Laurel Parnell, Ph.D., is a psychologist, consultant andEMDR(r) trainer. She is the author of two previous books onEMDR(r), EMDR(r) in the Treatment of Adults Abused as Children and Transforming Trauma: EMDR(r) as well as articles and a book chapter. Since 1991, Parnell has immersed herself in the practice and development ofEMDR(r) and has trained thousands of clinicians in the United States and abroad.