Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. , the originator and developer of EMDR, is a senior research fellow at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California. She is the author of a textbook on EMDR and more than thirty journal articles. She lives in Sea Ranch, California. Margot Silk Forrest is a writer and editor. Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. , the originator and developer of EMDR, is a senior research fellow at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California. She is the author of a textbook on EMDR and more than thirty journal articles. She lives in Sea Ranch, California. Margot Silk Forrest is a writer and editor.