EMDR

A type of psychotherapy based on several theories of psychotherapy, including concepts of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

Through EMDR techniques, which use eye movements, hand tapping, and/or audio stimulation to unblock emotional processes that have been stagnant due to distress, you can reprogram your brain, in a sense, to begin to heal from the fear and pain associated with such trauma and emotional distress.

It’s an abbreviation used in texting, online chat, instant messaging, email, blogs, newsgroups and social media postings.

Historical perspective: Developed by psychologist Francine Shapiro in 1987 to help people deal with and heal from experiences that have caused emotional trauma, EMDR has become a useful technique in treating mental health disorders, specifically panic disorder.

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