EMDR : The Breakthrough "Eye Movement" Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma by Francine Shapiro and Margot Silk Forrest (1998, Trade Paperback)
Book TitleEmdr : the Breakthrough "Eye Movement" Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicPsychotherapy / General, General
GenrePsychology
AuthorFrancine Shapiro, Margot Silk Forrest
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight13.4 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal616.85210651
SynopsisHailed as the most important method to emerge in psychotherapy in decades, EMDR has successfully treated psychological problems and illnesses in more than one million sufferers worldwide, with a rapidity that defies belief. In a new introduction, Shapiro presents the new applications of this remarkable therapy and the latest scientific research that demonstrates its efficacy., By the originator of the breakthrough therapy, this updated edition describes the latest uses of EMDR-including treating victims of September 11 and other disasters around the world
I bought this book after having had five EMDR sessions from a graduate of the Dream Institute. I purchased the book because I was so amazed at the results that I had that I felt compelled to find out how and why the process had worked. I had already done five years of traditional therapy for my PTSD, and those were horrible years where I made little headway against a lifetime of abuse. For those of you trying to overcome abuse from your parents, you know how painful this can be. My therapist recommended EMDR for me, and I found that the things that had once stopped me dead in my track, were now things that no longer affected me or my thought process. I've now been out of therapy for nine years, and I have had no need to back to deal with the feelings and emotions from my childhood. I married two years after I finished the therapy, and I do not believe that it could have been as successful and fun as it has been if I had not gone through this process.