In the media
Please note, various media coverage is shown here in order to share with you many different people’s experiences of EMDR treatment. For authoritative descriptions and definitions of the therapy please return to this site as the EMDR Association UK is not responsible for third party content.
5 February 2025
Jenna Jonatis describes how EMDR and IFS therapy worked well together to help her become a better parent.
30 December 2024
This Buzzfeed article discusses EMDR therapy from both a client’s and a therapist’s perspective.
30 December 2024
Motley-Crue’s Nikki Sixx chose to have EMDR therapy to deal with abandonment issues which have plagued him throughout his life.
7 December 2024
In this Guardian article Professional skier Drew Patterson shares his own struggles including with PTSD and type-two bipolar disorder, to help shed stigma around mental health in his sport, and refers to EMDR as a therapy which has helped him
13 November 2024
Traumatised after being exposed to a shooting incident, Natalie Arroyo Camacho tries EMDR therapy, and describes her experience.
16 August 2024
Why is EMDR therapy growing in popularity? A comprehensive article in The Conversation, including research references, which could be a helpful introduction for someone considering EMDR therapy.
15 May 2024
An in-depth exploration of EMDR therapy in The Telegraph, including interviews with Matt Wesson from EMDR UK, and other experts; and Gail Murdoch shares her personal story of childhood trauma and how she benefited from the therapy.
13 March 2024
There has been widespread media coverage on how Earl Spencer, the brother of Princess Diana, suffered physical, emotional and sexual abuse as a child. In this podcast with psychotherapist Julia Samuels, the EMDR therapy which has helped him on his healing journey, is particularly well explored and described (at around 35 seconds into the interview).
4 March 2024
In this Guardian article exploring the question of what is nervous system deregulation, EMDR is referred to as a treatment for alleviating the distress of traumatic memories.
21 February 2024
In this article for Oprah Daily, a writer shares her experience of EMDR therapy which relieved her PTSD symptoms following a sexual assault.
5 December 2023
Exploring EMDR and its benefits, this article includes an interview with EMDR UK’s President, Matt Wesson, presenting the case for greater access to the therapy. Democratizing Mental Health: EMDR Therapy in the UK EMDR, the therapy spotlighted by celebrities like Prince Harry, Jameela Jamil and Miley Cyrus for its remarkable success, has been gaining momentum in the UK.
27 October 2023
A therapist describes why her initial scepticism about EMDR changed to conviction, and gives readers five key pointers about the therapy in Psychology Today:
13 October 2023
This Attitude Magazine article by leading therapist Rebecca Case provides a simple description of EMDR therapy and who it can help:
6 July 2023
In this Radio 4 Series ‘The Madness’, journalist Fergal Keane reads from his memoir about his struggle with PTSD, haunted by the horrors he bore witness to in Rwanda in 2008. In this episode he talks about his experience of having EMDR therapy (at 05:40 minutes):
14 June 2023
Men’s Health magazine takes up the theme of trauma, and describes a range of trauma therapies including EMDR:
