The EMDR Institute, founded by Dr Francine Shapiro in 1990, offers quality educational programs in the EMDR methodology, a treatment approach which has been empirically validated in over 24 randomized studies of trauma survivors. EMDR therapy is now accepted as a treatment of choice by numerous mental health departments, and trauma organizations, including: World Health Organization (2013), Guidelines for the Management of Conditions That are Specifically Related to Stress, Geneva, WHO; American Psychiatric Association (2004), Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Acute Stress Disorder and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines; Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense (2004, 2010), VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Post-Traumatic Stress. Washington, DC.