by Dr Tom Barber | Sep 8, 2020 | PTSD, Therapy, Trauma
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy treatment that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories (Shapiro, 1989a, 1989b). Shapiro’s (2001) describes how EMDR therapy facilitates the accessing... 
by Dr Tom Barber | Jun 11, 2020 | Books, Trauma
A vast majority of people are exposed to trauma at some point in their life. In many cases this can lead to PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder. Do you suffer with eating issues or sleep disturbances, low energy, chronic or unexplained pain? Are you bursting into... 
by Dr Tom Barber | Jun 11, 2020 | Trauma
At the heart of PTSD is a traumatic experience. The word trauma is derived from the Greek word meaning ‘wound’. It was likely first used in medicine around the seventeenth century referring to wounding (a tear) of the physical body, but now there is recognition of...
