EMDR Therapy and Suicide

When I was initially trained in EMDR therapy back in 2007, using EMDR with clients who were suicidal or who were self-harming was contra-indicated; instead, it was thought it was best to spend longer resourcing them to help increase their stability. However, in my research on suicide and trauma, I discovered that those who have experienced trauma are 15 times more likely to die by suicide than those who haven’t—a clear role for EMDR. Although resourcing is invaluable to these clients, moving on to the desensitization phase is just as important.

Learn more in this article from the Summer 2024 issue EMDR Therapy, Suicide, Postvention and Self-Harm of Go With That Magazine™ by Simon Proudlock, CPsychol, AFBPsS.

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