1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:09,390 --> 00:00:12,600 RT M is a very new approach and you 3 00:00:12,609 --> 00:00:14,442 know , it takes things in a very 4 00:00:14,442 --> 00:00:16,331 different direction than previous 5 00:00:16,331 --> 00:00:19,239 therapies . So , Rt M and pe are both 6 00:00:19,250 --> 00:00:23,229 imaginal therapies . But pe asks the 7 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:25,549 patient , the participant in our study 8 00:00:25,750 --> 00:00:28,819 to imagine that they're back there and 9 00:00:28,829 --> 00:00:31,780 to describe the trauma in as much 10 00:00:31,790 --> 00:00:33,500 detail as they can , that's 11 00:00:33,509 --> 00:00:36,119 extraordinarily difficult for most 12 00:00:36,130 --> 00:00:40,069 people to do . So , RT M initially , 13 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,413 what we do is we start off the same way , 14 00:00:42,413 --> 00:00:44,524 tell me about your trauma , but we're 15 00:00:44,524 --> 00:00:46,469 observing them very closely and if 16 00:00:46,469 --> 00:00:48,636 their facial expression changes , they 17 00:00:48,636 --> 00:00:51,509 stop making eye contact , they seem 18 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,631 uncomfortable or they frankly tell us 19 00:00:53,631 --> 00:00:55,687 they're uncomfortable , we say , all 20 00:00:55,687 --> 00:00:57,742 right , stop right there . We're not 21 00:00:57,742 --> 00:00:59,964 going to ask you to do that again . And 22 00:00:59,964 --> 00:01:02,187 what we do instead is we say , think of 23 00:01:02,187 --> 00:01:04,298 a movie theater . It could be one you 24 00:01:04,298 --> 00:01:06,409 go to now or it could be one you went 25 00:01:06,409 --> 00:01:08,900 to back when you were a kid and picture 26 00:01:08,910 --> 00:01:11,132 that movie theater clearly in your mind 27 00:01:11,139 --> 00:01:13,919 and describe it to me out loud in as 28 00:01:13,930 --> 00:01:16,800 much detail as you possibly can . And 29 00:01:16,809 --> 00:01:18,839 then we say , I want you to imagine 30 00:01:19,449 --> 00:01:21,616 leaving your body there in the theater 31 00:01:21,616 --> 00:01:24,040 seat and floating up . So you're 32 00:01:24,050 --> 00:01:26,970 looking down on your body and imagine 33 00:01:26,980 --> 00:01:28,702 floating all the way up to the 34 00:01:28,702 --> 00:01:31,529 projection booth . And now I'm going to 35 00:01:31,540 --> 00:01:35,230 ask you to imagine projecting a movie 36 00:01:35,239 --> 00:01:37,739 of your traumatic experience , but 37 00:01:37,750 --> 00:01:39,750 we're going to alter it in some key 38 00:01:39,750 --> 00:01:41,806 ways . It's going to be very short , 39 00:01:41,806 --> 00:01:44,279 think about a minute long and it's 40 00:01:44,290 --> 00:01:46,401 going to be only in black and white , 41 00:01:46,401 --> 00:01:48,959 no color . The purpose is really to 42 00:01:48,970 --> 00:01:52,120 separate out their feelings , their 43 00:01:52,129 --> 00:01:55,250 emotions from the traumatic memory . 44 00:01:56,089 --> 00:01:58,400 So that's very different than working 45 00:01:58,410 --> 00:02:00,500 directly through the feelings and 46 00:02:00,510 --> 00:02:03,440 emotions that they do in pe we are 47 00:02:03,449 --> 00:02:05,709 excited that most people are doing very 48 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,970 well that most people are having their 49 00:02:07,980 --> 00:02:11,199 PTSD . Go away . I think that 50 00:02:11,679 --> 00:02:15,100 this is RTM is something that 51 00:02:15,110 --> 00:02:18,960 is likely to be a new alternative 52 00:02:18,970 --> 00:02:21,610 therapy that will do well for a lot of 53 00:02:21,619 --> 00:02:21,960 people .