EMDR Therapy and Addictions

Let's Talk EMDR

September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month and National Recovery Month. During this episode, we will chat with EMDRIA member Julie Miller, LPC, LISAC, about her work with EMDR therapy and people with addictions. How can someone with addiction recover? Can trauma-informed therapy be done while the individual stays sober, or is there a window in which an EMDR therapist must wait? What myths surround EMDR and addictions? Find out more.
References mentioned:

• "Everything you think you know about addictions is wrong" by Johann Hari video
• About EMDR Therapy EMDRIA video
• Becoming an EMDR Therapist EMDRIA video
• Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, Volume 4, Number 2, 2010, "EMDR Treatment of Comorbid PTSD and Alcohol Dependence: A Case Example"
• Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, Volume 2, Number 3, 2008, "EMDR Reprocessing of the Addiction Memory: Pretreatment, Posttreatment, and 1-Month Follow-Up."

• EMDRIA's Find an EMDR Therapist Directory provides listings for more than 12,000 EMDR therapists.
• Read or subscribe to our award-winning blog, Focal Point, an open resource on EMDR therapy.
• Follow @EMDRIA on Twitter. Connect with EMDRIA on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

Produced by Kim Howard, CAE.
Musical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.