The Space Between Reaction and Regulation
Article #027 · Collection Two
The therapeutic goal of reducing overwhelming fear while preserving judgment and agency.
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The therapeutic goal of reducing overwhelming fear while preserving judgment and agency.
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The Knowledge Graph
A clear distinction between a structured investigational treatment model and recreational MDMA use.
How changes in fear, affiliation, trust, and emotional processing may affect psychotherapy.
An introduction to Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and its structured treatment phases.
Why preparation, assessment, memory targets, body awareness, stabilization, and integration matter.
Explicit and Implicit Memory within memory science — the science, the human experience, and why it belongs inside Nervous System Intelligence as a practice.
Episodic Memory within memory science — the science, the human experience, and why it belongs inside Nervous System Intelligence as a practice.
Peer-Reviewed Research
Drawn from the peer-reviewed Research Collection. Each paper opens on PubMed. The relevance note is written by the founding editor.
Nirva Relevance —Supports patient-focused mindfulness as a complementary element of chronic-pain care.
Nirva Relevance —Relevant to combining movement, sleep, self-monitoring, psychoeducation, and behavior-change support within a digital platform.
Nirva Relevance —Supports meaning reconstruction, quality of life, hope, and post-traumatic growth in women facing severe health adversity.
Nirva Relevance —Relevant to displacement, loss of safety, systemic trauma, dignity, and the need for survivor-informed services.
Nirva Relevance —Scalable telehealth mindfulness programs improved pain-related functioning and biopsychosocial outcomes among veterans compared with usual care.
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