Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is quite a mouthful, hence, why we call it EMDR. EMDR Therapy, developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro in 1987, hones the brain’s innate healing potential to transform traumatic or distressing memories into “just” memories. A client described this well when she said, “before EMDR the memory felt bright red and now it’s a soft shade of pink.” Dual attention stimulation (DAS), which simply means alternating right-left stimulation of the brain, is used in-part to facilitate this change. Bilateral eye movement (the EM of EMDR), tapping, and/or tones are all forms of DAS. It’s amazing what can happen when we stop talking, tune inward, and give our bodies space to heal. Much like a broken bone may heal inside a cast, our brains may heal within the framework of EMDR.