What Health Professionals Say About the Total Release Experience®

‘The Total Release Experience® offers a method of releasing trauma energy from both mind and body. In my experience, it is very effective.’

My introduction to psychiatry from physical medicine coincided with the initial appearance of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) in 1980 in the psychiatric classification manual DSM-III.  Because I was serving in the military at the time (Royal Air Force) PTSD and trauma reactions became a prominent focus in our work.

The search for tools to treat PTSD initially depended on using established treatment methods. Many of the psychotropic medications used to treat anxiety states, depression, cognitive, and other psychological therapies were used in the new field.

PTSD became a prominent focus in research and provided a platform for the development of new treatment strategies, both pharmacological and psychological.  Over the intervening years, I have remained intensely interested in trauma work and have witnessed the most interesting development of body-focused psychological methods.

This is very relevant to trauma reactions that involve both mind and body.  Exposure to trauma excites survival energy which has a transient, necessary, and beneficial effect in short-term acute stress reactions.  However, if that survival energy becomes trapped in the mind and body then it creates ongoing strain.   This we recognize as hyperarousal, flashbacks, and other intrusive images of the trauma.  As well as a host of ways to avoid reminders we call avoidance.  These are the core features of PTSD, fuelled by trapped energy from the original impact of the trauma which has never been released.

The Total Release Experience is a method of releasing that energy from the mind and the body and eliminating the symptoms of PTSD.  In my experience it is very effective…..and….we didn’t invent it…..we observed it in other species who use it in the natural world as a way of preventing the development of their PTSD.

‘It is rare in medicine to come across something that is potentially so cost-effective, safe, and that teaches the patient to be self-reliant.’

‘It is rare in medicine to come across something that is potentially so cost-effective, that is safe, and that teaches the patient to be self-reliant.  It was also refreshing to see a local Pain Consultant recommending it as it ‘ fits very well with our bio-psycho-social model of pain management’.  If it shows in trials what Caroline has seen many times over in her clients who have fibromyalgia, PTSD, and anxiety for example, then I hope this will convince others to offer this as part of their treatment package.   As doctors, we desperately need something other than medication they may not need or counselling that is more expensive. The future looks very exciting!’

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