TIR, or Traumatic
Incident Reduction, is a systematic method of locating, reviewing
and resolving traumatic events. Once
a person has used TIR to fully and calmly view a painful memory or
chain of related memories, life events no longer trigger it and
cause distressing symptoms. TIR has proven
useful in relieving a wide range of fears, limiting beliefs,
suffering due to losses (including unresolved grief and mourning),
depression, and other PTSD symptoms. The TIR technique can be traced
to roots in psychoanalytic theory and desensitization methods;
however, it is carried out in a thoroughly person-centered,
non-judgmental and respectful context.
The
idea of emotional trauma being curable has only recently been
considered by leading traumatologists. In May of 1993, Professor
Charles Figley and Joyce Carbonell convened a seminar at Florida
State University. The invited participants were addressed by a panel
of innovators in the field of successfully treating emotional
trauma. The panel members included Dr. Frank Gerbode and Gerald
French, who spoke on the treatment paradigm know as Traumatic
Incident Reduction (TIR). Since that
time, thousands of people suffering traumatic sequelae have resolved
their residual pain, suffering, anguish and grief with the benefit
of TIR.
