More information about DBR and DBR-AT
Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) is an innovative trauma therapy that helps the nervous system process the original shock of traumatic and attachment experiences, rather than focusing mainly on thoughts or retelling the story. It does this by slowing everything down and paying close attention to very subtle sensations and tensions in the face, head, neck and body, so that what was “too much, too fast” at the time can now complete at a pace that feels manageable and grounded.
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DBR‑AT (DBR with Alexander Technique Interweaves) builds on DBR by including gentle guidance about how you hold and move your head, neck and body, based on the Alexander Technique. Small, precise adjustments can help release long‑standing bracing and armouring, making it easier for your system to let go of shock and access deeper layers of feeling and relief
What DBR and DBR‑AT is helpful for
DBR and DBR‑AT are especially helpful when talking about what happened has not been enough to shift the deeper, body‑held impact of trauma. They are often suited to situations where people say “I know I’m safe now, but my body doesn’t feel that way.”
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DBR and DBR-AT can support healing with:
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Posttraumatic stress symptoms, including reactions to accidents, medical trauma, assaults, and other overwhelming events.
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Early and attachment‑related wounds, core aloneness pain, and complex or developmental trauma, even when memories are vague, non‑verbal, or hard to talk about.
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Patterns such as freezing, spacing out, going blank, feeling far away, emotional shutdown, or getting easily overwhelmed or flooded.
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Chronic anxiety, depression, mood swings and relationship difficulties that are linked to unresolved survival responses and body‑held shock.
How DBR sessions works and Advantages
Many people assume trauma therapy means digging up every memory and going back into the worst moments. DBR takes a different path. Instead of focusing on the full story, DBR pays close attention to what your body is doing right now as you briefly touch into a trigger or memory.
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When something overwhelming happens, there is usually:
- A brief, automatic “turning toward” or “turning away” in the face, eyes, head and neck.
- A jolt of shock or internal freeze that can get stored in the body if it could not complete at the time.
- Emotions and survival reactions (fight, flight, collapse, appease) that then build on top of that shock.
DBR gently slows this whole sequence down so that your system can complete what got stuck. By working with the earliest body responses and the shock underneath, the intensity of the emotions that follow often reduces, and people can feel more present, steady and connected to themselves.
A key aspect of DBR is that you do not have to relive the original event in detail:
- No forced re‑exposure
- No pressure to recall everything clearly
- No deliberate emotional flooding
Instead, the work follows the body’s signals in the present moment – the flinch behind your eyes, the sudden blankness, the bracing in your neck, the tightness in your breath – as doorways into where healing is needed.