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Abstract
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Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a severe psychological disorder that significantly impacts functioning
and quality of life. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) presents as an
emerging alternate psychological intervention. This study aimed to examine the efficacy of EMDR in
BDD symptoms and associated cognitive-emotional features. These features include appearance-based
rejection sensitivity, body shame, and self-compassion. Our study utilized a multiple-baseline acrosssubjects
design, monitoring four randomly allocated female patients with BDD over a 10-session/90-
minute EMDR treatment phase and two follow-up sessions at 1 and 3 months, respectively. Our
results showed that EMDR significantly reduced BDD symptoms (recovery percentage [RP] = 60.54),
appearance-based rejection sensitivity (RP = 36.56), and body shame (RP = 54.82) and increased
self-compassion (RP = 51.79). Therefore, our study suggests that EMDR may be an effective treatment
for BDD patients.
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