Understanding victim behavior: The psychobiology of trauma

We also use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which involves engaging a person in a bilateral movement, such as following a therapist's finger or tapping the clients knees alternatively, while thinking about traumatic events, shifting a person's attention from one side of the body to the other in order to release the pain connected to the event. EMDR has produced excellent results. [Excerpt]

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Teresa Descilo

Descilo, T. (2001, Spring). Understanding victim behavior: The psychobiology of trauma. National Center for Victims of Crime Networks, 1-3