Personalized psychotherapy in irritable bowel syndrome: Results from a pilot randomized controlled trial (PIONEER-IBS) (Journal of Psychosomatic Research)
This study investigated the feasibility of assigning a personalized therapy, including EMDR therapy, based on symptom dynamics to reduce IBS gastrointestinal and psychosocial symptoms.
Depressive symptom severity and treatment outcome in posttraumatic stress disorder following childhood trauma: A secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial (Journal of Traumatic Stress)
This article explored whether people who started treatment with more severe depressive symptoms showed less improvement in PTSD symptoms overall, and whether this affected how well Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) or EMDR worked.
Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) for ICU-related psychological distress among adult intensive care survivors: A scoping review (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This scoping review aimed to map the extent, characteristics, and findings of the available literature on the use of EMDR for ICU-related psychological distress.
Systematic review and meta-analysis: The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in children and adolescents (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This updated meta-analysis compared the effects of CBT and EMDR on post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbid symptoms in children and adolescents.
The effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy on cognitive failure in nurses working in COVID-19 wards (Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research)
The aim of this randomized clinical trial study was to evaluate the effect of EMDR therapy on cognitive failure among nurses.
Making EMDR accessible: Adaptations for neurodiversity and other differences (Jessica Kingsley Publications, 2026)
“This book equips EMDR practitioners to deliver safer, more effective therapy to a wider range of clients.”
Living in an unresolved trauma system: Women’s experiences of infertility-related distress through an adaptive information processing lens (Women’s Health)
This study explored how trauma-informed perspectives, including the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, may offer an alternative framework for understanding infertility-related distress.
EMDR and equine-assisted psychotherapy: A retrospective mixed-methods case series (Counselling & Psychotherapy Research)
This retrospective case series examined clinical outcomes associated with two programmes that integrated EMDR therapy with Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) for individuals with trauma-related mental health symptoms.
The role of emotion regulation in trauma processing during eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (Healthcare)
This study’s findings suggest that particular emotional and cognitive processes, especially low emotional awareness and hypothetical thinking, may contribute to specific EMDR processing difficulties and poorer treatment progress.
A study design for modulating two components of the risk architecture of chronic pain: Adverse life events and pain catastrophising (Frontiers in Psychology)
This study is testing whether EMDR can reduce chronic pain and related emotional symptoms by targeting either upsetting life memories or unhelpful pain-related thinking (such as catastrophizing), and whether changes in specific brain systems involved in pain regulation help explain those improvements.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for flashforwards: Randomized multiple baseline single case experimental design in social anxiety disorder (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)
This study examined whether EMDR therapy for flashforwards reduces social anxiety and avoidance of fear-related situations, relative to baseline, in eight individuals with social anxiety disorder.
Psychological and glycemic outcomes associated with EMDR therapy in children and adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A retrospective comparative study (Children)
EMDR therapy was associated with greater improvement than standard psychiatric follow-up in separation anxiety, depressive symptoms, and overall anxiety burden, and, notably, with a significantly greater reduction in mean blood glucose.
