Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & TreatmentISSN: 2324-8947

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A G Orsquo;Malley Author

Subjects of specialization
Traumatic stress disorders, Gut-brain, head-brain

Affiliation
CAMHS Psychiatrist, Mascot Child and Family Services Ltd, 70 Whitehurst roads, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, SK4 3NZ, United Kingdom

Biography

Arthur G. O'Malley affiliated to the department of Psychiatrist at Mascot Child and Family Services. His current research interests include in BART psychotherapy; Traumatic stress disorders; Top-down and bottom-up reprocessing; Gut-brain; Heart-brain and head-brain.


Publications

Case Report Open Access

An Introduction to the Background to BART: Bilateral Affective Reprocessing of Thoughts as a Dynamic form of Psychotherapy Including a Case Report on 17-Year-Old Female Victim of Physical and Psychological Abuse

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A G O’Malley

Background: This article describes an integrated form of dynamic psychotherapy, BART, which has components of both top-down reprocessing from EMDR and trauma-focused CBT combined with bottom-up approaches such as somatic experiencing and sensorimotor psychotherapy. The unique components of BART are described, with particular emphasis on the interaction between gut instinct, heartfelt sensation and head thoughts. BART is described in terms of what the individual letters stand for. Information processing at the levels of the gut, the heart and the brain are illustrated anatomically with diagrams of the heart-brain and the gut-brain with the brainstem. The anatomical structure of the gut mesentery is discussed along with the implications&nb... view moreĀ»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8947.1000168

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