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Emotional Response Therapy

Emotional Response Therapy (ERT) is a simple and effective therapeutic approach for treating psychological and emotional distress.

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It is designed to change a person's emotional response to a memory or thought.

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Through both research and practice ERT has been found to be successful in helping treat psychological problems such as trauma, anxiety and phobias.

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ERT can be applied with both children and adults.

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Development of ERT

Emotional Response Therapy was developed following considerable research to better understand how people become traumatised and develop other psychological problems. This examination of the available evidence led to the development of ERT. This therapy draws upon research and evidence based in genetics and biological sciences.

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ERT follows the science of how the mind and body produce emotional reactions such as fear and trauma. This therapy has been found to help people significantly reduce their distress about both memories and thoughts in a recent pilot study.

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ERT takes a different approach to traditional talking therapies and reduces the need for clients to recount distressing memories at length over a prolonged period of time. Clients report that the therapy is much quicker and less demanding on them than other therapies. 

ERT and your practice

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Practice approach

ERT is designed to help professionals who work in a trauma informed practice and understand the importance of how trauma negatively impacts upon wellbeing. This approach works not just with trauma but other psychological and emotional distress such as anxiety, phobias and depression.

ERT can work as a stand-alone approach or be combined with other therapeutic approaches as part of a comprehensive treatment package.

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Applying ERT

As a therapeutic approach ERT can help clients in less time than most other therapies and can also be applied by the client themself.

The same procedure that is used by the ERT therapist to work systematically with clinical material can also be used by the client on day-to-day problems that distress them. Working in a parallel process increases the client's ability to cope with psychological problems and enhance their wellbeing in the long term.  

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Client experiences

Many clients have fed back the importance of being able to utilise the procedure on themselves at home. Practising the same procedure both in and out of therapy provides consistency in approach as well as skilling the client through repeated application. Clients have found this not only empowering but also helpful in overcoming their psychological problems so that they feel calmer and more relaxed. 

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ERT Training

ERT training is open to qualified and experienced mental health professionals who already work in a therapeutic settings.​

ERT training comprises of a 2 day face to face training course followed by two half-day supervision sessions online.

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The course covers:

  • The science of ERT theory

  • ERT Procedure

  • Difference to other therapeutic methods

  • How to apply ERT with different populations and client groups

  • Working with different clinical problems

  • Approaches for complex problems

  • Teaching clients to use ERT themselves

  • Understanding how to formulate for working with clients

  • Additional ERT methods for working with clients

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For further information about Emotional Response Therapy or to book a place on an ERT training course visit www.emotionalresponsetherapy.org or contact info@emotionalresponsetherapy.org 

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