What Is Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) Therapy? | Video by Dr Millia Begum

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In this short video, Dr Millia Begum explains:

• How Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) understands trauma through the brain’s earliest orienting and shock responses.
• Why physiological shock may continue to influence emotions, relationships, and patterns of distress.
• How unresolved shock can amplify later emotional and defensive responses.
• Why DBR works slowly with the body’s earliest registration of overwhelming experiences.
• How DBR helps access core emotional pain without becoming overwhelmed.
• Why this approach may be particularly helpful for complex trauma, attachment trauma, and dissociative symptoms.

A Complete Guide to Deep Brain Reorienting Therapy 

DBR Therapy Summary

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) is a trauma-focused psychotherapy that works with the earliest physiological responses to overwhelming experiences. Unlike therapies that begin with thoughts or emotions, DBR focuses on the brain’s initial orienting and shock responses that occur within milliseconds of perceiving threat.

In this video, Consultant Psychiatrist and level 3 DBR therapy trained Dr Millia Begum explains how DBR understands trauma, why unresolved shock may continue to influence emotional and physical wellbeing, and how the therapy helps individuals process trauma without becoming overwhelmed.