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REVISIONING

Revisioning is a psychotherapeutic technique developed by psychologists Mark Rider and Lynn Heselton in 2014 for the treatment of complicated grief and PTSD.1,2 Revisioning is based on V.S.Ramachandran's discovery of mirror therapy as a rapid treatment for phantom limb pain.3  Ramachandran showed that simulated reattachment of the amputated limb in a mirror reduced pain by reversing neuroplasticity in the mirror neurons of the motor cortex. Rider and Heselton have shown mirror neuron activation following Revisioning treatment. Secondary to the relief from grief and trauma, decreases in compulsivity and inflammation have also been documented.4

REFERENCES

1. Rider M. (2014). Revisioning: Mirror therapy for unresolved grief, Natural Psych Solutions.

2. Rider M. & Heselton L. (2016). Revisioning: Rapid mirror neuron psychotherapy for grief and trauma, Natural Psych Solutions.

3. Ramachandran V.S. (2011). The tell-tale brain, Norton.

4. Rider M. (2017). Two case reports: Using simulated reattachment to treat persistent complex bereavement disorder and PTSD. Explore, 13:6, 414-417.