CBT RESOURCES
Cleveland Clinic – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Review of Meta-analyses
5 Clinically Relevant Studies on CBT
APA PTSD Guidlines – What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
EMDR RESOURCES
EMDR Institute – What is EMDR Therapy?
EMDR Institute – Research Overview
HYPNOTHERAPY RESOURCES
New York Times – What Can Hypnosis Do for Your Health?
What is hypnosis and how might it work?
Time – How Hypnosis Works, According to Science
The Efficacy, Safety and Applications of Medical Hypnosis
Stanford Medicine – Study identifies brain areas altered during hypnotic trances
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Volume 72, Issue 2
RTM RESOURCES
https://randrproject.org/research.html
https://randrproject.org/articles.html
1.Remediation of intrusive symptoms of PTSD in fewer than five.pdf
Gray, R., & Bourke, F. (2015). Remediation of intrusive symptoms of PTSD in fewer than five sessions: A 30- person pre-pilot
study of the RTM Protocol™. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 1(2), 85-92.doi:10.3138/jmvfh.3119. This pilot
study treated 30 veterans suffering with severe PTS and measured their PTS remission rate post treatment at 96% (25 of 26),
along with and alleviating their PTS intrusive symptoms in under five sessions. It provided validation for funding additional,
more sophisticated research.
2.Evaluation of the reconsolidation of traumatic memories protocol.pdf
Tylee, D. S., Gray, R., Glatt, S. J., & Bourke, F. (2017). Evaluation of the reconsolidation of traumatic memories protocol for the
treatment of PTSD: a randomized, wait-list controlled trial. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health,3(1), 21-33. doi:
10.3138/jmvfh.4120. This Wait List Designed, Random Control Trial (RCT) study, measured 90% of the 30 male veterans, PTS
diagnosis free, at their two-week, six-week, and twelve- month follow-ups. Given the 90% PTS remission rate and the high
suicide rate among the veteran population, the Wait List Design was ethically necessitated because our participants were high
suicide risk, and often homeless. Double-blinded studies were not attempted due to the vulnerability of this client group. The
research team psychometricians were blinded as to control and experimental groups providing more than reasonable confidence
for additional studies.
3. Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories for PTSD A randomized controlled trial of 74 male veterans.
Gray, R., Budden-Potts, D., & Bourke, F. (2017). Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories for PTSD: A randomized controlled
trial of 74 male veterans. Psychotherapy Research. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2017.1408973. Over 90% of the male veterans
completing treatment scored below the diagnostic threshold on the PCL-M and PSS-I. About half of those treated were followed
to twelve months and retained freedom from PTSD intrusive symptoms and diagnosis.
4.An Open-Label, Randomized Controlled Trial of the Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories Protocol (
Gray, R. M., Budden-Potts, D., Schwall, R. J., & Bourke, F. F. (2020, November 19). An Open- Label, Randomized Controlled
Trial of the Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories Protocol (RTM™) in Military Women. Psychological Trauma: Theory,
Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance onlinepublication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000986. 96% PTS remission of the 30
women veterans on the PCL-M and PSS-I at two weeks and all subsequent measures to one year, follow-ups. A 96% PTS
remission rate was obtained for the 30 women veterans on the PCL-M and PSS-I at two weeks and all subsequent measures to
one year, follow-ups.
5. Albuquerque trainees PsyArxiv.pdf
Gray, R. M.; Davison, A., and Bourke, F. (2021, August 25). Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories, The RTM Protocol™:
Albuquerque trainee results. PsyArxiv. DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/PFQG4 Retrieved from osf.io/pfqg4. Between 2018 and 2020, 18
licensed mental health professionals were certified in the Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM™) protocol.
Participants collected and reported back anonymized data on clients they treated using RTM™, including pre-post PSSI-5 (n =74)
or PCL-5 (n =11) statistics for each client. Of 90 RTM-eligible clients, 85 completed RTM™ treatment. Pre- post- PSS-I-5 or
PCL-5 results found that 80 (95%) scored below minimal diagnostic criteria for PTSD.
Case Studies
6. Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM) for PTSD – a case series -.pdf
Gray, R., & Teall, B. (2016). Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM™) for PTSD: A case 2 Richard M. Gray, Ph.D.
series. Journalof Experiential Psychology, 19(4):59-69. The current case series describes four individuals previously diagnosed
with PTSD who volunteered for treatment in a waitlist RCT of Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM™). These
individuals completed five 90-min sessions of RTM™. In the larger study 96% (25/26) of treated clients no longer met diagnostic
criteria for PTSD at the end of treatment, with these gains maintained at 6- and 26-week posttreatment. Implications for the
delivery of RTM™ and its further investigation are discussed.
7.The Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM) Protocol for PTSD a case Study.pdf
Gray, R., Budden-Potts, D., & Bourke, F. (2017). The Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM™) Protocol for PTSD:
ACase Study. Journal of Experiential Psychotherapy, vol. 20(4): 47-61. This case study describes Carl, a Vietnam veteran,
diagnosed with PTSD who volunteered for treatment in a 30-person waitlist RCT of the RTM Protocol™. Carl completed three
120 minute sessions of RTM™. Post-treatment measures found significant reductions in PTSD symptoms that were maintained at
2, 6, 26, and 52-weeks post-treatment. Carl was chosen as representative of Vietnam Era participants for whom RTM™ has been
effective in the larger study. Carl has experienced the intrusive symptoms of PTSD for more than 40 years. He is now symptom
free.
Reviews/Meta-Analyses:
8. Kitchiner et al (2019) EJPT.pdf
Kitchiner, N.J., Lewis, C., Roberts, N. P., & Bisson, J. I. (2019). Active duty and ex-serving military personnel with post-
traumatic stress disorder treated with psychological therapies: systematic review and meta-analysis, European Journal of
Psychotraumatology, 10:1, 1684226, DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2019.1684226. Their scientifically formatted, meta-analysis found
RTM™ to be one of only two of the treatments examined to meet their efficacy criterion for consideration as effective for treating
military PTSD”.
9. AStill Wright et al cochrane.pdf
Astill Wright, L., Horstmann, L., Holmes, E. A., & Bisson, J. I. (2021). Consolidation/reconsolidation therapies for the
prevention and treatment of PTSD and re- experiencing: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Translational Psychiatry, 11(1),
453. doi:10.1038/s41398-021-01570-w This Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis assessed the efficacy of so-called
memory consolidation/reconsolidation therapies in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for prevention and treatment. Twenty-
five RCTs met inclusion criteria (16 prevention and nine treatment trials). Only three protocols (hydrocortisone for PTSD
prevention, Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM™) for treatment of PTSD symptoms, and cognitive task memory
interference procedure with memory reactivation (MR) for intrusive memories) were superior to control. A discussion of RTM™
is provided on Page 10.
10. Steenkamp-et-al-JAMA1.pdf
Steenkamp, M. M., Litz, B. T., Hoge, C. W., & Marmar, C. R. (2015). Psychotherapy for Military- Related PTSD: A Review of
Randomized Clinical Trials. Jama, 314(5), 489-500. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.8370. This review of military and veteran
populations, trials of the first-line trauma-focused interventions stated the need for improvement in existing PTSD treatments and
for development and testing of novel evidence-based treatments. It pointedly admonished the broad range of researchers using
statistics, that are still widely employed, labeling PTS Treatments as “successful” where only 35% TO 45% of the clients treated
no longer tested with PTS Diagnoses.
CRA RESOURCES
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1847521/
https://libguides.logan.edu/akresearch
NET RESOURCES
NET: Effects on Brain Physiology