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Psychotherapy and Quantum Field Theory (QFT) Page 3 Triggers for victims of terrorist attacks Place MEN arena Smell Sensation Texture Sound of explosion Sound of sirens and emergency services Taste Touch Anniversary Memory thought or feeling Somatic e g blown off feet and onto ground Cranial nerves origin from stem
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Depression Anxiety Substance misuse Eating disorders OCD Dissociative disorders Borderline personality disorder Rates of PTSD vary from 12 -40% (Kolko et al. Child maltreatment, 2010) In the general population: the rate for female adolescents is twice that for males (Stam, 2007. Neuroscience and Biobehavioural reviews)
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The role of Gut Instinct and the Gut Microbiome (GM) in Psychotherapy
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Activation of the Felt images of the body (primordial body feelings; gut reaction or instinct) Feelings of emotions Engagement of Core self, cerebral cortex and consciousness leading to Transformation and Integration of somatic maps (brainstem & cerebellum) of Visceral Experience
The role of Gut Instinct and the Gut Microbiome (GM) in Psychotherapy
The role of Gut Instinct and the Gut Microbiome (GM) in Psychotherapy ( Page 4 ) Cranial nerves play crucial role Cerebellum (Little Brain) 60 billion neurons Link with Purkinje cells Over 50% of connections with association cortex Other connections to basal ganglia and brainstem Combination of top down and
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Brain Gut axis disorders with cognitive component e.g. irritable bowel syndrome or IBS Depression Anxiety Autism Parkinson’s disease Prof Dinan and colleagues investigated: Gut microbiome in depressed patients Short chain fatty acids Gut permeability as mechanism acting on brain function Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) from depressed patients to rat model
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Certain microbes transmitted in utero Mother exposes baby to her microbes via passage through birth canal Risks associated with C. Section as these babies are colonized by microbes from health care workers, environment, medical equipment and other newborns Vaginally delivered babies colonized by maternal faecal and vaginal bacteria (beneficial for
The role of Gut Instinct and the Gut Microbiome (GM) in Psychotherapy
Role of gut instinct in shaping behaviour How this can be harnessed in psychotherapy Models of top down and bottom up information processing in psychotherapy Integration of this information at the levels of: gut —- heart—–brain (quintessential model) Discussion of recent advances in neuroscience of body-mind-brain interface Optimal brain development