Auricular Methods for Mental Health Professionals
From Psychiatry Advisor to Psychology Today, awareness of neuro-auricular methods is accelerating among mental health professionals. Globally, auricular methods are at the convergence point of several related fields of increasing importance to mental health care: non-invasive neuromodulation, neurofunctional acupuncture, neurology-based somatic therapies, and low-level laser therapy.
These frequency- and resonance-based fields are supporting integrated mental healthcare, especially in settings related to complex trauma and substance abuse,[1-10] and they represented a segment of the healthcare market valued over US$14 billion in 2020 — forecast to grow over 7% annually through 2027.[11-13]
With neuro-auricular modulation, mental health professionals now have access to precise neurological insight on their most challenging clients — and the tools to prime the nervous system for improved response to therapy.
These frequency- and resonance-based fields are supporting integrated mental healthcare, especially in settings related to complex trauma and substance abuse,[1-10] and they represented a segment of the healthcare market valued over US$14 billion in 2020 — forecast to grow over 7% annually through 2027.[11-13]
With neuro-auricular modulation, mental health professionals now have access to precise neurological insight on their most challenging clients — and the tools to prime the nervous system for improved response to therapy.
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Clinically Relevant
Neuro-auricular modulation and other auricular methods, as taught by CIAM, support targeted assessment, helping build trust in the client-therapist relationship — with methods that can be easily applied within the scope of most mental health practices.
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Multi-modal
Supports both cognitive and somatic modalities (with alignment to various models such as Adaptive Information Processing, Polyvagal Theory, and others)
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Accessible
Learn to use one of the most accessible tools for specific neural insight that every client already brings to each session — their ears!
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Time-saving
Clinical tools to improve objective measures and bypass pre-frontal cortex involvement for precision, insight, and session efficiency.
Collaboration for Advancement
Clinical
Collaboration
Clinical collaborations such as those with Create Balance, are helping lead the integration of therapeutic tools — effectively used in other medical fields — now offering great promise to address challenges at the forefront of mental healthcare.
Association
Representation
Our work with associations such as the North American Neuromodulation Society, helps further the representation of mental health professionals using Auricular Medicine, and related non-invasive auricular neuromodulation therapies.
Tools Advancing the Clinical Practice of Mental Healthcare
- Pain numerical rating scale (NRS) assessment of disturbed neural states/function via reflex zones on the auricular microsystem
- Diagnostic electrodermal activity (EDA) probes (aka point finders) for empirical measure of objective units of disturbance (OUDs) — to assess, support, or extend the reporting of subjective units of disturbance (SUDs)
- Electrical stimulation for auricular neuromodulation with application of medical frequencies — including frequencies that resonate with the cortex, subcortical parts of the brain, and interconnected nuclei throughout the brainstemuricular
- Auricular Semi-Permanent (ASP) 3 to 5-day stimulation needles (non-needle acupressure options also available)
- Adjuvant auditory-based tools supported by the work of Stephen Porges (such as Safe and Sound Protocol)
- Diagnostic electrodermal activity (EDA) probes for empirical measure of objective units of disturbance (OUDs) — to assess, support, or extend the reporting of subjective units of disturbance (SUDs)
- TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) for auricular neuromodulation with application of medical frequencies — including frequencies that resonate with the cortex, subcortical parts of the brain, and interconnected nuclei throughout the brainstem
- LLLT (low-level laser therapy) for auricular neuromodulation with application of medical frequencies — including frequencies that resonate with the cortex, subcortical parts of the brain, and interconnected nuclei throughout the brainstem