Nowadays, you can find some well train therapist by London College Of Clinical Hypnosis using Eye Movement Desensitisation and Processing ( EMDR ) protocol to effectively treat past trauma stress disorder ( PTSD ) in Malaysia.
Treating past trauma distress symptom with EMDR is effective and receives world wide recognition. The therapist will facilitate eye movement of the patient to rapidly process traumatic or upsetting past memories so that the patient could overcome his past trauma stress disorder ( PTSD ) symptoms such as anxiety, depression, insomnia, recurrent thought, excessive guilt, palpitations, stomach tightening, sweating when recall, easily agitated and not trusting.
After a traumatic event, patient may develop some maladaptive coping strategies include excessive use of drugs or alcohol, promiscuity ( practice of casual sex with multiple sexual partners), aggression, self harm and avoidance. Coping strategies is very important after a trauma event. In a research on 2004 Malaysia tsunami disaster survivors, there is a great significant difference in the adaptive and maladaptive coping styles on survivors with past trauma stress disorder ( PTSD ) symptom and those who do not.
During the healing process, patient will be led to go through a series of self discovery to gain insight of the trauma event. Appropriate inner resources will be enhanced in vitro for the patient to gain trauma resolve experience in a safe environment. In this way, it is much effective than conventional method which involved an Advisor whose analysis and advice base on the advisor's perception and experience.
In my experience, a combination of hypnotherapy and EMDR will shorten the number of therapy session and gain long lasting effect as the healing is able to sink as deep as the subconscious level.
Reference : Trauma Treatment In Malaysia
