PTSD and Developmental Trauma are poorly recognised and difficult to treat.
PTSD develops in response to a single or a few discrete traumatic incidents. Symptoms include:
Developmental Trauma, or complex PTSD, results from repeated early trauma, loss or neglect. Your early experiences changes your cognitive, emotional and existential development.
Research links developmental trauma with
The Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) score is a way to indicate the severity of the condition.
Conventional PTSD therapy options include psychotherapy, attendance at support groups and medication. These interventions usually do not provide significant relief.
You may have buried traumatic memories deeply for self-protection. In this case, talk therapies rarely help.
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) are gaining recognition. But you will still have to revisit traumatic memories.
Neurofeedback is an effective way to treat PTSD, especially early in treatment. It trains the brain to calm itself, making it easier to work on traumatic memories. A randomised controlled trial of neurofeedback as a PTSD therapy had impressive results. After neurofeedback, 72% of participants no longer met the criteria for PTSD. This result compares with the most effective evidence-based alternatives.
Our Neurofeedback Director, Dr Vivek Sharma, has long experience of PTSD and developmental trauma. He is an expert presenter on this topic. He uses customised protocols designed to reduce symptoms and improve emotional regulation.
If you have not found conventional medication and therapies effective, neurofeedback could help. Read what a senior psychiatrist has to say about neurofeedback.
