Health & Wellness
The
brain is the most intricate and complex organ in the body. As the
command
center for the body, the brain is responsible for every function
the human body
performs, both consciously and unconsciously. Trauma has
a serious affect on
how the brain functions and this is what Health
Watch addresses.
The founders of Child Watch, Don and Bridget Wood, were introduced to
Dr. Jon Connelly while searching for assistance for a family member.
After meeting
with Dr. Connelly it soon became apparent that there was a
fit for Child Watch and
the families they served. Child Watch had been
searching for a way to continue
assisting families that had lost a
child, rescued a child or were still searching
for their missing child.
Rapid Resolution Therapy was the perfect fit.
Don and Bridget attended Level One and Level two trainings with Dr.
Connelly.
In addition, Child Watch had Fred Golba, their search and
rescue K9 commander,
see Dr. Connelly to resolve his trauma from years
of search and rescue work
including 9-11. Fred had been experiencing
severe nightmares from this
unresolved trauma and was desperate for a
solution. After seeing Dr. Connelly
one time, Fred’s nightmares have
stopped and he is living a much more positive
and healthy lifestyle.
With the success from Fred’s experience and the training Don and
Bridget went
through, plans to launch the Childhood Abuse and Trauma Foundation were
formulated.
The Childhood Abuse and Trauma Foundation provides an affordable solution
called Rapid Resolution
Therapy (“RRT”). RRT will clear the trauma in as little
as one session,
much more efficiently than traditional psychotherapy. Rapid
Resolution
Therapy is a “state of the art and cutting edge approach that heals the
invisible wounds of trauma. Holistic, gentle, and compassionate, it
painlessly
eliminates the negative influences from traumatic events even
when there
are no conscious memories of these events.”
Dr. Jon Connelly is the founder and developer of Rapid Resolution
Therapy, a revolutionary approach to emotional and
behavioral difficulties.
He is the author of Life Changing Conversations
– The Power of
Transformational Communication, which demonstrates that
dramatic
therapeutic breakthroughs can be facilitated in a single
psychotherapy session.
He has over 30 years of experience working with
individuals and training
professionals as well as board certification in
psychotherapy, sex therapy,
hypnotherapy, behavioral medicine, clinical
social work and chemical
dependency counseling. Dr. Connelly directs
the Trauma Resolution Program
at Palm Partners Residential Treatment
facility for individuals in recovery from
alcohol and drug dependency.
He was appointed to the Clinical Faculty for the
social work program at
the State University of New York at Stony Brook and
hosted a popular
radio talk show on mental health issues. Dr. Connelly
has also conducted
seminars in hospitals throughout the country on advanced
methods of
stress management and mind body healing sponsored by the
United States
Veterans Administration.
When something is traumatic it slams into awareness and leaves a
lasting
impression. Even when the experience is finished deeper parts of
the mind
may continue to respond as if it is still occurring. It is as
if this deeper part of
the mind has not gotten the good news, the news
that the painful experience
is finished. Even experiences that have been
repressed or consciously
forgotten can continue to exert a negative
influence. This may affect emotions,
thinking, relationships, behavior
and even health.
The best part of Rapid Resolution Therapy is the reduction in time
and cost
in healing a patient. Rapid Resolution Therapy is vastly
different from traditional
therapy. Traditional therapists have been
taught to convince their clients to
“take responsibility” so that they
can “work on their problems.” Traditional
psychotherapy focuses on the
patient’s past. Traditional psychotherapy takes
a long time, encourages
dependency, and requires a painful re-living of past
experiences. Rapid
Resolution Therapy shortcuts traditional therapy by
working with all
facets of the mind, both the intellectual and the emotional.
It’s quick
and lasting. RRT is task versus time oriented. What this means is
that
while traditional therapy consists of many hourly appointments, for
months and sometimes years, with RRT a patient’s appointment lasts until
their symptoms and root cause of the problems are eliminated. The task
is
complete and their mind is cleared. Patients report an immediate
difference—
a feeling of peace, strength and energy. This desired change
is automatic
and lasting. Many people prefer this over spending months
or years in
weekly traditional therapy sessions. In most cases RRT
treatments can
be completed in a single office visit. Some treatments
may take two or
three sessions.
Rapid Resolution Therapy is helping Soldiers experiencing
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a
serious and often hard-to-treat condition. It can affect the lives of
Soldiers
and their loved ones severely and can interfere with daily
life. Finding the
right treatment can greatly improve a Soldier’s
quality of life. The Army
offers several support programs for Soldiers
experiencing PTSD, such
as Battle-mind, Post Deployment Health
Reassessment, and specialized
psychotherapy sessions, said Col. Elspeth
Cameron Ritchie, medical director for
the Army Medical Department’s
Office of Strategic Communications.
But sometimes, private treatment can
offer individuals options currently not
available through military
medicine; rapid resolution therapy is one of those
options. Veterans treated by RRT were featured in a 2010 article in the US
Army News. The
results are nothing short of amazing.
The article can be found at http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/09/01/44335-rapid-resolution-therapy/.