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Sarah Cope
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Clinical Psychologist particularly interested in FND and psychological therapies
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🎙️ New podcast episode!
We’re joined by Dr. Sarah Cope, Consultant Clinical Psychologist & accredited EMDR/CBT therapist.
We cover:
• Her path into FND
• EMDR basics
• EMDR for FND, incl. her NIHR-funded MODIFI trial
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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A blogpost i wrote for EMDRIA - www.emdria.org/blog/can-emd...
Can EMDR Therapy Help Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) or Functional Non-Epileptic Seizures?
Dr. Cope addresses a popular question EMDR therapists ask about using EMDR therapy with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). We learned PNES is an outdated term, replaced by functional/dissociat...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Our recent NIHR-funded feasibility study explored the potential of FND-focused Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.
#FND #EMDR #Research #Neurology
Article here -

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Randomised feasibility study evaluating eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy for functional neurological disorder (MODIFI) - Journal of Neurology
Background Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a common neurological presentation with symptoms such as seizures, walking difficulties, limb weakness and cognitive difficulties. Treatments for F...
link.springer.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM