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Neuro-auricular Modulation to Resolve EMDR Challenges Related to Defense Mechanisms, Targeting and Processing

April 04, 2023

Neuro-auricular Modulation to Resolve EMDR Challenges Related to Defense Mechanisms, Targeting and Processing

The lead authors of the CIAM training series, Neuromodulation for EMDR — a collaboration between West Side Therapy Services in Los Angeles, Create Balance Psychotherapy & Counselling in Melbourne, and CIAM in New Glasgow for advancement in the mental health field — received approval from the journal, Frontiers in Neurology, for their abstract on the topic, “Neuro-auricular Modulation to Resolve EMDR Challenges Related to Defense Mechanisms, Targeting and Processing: 
The ear as an adjunct...

Auricular Medicine in Diabetes Care

October 28, 2022

Auricular Medicine in Diabetes Care

Beyond the current standard of care approach for managing Type 2 diabetes (incl. healthy eating, regular exercise, weight loss, diabetes medication, insulin therapy, and blood sugar monitoring),[1] research into neuro-functional treatments is proving promise for treatment. An ever deeper understand of neuroscience is highlighting opportunities in diabetes care — being advanced by both the biomedical device industry,[2] as well as renewed interest in the neurological- and meridian-based acuthe...

Feeling for Healing: Neural states and their assessment

October 20, 2022

Feeling for Healing: Neural states and their assessment

Can you change your state of wellbeing through positive thinking? Sure. But, positive thinking alone cannot overcome a negative autonomic state. In other words, you cannot simply think yourself into a better state, you need to feel it — even unconsciously — from signals deep within your brainstem. Individuals who are in a dysfunctional state of fight-or-flight, or shutdown — no matter their rational understanding of their own safety — have a very difficult time moving towards healing.[1-4] So...