Mental Health

EMDR

What you should know and consider before you try it

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EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, “is a psychotherapy developed by Francine Shapiro starting in 1988 in which the person being treated is asked to recall distressing images; the therapist then directs the patient in one type of bilateral stimulation, such as side-to-side eye movements or hand tapping.”