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Hard-to-treat traumas and painful memories may be treatable with EMDR – a trauma therapist explains why it is gaining popularity

  • Written by Laurel Niep, Bilingual Trauma Therapist, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Hard-to-treat traumas and painful memories may be treatable with EMDR – a trauma therapist explains why it is gaining popularityEMDR was developed in 1987.Laurence soulez/iStock via Getty Images Plus

If you’ve been to a therapist’s office in the past few years, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, therapy.

Most commonly used for treating long-standing and acute traumas, EMDR is also being shown...

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