EMDR Therapy Quarterly

Welcome to this Summer 2026 edition of EMDR Therapy Quarterly, which arrives with a strong sense of momentum, curiosity and shared purpose. Across the issue, EMDR is presented not as a fixed set of techniques, but as a developing field shaped by research, clinical reflection, supervision, inclusion and careful attention to the people and communities we serve. 

A clear theme is thoughtful expansion. Articles consider EMDR with people with learning disabilities, military and veteran populations, families, medical trauma presentations and wider communities who may not always have felt fully represented or included. These contributions remind us that adapting EMDR well means staying grounded in the model while listening closely to individual needs, context and lived experience. 

Accessibility and inclusion run throughout the edition. Reflections from specialist groups and committees highlight person-centred adaptations, supervision, shared learning, marginalisation, climate, bursaries and the ongoing work required to make participation possible for more members. They invite us to ask not only whether EMDR works, but who can access it, who feels welcome within it, and how we respond when barriers are named. 

The research content is equally rich. New member-voted research priorities sit alongside evidence summaries covering a wide range of presentations, including non-PTSD difficulties, perinatal mental health, neurodivergence, children and adolescents, depression, personality disorder, functional neurological disorder and mechanisms of change. The material on veterans and military personnel offers both encouragement and caution, pointing to promising findings while underlining the need for stronger, setting-specific studies. 

Several pieces focus on developing practice. Post-training support, model fidelity, CPD, bilateral stimulation adaptations and work with relational, medical and family trauma all speak to the same question: how do we keep learning while remaining anchored? The answers offered here are practical and reflective, emphasising confidence, humility, preparation, supervision and compassion. 

The European Conference report places this work within the wider international EMDR community, capturing the value of connection, accreditation, shared learning and UK-based research. It is a reminder that EMDR develops through conversation as much as through publication: through services testing ideas, practitioners reflecting honestly, researchers asking better questions and communities making space for more voices. 

Of note, we have updated the advertisement policy for the ETQ. We welcome relevant advertising in EMDR Therapy Quarterly. Adverts must be more than 50% related to EMDR and can now include CPD events or recruitment. ETQ reaches more than 4,000 EMDR practitioners. Adverts are £100 per quarter or £300 annually. For queries, contact editor@emdrassociation.org.uk. 

As always, we warmly welcome your responses, ideas and contributions for future editions. If you have practice reflections, service developments, research updates, conference reports or stories from the EMDR community to share, please get in touch. I hope this issue offers something useful, thought-provoking and encouraging for your practice, and that it strengthens our shared commitment to thoughtful, inclusive and well-supported EMDR.