Francine Shapiro
Psychologist and EMDR developer
Francine Shapiro was an American psychologist who originated and developed EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), a form of psychotherapy for trauma.
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American Born 1948 in Brooklyn, United States Died 2019
About Francine Shapiro
Francine Shapiro (1948 to 2019) was an American psychologist and educator. She developed EMDR therapy, which aims to ease symptoms left by traumatic and other distressing life experiences. In 1995 she published a textbook laying out the eight phases of the method. She received the International Sigmund Freud Award for contributions to psychotherapy, along with honors from the trauma division of the American Psychological Association and from the California Psychological Association. She was Executive Director of the EMDR Institute in Watsonville, California, and founded the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs, a non-profit that coordinates disaster response and pro bono training. Her books include EMDR and EMDR as an Integrative Psychotherapy Approach. Getting Past Your Past is also among her titles.