The therapy is called EMDR – Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing – and, while still controversial, it’s being practiced around the country and is widely used to treat post-traumatic stress and other disorders.
In the late '80s, Weathers and his wife Mary, also a Spokane psychologist, discovered an odd, new form of psychotherapy in California, called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Along with the usual talk and tears of traditional…