Summer 2022 Vol 4 No 2
Note from the Editor
You may notice a difference in this issue of the ETQ. It is my first one as Editor and I have been on a steep learning curve (not helped by having covid, which thankfully has gone). Out of my learning I have developed a deep respect for the previous editor Omar Sattaur. Attempting to fill […]
News
Ben Wright (BW) (Chair of the Science and Research Committee): Please would you tell us what appealed to you about the role of research officer? Beverly Coghlan (BC): I have been involved in clinical research in one form or another since I graduated from university back in the late eighties. I have been at my […]
Publications database
Read the latest EMDR research published on Andrew Leeds’ blog, on the website of the Sonoma Psychotherapy Training Institute, which he directs. The blog gives abstracts and links to recently published papers. There are 26 new articles related to EMDR therapy, many of which have links to the open access full text article.
Opinion
This article is a reply to the EMDR Council of Scholar’s 2021 position paper on EMDR therapy, describing EMDR as being at a “crossroads”, and at risk of losing out to other trauma treatments as it is frequently misconstrued as a mere protocol or tool rather than a whole therapy. The article draws on the long history of EMDR as an integrative psychotherapy practice. It suggests that combining the Internal Family Systems model (IFS) as a cornerstone of EMDR could help to fulfil EMDR therapy’s grand promise: of treating the problems of daily living based on reprocessing disturbing life experiences.
Conference
Russ Hurn, Chair Child and Adolescent Committee shares his highlights from this year's conference.
Conference
A quick internet search brings up over 18 million references to resilience. Here are some thoughts as to how we as EMDR practitioners might make sense of the construct.
Letter
“Necessity is the mother of invention” cited Sally-Ann to me. If one phrase encapsulates how we have had to adapt in the last two years, it is certainly this one. While the spotlight has truly been shone on the virtual world and how sessions have moved online, there has been little mention of the trend […]
President's update
Digitising the accreditation process and other developments
We’re always looking for new authors. If you’ve seen, read or developed something in the EMDR field, we’d love to hear from you.
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