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A global community advancing EMDR therapy.

With 19,000+ members in 75+ countries, we support clinicians and expand access to trauma care—driving healing, health and hope worldwide.

10/02/2026

What if being a good therapist doesn’t require having all the answers?

In our latest Focal Point guest blog, Dr. Rachel Rashkin reflects on what it means to practice in a field where there is always another theory, training, integration or clinical perspective to consider.

That abundance can strengthen our work. It can also leave clinicians wondering whether they know enough, are doing enough or are keeping up.

“The goal was never to master everything but to know enough, remain humble, balanced, curious, inquisitive, and to continue showing up for the people who trust us with their stories.”

In The Unfinished Therapist: Living With Uncertainty in an Age of Endless Clinical Innovation, Rashkin explores a different relationship with uncertainty, one where not knowing isn’t necessarily something to overcome, but something clinicians can learn to hold.

Read the latest guest blog on Focal Point at emdria.org/blog

09/29/2026

The next generation of EMDR research starts with investing in the researchers who will lead it.

Through the EMDRIA-MQ Foundation Research Fellowship Program, the EMDRIA Foundation and MQ Mental Health Research are supporting early-career scientists pursuing EMDR therapy research in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Fellows will receive up to £250,000 in funding over three years, along with support designed to help researchers build independent careers and strengthen the future of EMDR research.

Applications for the 2027 Fellowship Program will open in December 2026, with eligible researchers including those with 3–7 years of postdoctoral experience who are based at a university, hospital or research institution.

This partnership is about more than funding individual projects. It’s an investment in growing research capacity, bringing new perspectives into the field and building the evidence that will help shape the future of EMDR therapy.

Interested in applying? Sign up for MQ Mental Health Research’s Research Roundup to receive updates as application details become available, here: https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/emdr-fellows/

09/23/2026

We recently reached a milestone worth celebrating: 20,000 EMDRIA members💙

That’s 20,000 professionals learning from one another, sharing knowledge and helping move EMDR therapy forward—in more than 75 countries around the world.

EMDRIA membership connects you to the people, research and resources that support your work, including:

📚 3,200+ resources in the EMDRIA™ Library
🔬 The latest research through the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research®
💬 Connection with colleagues through Member Connect
📖 Go With That Magazine® and Focal Point Blog
🧰 Practical tools through EMDR Practice Toolkits
🌎 A growing global EMDR community

To our 20,000+ members: thank you for being part of this community and helping shape what comes next.

Learn more about EMDRIA membership at emdria.org/join.

09/22/2026

Why can a behavior be so difficult to change, even when someone understands why they want to stop?

For National Recovery Month, our latest Focal Point guest blog explores the intersection of trauma, addiction and compulsive behaviors through an EMDR lens.

Gerard Ilaria, LCSW, examines how trauma, reward, habit formation and emotional regulation can contribute to compulsive patterns—and reviews established EMDR approaches used in addiction treatment. He also shares “Buzzkill,” an EMDR-informed intervention he developed in his clinical practice to help interrupt compulsive behavioral patterns and support more adaptive choices.

The blog emphasizes that addiction treatment is complex and that approaches like these are not replacements for comprehensive care, which may include trauma processing, relapse prevention, psychotherapy, medication-assisted treatment and recovery supports.

Read “Treating Addiction and Compulsive Behaviors with EMDR Therapy” at emdria.org/blog

09/09/2026

What happens when understanding an experience isn’t the same as feeling something shift?

In our latest Focal Point guest blog, Allison Bruce, LPCC-S, reflects on how her background in Gestalt therapy informs her practice of EMDR therapy—from attention to the here and now to the role of the body, therapeutic relationship and relational attunement.

Drawing from her clinical experience, Bruce explores the places where she sees Gestalt and EMDR therapy intersect: presence, curiosity and helping clients remain connected to what is emerging emotionally and physically.

As she writes, “The protocol matters, but so does the therapist’s ability to remain grounded, attuned, and responsive to the client’s nervous system in real time. The relationship matters.”

Read “The Intersection of Gestalt Therapy and EMDR Therapy: Healing in the Here and Now” at emdria.org/blog

09/02/2026

📸 EMDRIA Conference 2026 photos are here!

Relive some of our favorite moments from Anaheim—from sessions and celebrations to the connections that made the weekend so memorable.

Thank you again to everyone who joined us and helped make EMDRIA Conference 2026 such a meaningful few days. 💙

View and download the conference photos now: https://emdrinternationalassociationemdria.pixieset.com/emdriaconference2026/

Please note: Conference photos are provided for personal, noncommercial use only. Photos may not be used for advertising, marketing, promotional materials or other commercial purposes without prior permission from EMDRIA.

08/31/2026

New from JEMDR: Can reprocessing sometimes support stabilization?

A new article in the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research examines that question in the context of complex trauma treatment.

In “Stabilization-Oriented Restricted EMDR Reprocessing in Complex Trauma Treatment,” Juliane Tortes Saint-Jammes, Maya Larribité and Alix Lavandier propose a clinical sequencing framework for carefully titrated, restricted reprocessing of selected present, future and highly circumscribed past targets.

Rather than viewing stabilization and reprocessing as absolute opposites, the authors explore how target, scope, dose, timing and safety can inform clinical decision-making while preserving dual attention, present orientation and the window of tolerance.

As the authors emphasize, this framework is intended to support clinical reasoning—not introduce a new EMDR protocol or provide evidence of efficacy.

Read the latest from JEMDR: https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/jemdr.0043

08/27/2026

What does silence mean during EMDR processing?

Is a client integrating? Dissociating? Experiencing shame? Freezing? Or moving through something that hasn’t reached language yet?

In the latest Focal Point guest blog, Prof. Dr. Adrián Cillo explores the different ways silence can emerge in EMDR therapy—and why the therapist’s ability to tolerate uncertainty, remain attuned and recognize what may be happening beneath the silence matters.

As Cillo writes, sometimes the clinician’s urge to intervene may tell us as much about our own discomfort as it does about what the client needs.

“Silence, in those moments, wasn’t an obstacle to the work. It was the work.”

Read more at emdria.org/blog

08/24/2026

EMDRIA Conference 2026 is officially a wrap! Thank you to everyone who joined us to learn, connect, share and strengthen our EMDR community. We hope you made it home safely, and with new ideas and connections to carry forward.

Here’s just a glimpse of the weekend. More conference moments are coming soon. 📸

And next up… Philadelphia 2027!

08/23/2026

What a weekend, Anaheim💛

Day 3 was the perfect finish to three days filled with learning, new perspectives, meaningful conversations and the kind of connection that happens when our EMDR community comes together.

Thank you to every attendee, presenter, exhibitor, sponsor and volunteer who helped make EMDRIA Conference 2026 what it was. We hope you leave with new ideas, new connections and plenty to carry forward into your work.

That’s a wrap on EMDRIA Conference 2026. See you in Philadelphia for 2027!🙌

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