About JEMDR®

The Journal of EMDR Practice and Research® (JEMDR) is a peer-reviewed publication devoted to integrative, state-of-the-art papers about EMDR therapy. It is a broadly conceived interdisciplinary journal that stimulates and communicates research and theory about EMDR therapy and its application to clinical practice. The journal publishes experimental studies; theoretical, review, and methodological articles; case studies; brief reports; and book reviews.

Established in July 2007 by EMDRIA™, the journal is published by The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Beginning January 1, 2025, JEMDR® will be published by the Science Partner Journals (SPJ) program of AAAS, the world’s oldest and largest general science organization, serving 10 million people around the globe. AAAS publishes the renowned journal Science, among others.

  • ISSN (print): 1933-3196
  • ISSN (online): 1933-320X

JEMDR® is co-edited by Jenny Rydberg, a former special editor with JEMDR®, book editor, and associate editor of the European Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, and Derek Farrell, Ph.D., MBE, a principal lecturer in psychology at the University of Worcester, UK, where he directs a master’s program in EMDR therapy.

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Attachment-informed phase 2 resourcing in EMDR therapy: Relational base-of-sceurity RDI and memory-focused imaginal reparenting (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This clinical instruction article examines Phase 2 resource-development procedures by reorganizing elements rather than presenting novel component techniques, clarifying their intended function within the adaptive information processing model.

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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.

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Pathogenic memories and criminal thinking in judicial settings: Extending the AIP model of EMDR therapy (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This article addresses EMDR’s concept of “pathogenic memories,” proposing the incorporation of concepts specific to justice system settings, including victim and perpetrator dynamics, vulnerability and shame, and considering the context of current criminal and legal systems.    

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