The body does not keep the score: Trauma, predictive coding, and the restoration of metastability (Frontiers in Neuroscience)

“Understanding trauma as a dysregulation of metastability may also dissolve a long-standing paradox in mental health: why so many diverse treatments—exposure therapy, EMDR, mindfulness, exercise, psychedelics, flow-inducing pursuits—can all succeed. Each, in its own way, restores flexible coupling between large-scale networks, quiets maladaptive self-referential loops, and rebalances neuromodulation. The mechanism is not specific content but dynamic reorganization.” 

Effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy in reducing infertility distress in women: a community-based randomised crossover trial protocol. (the Trauma-AID trial): Protocol (BMJ Open)

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of EMDR therapy in reducing infertility-related distress and improving psychological well-being among women undergoing fertility treatment.

Effects of timing and type of trauma-focused treatment on psychosocial functioning: Secondary outcomes from a randomized controlled trial in patients with co-occurring substance use disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (Behaviour Research and Therapy)

This study examined secondary outcomes from an RCT comparing Prolonged Exposure (PE), EMDR therapy, and Imagery Rescripting (ImRs), delivered simultaneously with or sequentially to SUD-treatment to evaluate treatment responses per type of therapy as well as timing of delivery.

The journey to diagnosis and care of functional neurological disorder (FND) (PLoS ONE)

This qualitative study aimed to explore participants’ experiences of being diagnosed with functional neurological disorder (FND), accessing EMDR therapy treatment, and navigating life after diagnosis.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing integrative group treatment protocol for the reduction of perceived stress in parents with disabled children: A therapeutic approach (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This research aims to verify if the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP) is effective in reducing stress symptoms of caregivers of disabled children.

Invisible traces after traffic accidents: Psychological and behavioral consequences of physical injuries (Injury)

This narrative review examines the psychological and behavioral responses observed in traffic crash survivors, and the psychological interventions, including EMDR therapy, that can help.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing outcomes in depression and anxiety: Evidence from a meta-analysis (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

A meta-analysis to evaluate symptom reduction in EMDR therapy used to treat depression and anxiety. 

Delivering eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in primary care: a service improvement pilot project. (Mental Health Practice)

This article reports on a pilot project to explore the delivery and outcomes of EMDR therapy with patients in primary care in Northern Ireland, as an alternative to putting them on waiting lists for trauma treatment.

EMDR as a treatment for compulsive sexual behavior (Routledge, 2026)

This chapter covers an overview of EMDR, AIP model theory, specific protocols and a composite case example of ‘Marie’, which demonstrates how EMDR therapy can be used as a comprehensive treatment for compulsive sexual behaviour.

Posttraumatic growth in self-referred healthcare workers to the trauma response network UK during COVID-19: An exploratory study (Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma)

This study aimed to examine posttraumatic growth and its associations with PTSD, depression, dissociation, and resilience in healthcare workers who sought support from the Trauma Response Network UK (the national EMDR response to mass trauma) during the first six months of the pandemic.

Novel Strategies to optimize individual performance on the in-service training exam: A case series (HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine)

This case series investigated the efficacy of EMDR therapy on test-taking anxiety for residents taking the Council on Residency Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) exam.

Integrating EMDR and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (New Harbinger Publications, 2026)

A comprehensive, step-by-step guide for effectively integrating EMDR and ACT to treat trauma.