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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) EMDR is a form of therapy originally developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro, psychologist, in the 1980s. EMDR was designed as a procedure to help people process traumatic or distressing memories. The technique of EMDR involves divided attention, where the person thinks of a distressing memory while at the same time doing a set of eye movements or some other attentional task. Clinical research indicates that EMDR is an effective therapeutic technique for processing traumatic experiences and is particularly effective in targeting the re-experiencing symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). EMDR can be a beneficial and fairly rapid method to deal with and resolve memories of distressing events, to the extent that after EMDR therapy, distressing memories may no longer be bothersome. For more information please
visit EMDR Institute website: |
