Key Changes to EMDRIA Approved Consultantâ„¢ Standards

Overview of key changes to EMDRIA Approved Consultantâ„¢ standards, education, evaluation, resources, and application requirements.

Pacing in posttraumatic stress disorder therapy: A meta-regression of treatment frequency and completion rates (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

The present study utilized PTSD clinical trials repository data to analyze associations between treatment frequency (i.e., weekly or more than weekly) and completion outcomes across cognitive processing therapy (CPT), prolonged exposure (PE), and EMDR.

A real-world evaluation of treating post-traumatic stress disorder in military veterans with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy: Comparing EMDR-indoors and EMDR-outdoors (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

In this small real-world study, veterans with PTSD improved whether EMDR therapy was done indoors or outdoors, but outdoor EMDR appeared to work faster and was more effective at maintaining reduced anxiety and depression over time.

The impact of intensive trauma-focused treatment on adults with PTSD and ASD traits: A pre-post intervention study (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This study investigates the treatment response following intensive trauma-focused therapy in patients with PTSD, comparing outcomes between individuals with high versus low comorbid ASD traits.

EMDR therapy and psychopharmacology (Oxford University Press, 2026)

This chapter aims to provide an understanding of prescription medications, psychotropic drug agents, actions, and purpose for EMDR clinicians who are non-prescribers, emphasizing prescribers’ trans-diagnostic use of these psychotropic agents.

EMDR therapy with individuals who have sexually offended: Addressing root causes with the offense driver model (Oxford University Press, 2026)

This chapter aims to help EMDR practitioners conceptualize relevant offense-driving targets and responsibly apply EMDR therapy concepts so that they remain consistent with literature on treating individuals who have sexually offended and individuals with compulsive sexual behaviors.

What integration actually felt like: A psychologist’s lived experience of dissociative identity disorder (Psychiatric Services)

A personal account following a psychologist navigating dissociative identity disorder who engages in EMDR therapy among other intensive trauma treatments and describes their understanding of integrative healing.

Psychiatric nurse-delivered eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for adults with moderate to severe post-traumatic stress symptoms in Jordan: A preliminary randomized controlled trial (BMC Nursing)

This study evaluated the effectiveness of psychiatric nurse-delivered EMDR for reducing post-traumatic stress symptoms among Jordanian adults.

A pilot study of the feasibility and preliminary outcomes of sequential TF-CBT and EMDR online group therapy for adult women with histories of childhood sexual abuse (Frontiers in Psychology)

This study examines the feasibility and preliminary clinical outcomes of a 16-session online group intervention combining TF-CBT and EMDR Group Traumatic Episode Protocol (G-TEP), and explores differences by sequence (EMDR → CBT vs. CBT → EMDR).

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing for post-traumatic stress in survivors of critical illness (EMERALD): A mixed-methods, randomised, single-blind, parallel group-controlled, feasibility trial (eClinicalMedicine)

This study assessed the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of EMDR for critical care survivors with clinically significant post-traumatic stress symptoms.

MicroRNAs expression changes associated with trauma-focused psychotherapy efficacy in treatment-resistant depression: An exploratory study (Neuroscience Applied)

This study employed a miRNomic approach to investigate plasma miRNA changes associated with trauma-focused psychotherapy, including EMDR therapy, in treatment-resistant depression (TRD) patients with a history of early life stress. 

Example Permission to Record EMDR Client Sessions for Consultation Purposes

Sample permission form for recording EMDR client sessions for consultation, outlining informed consent, confidentiality, and client rights.