Treating traumatic stress injuries in military personnel: An EMDR practitioner’s guide (Routledge, 2013)

A practical guide for treating the spectrum of traumatic stress injuries with EMDR.

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The PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) – Standard (National Center for PTSD)

The PCL-5 is a 20-item self-report measure that assesses the 20 DSM-5 symptoms of PTSD for a preliminary diagnosis.

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The Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 (LEC-5) (National Center for PTSD)

A self-report measure designed to screen for 16 potentially traumatic events in a respondent’s lifetime that may result in PTSD.

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Redefining trauma and its hidden connections: Identifying and reprocessing the experiential contributors to a wide variety of disorders (Norton, 2013)

Francine Shapiro offers a psychotherapy model to heal trauma, through Adaptive Information Processing, EMDR therapy & therapeutic presence.

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Guilford, 2013)

Wesselmann/Shapiro describe how eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy can help complex trauma in children & adolescents. 

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A New Journal Feature: Translating Research Into Practice (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Introducing a new journal feature—Translating Research into Practice (TRIP), a collaboration between JEMDR and the EMDR Research Foundation.

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Treatment of Behavioral Addictions Utilizing the Feeling-State Addiction Protocol: A Multiple Baseline Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

New treatment for behavioral addictions using The Feeling-State Addiction Protocol (FSAP), based on theory of behavioral/substance addiction.

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A Commentary on Hornsveld et al. (2011): A Valid Test of Resource Development and Installation? Absolutely Not (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Evidence supporting “working memory” & “REM/Orienting Response” hypotheses as mechanisms of treatment effects of EMDR on patients with PTSD.

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Stop the Use of Eye Movements in Resource Development and Installation, Until Their Additional Value Has Been Proven: A Rejoinder to Leeds and Korn (2012) (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Response to Leeds & Korn, arguing study results are in line with mounting evidence supporting a working memory account for eye movements.

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How to Use Fraser’s Dissociative Table Technique to Access and Work With Emotional Parts of the Personality (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

Clinical Q&A. “Is there a process that is best used to identify ego states?” Fraser’s Dissociative Table Technique is explained.

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EMDR With Grief: Reflections on Ginny Sprang’s 2001 Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

EMDR treatment of complicated grief and mourning. Case examples are followed with a comprehensive discussion.

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What is the role of eye movements in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? A review (Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy)

Evidence was found suggesting bilateral stimulation increases access to episodic memories and that it could act on working memory.

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