TRTP Therapy is an elegantly simple, yet comprehensive, step-by-step process which resolves extreme trauma and trauma-related issues—anxiety, depression, fears and phobias. It achieves results quickly, effectively, and safely – generally in 3 sessions.
The therapy incorporates elements of Gestalt, Mindfulness, Ego-state Therapy, Choice Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Parts Therapy, Emotion-focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Dream Rehearsal Therapy and other therapeutic approaches.
The therapeutic process is a dynamic, rich and sequenced series of steps which, when separated, would not be anywhere near as powerful. It allows the therapist to meet the client’s needs.
TRTP Therapy employs deep imagination in order to stimulate the process of body-based therapy. Research has shown that deep imagination can be an effective method for dealing with trauma, which is commonly stored in both the subconscious and the body. (Levine, van der Kolk, Rothschild, Ogden).
The Richards Trauma Process – Byron Bay
The Richards Trauma Process – Northern Rivers
The Richards Trauma Process (TRTP) is in alignment with the two requirements stated by van der Kolk, Levine and other trauma experts:
For trauma to be resolved –
- the person must (somehow) be moved to an empowered position in regard to the trauma
- the body must (somehow) know that the event / events are over
TRTP Therapy initially deals with the unconscious core beliefs that keep a person stuck in patterns of thought, emotion, and behaviour. In dealing with this at the beginning of the process, self-sabotage is avoided during the following therapy.
TRTP Therapy then separates the traumatic emotions from the past, moving the client to a place of empowerment in relation to the trauma.
The therapist can speak directly to the body and to the unconscious mind because the patient is allowed to use deep imagination.
The client is moved from the fight/flight/freeze state to an empowered and self-regulated state as the sympathetic nervous system is calmed, and the memory of the trauma is placed firmly in the past.
The client moves quickly from their state of fight, flight, or freeze to a relaxed, calm state.
TRTP Therapy does not merely address the symptoms of trauma, it deals with the underlying cause of the problem , removing the emotional charge from the past and returning the person to a state of empowerment, returning the sympathetic nervous system to calm.
