According to the EMDR Association of Australia:

"Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy is designed to resolve distressing memories that lead to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression.

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Recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the treatment of PTSD, in adults and children. The eye movements in EMDR have been shown to be important in producing neurological changes in the brain which cause rapid deductions in the vividness and emotional charge of distressing memories."