About the Authors

Deborah Herkt

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Visal Tumani

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Georg Grön

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Thomas Kammer

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Arne Hofmann

Affiliation EMDR-Institut Deutschland, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Birgit Abler

birgit.abler@uni-ulm.de

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: AH and EMDR Institute Germany provide EMDRIA recognized EMDR trainings in Germany. EMDR Institut Germany is affiliated with the EMDR Institute in Watsonville (US) of Dr. Francine Shapiro, the originator of EMDR. Both Institutes provide training in EMDR. Co-author Arne Hofmann is the founder and head of the EMDR Institute Germany. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DH VT GG TK BA. Performed the experiments: DH BA. Analyzed the data: DH GG BA. Wrote the paper: DH AH BA.