About the Book:

EMDR Essentials: A Guide for Clients and Therapists is a clear and helpful introduction to this therapeutic approach. Barb Maiberger, an experienced EMDR practitioner, explains what EMDR is, how it is applied in therapy, and theories about why it works. She also discusses the nature of trauma and its effects on memory, and research that shows how EMDR works to heal suffering.

Inspiring true-life case studies demonstrate how EMDR therapy can be used to alleviate the effects of sexual abuse, disordered eating, war, anxiety, phobias, grief, and childhood traumas, as well as to enhance performance skills.

Potential clients will learn whether EMDR is the right therapeutic approach for them. Therapists will learn the basics of EMDR, and find here a reference that can be recommended to clients. EMDR Essentials is an essential handbook for any therapist or client who wants to learn more about EMDR.

Recommendations for EMDR Essentials:

“EMDR Essentials is the perfect book for the inquisitive client or the beginning EMDR practitioner. Maiberger illuminates the theory, neurological mechanisms, and process of EMDR therapy in a user-friendly, conversational way. Her many case examples, illustrating EMDR with children, early trauma, anxiety, emotional eating, grief, performance and recovery from sex abuse, rape, war, and phobias, drew me in.”—Robin Shapiro, LICSW, editor of EMDR Solutions: Pathways to Healing (W. W. Norton, 2005) and EMDR Solutions II for Depression, Eating Disorders, Performance and More (W. W. Norton, 2009).

“EMDR Essentials is a clearly written, helpful handbook that spells out the nuts and bolts of EMDR treatment for adults as well as children. I appreciated the basic foundational information on trauma, memory, and the brain, which helps explain how trauma affects us and why EMDR works. I recommend this book for therapists and clients alike who want to know more about what to expect in EMDR therapy.”—Laurel Parnell, Ph.D, EMDR consultant and trainer, author of A Therapist’s Guide to EMDR (W. W. Norton & Co., 2006), and Tapping In (Sounds True, 2008).