Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) with Helena Simon: Healing Trauma at the Brainstem Level

DBR, short for Deep Brain Reorienting, is a contemporary form of trauma treatment developed by Scottish psychiatrist and trauma specialist Dr. Frank Corrigan.

Having seen the extraordinary benefits of this approach for addressing the effects of trauma in any form within my practice, I offer this modality whenever it is feasible for a client. In my experience, using this method to work with difficult memories—whether they are explicit or less easily identifiable memories stored in the body as sensory reaction patterns—is highly effective and often shortens the therapeutic process.

Below is an introduction to this modality for your consideration:

Excerpt from the original website:
“Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)® aims to access the core of the traumatic experience in a way which tracks the original physiological sequence in the brainstem, the part of the brain which is rapidly online in situations of danger or attachment disruption.”
https://deepbrainreorienting.com/history-of-dbr/

The following link is a short introduction and overview of DBR by Dr. Frank Corrigan himself, explaining the method he developed to address early attachment shock and later shock underlying imprinted internal reaction patterns that lead to the repetitive experiences people often seek to resolve in therapy:

Lastly, here is a concise yet comprehensive explanation of how our brain is thought to work, according to Dr. Frank Corrigan, as presented by Hannah Young:

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