therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a method of psychotherapy proposed by Francine Shapiro (1989) for working with psychological trauma. The field of use of the direction is growing and is currently used for psychotherapy of PTSD, panic attacks, depression, phobias. A distinctive feature is the use of bilateral stimulation and standardized protocols: an eight-phase model and a three-component protocol. Separate algorithms can also be used. In Russia, this direction of psychotherapy is sometimes called EMDR – desensitization and processing by eye movements.