When fear is rooted in memories of helplessness, working only in the present may not be enough. The memory rescripting technique can sometimes lead to fast and lasting recovery.
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This post was co-written by Dr. Deryn Strange, professor of forensic psychology at John Jay College. Our memories are not perfect reconstructions of the past. Instead, remembering a past event is a ...
To recover from abuse or another traumatic experience, some people turn to a therapy called eye-movement desensitisation and reprocessing, or EMDR. But this may present problems if these people pursue ...
Though still controversial, EMDR therapy is gaining traction in the Main Line region and beyond as a trauma treatment.
Researchers have found that lifelong physical activity may moderate the structural brain changes linked to adverse childhood ...
Playing Tetris while recalling distressing memories reduced intrusive flashbacks for healthcare workers in a ‘breakthrough’ trial.
A painter uses art to explore memory, PTSD, and breakthroughs in neuroscience. Painter Viviane Silvera uses art to explore memory and PTSD, animating 30,000 images to provide a visualization of the ...
Glial manipulation interferes with the long-term consolidation of fear memories. By artificially manipulating the state of astrocytes, it may become possible to prevent the long-term consolidation of ...