Does EMDR Therapy Help Autistic People?

Autism and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR) — are they a good match? Recent findings suggest that EMDR might be particularly helpful for autistic individuals in relieving PTSD symptoms and addressing multiple mental health concerns.

Topics discussed also include:

• An imaginary autism island and what this has to do with diagnostic overshadowing
• What EMDR therapy entails and the proposed theories to explain how it works
• The challenges that many autistic people have with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

Theme music: "Everything Feels New" by Evgeny Bardyuzha.

All episodes written and produced by Kristen Hovet.

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