment of trauma sequelae in post-partum women: A pragmatic, exploratory randomised controlled pilot trial, set within the MRC guidelines (2000) for developing and evaluating complex interventions (Ulster University, 2023)

This study explored a strategy of preventative public health intervention for women at risk of the negative effects of trauma in the perinatal period by task shifting a trauma focused EMDR intervention to non-mental health professionals.

I feel pain, not pressure: A personal and methodological reflection on pain during cesarean delivery (American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology)

An experience-based article recounting pain during cesarean delivery, resulting PTSD, subsequent EMDR treatment, and a review of the evolution of cesarean delivery-based pain literature.

Treatment of traumatic birth experience with postpartum early eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy: A randomized clinical trial (American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology)

This study investigated the effectiveness of early EMDR therapy in reducing symptoms of PTSD at nine weeks postpartum in women with a traumatic birth experience, compared with care as usual (controls).

Effectiveness of an eye movement desensitization and reprocessing intervention for the prevention of post-traumatic symptoms in perinatal loss: A randomized pilot controlled trial (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

 This study aimed to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of an EMDR recent traumatic episode protocol (EMDR-RTEP) as a preventive intervention for post-traumatic symptoms after perinatal loss.

Scoping review protocol of the use of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing in the treatment of birth trauma (BMJ Open)

This review explores the extent of the currently available research and identifies knowledge gaps in the use of EMDR for treating birth trauma.

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing for childbirth-related post-traumatic stress symptoms: Effectiveness, duration and completion (Frontiers in Global Women’s Health)

This study assessed the effectiveness of EMDR on childbirth-related post-traumatic stress symptoms; investigated the effect of EMDR duration on symptom reduction; measured the EMDR completion rate; and explored sample characteristics associated with effectiveness.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in preterm children with selective mutism (BMJ Case Reports)

This is the first case report of early childhood EMDR therapy to treat selective mutism in ex-premature infants.