EMDR : The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma

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Summary: EMDR can help free us from the BIG and "little" traumas.
Review: "EMDR: The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Trauma" describes a method for finally releasing the demons of our past. The book points out that it isn't necessarily the magnitude of the event that is important but our response to it. Most of us are familiar with the impact of post traumatic stress on war veterans but over time we tend to discount the long term effects of losing a loved one, not holding an infant or the chronic teasing from a sibling. Francine Shapiro shows us how EMDR can help free us from the BIG traumas as well as the "little" traumas of life. Fortunately, we don't have to understand how it can change us emotionally or physically. All we have to do is try it ourselves for 3 sessions and see what happens. After reading the book I understood how anxiety, stress and trauma changes our thinking and how EMDR can transform the negative into positive for any number of situations.

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Summary: EMDR can help free us from the BIG and "little" traumas.
Review: "EMDR: The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Trauma" describes a method for finally releasing the demons of our past. The book points out that it isn't necessarily the magnitude of the event that is important but our response to it. Most of us are familiar with the impact of post traumatic stress on war veterans but over time we tend to discount the long term effects of losing a loved one, not holding an infant or the chronic teasing from a sibling. Francine Shapiro shows us how EMDR can help free us from the BIG traumas as well as the "little" traumas of life. Fortunately, we don't have to understand how it can change us emotionally or physically. All we have to do is try it ourselves for 3 sessions and see what happens. After reading the book I understood how anxiety, stress and trauma changes our thinking and how EMDR can transform the negative into positive for any number of situations.

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Summary: Stories of Healing
Review: As a Vietnam Veteran who fought for 28 years to deny any Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) lingering from my year there, EMDR has allowed me to finally come home! Whether it is war, crime, abuse, neglect, whatever; this book helps you recognize yourself and inspires great hope for overcoming your taumas. EMDR is not hypnosis nor the power of suggestion. It is truly a breakthrough, allowing the physical brain to unload the emotional terrors locked inside in an amazing way. EMDR will bring you home! Don't live another day carrying around whatever is locked inside of your brain. I commend this especially to my brothers and sisters who have spent half of their lives trying to un-live Vietnam. Peace be with you.

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Summary: Welcome Home with EMDR!
Review: As a Vietnam Veteran who fought for 28 years to deny any Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) lingering from my year there, EMDR has allowed me to finally come home! Whether it is war, crime, abuse, neglect, whatever; this book helps you recognize yourself and inspires great hope for overcoming your taumas. EMDR is not hypnosis nor the power of suggestion. It is truly a breakthrough, allowing the physical brain to unload the emotional terrors locked inside in an amazing way. EMDR will bring you home! Don't live another day carrying around whatever is locked inside of your brain. I commend this especially to my brothers and sisters who have spent half of their lives trying to un-live Vietnam. Peace be with you.

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Summary: Recommend!
Review: Easy to read and helpful for understanding the process of EMDR. I also would recommend reading PEACEFUL HEART : A Woman's Journey to Healing is a must-read. Aimee Jo Martin's story clearly illustrates and details her journey with successful EMDR treatments. Quite powerful if you want to really see how effective EMDR can be.

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Summary: Recommend!
Review: Easy to read and helpful for understanding the process of EMDR. I also would recommend reading PEACEFUL HEART : A Woman's Journey to Healing is a must-read. Aimee Jo Martin's story clearly illustrates and details her journey with successful EMDR treatments. Quite powerful if you want to really see how effective EMDR can be.

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Summary: Shows the Power that EMDR can have on overcoming trauma.
Review: Francine's book is an excellent look into the mind of an individual who is in treatment for trauma related problems. The book shows the progress during this extremely quick solution to problems that have in the past taken years of therapy. The examples help to understand how exciting this relatively new therapy is. It is like being there as the mind of the client is healing itself. Exciting!! And interesting reading.

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Summary: Caution clinicians, not a manual!
Review: Please note that this appears to generally be a review of some case histories in which EMDR was helpful. I was hoping to learn some techniques for practical application. It stresses in the disclaimer in the book that it is not a manual and no one should try to apply the techniques without first completing the training package, available at significant expense at the institute. In fact, it stated that attempting to apply them without first going through the training may be dangerous or harmful. If you are looking for only background information on the intervention or are already trained this may be an appropriate resource.

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Summary: I am excited about the information I found in this book.
Review: This book contains hope for anyone who has gone through a life treatening experience, including the experience of having parent figures who were negligent or abusive. My own experience with this type of therapy is just beginning, but the results so far have been excellent. I became interested after seeing the life of a friend transformed through EMDR therapy. Beginning with this book I have gone on to explore variations in this type of therapy, and it is my impression that almost all types of emotionally stress can be addressed with one or more of these variations. The book is not just informative. It is also spell binding. It is a pleasure to read something that is both informative and well written.

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Summary: Enjoyable and Worthwhile Read
Review: This book sat on my shelf for a long time before I took a proper look at it. I was put off by the fact that it didn't seem to explain the EMDR protocols. However, once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. It's a rare quality to find a therapy book so engaging. It does provide many transcripts and informal examples of the interventions used in EMDR, which I actually found more useful than the very schematic protocol outlines which I've read elsewhere.
I haven't used EMDR long enough in my own practice to report accurately on its effectiveness, but what experience I have had so far is very positive.
I would recommend this book to anyone, professional or lay person, interested in EMDR.