SOUND RECOVERY THERAPY
(SRT)
Non-drug based group therapy intervention
for addiction
Sound
Recovery Therapy
(SRT)TM
is a one-to-one or group based therapy that can help you to address
powerful and disturbing emotions and experiences in a safe and 'held'
space. It uses gentle yet effective physical
and mental relaxation techniques, sensitive music improvised by
the practitioner during the sessions, and therapeutic conversations
to help you integrate
your experience of each 'sounding' and address your core life and
current concerns.
It was originally devised by Russell
Stone through MA research and clinic based
trials to help those recovering from addiction. Since then, SRTTM
has found wide application for anyone who enters therapy looking to
find a way out of agitation, anxiety, stress, dysfunctional behaviours,
relationships and life situations. It is an ideal therapy if you want
to break out of old patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving, and
making a significant contribution to your sense of wellbeing.
It is particularly effective in helping those addicted
to prescriptive and opiate based drugs, and illegal
substances,
and those struggling with alcohol dependency.
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Agitation,
anxiety, stress, and the dysfunctional behaviours that people take into
therapy tend to be the outward evidence of habitual, emotional and
mental patterns – such patterns can also affect and be
affected
by physiology. A feature of the habitual patterning is judgmental,
negative self-regard.
Finding
a positive relationship to oneself, and learning how to step out of the
patterning can be very challenging. At the same time, it is essential
if we are to be able to consider new patterns or frameworks for
relating to ourselves and others. Sound Recovery Therapy (SRT) provides
a path towards this by naturally engaging the commitment of
participants. SRT works at three levels simultaneously:
- Cognitive
– helping to still the mind, stepping out of compulsive
mental
activity, and improving concentration and clear thinking
- Affective
– the quieter mind leading to increasingly long periods of
greater calm and self-mastery, and a stronger sense of well-being
– for some this offers the first positive experiences of
‘self’ for many years, free of prescribed or
illegal drugs,
or alcohol
- Physiological
– relaxing the central nervous system, showing for example in
a
lower heartbeat, breath slowing and deepening, tremors ceasing for
longer periods
SRT
was first developed through a successful MA research project, followed
by a second phase of independent open-ended, developmental groups as
well as an 8 month clinic-based therapy group alongside a CBT programme
(2 hour weekly sessions with up to 10 people). SRT can be acquired as a
technique that can be used on one’s own.
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"SRT's ability to engage clients and
to create a space of safety from which to explore complex therapeutic
journeys was a revelation. It complements the therapeuitc journey in a
myriad of ways and contributed to a unique and extraordinary
rehabilatitive experience."
John Bransfield, Substance Misuse Consultant
"I knew from the first two sessions something intense was going on, something that I could harness ..."
Client
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