Dr. Francine Shapiro is the originator and developer of EMDR therapy. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California, Director of the EMDR Institute, and founder of the non-profit EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs, which provides pro bono training and treatment to underserved populations worldwide. She is a recipient of the International Sigmund Freud Award for Psychotherapy of the City of Vienna, the American Psychological Association Trauma Psychology Division Award for Outstanding Contributions to Practice in Trauma Psychology, and the Distinguished Scientific Achievement in Psychology Award, from the California Psychological Association. As a result of her work, over 70,000 clinicians have treated millions of people during the past 20 years. She is an invited speaker at psychology conferences and universities worldwide, and has authored numerous articles, chapters, and books about EMDR therapy, including the primary text Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing- Basic Principles, Protocols and Procedures. Her new book for both laypeople and clinicians is called Getting Past Your Past- Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy.
“Real People, real life stories, and real emotional healing of past
hurts and traumas! In this book, Dr. Shapiro offers a collection of
self-help techniques facilitating emotional healing based on EMDR
therapy, used by thousands of clinicians and proven successful. Her
true stories depict how stressful, painful or traumatic experiences
influence our lives and block our potential – and how they can be
changed and even resolved. An eye-opener to the layperson! ” —Ruth
Colvin Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Co-Founder of
ProLiteracy
“Dr. Francine Shapiro presents a panoply of practical and powerful
methods for processing unresolved memories and thus overcoming the
anxieties that hold us back. A treasure trove of research-supported
and EMDR-inspired techniques for achieving self-change and moving
forward in life. Read it, try it, and reap the rewards! ” —John C.
Norcross, PhD, ABPP Distinguished University Fellow, University of
Scranton Editor, Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session
“Dr. Shapiro is a pioneer in the field of helping people overcome
trauma and negative past experiences. Getting Past Your Past is a
powerful book that will help people understand their own behavior
and more importantly give them a set of tools to immediately help
them be happier and more effective. I highly recommend it.” —Daniel
G. Amen, MD Author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
“Francine Shapiro has given a life-transforming gift to the world
by her rigorous development of a science-validated approach to
soothing the suffering of our small and large life traumas. Through
case examples and clearly articulated instructions within Getting
Past Your Past our skillful guide takes us through the powerful and
practical steps, derived from the treatment of literally millions
of people, that can transform trauma into triumph. Explore this
book with someone you love...beginning with yourself” —Daniel J.
Siegel, MD Clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA School of
Medicine Author of The Developing Mind and Mindsight
“In Getting Past Your Past, Dr. Francine Shapiro, the developer of
EMDR and one of the leading clinical innovators in psychotherapy,
translates her groundbreaking method into practical suggestions for
those who have been stuck in past events from which they have been
unable to free themselves. Eminently readable, Dr. Shapiro has
written a volume that is a wonderful resource for those in
psychotherapy, as well as those seeking to help themselves. This is
a valuable companion for anyone who seeks an understanding of how
the past can be carried in our memory networks influencing how we
perceive the world, as well as offering practical strategies for
growth.” —Jeffrey J. Magnavita, Ph.D., ABPP Past President of the
Division of Psychotherapy of the American Psychological Association
Founder of the Unified Psychotherapy Project
“Francine Shapiro's discovery of EMDR is one of the most important
breakthroughs in the history of psychotherapy. Having used it as
part of my practice for the past 15 years, I, and many of my
patients, still marvel at the depth and speed with which it can
help heal and change the minds and brains, and even bodily symptoms
of people who have been locked in, and suffering from trauma, often
for decades. Getting Past Your Past is a wonderful place to begin
to understand how such mental healing can occur, filled with case
histories of people that are so transformed that these accounts may
seem exaggerated. They are not. This book has all the sobriety of a
master clinician who has worked in the field of trauma for decades,
and is clear, serious, helpful, as it shares with the reader a
method of healing trauma that has already helped millions. ”
—Norman Doidge, MD Author of The Brain That Changes Itself
“In Getting Past Your Past, Francine Shapiro takes her innovative
therapy, EMDR, to people everywhere, making the insights and
strategies of EMDR treatment available to a broad audience. The
transformation of EMDR treatment strategies into self-help
techniques is yet another step in Shapiro's journey to make healing
from trauma available to all. This book will be a valuable resource
for therapists and clients alike, as well as for the many
individuals who struggle with the effects of painful life
experiences but who do not seek formal treatment.” —Laura S. Brown,
Ph.D. ABPP Past-President, APA Division of Trauma Psychology
Director, Fremont Community Therapy Project
“I am forever indebted to Francine Shapiro and EMDR therapy, which
helped me to heal from a terrifying panic disorder. People in pain
will now be able to read this groundbreaking book and understand
how disturbing memories can be reprocessed. Our lives can become
joyful instead of fearful. We can live in the present instead of
the past.” —Priscilla Warner, author of Learning to Breathe and
coauthor of The Faith Club
“Getting Past Your Past provides readers with powerful new insights
to understand how traumas and disturbances of all kinds disrupt
human potential, and how they can deal with their own distress.
Through well-chosen case studies the reader shares the profound
experiences of a wide range of individuals and learns the EMDR
treatment strategies that have enabled clients to strip "visceral"
feelings from memories as a turning point on their path to
self-regulation and personal safety.” —Stephen W. Porges, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Brain-Body Center at
the University of Illinois at Chicago Author of The Polyvagal
Theory: Neurophysiological foundations of emotions, attachment,
communication, and self-regulation
“I am grateful to Francine Shapiro for having written Getting Past
your Past, a lucid and practical book for transforming people's
lives and helping them to savor living in the moment. EMDR is a
powerfully effective treatment for overcoming the traumatic
imprints of the past.” —Bessel van der Kolk MD Medical Director
Trauma Center, Justice Resource Institute Director, National
Complex Trauma Treatment Network Professor of Psychiatry Boston
University School of Medicine
“It appears that Dr. Francine Shapiro has discovered a profound
linkage between the mind and body so that each might be healed.
These stories of the rebalancing and revivifying of our dynamic
nature reminds us that there are successful approaches to healing
that are presently offering remarkable cures. ” —Stephen and Ondrea
Levine, authors of Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living
and Conscious Dying
“Are you painfully enslaved by emotional roadblocks and/or poor
relationship choices? Unprocessed memories could be the
problem...and EMDR could be the answer. EMDR is a powerful,
scientifically validated process that has helped millions of people
reclaim their freedom. In Getting Past Your Past, Francine Shapiro
makes her practical methods available to the public for the first
time. This is self-help at its finest.” —Jeffrey K. Zeig, PhD
Director, The Milton Erickson Foundation Director, Evolution of
Psychotherapy Conference
“This self-help book is a cause for tremendous optimism. With EMDR
the world finally has a therapy against the damaging effects of
trauma, one that is scientifically proven to be effective and
quick, low-cost, and widely applicable in a range of settings and
cultural milieus. The future of the human potential'and the
world--looks so much brighter for Francine Shapiro's discovery of
EMDR.” —Rolf C. Carriere, former UN development professional and
UNICEF Representative in five Asian countries, looks so much
brighter for Francine Shapiro's discovery of EMDR.
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