Description
Hailed as the most important method to emerge in psychotherapy in decades, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) has successfully treated more than one million sufferers worldwide for trauma-related conditions, as well as phobias and other experience-based disorders. EMDR is the essential guide to this remarkable therapy, written by its pathbreaking creator Francine Shapiro.
Drawing on the experiences of thousands of clinicians as well as a vast research literature on depression, addiction, PTSD, and other disorders, Shapiro explains how painful life experiences are physically stored in our brains, making us feel and act in counterproductive ways, and how EMDR therapy can bring relief, often in a remarkably short period of time. EMDR is essential reading for practicing psychotherapists and anyone who seeks to understand why we hurt, how we heal, and how we get better.
Enjoyed reading the case studies and techniques used to help clients heal. Great resource!
Good book lots information. Very helpful.
That my childhood was tough I knew, but that I experienced so much trauma I didn’t know. Thanks to EMDR it all came up – one trauma at a time – and then it was over (or integrated). It saved my live. I am so thankful that I found my therapist who was very able to help me go through this process(ing). And I am really thankful that Ms. Shapiro brought this method to the light in the eighties.
A long hard read. Very technical
This book was very helpful in introducing me to the subject of EMDR.