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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Interhemispheric Interaction and Saccadic Horizontal Eye Movements: Implications for Episodic Memory, EMDR, and PTSD (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The body of literature on the effects of bilateral saccadic eye movements, patterned after those employed in EMDR, on memory is reviewed.

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Psychophysiological Studies of EMDR (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This article describes research on the effects of eye movements during authentic EMDR sessions of chronic PTSD in refugees of war and torture.

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Sleep-Dependent Memory Processing and EMDR Action (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

The possibility that bilateral stimulation induces a brain/mind state similar to that of rapid eye movement sleep is supported by studies.

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