Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Difference between revisions

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EMDR was invented by [[Francine Shapiro]] in 1987.

In a workshop, Shapiro related how the idea of the therapy came to her while she was taking a walk in the woods, and discerned she had been able to cope better with disturbing thoughts when also experiencing [[saccadic]] eye movements.<ref name=walk>{{cite journal |vauthors=Rosen GM |title=On the origin of eye movement desensitization |journal=J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=121–2 |date=June 1995 |pmid=7593684 |doi=10.1016/0005-7916(95)00014-q |url=}}</ref> Psychologist Gerald Rosen has expressed doubt about this description, saying that people are normally not aware of this type of eye movement.<ref name=walk/> Gerald Rosen and Bruce Grimley suggest that it is more likely that she developed EMDR out of her experience with [[neuro-linguistic programming]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Grimley |first=Bruce |date=2014 |title=Origins of EMDR- a question of integrity? |url=https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/letters-men-and-mental-health-minefield |journal=The Psychologist}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grimley |first=Bruce |title=What is Neurolinguistic Programming, (NLP) |url=https://www.academia.edu/39222352 }}</ref>

==Technique==