EMDR THERAPY TOOLBOX: Self-Help Techniques to Eliminate Anxiety, Depression, & Anger and to Overcome Traumatic Stress Symptoms. Theory & Treatment of Complex Ptsd & Dissociation to Retrain Your Brain

I will be the first to admit that I am not familiar with many therapy techniques, and EMDR was one I has never heard of prior to reading this book. EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing. It is a relatively new approach (since the late 1980s). It was intended originally to help those who have lived through traumatic experiences and/or those with PTSD. The author does a superb job explaining the 8 steps of the EMDR process. There is a lot of detail here, but it is not bogged down in clinical jargon. The author does a good job explaining the process and how it can work to rewire the thought patterns from negative and harmful to more positive. As I said there is a ton of information here, and the author spends the bulk of the book detailing how EMDR can help with various other mental health issues outside PTSD.

I have never heard of EMDR, prior to getting this book. I have gone through therapy for PTSD and never heard of it. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is a great way for people to overcome PTSD or other trauma in their lives. There are eight steps to treating someone with trauma, and this book is a great place to start for help and information of EMDR. It helps you overcome trauma by retraining your brain, or way of thinking. This book is full of information to help PSTD and traumatic stress.

For a practitioner of EMDR and hypnosis, this book is a real help. If there is one book that I would recommend if you are interested in the theory of EMDR, it’s this book.

Learn how this new technique of reprocessing your eye movements while thinking about a traumatic experience can be a useful treatment with this book.

This book helps explain how EMDR therapy can help you start your healing path from anxiety, depression, anger, stress or trauma you may be suffering. Using these tools you can succeed at retraining your brain to have more constructive helpful thoughts and move past your trauma.

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS!! The author and any proofreaders involved are, at best, subliterate. Close to incomprehensibly so. Just the spelling and semantics are incredibly terrible. Additionally, there is NOT ONE SINGLE “TECHNIQUE” GIVEN!! It’s a amalgamation of the history of other people’s work in the field of EMDR.

As a parent of a daughter in therapy and one that hits pretty close to home as I live with several people that exhibit these traits. Getting my Masters degree in Education I was fortunate enough to take several graduate level counseling courses and use this type of approach every day with my >200 student advisees.Nowadays, it’s very common (hard not to) to feel the anxiety that comes with communication core needs to the key relationships in your life.I like the breakdown of chapters which are thorough, yet also not too long which can be a barrier (especially in a very large book!).Awareness is the Crux, I find, to helping those you love and care about. Talking about what triggers them and then seeing how you can assist the process or navigate duties together to get everything done and not feel resentful that he/she “never calls the customer service for support/issues…”.Having read similar books I would say this book gives the full scope of “examples” “solutions” “questions to ask”…. Light on empirical data.. but very much a thorough overview and clear cut steps to success. Nothing was ‘brand new’ for me, but again, as a comprehensive “Manual” this feels complete and not Textbook speak/ Academe only, but very understandable for the layperson.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is a great tool to know for people wishing to overcome PTSD or other trauma in their lives. There are 8 steps to learn to help with trauma, and this book is a great place to start for help and information on EMDR.