EMDR therapy for grief and mourning

EMDR therapy can be helpful in the treatment of grief and mourning. A significant loss (particularly under traumatic circumstances) can disable a person’s ability to cope and compromise their ability to adapt. EMDR therapy can help process the trauma of the loss and enable the linking in of adaptive information (e.g., positive heartfelt memories), giving the mourner a positive sense of connection. A mourner may have negative memories—unresolved trauma, losses, and attachment-based memories underlying the person’s response to loss—that can complicate the mourning process and EMDR treatment; these may need to be identified and reprocessed. This workshop will describe EMDR therapy treatment and the frameworks that guide EMDR treatment, including dealing with complications such as a mourner equating losing the emotional pain with losing connection to the deceased. Videos illustrating EMDR therapy with traumatic loss will also be included.

Conference

English

Roger Solomon

Solomon, R. (2025, September). EMDR therapy for grief and mourning. Presentation at the 30th annual EMDRIA conference, Anaheim, CA