The Ten Stage Courses are vigorously under pinned with scientific logic and rigorous statistical enquiry.

The Ten Stages Courses are under pinned with scientific logic and rigorous statistical enquiry. 

When our brains perceive danger or trauma triggers, sensory information is diverted from the hippocampus, which is responsible for processing non-intense emotion and committing everyday events to memory. Instead, the brain zaps the information from the thalamus, the brain’s sensory input centre, to a tiny almond-shaped nerve centre, called the amygdala, in the midsection of the brain, used for emergency processing.

At the amygdala’s command, orchestrated in milliseconds, the heart rate quickens, and respiration and blood pressure increase. Noncritical sensory information is tuned out and activity in the hippocampus is suppressed so we can concentrate on self-preservation.

When the threat persists beyond a few seconds, other neurophysiological and functional processes kick in to disengage us from the outside world and routine sensations. Heart rate and blood pressure suddenly drop, and we may feel as though we are floating. We may be unable to speak — or scream. We might “blank out,” faint or experience phenomena outside the realm of what we consider normal. Such responses may inhibit the ability to readily retrieve details later.

Automobile accident victims who dissociate, for example, are frequently unable to recall the moment of impact while others describe experiencing the crash in slow motion. Adult rape victims who dissociate during their attacks often report observing the assaults rather than experiencing them. Survivors of fires may stumble out of a burning building, not knowing how they escaped or realizing the extent of their injuries.

Abnormalities captured by brain imaging include diminished growth in the left hemisphere, atypical amygdala size and reduced hippocampus size and volume.

The nature of the physical changes, offers a physiological explanation for why early maltreatment increases the risk for development of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, substance abuse, antisocial behaviour and other problems. ” This provides scientific evidence that you can’t abuse or neglect children and then expect them to simply ‘get over it’ as adults.” 


The Ten Stages is a studied recovery course. It is a source of reconnection a method of unlearning and a reintroduction to our child within which leads us back to our one true intuitive voice.We start to learn and come out of our protective dysfunctional shell and reclaim our lives. #childwithin#10stages