WHAT IS TRAUMATIC INCIDENT REDUCTION (TIR)?
TIR, or Traumatic Incident Reduction, is a one-on-one non-hypnotic highly structured and systematic method of locating, reviewing and resolving traumatic events. It involves repeated viewing of a traumatic memory under conditions designed to enhance safety and minimize distractions. Once a person has used TIR to fully and calmly view a painful memory or sequence of related memories, life events no longer trigger it and cause distressing symptoms. The TIR technique, which has roots in psychoanalytic theory and exposure theory, is a unique regressive, repetitive, desensitization procedure. The protocol is highly focused, directive, and controlled, yet at the same time it is carried out in a wholly person-centered, non-interpretive, non-judgmental and respectful context. Although Traumatic Incident Reduction is best known as an extremely effective brief therapy in the rapid resolution of trauma-related conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), it also proven useful in r
