Ethan sat up in a cold sweat.
His heart was pounding. He was panting in fright.
He could hear the cruel mocking voices of his senior colleagues ringing in his ears.
Were all his dreams to be shattered by these fears? Would he ever get the qualifications and position that he had worked so hard for? Were all these hopes and dreams to be thrown away because of the “What ifs?”
Previously Ethan had been a hard-working, aspiring GP. But his work colleagues had mocked him and sown seeds of self-doubt and caused him to lack confidence in his abilities to be an excellent doctor. After all the snide comments and the belittling, he felt a gibbering mess. He couldn’t concentrate, was unable to make clear decisions. He felt undermined and overwhelmed. How could he possibly achieve his dreams now? He had come so far, and had made the huge leap to move to the UK to study and be the support to his family back overseas… was this all to come crashing down? Was he going to be a failure, and let his family down, and himself?
The NHS had transferred him to a different hospital and had managed to get some counselling for him, but to no avail… he felt like he was drowning. Swamped in fears and loss of hope.
He reached out and searched the internet for a solution… and came across TRTP (The Richards Trauma Process) There was one TRTP practitioner operating in the UK… he sent an email.. and learnt that there were 5 sessions….
He thought he would give it a go, and see what happened.
After 4 sessions he was up and running again. He put off for 2 years to have the 5th follow up session!
He wrote:
“I have PTSD. I have tried CBT, EMDR and TRTP and if I had to describe the difference between these three treatment modalities, I would say CBT targets the conscious mind. EMDR targets both the conscious and sub-conscious mind somewhat effectively, while TRTP targets only the subconscious mind and does so effectively. Trauma in my experience is like a virus infecting a laptop. If it infects 1 or 2 programmes then all you need to do is uninstall those programmes and then reinstall them and that is what CBT and EMDR do. But what happened if the virus infects the entire operating system? What if now your laptop works but glitches often, what do you do? You need to format the laptop and install a new operating system, and that is what TRTP does. “
Recently he stated: It has been over 3 years now, and I have not needed any further treatment. I am doing well and am now working in the GP sector successfully. I have made my choices and am happy to recommend TRTP to anyone.
