Energy psychology in disaster relief

In EP, as with other exposure-based treatments, exposure is achieved by eliciting—through imagery, narrative, and/or in vivo experience—hyperarousal associated with a traumatic memory or threatening situation. Unique to EP is that extinction of this asso-ciation is facilitated by the manual stimulation of acupuncture or related points that are believed to send signals to the amygdala and other brain struc-tures that quickly reduce hyperarousal. When the brain then reconsolidates the traumatic memory, the new association (to reduced hyperarousal or no hyperarousal) is retained. According to practitioners, this leads to treatment outcomes that are more rapid (less time, fewer repetitions) and more powerful (higher impact, greater reach) than the strategie