When EMDR was first introduced by clinical psychologist Francine Shapiro in 1987, Danubio was among many critics who had trouble believing that rapid eye movement could be emotionally therapeutic.
"EMDR sounds like utter nonsense, but this weird thing has a profound effect on people," says Dr. Bessel A. van der Kolk, a professor of psychiatry at Boston University who has studied EMDR.
EMDR is an experimental and controversial technique that, on its face, looks like hocus-pocus. The therapist holds two fingers together near the patient's face and instructs the patient to focus on the fingers. The therapist waves the fingers rapidly…
