EMDR Therapists Archives

Criticality is associated with future psychotherapy response in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder – A pilot study (Chronic Stress)

This study assessed whether brain criticality (a factor in optimizing information processing) is related to future response to treatment including EMDR therapy, hypothesizing that treatment responders’ brains function closer to criticality.

The Mindful EMDR Therapist

Erika Tsoukanelis, LCSW and EMDRIA member, shares how core qualities of mindfulness can be helpful for EMDR therapists.

Alexithymia, dissociation and emotional regulation in eating disorders: Evidence of improvement through specialized inpatient treatment (Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)

67 female eating disorder inpatients (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder) were treated with EMDR and other methods.

Assessing dissociation: A systematic review and evaluation of existing measures (Journal of Psychiatric Research)

This review aimed to assess the psychometric properties and methodological quality of existing dissociation measures.

A randomized trial of virtual reality eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy for major depressive disorder with childhood trauma: A 3-month follow-up study (Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy)

This study examined the utilization of VR-EMDR in treating major depressive disorder with childhood trauma, monitoring depression and trauma symptoms.

Healing Across Borders: EMDR Therapy for Global Migration

Liliana Baylon, LMFT-S, RPT-S discusses how EMDR can help migrants process the deep psychological scars often associated with displacement.

The study protocol of a double-blind randomized controlled trial of EMDR and multifocal transcranial current stimulation (MtCS) as augmentation strategy in patients with fibromyalgia (Trials)

This double-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) analyzes if EMDR therapy is effective in the reduction of pain symptoms in fibromyalgia patients, and if its potential is boosted with the addition of MtCS.

EMDR and sexual disorders: A practitioner’s guide to treating sexual trauma and dysfunction (Routledge, 2025)

Provides guidelines for the treatment of sexual dysfunctions with EMDR therapy within the framework of attachment theory.

Acceptability and preliminary effects of intensive brief trauma-focused PTSD treatment for refugees (Torture: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture)

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of an intensive brief trauma-focused PTSD treatment (ITT) program including EMDR therapy delivered to refugees at the Swedish Red Cross Treatment Center.

The effect of eye movement desensitization on neurocognitive functioning compared to retrieval-only in PTSD patients: A randomized controlled trial (BMC Psychiatry)

This study examined whether Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) improves neurocognitive functioning in PTSD patients, in comparison with a retrieval-only control condition without EMs.

A superior colliculus-originating circuit prevents cocaine reinstatement via VR-based eye movement desensitization treatment (National Science Review)

In this study, we developed a VR-based eye movement desensitization extinction training program tailored for mice to monitor neural circuitry and cocaine reinstatement cues.

Psychotherapeutic interventions used in psychological treatment studies with Syrian refugees: A systematic review (Trauma, Violence, and Abuse)

This systematic review examines psychotherapeutic interventions employed in psychological treatment studies with Syrian refugees, including EMDR therapy.

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