Accessible and well documented, this examination provides an introduction to the groundbreaking method of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)—a short-term therapy for treating trauma victims that utilizes rhythmical stimulation such as eye movement or hand taps—and describes its application in various cases. Several case studies from some of the nearly two million patients who have been treated with EMDR are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of this revolutionary technique.
Accesible y bien documentado, este examen provee una introducción al método innovador de terapia de desensibilización y reprocesamiento a través de los movimientos oculares (EMDR, según su sigla en inglés)—una terapia de corto plazo para tratar a víctimas de traumas que utiliza estimulación rítmica como el movimiento de ojos o palmaditas de mano—y describe sus diferentes aplicaciones. Se provee una serie de testimonios de algunos de los casi dos millones de pacientes tratados con EMDR para demostrar la eficacia de esta revolucionaria técnica.
Francine Shapiro is a fellow and clinical psychologist at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California and the creator of the EMDR approach. She is the author of various books about EMDR as well as numerous articles in scientific journals. Margot Silk Forrest is a writer and editor and the founder of the nonprofit organization the Healing Woman. They both live in Palo Alto, California. David Servan-Schreiber is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the cofounder of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Product Details
Paperback: 568 pages
Publisher: Editorial Kairos; Tra edition (November 1, 2009)
