The Effectiveness of EMDR for Medically Unexplained Symptoms: A Systematic Literature Review (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This meta-analysis looks at medically unexplained symptoms, unresolved traumatic or distressing somatic-related memories & how EMDR can help.
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The Positive Affect Tolerance and Integration Protocol: A Novel Application of EMDR Therapy Procedures to Help Survivors of Early Emotional Neglect Learn to Tolerate and Assimilate Moments of Appreciation, Praise, and Affection (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
The Positive Affect Tolerance protocol helps survivors of early emotional neglect learn to tolerate appreciation, praise, and affection.
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Making Sense of Offense Related Trauma: Exploring Two Patients’ Lived Experience (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This research explores offense-related trauma and EMDR with two patients who perpetrated violence offenses.
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Effects of EMDR Group Traumatic Episode Protocol on Burnout Within IAPT Healthcare Professionals: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This study explores the effectiveness of EMDR Group Traumatic Episode Protocol (EMDR G-TEP) at reducing distress and burnout in therapists.
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Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress injuries among public safety personnel: A systematic review and meta-analysis (BMC Systematic Reviews)
“The current study assessed the effectiveness and acceptability of psychological interventions for PTSI among PSPs.”
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Safety, feasibility, and efficacy of EMDR Therapy in adults with PTSD and mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning and mental health problems: A multiple baseline study (Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities)
EMDR therapy was found to be safe, feasible, and (potentially) efficacious in decreasing PTSD symptoms for adults with MID-BIF.
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Understanding the AIP Model: The Boat Metaphor and the Mount Everest Metaphor
This video by Thomas Zimmerman, Ms.Ed., LPCC explains the AIP model with The Boat Metaphor and the Mount Everest Metaphor.
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General EMDRIA Member Resources
This short video outlines all the valuable resources you have access to when you become an EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) member. Find out more about what EMDRIA can offer you!
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EMDR and Creative Arts Therapies (Routledge, 2022)
This book guides EMDR therapists in creative arts therapies to make healing safer and more accessible for patients with complex trauma.
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The psychological impact of the COVID emergency on Italian nursing homes staff and the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Frontiers in Psychology)
We describe the subjective experience of staff in a number of Italian nursing homes during COVID-19 and effectiveness of EMDR with them.
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A case report on the effectiveness of virtual eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy in childhood OCD (International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences)
A 10-year-old was given EMDR therapy to address his OCD after intrusive thoughts such as witnessing his parents being fatally slashed.
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Intensive outpatient treatment for PTSD: an open trial combining prolonged exposure therapy, EMDR, and physical activity (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
The aim of the study was to test the effectiveness of an eight-day (two-week) intensive treatment for PTSD within a public health care setting.
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