Deep brain Reorienting

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) for Childhood Trauma, PTSD & Attachment Trauma

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) is a neuroscience-based trauma therapy designed to help people process unresolved trauma, shock, and attachment wounds.

DBR works with the nervous system and brainstem responses involved in trauma, helping clients process experiences that may continue to affect emotional wellbeing, relationships, anxiety levels, and the body’s sense of safety.

I provide online trauma therapy for adults across Ireland experiencing the effects of:

• Childhood trauma
• Attachment trauma
• PTSD
• Anxiety related to traumatic experiences
• Emotional overwhelm
• Hypervigilance
• One-off traumatic events
• Relationship difficulties connected to trauma

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What Is Deep Brain Reorienting?

Deep Brain Reorienting is a trauma therapy approach informed by neuroscience research into how the brain responds to threat, shock, and attachment disruption.

During overwhelming experiences, survival responses within the nervous system can remain activated long after the original event has passed.

DBR helps process these unresolved trauma patterns gently and gradually.

Unlike approaches that focus primarily on talking or analysing experiences, DBR works closely with the body’s physical and emotional responses to trauma.

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Why DBR Can Help When Talking Therapy Alone Has Not

Many people understand their trauma intellectually but continue to feel emotionally reactive, anxious, disconnected, or stuck.

This is because trauma is not only remembered cognitively — it can also be held within the nervous system.

DBR helps clients process trauma at a deeper physiological level, often leading to:

• Reduced anxiety and hypervigilance
• Greater emotional regulation
• A stronger sense of safety
• Reduced emotional overwhelm
• Improved self-awareness
• Greater connection to emotions and relationships

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Today, I work primarily with adults experiencing:

• Childhood trauma
• Attachment trauma
• Adoption
• Anxiety and emotional overwhelm
• Relationship difficulties
• Low self-worth and self-criticism
• PTSD and traumatic life experiences

What happens in a DBR session?

DBR sessions are gentle, structured, and paced carefully.

We begin by identifying a trigger, memory, or emotional experience connected to distress or trauma.

You are then guided to notice subtle physical responses within the body and nervous system connected to orienting, shock, and emotional activation.

Throughout the session, we work slowly and carefully, allowing unresolved trauma responses to process safely without overwhelming the nervous system.

Many clients describe feeling calmer, lighter, and more emotionally settled following sessions.

is dbr effective?

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) is showing very strong results for trauma and PTSD. A 2023 study found that after eight DBR sessions, people had a 36% drop in PTSD symptoms, which improved to nearly 49% three months later. Almost half no longer met the criteria for PTSD after treatment, and even more reached that point at follow‑up. The study also demonstrated that DBR can be effectively delivered online which increase the accessibility of the treatment.

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Why Work With Me?

“I provide online trauma therapy for adults across Ireland, including Dublin, Cork, Galway, and surrounding areas. I have more than twenty years of experience supporting adults experiencing trauma, anxiety, attachment difficulties, and emotional distress.

My work is grounded in:

• Person centred integrative psychotherapy
• Trauma-informed psychotherapy
• Attachment theory
• Nervous-system informed approaches
• Compassionate and collaborative therapeutic work
• Mindfuless and meditation practice
• Ongoing professional development and supervision