References for Podcast Episode 12 - EMDR at the Frontiers of Medical Trauma and Grief
In Episode 12 of EMDR: The Science Behind the Therapy, host Dr. Andrew Leeds takes listeners inside the 2026 EMDR Europe Conference in Oslo to explore cutting-edge, yet-to-be-published EMDR treatment research on medical trauma and grief. During breaks between keynotes and workshops, Dr. Leeds interviewed investigators whose poster presentations highlight how EMDR is being adapted for complex medical and loss-related experiences.
To support clinicians in integrating outcome data into everyday practice, the episode closes with an invitation to join a free beta of a measurement‑based care platform offering standard and EMDR‑relevant assessment tools, real‑time dashboards, and flexible workflows tailored for busy therapists.
Below you will find supplemental references of the research on EMDR for breast cancer, women coping with infertility, myocardial infarction, and grief, as well as references and contact information for each of the four poster sessions mentioned in the Episode 12 of the podcast.
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Measure-based care is a new service that provides free online access to a set of standard measures you can implement in your clinical practice or use for conducting your own EMDR treatment outcome case series research or single case reports. Measure-based care offers alcohol and drug use screening tools, the GAD-7 for anxiety, the PCL-5 for PTSD, the PHQ-2 for depression, and the PHQ-9 for general health. They have added the MID-60 for screening for dissociative symptoms, and the full MID so clinicians can easily screen patients for dissociative symptoms and disorders.
Measure-based care at https://app.measurebasedcare.com/
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Posters
Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg, 4, rue Barblé, 1210 Luxembourg,
E-mail: grandjean.vanessa@chl.lu
Vanessa Grandjean at her poster for The Train Protocol® for patients during chemotherapy for non-metastatic breast cancer, EMDR Europe Conference June 6, 2026
Kaya, L. & Haskan Avci, O. (2026, June 5-7.) EMDR group protocol (G-TEP) in women experiencing infertility. [Poster presentation]. EMDR Europe Conference, Oslo, Norway.
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye. E-mail: E-mail: kyaleylaa@gmail.com
Szpringer, M. Mazur, E, Laurman-Jarzabek, E., Beyger, K. (2026, June 5-7.) Early EMDR R-TEP intervention after myocardial infarction: A pilot study on the reduction of acute stress and the prevention of PTSD following a medical event. [Poster presentation]. EMDR Europe Conference, Oslo, Norway.
Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Collegium Medicum, al. IX Wiekow Kielce 19a, 25-516 Klelce, Poland.
mszprin@poczta.onet.pl
Pehlivan, S. & Uygun, E. (2026, June 5-7.) Efficacy of EMDR grief protocol on traumatic grief and emotional processing following earthquake loss: a randomized controlled pilot study. [Poster presentation]. EMDR Europe Conference, Oslo, Norway.
Istanbul Bilgi University. Applied Master's Program in Trauma and Disaster Mental Health, Istanbul, Turkey.
Supplemental References
Archuletta, C., Grandjean, V. (, 2023), Health-Medical Challenges and Grief: Group EMDR Therapy for Patients and Caregivers, In R. Morrow Robinson, S. Kemal Kaptan (Eds), EMDR Group Therapy: Emerging Principles and Protocols to Treat Trauma and Beyond. New York, NY. Springer Publishing Company.
Bal, Z., & Uçar, T. (2023). The effect of cognitive behavioural therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing techniques on infertile women: a randomized controlled trial. Reprod Biomed Online, 48(2), 103612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2023.103612
Behnammoghadam, M., Alamdari, A. K., Behnammoghadam, A., & Darban, F. (2015). Effect of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) on Depression in Patients With Myocardial Infarction (MI). Global Journal of Health Science, 7(6), 258-262. https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v7n6p258
Daniel Estrada, B., de Jesús Angulo, B., Elena Navarro, M., Jarero, I., & Sánchez-Armass, O. (2019). PTSD, Immunoglobulins, and Cortisol Changes after the Provision of the EMDR - PRECI to Females Patients with Cancer-Related PTSD Diagnosis. American Journal of Applied Psychology, 8(3), 64. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajap.20190803.12
Estrada-Aranda, B. D., Jarero-Mena, I., Pelayo-González, H., Reyes-Vaca, G., Navarro-Calvillo, M. E., González-Romo, R. A., López-Huerta, J. A., & Méndez-Balbuena, I. (2025). The EMDR-PRECI: advancing neurobiological insights into PTSD through fMRI in women with cancer. Revista Mexicana de Neurociencia, 26(4), 0. https://doi.org/10.24875/rmn.24000071
Malandrone, F., Catrambone, V., Carletto, S., Rossini, P. G., Coletti Moja, M., Oliva, F., Pagani, M., Valenza, G., & Ostacoli, L. (2024). Restoring bottom-up communication in brain-heart interplay after trauma-focused psychotherapy in breast cancer patients with post-traumatic stress disorder. J Affect Disord, 351, 143-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.172
Solomon, R. M., & Hensley, B. J. (2020). EMDR Therapy Treatment of Grief and Mourning in Times of COVID-19. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 14(3), 162-174. https://spj.science.org/doi/abs/10.1891/EMDR-D-20-00031
Solomon, R. M. (2018). EMDR Treatment of Grief and Mourning. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 15(3), 173-186. https://www.clinicalneuropsychiatry.org/download/emdr-treatment-of-grief-and-mourning/