Against Anxiety: The EMDR Technique

EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. A person thinks about a traumatic memory while quickly moving their eyes left and right. The emotions are erased. This is one of the two officially recognized WHO techniques, its author is... F. Shapiro. Psychologists from EMERCOM and rescue services use the EMDR technique worldwide to help people out of shock states during mass disasters. However, this method is also applicable to more everyday stress, fears, and unpleasant memories: infidelity, memories after surgeries, rape, fights, fears of dogs, heights, airplanes, elevators, dentists, darkness, fear of getting sick – any phobias can be processed. The book is primarily addressed to the general readers, therefore it contains a large number of visual illustrations of all exercises.