EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
A scientifically validated therapy using alternating bilateral stimulation (eye movements, tapping) to reprocess traumatic memories and reduce their emotional charge.
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A scientifically validated therapy using alternating bilateral stimulation (eye movements, tapping) to reprocess traumatic memories and reduce their emotional charge.
A psychotherapeutic model viewing the mind as a system of sub-personalities ('parts') organized around a compassionate core Self, offering a non-pathologizing path to trauma healing.
A psychosomatic trauma approach developed by Peter Levine, which releases traumatic energy trapped in the body through progressive sensory titration and pendulation.
A structured, validated CBT protocol for PTSD using repeated exposure to traumatic memories (imaginal) and avoided situations (in vivo) to reduce fear and avoidance behavior.
EFT-tapping adapted for couples work: mirror tapping, surrogate tapping, forgiveness protocol and relational trigger treatment. Not to be confused with Sue Johnson's EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy). Applications for recurring conflicts, communication problems, infidelity, jealousy, desire loss and co-dependency.
EFT protocols specifically adapted by age group — from tapping games with 4-7 year olds to adolescent empowerment — to reduce school anxiety, phobias, trauma, and improve self-esteem.
Technique where a practitioner or caregiver taps on themselves with intention for a person unable to practice EFT directly: infants, young children, sedated patients, animals, or distant persons.
A classical behavioral technique developed by Joseph Wolpe, combining deep relaxation with gradual exposure to phobic stimuli to extinguish the conditioned anxiety response.
Classical directive hypnosis is the historical form of therapeutic hypnosis, using direct and authoritative suggestions to induce trance and modify behaviors. It relies on the subject's suggestibility.
Ericksonian hypnosis, developed by Milton H. Erickson, is a permissive and indirect approach to therapeutic hypnosis. It uses metaphors, indirect suggestions and the patient's unconscious resources to facilitate change.
EFT combines acupressure point stimulation with emotion verbalization to release emotional blockages. Developed by Gary Craig, this "tapping" technique is used for anxiety, phobias, and trauma.
Conversational hypnosis is a form of indirect hypnosis practiced within natural conversation, without formal induction. Developed from Milton Erickson's work, it uses hypnotic language, metaphors and embedded suggestions within seemingly ordinary exchange.
Humanistic hypnosis, created by Olivier Lockert, reverses the classical hypnosis mechanism: instead of dissociating consciousness, it unifies it by increasing the patient's state of awareness. The therapist guides in total transparency.
NLP, created by Bandler and Grinder, models strategies of human excellence to make them accessible to all. It offers concrete tools for rapid change by working on mental representations and language.
Hypno-analgesia uses hypnosis to reduce or eliminate pain perception during medical or surgical procedures. Scientifically validated, it is practiced in many hospitals as an alternative or complement to anesthesia.
Hypnosis for addictions uses suggestion and unconscious reprogramming techniques to modify addictive behaviors (tobacco, alcohol, food, gambling). It acts on emotional anchors, automatisms and brain reward mechanisms.
Perinatal hypnosis supports pregnant women throughout pregnancy and childbirth. It helps reduce anxiety, manage pain naturally, and experience a more serene birth.
Tibetan singing bowl meditation uses the sound vibrations of singing bowls to induce deep relaxation and meditative states. Harmonic frequencies act on the nervous system and promote body-mind harmonization.