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Sarah Cope

@sarahrcope.bsky.social

Clinical Psychologist particularly interested in FND and psychological therapies

Sarah Cope @sarahrcope.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

How did MODIFI participants experience EMDR therapy tailored for FND? This is what we examined in our latest open access paper from our NIHR-funded feasibility RCT - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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‘A challenging but rewarding journey’: qualitative study of participants’ experiences of EMDR for functional neurological disorder within the MODIFI trial | BJPsych Open | Cambridge Core

‘A challenging but rewarding journey’: qualitative study of participants’ experiences of EMDR for functional neurological disorder within the MODIFI trial - Volume 12 Issue 5

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Reposted by Sarah Cope

Functional Neurological Disorder Society @fndsociety.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

🎙️ 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

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Sarah Cope @sarahrcope.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

A blogpost i wrote for EMDRIA - www.emdria.org/blog/can-emd...

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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 We learned PNES is an outdated term, replaced by functional/dissociat...

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Sarah Cope @sarahrcope.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

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...

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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...

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