Emotional Transformation Therapy
Emotional Transformation Therapy or ETT® is a propriety process intended to alleviate emotional distress as well as causal physical pain by exposing the patient to highly specific wavelength visual stimuli.
The process uses a "Spectral Chart" and "Peripheral Eye Stimulation" and a light source.
There are four "ETT® modalities":
- Spectral Resonance Technique (SRT) said to useful to assess and resolve emotional escalation and dissociation
- Multidimensional Eye Movement (MDEM) is claimed to be a form of psychotherapy that can instantly relieve trauma, Stress and/or somatic anxiety
- Peripheral eye stimulation using a propriety light emitting device
- Attachment-based interpersonal process - described as "the “Rolls Royce” modality of ETT®"
The treatment was developed Steven Vazquez, PhD, LMFT, LPC - who has published:
- Emotional Transformation Therapy: An Interactive Ecological Psychotherapy (Dec 21, 2012)ISBN 978-0765709516
- Accelerated Ecological Psychotherapy: ETT Applications for Sleep Disorders, Pain, and Addiction (Dec 21, 2012) ISBN 978-0765709615
a popular speaker who has presented at numerous professional conferences and public organizations all over the U.S. and in nine different countries. He has written numerous articles published by professional journals and his work is cited in other works
See also
- Light therapy
Mechanism
Visual light stimulation has been found to provoke biochemical mechanisms of serotonin and norepinephrine neurotransmitters Research tends to confirm that bright white light is an effective therapy for a range of psychological disorders beyond its original use in treating seasonal affective disorder.