1st Edition

Psychedelic-Assisted EMDR Therapy A Memory-Consolidation Approach to Psychedelic Healing

By Hannah Raine-Smith, Jocelyn Rose Copyright 2025
284 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Psychedelic-Assisted EMDR Therapy is a groundbreaking exploration of how eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy can be harnessed to enhance the beneficial effects of psychedelic medications. EMDR is a clinically validated therapy that utilises bilateral stimulation of the brain to access and reconsolidate pathologically encoded memories. The protocolised methods outlined... Read more

1. Introduction  2. An AIP model of the psychedelic space  3. PsyA-EMDR protocol  4. Ethics  5. Stabilisation and risk reduction  6. Preparation  7. Psycholytic EMDR  8. Integration 9. Bridging to the matrix  10. Working with historic psychedelic content  11. Transpersonal healing  12. The future of PsyA-EMDR therapy    

Biography

Hannah Raine-Smith is an integrative psychotherapist and clinical supervisor working in private practice in the UK. She holds an MSc in EMDR and has studied postgraduate cognitive neuroscience at Cardiff University.

Jocelyn Rose is a psychotherapeutic counsellor, EMDR practitioner and clinical supervisor. She works as a psychedelic therapist on the DMT and 5-MeO-DMT clinical research trials. An educator and facilitator, Jocelyn also cofacilitates various community events.

“The insights and experiences shared here will challenge many preconceived notions and hopefully inspire new perspectives of fusing psychedelic therapy with EMDR. I think this book might serve as a beacon of innovation and knowledge and as a catalyst for positive developments in mental health treatment advancement.”

David Nutt, professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London and author of Psychedelics

“As someone who has explored a range of therapeutic modalities to integrate and heal the psychedelic-induced psychotic states I experienced in1967, I found my EMDR sessions to be uniquely effective in revealing the roots of those terrifying experiences in early childhood trauma. I am deeply grateful for the healing that transpired during that work, and I applaud the timely publication of this comprehensive, groundbreaking volume.”

Scott Hill, author of Confrontation with the Unconscious: Jungian Depth Psychology and Psychedelic Experience

“This is an original and compelling model of a trauma-focused psychedelic therapy with transformative potential for health care. This comprehensive book develops new protocols and models of best practice into a previously unexplored area of the psychedelic field.”

Maria Papaspyrou and Tim Read, co-directors of the Institute of Psychedelic Therapy and co-authors of Psychedelics and Psychotherapy