Bilateral saccadic eye movements and tactile stimulation, but not auditory stimulation, enhance memory retrieval (Brain and Cognition)

Discussion of alternating bilateral activation of the left & right hemispheres and its effects on memory connectivity between the hemispheres.

Treatment of sexual trauma dissolves contamination fear: Case report (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

Case report of patient treated with paroxetine, EMDR, and exposure and response prevention (ERP) techniques for PTSD and OCD.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.