Sexual Trauma Archives

EMDR Group Therapy with Sexual Violence Survivors

Ceit Robinson and Emma Sanderson share about the Sexual Violence Survivors (SVS) EMDR Group Protocol they developed.

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.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Efficacy in improving clinical, neuropsychological, and quality of life in women victims of violence (Women’s Health Reports)

This study examined the effectiveness of EMDR therapy compared with narrative exposure therapy (NET) as treatments for women who have experienced violence.

EMDR-Teens-cPTSD: Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in adolescents with complex PTSD secondary to childhood abuse: A case series (Healthcare)

This case series investigated the efficacy of EMDR therapy on complex post-traumatic symptoms and associated psychiatric disorders in adolescents with a history of abuse.

Knowledge about eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy and child sexual abuse: A scoping review (Trauma, Violence, and Abuse)

A scoping review of literature on EMDR therapy as treatment for childhood sexual abuse.

EMDR Therapy, Eating Disorders and Sexual Abuse

Patty Cabot met EMDR Certified Therapist Leah Leatherbee, LCSW-R to help with her eating disorder, which was driven by years of sexual abuse.

Psychological intervention in women victims of childhood sexual abuse: A randomized controlled clinical trial comparing EMDR psychotherapy and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (Frontiers in Psychiatry)

This randomized controlled trial compared TF-CBT and EMDR therapy (G-TEP protocol) for victims of childhood sexual abuse.

SVS EMDR group protocol: A collaborative approach to trauma therapy (Journal of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists)

This article discusses an EMDR group therapy approach for sexual violence survivors (SVS).

A systematic review of evidence-based treatments for adolescent and adult sexual assault victims (Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association)

Systematic literature review findings support several psychotherapy treatments for treating symptoms after sexual assault, including EMDR.

EMDR Therapy and Sexual Health

EMDRIA member Quandra Chaffers, LCSW discusses EMDR therapy and sexual health.

Internalized Sexual Shame in the Treatment of Eating Disorders

Understand shame and eating disorders to allows for better history-taking, case conceptualization, and client success in EMDR therapy.

The impact on eye movement and desensitization reprocessing of incomplete memory in a drug-facilitated rape: A single case study (Journal of Trauma and Dissociation)

Case study of EMDR for symptoms following a drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA), with adaptations to address an incomplete trauma memory.

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