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SAVE THE DATE: Common Challenges in DBR Treatment of Dissociative Disorders: An Introductory Workshop
When: May 1 & May 8, 2026, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Cost: TBA
Link to Register: coming soon
This is an introductory, clinically focused workshop for clinicians who want to learn more about the application of Deep Brain Reorienting ® (DBR) with clients with dissociative disorders. It is for therapists who have experience working with clients with dissociative disorders and are seeking a deeper understanding of treatment of Dissociative Disorders; how to recognize dissociation from a DBR lens; and how to address different forms of dissociation.
About the Workshop:
This two (2) day workshop will address frequently asked questions that are often presented in consultation groups by therapists who are introducing or would like to introduce DBR to their client population with higher levels of dissociation.
On Day One (1) we will discuss readiness factors for both therapists and clients. We will also demonstrate modifications in the DBR sequence that will ensure slow and tolerable processing. This will include instructions on how to individually create Where-Self scripts as you work along with your client. We will provide guidance on how to select activating stimuli carefully. We will help you identify different types of dissociation and how we work with each type of dissociation in DBR.
From case conceptualization to processing, we will share our experience over the last six years and assist you to feel confident in the transition from “upper level” models to a shock-based model that works under dissociation. We will also introduce how to develop a shock-based case conceptualization.
Day two (2) will introduce a DBR Sequence Review designed to assist the DBR therapist in identifying common challenges, hypothesize the reasons for them, and develop possible ways to address them. Dr. Frank Corrigan will also join us for a plenary Q&A.
Cindy and Tina will draw on their combined years of experience as DBR Consultants working with this clinical population and will speak to their transition to DBR from using EMDR therapy and a parts-work model.
Please note that this training does not replace DBR Level 3. This workshop provides an opportunity to learn some of the theory alongside clinical applications to assist clinicians with experience working with clients with dissociative disorders in starting to use DBR therapy.
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.
