ETQ Summer 2024 edition

15 July, 2024

A note from the Editor

A note from the editor highlighting top picks from this edition of ETQ.

Research News

The latest research update for the EMDR Publications database.

Scientific and Research Committee update

The SRC has had a busy time of it recently, working hard, along with our colleagues at SCHARR (Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research) to prepare a manuscript for submission. At the York conference, Anthea Sutton presented on the findings of the systematic review that the Association had commissioned, and this has now been […]

Update from the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Committee

The latest news from the EDI committee.

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

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

The science of memory in the Twenty-First Century

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.

Survey on EMDR therapists’ attitudes towards the climate crisis and how this is being addressed in therapy with clients

Members of the Climate Crisis SIG present the findings from their recent survey of EMDR therapists on their views and experiences of the climate crisis.

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

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.

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

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

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.