Book Review: Neurobiological Foundations for EMDR Practice, Second Edition

This book review by Sara Gilman, Psy.D., LMFT describes Uri Bergmann’s “Neurobiological Foundations for EMDR Practice, Second Edition,” 2020.

“Dr. Bergmann’s first edition of this book was written in 2012. At that time, it was the first book to comprehensively integrate the most current research in information processing, consciousness, chronic trauma, and autoimmune disorders with implications for the adaptive information processing (AIP) theoretical model and EMDR therapy. The purpose of this second edition is to present new neuroscientific and psychological research related to disorders of attachment, traumatic stress, and information processing, highlighting neuroscience’s more contemporary understandings of emotions, the significance of mirror neurons, affective resonance, and the influence of neuroplasticity on the changes in cognition, behavior, and emotion.”

—Description from publisher

Article Access

Open Access

Gilman, S. (2022). Book Review: Neurobiological Foundations for EMDR Practice, Second Edition. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 16(1), 47–47. https://doi.org/10.1891/EMDR-D-21-00027

About the Journal

The Journal of EMDR Practice and Research is a peer-reviewed publication devoted to integrative, state-of-the-art papers about Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a broadly conceived interdisciplinary journal that stimulates and communicates research and theory about EMDR, and their application to clinical practice. The Journal of EMDR Practice and Research is the Official Publication of the EMDR International Association.