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Dr Tetiana Ivanitska-Diachun, Yuliia Kharkhalis Abstract Biosuggestive Therapy (BST) is an innovative Ukrainian psychotherapeutic method specifically developed in wartime conditions for the rapid correction of the consequences of psychological trauma. The approach integrates verbal and non- verbal suggestion techniques, including the therapist’s modulated voice and either imagined or gentle real touch, to induce a therapeutic state of relaxation and perceived safety. BST is a

Michael Guilding Abstract There is much confusion in the literature concerned with our biological responses to threat particularly as regards the states of “Freeze” and “Tonic Immobility”. The term “Freeze” is used by various authors to describe three quite different biological states, while an unchallenged decades-old hypothesis concerning Tonic Immobility may have obscured our understanding of parasympathetic shutdown in response to a seemingly inescapable threat to life. T

Content Addressing the confusion in language within the literature of trauma: A reflective account and conceptual synthesis Michael Guilding 3 Biosuggestive Therapy in the Correction of Mental Trauma Dr Tetiana Ivanitska-Diachun and Yuliia Kharkhalis 15 Psychological well-being in therapists who are members of the UK Complex  Trauma Institute Alison Kelly-Delaney, Dzmitry Karpuk and Jonathan Egan 38 Pseudologia Fantastica (i.e. Pathological Lying) as a Possible Outcome of  Co

Why the Mental Health System Keeps Failing

Why the Mental Health System Keeps Failing

Contents: When Mental Health (MH) Becomes the Welfare System The Hidden Fragmentation of Mental Health Support The Connection Between...

Across the UK and EU, the mental health sector is quietly facing a systemic crisis. This crisis isn't just about underfunding or long...

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