More studies with binaural auditory beats should be done in Bridge between Magic & Reason,” was announced in the last patients with old TBI and perhaps also in the post-acute recov- issue of the HEMI-SYNC JOURNAL. The event is sched- ery after TBI. Prospective controlled trials are necessary to pre- uled for March 25-29, 2006, and the keynote speaker is Joseph dict efficacy. M. Felser, PhD. Dr. Felser’s book, The Way Back to Paradise, was reviewed in the winter/spring 2005 TMI Focus. References Registration is under way and several presentations have been 1. F. H. Atwater, “Binaural Beats and the Regulation of confirmed. We look forward to receiving your registration and Arousal Levels,” abstract from Proceedings of the IANS hearing from professional members who have something to 11th Forum on New Arts and Science (Fort Collins, CO: share about their work with Hemi-Sync. The REMOTE International Association for New Science, 2001). VIEWING PRACTICUM is scheduled before the seminar and 2. F. H. Atwater, “Inducing States of Consciousness with a HEARTLINE and TIMELINE are scheduled afterward. Binaural Beat Technology,” abstract from Proceedings of Participants who would like to come early or stay late and the Eighth International Symposium on New Science (Fort attend a program should contact registrar Karen Viar at Collins, CO: International Association for New Science, TMIprograms@aol.com 1997). iv Summer/Fall 2005
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hour period to feel rested and to function optimally varies from GROUP THERAPY FOR SEVERELY person to person. Our sleep patterns also change throughout TRAUMATIZED REFUGEES WITH A our lives. FOCUS ON SLEEP DISORDERS Sleep patterns All of the male participants and a couple of the women took sleeping medicine. Dosage was not changed during the project. Every man had suffered sleep problems for at least ten years. The duration of the women’s sleep problems varied from since childhood to two years. Childless women’s twenty-four-hour rhythm resembled the men’s, who stayed up, smoked, and followed the news on the Arabic channels, going to bed between 3:00 and 4:00 A.M. They slept a couple of hours interrupted by nightmares and had difficulty falling asleep again. Often, they did not sleep until first light. Women with children got up in the morning by Ursula Fürstenwald and typically took a nap later in the day. Although they went to bed before midnight, they often lay awake one to two hours, then slept a few hours interrupted by nightmares and periods of wakefulness. Ursula Fürstenwald, a psychologist and psychotherapist with OASIS—an organization using an interdisciplinary approach with counseling and treatment of Method and planning severely traumatized refugees suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder In addition to being interviewed using a questionnaire
(PTSD)—contacted TMI with a proposal for a pilot study using Hemi-Sync®. designed for the purpose, the participants filled out a sleep diary Serious sleep disturbances are one of the main secondary symptoms of PTSD, every morning to record what had happened during the night, especially for survivors of torture. Hemi-Sync was employed as an adjunct to focused including taking any stimulants and medicine that could affect group therapy in an attempt to relieve insomnia. The study was conducted in their sleep. The diary was delivered to the group leaders each Copenhagen, Denmark. This paper is based on a presentation made by Ursula and week. Group sessions consisted of client feedback, body thera- psychomotor body therapist Gita Nielsen at the ECOT Conference held in Berlin, py instruction, and theoretical psycho-education on sleep Germany, in May 2003. hygiene and the physical and psychological consequences of trauma. The women’s group also used “conflict-free imagery” Introduction and a Hemi-Sync® binaural-beat CD. For many years, OASIS has wanted to initiate a project dealing with sleep disorders. In 2000, we obtained economic Body therapy exercises support for such a project from the United Nations’ fund for The body therapy program was based on Dr. Edmund torture victims and carried out the first phase in 2001. Most Jacobsen’s neuromuscular training. Physiological studies have