Evidence, explanation and professional learning
Knowledge and CPD
Explore IEMT evidence, methodology, case material, professional standards and continuing professional development. Research, Association guidance and practitioner reflection are clearly distinguished so readers can judge each resource appropriately.
Explore by topic
Use these routes to move from introductory explanations to detailed methodology, evidence, practice material, standards and ongoing professional learning.
IEMT model and methodology
Begin with the IEMT overview, then examine its structure, meta-model and Patterns of Chronicity.
Practice and case material
Explore case reports, clinical decision-making and accounts of what may change during an IEMT session, with the stated evidential cautions retained.
Research and evidence
Read the published study summary, the wider research report, critical comparisons and the Association’s open invitation to researchers.
Trauma, memory and physiology
Review carefully qualified material on emotional memory and identity, directed eye movements and possible mechanisms.
Standards and ethics
Find the Association’s policies and professional standards, competence requirements and case-study guidance.
Professional development
Access practitioner CPD events and, if you are a member, the searchable Member Resource Hub, recordings and CPD administration.
Public IEMT information library
Browse the remaining public IEMT information pages by subject. Links already presented elsewhere on this page are not repeated here.
IEMT concepts and methodology
Trauma, memory and clinical topics
- History of Memory Research
- Trauma and Memory Processing
- Delayed Onset Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Neurobiology of PTSD: Understanding the Brain’s Response to Trauma
- PTSD: A Review
- The Fight, Flight, Freeze and Fawn Response
- Pain Management
- Phantom Limb Pain
- Assessment and Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain Using Mirror-Mediated Visual Feedback
- PTSD and Limb Loss
- IEMT in Prisons: A Proposal
- The Soldier Who Did Not Know the War Was Over
Research projects
Brain, behaviour and psychological context
- Neuroscience of Phobias and Emotional Disorders
- Limbic System
- The Hippocampus
- The Frontal Lobes of the Brain: Structures and Functions
- What is a Synapse?
- What Is the Optic Chiasma and How Does It Help with Vision?
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder: General Facts and Overview
- The Double Bind of Gaslighting: Gregory Bateson’s Framework
- Reclaiming Human Experience from Pathologisation
Training, practitioners and Association routes
IEMT evidence and critical comparison
Published study
Exploratory comparison of directed eye movements
A clear account of the 2026 study involving 33 adults, including its findings and important design limitations.
Critical comparison
IEMT and EMDR
A neutral comparison of origins, procedures, training and evidence strength. The approaches are related by eye movement, but they are not interchangeable.
Practice evidence
IEMT case-study library
Five practitioner case reports, presented with explicit cautions about causation, generalisation, confidentiality and clinical limits.
Independent research is welcome
The Association welcomes methodologically sound research, including work that tests limitations, produces null findings or challenges current assumptions. Researchers can request technical information and discuss access to trained practitioners.
Understand the model
Why eye movements matter
A cautious history of directed eye movements in psychological practice and what research does, and does not, establish about possible mechanisms.
Patterns of Chronicity
An explanation of recurring interactional patterns observed within the IEMT model, presented as practitioner heuristics rather than diagnoses or validated psychological traits.
Browse the wider blog archive
The blog includes Association news, member perspectives, case reflections, clinical commentary and professional-development material. Individual articles do not necessarily constitute research or Association guidance.