Resources and techniques

The fast cure for phobia and trauma: evidence that it works

Counsellors who use it know that the 'rewind technique' is fast, safe, painless and effective for dealing with trauma. Keith Guy and Nicola Guy devised a study to test it.

• Read more about The fast cure for phobia and trauma: evidence that it works

PTSD: why some techniques for treating it work so fast

In this article, Joe Griffin suggests that techniques which can yield immediate success, may share an underlying mechanism.

• Read more about PTSD: why some techniques for treating it work so fast

Meeting emotional needs whilst socially isolating or working from home

Our mental and physical health depend upon meeting emotional needs in healthy ways. This keeps stress levels low and allows our immune system to fight back and work to promote recovery from illness.

Meeting emotional needs if we are socially isolated is challenging, and even more so if we are concerned about virus infection. What can we do to give ourselves the best chance of meeting needs to stay well? Let’s think through the emotional needs we are all familiar with.  

• Read more about Meeting emotional needs whilst socially isolating or working from home

7:11 breathing: How does deep breathing make you feel more relaxed?

Many online articles now advocate breathing techniques as a way to lessen anxiety and control stress levels, but we have noticed...

• Read more about 7:11 breathing: How does deep breathing make you feel more relaxed?

The Emotional Needs Scale

Brett Culham describes the outcome of his research to validate the needs-based human givens approach to psychological health.

• Read more about The Emotional Needs Scale

“Use the breath. It’s easier”

Sam Gerrard explores the benefits of 7:11 breathing and shares the results of his own and others’ research into the technique

• Read more about “Use the breath. It’s easier”

Hold that thought! Or trash it

WRITING down negative thoughts, crumpling them up and throwing them away (as often advocated by therapists) really does help reduce negative thinking, research has shown.

• Read more about Hold that thought! Or trash it

Helping a child in pain

Pain expert Leora Kuttner shares up-to-date understandings about children’s experience of pain and some ways to help them reduce it.

• Read more about Helping a child in pain

The Trickster: Medicine's forgotten character

Therapy in all its forms can be confusingly capricious and unpredictable. We should not try to deny this, but learn to accept it, says Larry Dossey MD.

• Read more about The Trickster: Medicine's forgotten character

The riddle of conditioned taste adversion

THE pain–pleasure recall principle also explains the well-known phenomenon of conditioned taste aversion, which has always presented a problem for classical conditioning.

• Read more about The riddle of conditioned taste adversion