Using EMDR to Treat PTSD Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury: Navigating a Changed Brain and Sense of Self

Neurodiversity and neurodivergence are now common terms in psychotherapy spaces and beyond. However, settling on what criteria make someone neurodivergent remains unclear. The literature embraces the idea that, like fingerprints, everyone’s brain is different based on their genetics, biology, nutrition, attachment, and lived experiences (Jäncke et al., 2018). But with an ever-growing list of diagnoses under the neurodiverse umbrella, how do clinicians keep up, and what does this mean for how we continue to practice Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) with our neurodivergent clients successfully? We trust the process and lean into the personcentered nature of the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) Model.

Learn more in this article from the Winter 2025 issue EMDR Therapy and Neurodiversity of Go With That Magazine® by J. Laurel Thornton, MA, LPC/ALPS, NCC.

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