Level 1 (all times are in Eastern Time) – Virtual via Zoom
February 17, 18, and 19, 2026. Fully Booked. Sign up for waiting list!
February 17 and 18: 11:00 am to 4:30 pm
February 19: 11:00 am to 3:45 pm
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Level 2 (all times are in Eastern Time) – Virtual via Zoom
March 5, 6, and 7, 2026. Register Now!
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May 19, 20, and 21, 2026
May 19 and 20: 11:00 am – 4:30 pm
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Level 3 (all times are in Eastern Time) – Virtual via Zoom
April 14, 15, and 16, 2026: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm. Register Now!
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December 15, 16, and 17: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
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Resources for DBR Therapists
Deep Brain Reorienting® Website
This website is the official website of DBR. There are several videos, interviews, and lists of publications related to DBR on the website. Of note, Hannah Young’s DBR Theory videos.
Easy to Understand Summaries of Published Research from Ruth Lanius and her Team.
https://www.ruthlanius.com/understand-published-research
Including a really nice explanation of, “what is DBR?”.
Publications about DBR
DBR Book
Authors: Frank Corrigan, Hannah Young, Jessica Christie-Sands
First article about DBR
Corrigan, FM., Christie-Sands, J. (2020). An innate brainstem self-other system involving orienting, affective responding, and polyvalent relational seeking: Some clinical implications for a “Deep Brain Reorienting” trauma psychotherapy approach. Medical Hypotheses, 136(10952). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2019.109502
Preliminary Research of the first Randomized Controlled Trial of DBR as a Treatment for PTSD
Breanne E. Kearney, Frank M. Corrigan, Paul A. Frewen, Stephanie Nevill, Sherain Harricharan, Krysta Andrews, Rakesh Jetly, Margaret C. McKinnon & Ruth A. Lanius. (2023). A randomized controlled trial of Deep Brain Reorienting: a neuroscientifically guided treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(2), 2240691, DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2023.2240691
DBR as a group intervention for trauma therapists
Gerge, A. (2025). Deep brain reorienting group intervention (DBR-GI) as a tool for transforming embodied countertransference reactions and potential vicarious traumatization in trauma therapists. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100615.
DBR in the treatment of DID
Gerge, A., Rudstam, G., Söndergaard, HP. (2025). Neuroscience-based relational art therapy and deep brain reorienting in the treatment of dissociative identity disorder. Frontiers in Psychology, 27(16). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1454483.
DBR Therapy and Attachment Theory
The contribution by Farina & Schimmenti (2025) highlights the impact of childhood maltreatment on adult health. Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), a neurophenomenological approach, proposes that attachment traumas derive from two primary experiences: shock and pain.
