Rewind Therapy: When Trauma Feels Stuck and Keeps Replaying

Trauma has a way of refusing to stay in the past.

For many people, it shows up as flashbacks, intrusive images, nightmares, sudden fear responses, or a body that reacts before the mind has a chance to catch up. You might know you’re safe now, but your nervous system hasn’t got the message.

Rewind Therapy is a trauma-focused approach designed to help with exactly that.

It doesn’t require you to talk through every detail of what happened. It doesn’t involve reliving the trauma. Instead, it works gently with how the brain has stored the memory, helping it move from something that feels constantly present to something that feels safely in the past.

For many people, this can be genuinely life-changing.

The first Rewind session is longer, usually around 2 to 3 hours, because this work needs time, care and flexibility. We take breaks. You can move around. There are drinks, snacks, moments to pause, and space to breathe. This isn’t rushed work, and it’s never forced.

Rewind Therapy is usually completed in a single session, with a follow-up session to check in, support integration, and see how things have settled. While no therapy can ever be guaranteed to be 100% effective for everyone, Rewind Therapy has a strong evidence base and fantastic results for many people living with trauma.

It can help with:

PTSD and C-PTSD

single-incident trauma

ongoing or repeated trauma

recurring flashbacks or intrusive memories

“stuck” trauma that hasn’t shifted with other approaches

You don’t need to have seen me before to access Rewind Therapy. It can be a standalone piece of work, or something we integrate into ongoing therapy, whatever feels right for you.

Sessions are offered face-to-face or online, and we’ll always work at your pace, with your consent, and with safety at the centre.

Rewind Therapy isn’t about erasing what happened. It’s about helping your nervous system stand down, so the past stops crashing into the present, and life can start to feel lighter, calmer and more manageable again.

Take gentle care

Lou