**5.5 Clinical studies**

The methodology used in EMDR has been extensively validated in the following clinical studies and has provided evidence for the effectiveness of this treatment for category 'A' patients (the highest level of trauma, threat of death, extreme trauma):

Survivors of earthquake [65]; terrorist attack (9/11) [66]; sexually abused girls [67]; railway employees, person under train accident [68]; children with PTSD [69].

Further studies have been conducted into experiences categorised as small or 't' trauma (anxiety conditions contributing to significant psychological distress:

Trauma from life events [70]; distressful experiences [71]; depression and social anxiety [72]; pain reduction [73, 74]; phobias (dental) [75].

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EMDR standard protocols have been applied to alleviate anxiety in the following fields:

Dressage [47, 76]; athletics [77, 78]; swimming [79]; test anxiety [80]; music performance anxiety [5, 81, 82]. EMDR has also developed a peak performance protocol used to enhance performance, enabling individuals to overcome subjective negativity and anxiety [83].

For more detailed information on all of the above studies see Brooker [3].

This section of the chapter now gives a very brief overview of the effectiveness of CH and EMDR through the quantitative and qualitative research conducted by the author from her doctoral thesis at the University of Leeds [3] and from her private practice [5].
