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. 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.
"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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