This article was originally featured on The Conversation. If you’ve been to a therapist’s office in the past few years, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of eye movement desensitization and ...

EMDR was originally developed to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and like many scientific discoveries, it came about almost by accident: “Dr. Francine Shapiro, the psychologist who ...

Bilateral stimulation is the use of visual, auditory, or tactile external stimuli occurring in a rhythmic side-to-side pattern. It is a core element of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing ...

What is EDMR therapy and how does EMDR therapy work? If your therapist has just recommended EMDR therapy as a mental health treatment option for dealing with abuse or trauma, you're probably wondering ...

A therapy to address trauma using guided eye movements has been endorsed by celebrities such as Prince Harry, Miley Cyrus and Sandra Bullock. Yet when my daughter Hattie told me her therapist had ...

The treatment known as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) was developed in 1987 by an American psychologist, Dr. Francine Shapiro, for the remediation of trauma symptoms and ...

Celebs talking about mental health therapy is nothing new, but what is new is how many celebrities are coming out as fans of a specific style of therapy called EMDR (short for eye movement ...