Counting method
The Counting Method (CM), also known as Ochberg's Counting Method, is a therapeutic treatment designed to help with the desensitization of PTSD symptoms.[1] The method was designed by psychiatrist Frank Ochberg in the early 1990s. Ochberg, who'd previously helped to define and characterize Posttraumatic stress disorder, began using the CM in his private practice as a means of combating PTSD symptoms.[2]
The Method
During the CM, the PTSD clinician asks the client to recall a traumatic memory while the clinician counts out loud to 100. After the counting the client is asked to discuss their memory. Subsequently, clinician and client work to reframe that traumatic memory and minimize or eliminate the discomfort associated with it.[3]
Results
References
- ^ The Counting Method official website
- ^ The Counting Method official website
- ^ "The Counting Method for Ameliorating Traumatic Memories". Frank Ochberg. Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol.9 No.4 1996