Saturday April 21st 2012, 10.00 – 5.00 (Brighton)
Sometimes even the most experienced of therapists can wonder why a stressed client does not make progress. It can be like Groundhog Day as your client returns to tell you they are still feeling anxious and depressed. Could it be that PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) or a phobic condition is to blame?
'Barry sought the help of a counselor as he was feeling depressed. Although he was forty-three he sat shaking and in tears as he recalled the bullying he had received from his father when he was a young boy. His life had been characterized by periods of unemployment, alcoholism, insomnia and debilitating depression. Recalling some of those events he said it was like it just happened yesterday and the thoughts of those difficult times often overwhelmed him. Just an hour later after experiencing the rewind he could think about those hard times without any anxiety.'
PTSD can be the cornerstone that locks anxiety and depression in place
PTSD often goes undiagnosed as it has many guises. The effect of trauma can vary from full-blown depression, flash backs, avoidant behavior and high level’s of agitation, to low mood and mild anxiety. The British Medical Associations criteria for PTSD and phobia’s is complex but even if not medically diagnosed, many people with the above symptoms will find symptoms lifting after being treated with the rewind technique.
A safe and effective method for treating trauma and phobias
The rewind technique has been developed over the past couple of decades. Prior to this it was thought that continued exposure to the phobic stimulus or original trauma was the key to de-traumatisation. Thankfully we can confidently report that therapists do not have to expose a client to more distress to get rid of these debilitating conditions. The rewind technique protects the client and keeps them safe from the anxiety of reliving the trauma. Believe it or not you don’t even have to know the full details of what happened in order to help your client.
How does the rewind technique work?
The key to understanding how the rewind is so immediately effective is because it enables a person to dissociate the high emotional response from the traumatic memory or stimulus.
About 70% of people who have experienced a traumatic event will process their thoughts about the incident over the following days and weeks. This process mainly occurs in the hippocampus, which is responsible for short-term memory, and in the neo-cortex. Eventually the event is stored in long-term memory and will not trigger an anxiety response. However, in the remaining 30%, high levels of stress hormone generated by traumatic experience inhibit this natural process and PTSD or a phobia results.
In order to overcome this, the individual needs help to allow their brain to complete the natural process of moving the recollection from ‘live’ to ‘long term’ memory.
Rewind Technique efficacy is supported by new four year research
Until recently there has been little research into the rewind technique (also known as the fast phobia cure). However a new study of four years' use of the technique at the Nova Trauma Support Services (part of the Barnardo’s charity) has shown remarkable results. The Nova team provides therapeutic support to individuals and families who have been psychologically traumatised, primarily as a result of their experiences in Northern Ireland.
The team worked with forty-seven people, 57% of whom were treated with only the Rewind Technique. Twenty-six would have met the criteria for PTSD. The results show that after treatment none of the forty-seven people treated met the criteria for PTSD. There was also a significant reduction of all sub symptoms associated with PTSD, five categories had zero reports after treatment.
Martin Murphy, lead clinician in the study, said ‘….the case notes repeatedly identified not only relief from symptoms but also the emergence of qualitative positive changes in the individual’s daily lives.’ He suggests that it is effective in children as young as 8 and adults at least to the age of seventy; and that the rewind is effective for both single and multiply traumatized individuals. (Human Given journal Volume 14, No 4- 2007)
You will learn how to
• Change a sufferer’s life in one hour even if the phobia or PTSD has been present for years
• Diagnose when your client will benefit from the rewind
• Structure and manage a session using the Rewind
• Banish a whole range of phobic conditions. From anxiety about sexual performance to fear of flying
• Lift the symptoms of PTSD
• Effectively treat a variety of psychological problems with the rewind (fear of public presentations, anxiety and a host of other difficulties)
And understand
• What causes PTSD and phobias
• The mechanisms in the brain that are responsible for the sufferer’s distressing symptoms
• The differences between high anxiety, a phobia and PTSD
• How to deal with multiple phobias or trauma’s
• Why the physical and emotional symptoms are so overpowering
• Why will power alone does not help
• The pro’s and con’s of other techniques that are used in treating trauma and phobia’s E.g. EMDR (eye movement desensitization reprogramming) EFT (emotion thought field therapy) TFCBT (trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy)
You will be able to
• Increase your clients expectation that the process will be successful and they will be free of the problem
• Use scaling to demonstrate the changes of thinking and behaviour after the rewind
• Understand how you can use words and language techniques to help keep your client calm
• Progressively relax your client
• Deal with abreactions
• Confidently use the rewind on your clients
What you get
• Live demonstration of the rewind
• Chance to practice your skills in a group and one to one with supervisor support
• Comprehensive lecture notes
• Written summaries of the rewind
• Relaxation script
• A self checking system that you can use to ensure you have learnt all that you need before doing the rewind
• A one month follow up group tele-conference session with a tutor to answer any questions
Date: Saturday April 21st 10.00 – 5.00
Venue: Brighton University Falmer site
Cost: £149.00
Experienced tutors
Sally Ann Soulsby and Jill Wootton are experienced therapists with a combined 35 years of clinical practice between them. They have an engaging and fun style of training.
Our teaching methods ensure that you remember the skills
Recent statistics on how people learn best underpin how Sally Ann and Jill teach this technique. They use the ‘tell show do and recall’ method as they guide you through the rewind process step by step. Ensuring that step-by-step you learn the Rewind and how to apply it in your client practice.
