Dear Henry
Thanks that makes a lot of sense. You can find William's web-site at:
http://www.emersonbirthrx.com/
He publishes his own training materials and they are available from the
web-site
I think you would find:
Shock: A Universal Malady Prenatal and Perinatal Origins of Suffering.
very interesting, he makes a differentiation between shock and trauma which
goes a long way towards providing a theoretical explanation as to why we get
studies which claim that the traditional counselling approach is not
effective with PTSD. I have seen, or should that be heard?, William speak at
a couple of conferences and I also know that he is a fine therapist and
trainer.
Do you have any info about TIR training in the UK?
Mark
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From: Discussion on theoretical and research issues in counselling
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Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 11:27 AM
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Dear Mark,
One of the 'Power Therapies' is an NLP technique.
http://www.tir.org/metapsy/sorensen.htm . Visual/ Kinesthetic Dissociation
(V/KD). The link is an interview of someone who trained in all for power
therapies that Charles Figley brought together for his study.
The main developer of TIR Dr. F. Gerbode was familiar with Gestalt. However
I think he was more impressed with Rogers, Freud, Polanyi, Kuhn and Tart.
TIR is based on a freudian concept of chains of traumatic incidents feeding
each other. Its person centred side is quite Rogerian, although different in
that TIR is more directive. In terms of effectiveness I would say TIR was a
large stride forward, rather than a refinement. There are of course
simlarities between most techniques. I don't know if anything is truly from
another planet. On a theoretical level TIR has lots of old, well established
ideas in it. Pavlov is another influence. It is on a practical level that it
comes into its own. The method of teaching and applying it is very well
structured. It is so clear what to do that an experienced practitioner can
almost enable a person to overcome their trauma without having to think
about it. They define very clearly what does or doesn't make a session
effective, and the model works a treat.
I have heard the name but am not familiar with William Emerson. Do you have
an links to article on his work?
Thanks,
Henry
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From: Discussion on theoretical and research issues in counselling
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Sent: 02 April 2003 10:12
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Henry
Welcome.
Having had a quick look through the material at: http://www.tir.org/ I find
myself wondering how these "Power Therapies" differ substantively from some
of the NLP techniques. I can also see Gestalt and Psychodrama in there. I'd
be interested to know if TIR has developed independently or is it developed
from these earlier models. Is it an evolution/refinement or a 100 Monkey
effect? Also have you come across William Emerson's work on Stress and
Trauma? Mark
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Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 11:28 PM
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Dear Henry,
I should be most interested to hear from you about the research backing your
claim that TIR is a useful trauma reduction methodology. In addition, have
you any statistics, (take up, outcome, evidence based practice etc), to
support your claim that TIR is "one of the leading methods for resolving
PTSD".
Norman
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