Category: Opinion

This is the listing page for all Opinion articles from the Summer 2024 Edition

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Isolation, powerlessness and shame: Braving the unbearable pain of childhood relational trauma

Summer 2024

Claire van den Bosch brings to life her favourite presentation from the annual conference in York this year.

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The science of memory in the Twenty-First Century

Summer 2024

Beverly Coghlan reviews a challenging presentation from the York conference. Pamela Radcliffe presented some of her PhD research on the science of memory and the beliefs of EMDR practitioners in repressed memories.

The climate crisis and the cost of silence: Reflections on our ethical duty

Summer 2024

Members of the Climate Crisis SIG advocate for EMDR therapists to develop knowledge and confidence to raise the issue of the climate crisis with clients in therapy sessions. They argue that not to is to diminish the current context and experience of our clients.

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Considerations for the use of EMDR in processing racial and other socially inflicted traumas: Part 2

Summer 2024

In Part 2 of her article, Amal Wartalska uses case illustrations from her own practice to demonstrate the subtle yet powerful adaptations to the EMDR standard protocol that can lead to transformational change in clients who have racial or other socially inflicted traumas.

Our ethical obligation in research and practice: Part 2

Summer 2024

Working towards the decolonisation of psychological research is an ethical obligation and not a choice, argues Heena Chudasama. In Part 2 of her article she outlines how psychological research may be conducted within an EEDI framework and places the onus on us, as consumers of research, researchers and implementers of research to take responsibility for this to happen.

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Step by step guide to treating chronic pain

Summer 2024

Jane Eastwood reviews Mark Grant's handy manual on how to use EMDR to treat pain.