STEP Research

2023 - EMDRIA Go With That Magazine: Group Therapy Issue

STEP was included in two articles in this issue:

  • The TEP Suite of EMDR Protocols: The Family of Trauma Episode Protocols Based on EMDR R-TEP and G-TEP (Elan Shapiro)

  • Taking STEPs Together Toward Healing: A Remote Group Therapy Intervention (Judy Moench & Olivia Billsten)

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2021 Randomized Control Trial - Journal of EMDR Practice and Research

We conducted a randomized controlled trial with local EMDR-trained clinicians. In this study, we compared individual scores pre- and post-intervention and group scores between the immediate and waitlist conditions. Participants completed the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), and the Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale. Results showed significant increases in self-efficacy, and significant decreases in symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.

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2021 Article in the Psychologist’s Association of Alberta Psymposium

This article provides an explanation of the Self-Care Traumatic Episode Protocol (STEP) and research in a 3-minute read.

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2020 Presentation of the RCT results at the Canadian Psychological Association Conference

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