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  1. What is EMDR therapy and why is it used to treat PTSD?

    Nov 20, 2023 · Although there is debate about how EMDR works and whether eye movements are necessary, it may be effective, and its use has been suggested as a possible second-line treatment …

  2. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy

    Jul 31, 2017 · While clients briefly focus on the trauma memory and simultaneously experience bilateral stimulation (BLS), the vividness and emotion of the memory are reduced. The guideline suggests …

  3. PTSD and trauma: New APA guidelines highlight evidence-based …

    Jul 1, 2025 · For treating PTSD symptoms, cognitive processing therapy, prolonged exposure therapy, and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy show the strongest evidence to date. Emerging …

  4. Exploring the 8 phases of EMDR

    Nov 20, 2023 · The first of these three phases is the most well-known phase of the EMDR protocol—the eye movement/bilateral stimulation. The patient is asked to focus on the traumatic event while the …

  5. Evaluating the effectiveness of tfCBT and EMDR interventions for PTSD ...

    This study describes a service evaluation of trauma-focused CBT (CT-PTSD) and EMDR treatment outcomes for PTSD in a London out-patient NHS Talking Therapies (NHS TT) service over 11 years …

  6. EMDR v. other psychological therapies for PTSD: A systematic review …

    Moderator analyses found unemployed participants receiving EMDR had higher PTSD symptom severity at the post-test, and males were more likely to drop out of EMDR treatment than females.

  7. Case Example: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

    Jul 31, 2017 · This is a case example for the treatment of PTSD using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. The APA Clinical Practice Guideline suggests EMDR for the …

  8. Treatments for PTSD

    Medications » Four medications were suggested for use in the treatment of PTSD (listed alphabetically): fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline, and venlafaxine.

  9. Eye movement desensitization reprocessing for children and …

    There is currently a limited number of studies into the efficacy of eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) therapy with children and adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

  10. EMDR therapy and PTSD: A goal-directed predictive processing …

    This new perspective incorporates insights from cognitive theories that draw on predictive processing and goal-directed processes to elucidate (changes in) automatic inferences that underlie PTSD …