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About the Author
Francine Shapiro, Ph.D.
Francine Shapiro, PhD is the originator and developer of EMDR, which has been so well researched that it is now recommended as a front line treatment for trauma in the Practice Guidelines of American Psychiatric Association, and those of the Department of Defense and of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Shapiro is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, Executive Director of the EMDR Institute, Watsonville, CA, and founder and President Emeritus of the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs, a non-profit organization that coordinates disaster response and pro bono trainings worldwide. She is a recipient of the International Sigmund Freud Award, of the City of Vienna, for distinguished contribution to psychotherapy, and the Distinguished Scientific Achievement in Psychology Award presented by the California Psychological Association.
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