"The most thorough and reliable approach to the resolution of both long–standing and recent disaster PTSD currently in use is Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR), a guided cognitive imagery procedure developed by Frank Gerbode, MD (1989). A high–precision refinement of earlier cognitive desensitization procedures, TIR effectively resolves the outstanding trauma of the majority of the PTSD clients with whom it is used when carried out according to its strict guidelines.

TIR appears to be more efficient and more effective than other cognitive–imagery or desensitization procedures, as such procedures frequently focus mainly (and most often incompletely) on secondary episodes. By tracing each traumatic reaction to its original or primary trauma(ta) and by taking each primary trauma to its full resolution or procedural "end point" at one sitting (a crucial requirement), the TIR process leaves clients observably relieved, often smiling, and no longer committed to their previously errant cognitions. At that point, the traumatic incidents, their associated irrational ideation, and consequent PTSD have been fully handled, and clients are able to re–engage life comfortably in ways they might not have been able to do since their original traumata."

- Robert H. Moore, PhD, C.T.S., B.C.E.T.S.

 

FAQs & Background Information Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) FAQs Critical Issues in Trauma Resolution, by Frank A. Gerbode, MD, CTS "Psychological Foundations of Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR)", by Robert H. Moore, PhD, CTS, BCETS

Books on TIR Information about the book "Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR)", by Gerald French, MA, CTS and Chrys Harris, PhD, CTS "Brief Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Traumatic Incident Reduction and Related Techniques", by Lori Beth Bisbey, PhD, CTS, CMF and Steve Bisbey, CTS, CMF Information about the text "Beyond Psychology, An Introduction to Metapsychology", by Frank Gerbode, MD, CTS

Case Studies "Back into the Heart of Darkness", (Combat PTSD), by Tom Joyce "A Combat Vet's Perspective on TIR", by Lt. Col. Chris Christensen (Ret.) "My Own Experiences", by Peter Shefler - From the Foreword to the new book "Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR)"

Articles & Essays "Culture, Trauma and Other Reflections", by Rusanna Ohanjanian, PhD   with Gerald French "Trauma and Transformation", An Interview with Kate Sorensen, MA, CTS by Gerald French Rationale for Training Veterans Vocational Consultants in Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR), by Gerald French, MA, CMF, CTS "The Amelioration of Death-Related Trauma", by Teresa Descilo, MSW

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