Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) is a trauma psychotherapy developed by Frank Corrigan MD, FRCPsych, grounded in an understanding of how trauma affects the mid-brain and can work to release the brain’s innate potential to heal from trauma by getting to the root of the shock.
Although this form of therapy does include discussion about the events and the emotions/affects you experienced in a relational way, the work is mainly non-verbal as we engage the midbrain. There is a collaborative and slowed down seeking to find the origin of the body’s response to a traumatic event through a recent trigger, often stored as a shock, which occurs before our story about it or the high states of alarm can even be felt. We use the knowledge of brainstem processes to identify how the body responded immediately to the traumatic incident and to identify the shock which occurred and has since been stuck.
Without this understanding of the midbrain and this grounded, focused, and deliberate work, we can miss the moment of shock allowing the distress to continue.
This work is done well in online sessions where you can be comfortable in your own environment, safe in your own space, and without any need to travel after the session. The work is very grounding, and our aim is to establish emotional regulation and process through the difficult material your brain already has access to in the present, at a pace you are comfortable with. If the processing feels too intense or is in any way overwhelming, we will gently stop and you will be shown how to ground and take care of yourself both inside and outside of sessions.
While this work aims to provide relief from trauma that has been burdening your life, we may not always be able to process a whole event in a single session. We will determine a good place to start at the beginning of each session and aim to work systematically through complex trauma and carefully through dissociative experiences.
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Do you have a traumatic event that you would like to work through? Interested in Deep Brain Reorienting in Mesa, Arizona? Contact Meaningful Connection Counseling today to get started.