The Rewind technique is recognized by the Red Poppy Company
The Red Poppy Company is a company that specializes in the education of recognizing and dealing with trauma. They recommend the rewind technique. If you have skills in solution focused therapy you can apply to be on their register when you have learnt the rewind..
http://www.theredpoppycompany.co.uk/index.htm
Testimonials
From the practitioners
‘The Rewind Technique is an elegantly simple but powerfully effective tool that every therapist should have at their disposal. It's an indispensable part of my own practice. I've used it to treat all sorts of phobias, including severely entrenched phobias that have been with the client for decades, with consistent success. I've also used it to help people overcome such traumas as workplace bullying, miscarriage and relationship breakdown.
One of the things I love about the Rewind is that it's totally focused on the client. The client's safety, comfort and privacy are respected at all times. All too often, traumas are made worse by a misguided insistence on talking about them. In contrast, the Rewind provides permanent relief from traumatic memories without the therapist ever having to know what the original trauma might have been.
In my experience, the Rewind Technique is the best method we have for helping traumatised people to reclaim their lives.’
Ian Sherred Hypnotherapist
Southampton
‘After teaching the ‘Rewind ‘for ten years I am still constantly amazed how immediately effective it is. Seeing a client whose life has been ravaged by PTSD leave my clinic smiling and free of the psychological shackles that imprisoned them never ceases to bring a warm glow to my heart.
There is hardly a day go by when I am treating clients that I do not use the rewind. From a housewife with a thirty year old rat phobia that gets the freedom to play with her grandchildren in the garden. To a brave solider whose nightmares and anxiety threatened to wreck his life who goes home and has the first full night’s sleep in months.
The rewind’s safe structure protects the client from any distress and in my view is the safest and most effective way of getting rid of a phobia or PTSD.’
Jill Wootton Hypnotherapist/Trainer
Hove
‘The rewind is a life-changing experience for a client as it enables them to be the agent of their own change. It quite literally hands the control to the client at a time when they may feel at their most out of control. It removes the debilitating effects of trauma and phobia and does so in an empowering and deeply respectful way.’
Donner Peters.
Brighton
Testimonials from the client’s
PTSD and depression
‘When I was referred to Jill I was suffering from depression. I had lost confidence in my abilities, I was beginning to think that I was a failure and was fearful about making decisions for the future, and yet I knew that I had to change my circumstances at that time to overcome these problems. I was unnaturally withdrawn, less sociable and having problems with sleep and disturbing dreams. After only one session with Jill and the hypnotherapy, I was able to sleep and the disturbing dreams vanished. In the following sessions we were able to talk through my feelings and aspirations in detail, this enabled me to unburden all my worries, to begin to see through the mist, and think clearly about my future path. With Jill’s firm but calm and nurturing support I realised that I was once more in control of my emotions. With my confidence regained I was able to make the changes that were necessary to move forward. All the things I talked to Jill about have now happened. I feel whole once more and in control of my life, thanks to Jill’s professional guidance and support.’
J Surrey
Height Phobia
‘About 18 months ago I had one session with you to help me combat my fear of heights which manifested itself in certain circumstances and in particular on steep slopes or mountain ledges.
Since the session I have trekked up Kilimanjaro and on the way up, there is what is known as a barranco wall which we were warned about in advance by our leader, and I had also read about it before the trek. However when we got there and climbed up it I wondered what all the fuss was about!
This year I was trekking in the Andes and I am sure there were several instances where previously, as I detailed to you, I would have found it impossible to attempt the path. There were several places where there were steep drops from narrow ledges, which I was able to negotiate with only slight apprehension. And as I recall you said it would not be good to have no sense of danger. There was also a donkey track that we had to climb to get over a pass, which wound upwards on the edge of a very long vertical drop. I was a little nervous but it did not otherwise affect my progress. I had fortunately taken some pictures of the route from below and seeing these since my return has made me realize what a difference you had made.’
Alan
Sussex
Flying phobia
‘For years my claustrophobia had prevented me from flying which with today's wonderful opportunities was a severe handicap. My son and his family moved to a job in India and I was faced with the prospect of not seeing him for long periods of time. In a last attempt at being able to overcome the problem I was recommended to go and see Jill Wootton a Hypnotherapist in Brighton.
I anxiously went along not really believing that it could possibly work.
I spent 2 hours with Jill on two separate occasions. After the first visit I felt my problem was still there but somehow disconnected and more distant like a past and distant memory. After the second visit I felt even more distant from all the memories that had so immobilised me.
Like any memory I know they can never be totally obliterated but with Jill's wonderful understanding of all I had been going through and her amazing ability to get to the root of a problem that had been tormenting me for years, I was able to travel to India two years running without all the horrible panicky feelings that I had previously experienced and I confidentially feel that the problem will never trouble me again.
I didn't believe it could possibly work but it did and I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Jill and the marvelous work she does.’
A Sussex
'When I first came to see Jill I was dealing with OCD that often kept me up through the night. After she helped me using the rewind technique, I was gradually able to calm down, and within a few months my high anxiety that had me at crisis point had been brought right down. So much so that the psychologist I saw shortly afterwards, deemed my behaviours to be more of a habit than actual OCD and I was able to stop doing the routine far more easily. I don't know where I'd be without Jill's sessions and I have not looked back since.'
Anna Sussex
After a traumatic experience a few years ago, I’ve managed to put this behind me and no longer get the flashbacks or carry around the anger that I once did. Thank you
M Midlands
