21 August 2026

Minnie Driver has EMDR therapy

Actor Minnie Driver shares reflections about her trauma following a life threatening car accident, and says she had EMDR therapy as part of her efforts to heal.

11 August 2026

EMDR for intensive care patients with PTSD

BBC South reports on new research from the University of Southampton showing how EMDR therapy can be effective in people who have stayed in intensive care units (ICU), facing near-death and painful experiences. It shares patient Hazel Southam’s success story: “I was well cared for [in the ICU] but experienced delirium, probably because of the medication. I was later told that I had post-ICU PTSD… Before EMDR I was incredibly anxious, and stressed and suffered from insomnia, after EMDR I understood what had happened to me, it didn’t hold as much fear and I could sleep.”

10 August 2026

Abuse perpetrator brought to justice

BBC Manchester reports how EMDR therapy helped a victim of childhood abuse struggling with her mental health. She and her sister were able to bring the perpetrator to justice, and a memory recovered during therapy became a key piece of verifiable evidence. She says: “It was like a whole weight had been lifted off my shoulders. I knew that it was over. He can’t hurt anyone anymore.”

17 July 2026

‘What Integration Actually Felt Like: A Psychologist’s Lived Experience of Dissociative Identity Disorder’

Psychiatry Online highlights a personal account in which psychologist Adrian Fletcher (pictured) undergoes EMDR therapy among other trauma treatments and chronicles her lived experience of dissociative identity disorder, describing her unfolding understanding of integrative healing.

2 July 2026

Wimbledon player reduces stress with EMDR therapy

Tennis player Claire Liu, who reached the third round at Wimbledon 2026, has shared a lot about the stress of achieving and maintaining professional athlete status. This article in the LA Times names EMDR therapy as one of the ways she has sought relief.

3 June 2026

Influencer Bridget Bahl to have EMDR following cancer treatment

“…there’s like a whole survivor’s guilt kind of thing that comes along with surviving cancer. You kind of don’t always allow yourself to feel all of the feelings, because you’re like, I should just be so happy that I’m alive.”

Bridget Bahl shares how she is planning to have EMDR therapy to address the mental health impact of living with, and surviving stage 2 breast cancer. Read the full story in ‘People’ magazine:

23 April 2026

EMDR and healing the scars of financial abuse

This ‘Goop’ article explores the issue of financial abuse within a relationship and how to recognise it. It highlights EMDR in particular as therapeutic model that can be hugely beneficial as a way to heal, saying: “It gives you a way to look at how you feel about yourself and how you process emotion as a result of trauma… for example [from] ‘I’m weak because I was abused’ to ‘I am now strong and aware.’”

22 April 2026

Recognising when therapy has run its course

Thoughtful termination of therapy is not just good ethics, says the American Psychological Association [APA], it is key to a sustainable practice and your own self-care Marnie Shanbhag, PhD, senior director of APA’s Office of Independent Practice, says: “Psychologists care deeply about our patients’ feelings, especially when they want to continue in treatment with us, but we also have an ethical obligation to terminate in certain situations. Doing so can help us be fully present for all our patients and make room for new patients as others meet their goals.”

22 April 2026

Taunton charity to offer EMDR therapy

A counselling charity in Taunton has launched a new initiative to support people dealing with distressing experiences. Somerset Counselling Centre, which supports residents across the county, now offers EMDR therapy. The centre currently works with more than 100 clients each month and delivers both short and long-term counselling on a sliding fee scale to make therapy accessible regardless of income.

14 April 2026

Joe Lycett: “I’m really grateful for that therapy.”

Comedian Joe Lycett talks about how EMDR therapy helped him. Having supported a close friend with a terminal illness, Joe developed a fear of vomiting (emetophobia). This part of the discussion comes at around 29 minutes into the podcast.

5 April 2026

The neuroscience of trauma

This article in Psychology Today provides an accessible exploration of the neuroscience behind trauma and references EMDR therapy and why it’s effective.

10 March 2026

Jameela Jamil talks about having EMDR therapy

Actor, activist and presenter Jameela Jamil talks about how much she benefitted from EMDR therapy in this video podcast with actor Michael Rosenbaum. She describes how the therapy saved her life and “completely re-wired my relationship to trauma and fear.” Host Rosenbaum discloses that he also had effective EMDR therapy.

27 January 2026

EMDR hits the big screen

EMDR therapy hits the big screen in the recently released film See You When I See You. The main character, played by Cooper Raiff, is seen in his EMDR therapy sessions and the film draws inspiration from the real-life tragedy endured by screenwriter Adam Cayton-Holland, who adapted the screenplay from his comic memoir, Tragedy Plus Time.

16 January 2026

“You Should Try EMDR.”

The author of this HuffPost article shares how these four words changed his life,  describing how EMDR therapy brought a powerful healing experience from the traumatic grief of losing his life partner.

13 January 2026

Actor Parvathy Thiruvothu says EMDR changed her life

Actor Parvathy Thiruvothu reveals there was a time when she felt her situation was beyond anyone’s help, and she had suicidal thoughts, until EMDR therapy changed her life.  She shares her experiences in The Times of India.