A FAST, FRICTIONLESS AND RELIABLE STRATEGY FOR EXTINCTION OF CONDITIONED THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND BEHAVIOURS:

SDR Therapy Achieves Rapid Extinction via Sensory Disruption of the Reconsolidation Phase of Conditioned Responses

The good news for clients and therapists alike is that CBT and its derivatives such as DBT are no longer necessary and have been supplanted by SDR Therapy. Up-to-date evidence* (post 1990’s) guides us to conclude that inhibition strategies, which include CBT and other cognitive approaches, tend to be both slow and unpredictable in terms of efficacy, and conditioned thoughts, feelings, and behaviours tend to rehabituate, particularly under stress conditions.

In marked contrast, this updated research examining extinction of conditioned thoughts, feelings, and behaviour points strongly to disruption strategies, targetted precisely at the reconsolidation phase of the conditioned response, being able to smoothly extinguish conditioning in a way that is quite rapid and also robust.

The purpose of this site is to more fully explain the theory, rationale and evidence for SDR Therapy (Sensory Disruption of Reconsolidation) in order to facilitate integration at the coalface of psychotherapy today**.

*Citations and commentary to be found under “Research” at the top of this page.

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