DBR
What is Deep Brain Reorienting Therapy?
Deep Brain Reorienting is a transformative trauma-processing modality that accesses the brainstem to initiate a natural sequence of processing past trauma.
Trauma is stored primarily in the brainstem. This part of the brain tends to store threat detection, attachment disruptions, shame, guilt, and self-blame that can originate from that early trauma.
Using neuroscience allows the brain to access trauma organically and helps you release the shock and process the emotions. This process is vital to creating a new narrative of self-compassion and deep insight from these memories. It is often non-verbal and a place where safety and stabilization can begin by challenging these incorrect negative core messages that have been stored in your nervous system and body.
Deep Brain Reorienting is a slow, gradual process that gently unfolds as needed, at a pace that is comfortable for you. You are never rushed or forced to move forward unless you are ready. Your brain knows what to do in the right environment of safety. You remain in control during the entire process.
Deep Brain Reorienting sessions are usually focused, quiet, and guided by your nervous system.
I work with adults who have often done “everything right” in therapy — gained insight, learned coping skills, understood the story — and still find that something deep in the nervous system remains unchanged. For many, it feels like your body stays on guard, a sense of aloneness that doesn’t respond to reassurance, or reactions that feel out of control and out of reach.
Trauma tends to impact how a person experiences themselves. It’s not the past that stays alive — it’s the painful messages that formed in response to those threats. Over time, these messages can become part of our identity, even when they no longer reflect reality.
My work is grounded in the understanding that trauma is not held primarily in thoughts or memories, but in the lower regions of the brain that govern grounding, attachment, and survival. When these systems are given the right conditions, they know how to resolve threats on their own.
MY Approach
My approach is quiet, structured, and guided by the nervous system rather than narrative. I work slowly and intentionally, tracking subtle physiological shifts rather than stories or interpretations. Integration is the key... when your body no longer reacts as if the past is still happening, and you can experience yourself as one connected whole in the present.
The Therapy Goal
The goal of this work is not dependence on therapy, but increased internal stability and self-trust. In this work, we are less focused on what happened in the past and more attentive to the signals and conclusions your nervous system carried forward. Trauma is often not the event itself, but the message the body learned about safety, connection, and selfhood — and how that message continues to shape the present.
Who Tends to Work Well With Me
You are thoughtful and self-aware, yet still feel “stuck.”
You’ve done years of talk therapy with limited relief.
You notice your body reacts before your thoughts do
You value slowness, privacy, and precision.
You don’t want to be pushed into catharsis or exposure.
What You Won’t Be Asked to Do
You won’t be asked to relive traumatic events.
You won’t be pushed to talk when words disappear.
You won’t be rushed through sensations or reactions.
You won’t be analyzed or interpreted while you’re processing.
client's internal process of Deep Brain Reorienting.
I take a steady, boundaried, and non-intrusive stance. I do not try to become central in your life or replace other forms of support. Consistency, clarity, and respect for autonomy are part of what allows the nervous system to feel safe.
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