EMDR - by Francine Shapiro & Margot Silk Forrest (Paperback)

About the Book

By the originator of the breakthrough therapy, this updated edition describes the latest uses of EMDRincluding treating victims of 9/11.
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Book Synopsis

Discover the essential guide to Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) from its pioneering creator, Francine Shapiro

• Gain insights into how painful life experiences are physically stored in our brains and how EMDR therapy can bring relief.
• Learn how EMDR techniques can be used to address trauma-related conditions, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and other experience-based disorders by exploring clinical case studies.
• Understand why EMDR is hailed as the most important method to emerge in psychotherapy in decades.

EMDR is fundamental reading for practicing psychotherapists and anyone interested in understanding trauma, healing processes, and achieving better mental health.

Review Quotes

"A procedure to be reckoned with in psychology."--Washington Post

"Especially convincing in the wealth of research."--San Francisco Chronicle

"The non-pharmaceutical equivalent of Prozac."--New York Magazine

"Where traditional therapies may take years, EMDR takes only a few sessions."--Stars and Stripes

About the Author

Francine Shapiro, PhD (1948-2019), was the originator and developer of EMDR therapy. She was the director of the EMDR Institute and a senior research fellow, emerita, at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California. Her work has enabled hundreds of thousands of clinicians to treat millions of patients worldwide.

Margot Silk Forrest is a writer and independent book editor living in Morro Bay, California.