Dr. Victor Carrión

that is not only cognitive behavioral therapy, but that it brings other elements that are important, like self-efficacy, empowerment, insight-oriented work, and give it a structure that can be tested. And that's how we created Q Center, Q being C-E-U-E, Q Center Therapy. for kids that have PTSD.

And we've had a number of trials with them and it helps decrease symptoms of anxiety, symptoms of depression, and symptoms of PTSD. And not only as scored by the student, but also scored by observers, by the parents. And in one of the trials where we measure actually how the parents were doing, parents that were not participating in treatment, their own anxiety was decreasing as well.

And we've had a number of trials with them and it helps decrease symptoms of anxiety, symptoms of depression, and symptoms of PTSD. And not only as scored by the student, but also scored by observers, by the parents. And in one of the trials where we measure actually how the parents were doing, parents that were not participating in treatment, their own anxiety was decreasing as well.

And we've had a number of trials with them and it helps decrease symptoms of anxiety, symptoms of depression, and symptoms of PTSD. And not only as scored by the student, but also scored by observers, by the parents. And in one of the trials where we measure actually how the parents were doing, parents that were not participating in treatment, their own anxiety was decreasing as well.

And that's easy to understand, right? If your kid is doing better, you're gonna do better as well. So that was very, very good to see. But then we wanted to see that plasticity too. Is this doing something to the activation of the brain? And that's when we brought functional near-infrared spectroscopy into the picture because it's cheaper than MRI and it's more portable and it's easier to do.

And that's easy to understand, right? If your kid is doing better, you're gonna do better as well. So that was very, very good to see. But then we wanted to see that plasticity too. Is this doing something to the activation of the brain? And that's when we brought functional near-infrared spectroscopy into the picture because it's cheaper than MRI and it's more portable and it's easier to do.

And that's easy to understand, right? If your kid is doing better, you're gonna do better as well. So that was very, very good to see. But then we wanted to see that plasticity too. Is this doing something to the activation of the brain? And that's when we brought functional near-infrared spectroscopy into the picture because it's cheaper than MRI and it's more portable and it's easier to do.

It only gives you cortical information. It doesn't get into those interesting limbic structures.

It only gives you cortical information. It doesn't get into those interesting limbic structures.

It only gives you cortical information. It doesn't get into those interesting limbic structures.

And these outside areas of the brain, the cortical areas and the prefrontal area, were helping predict which kids would do better. only for those kids that were having Q-center therapy and another gold standard treatment called trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy when they were both compared to treatment as usual.

And these outside areas of the brain, the cortical areas and the prefrontal area, were helping predict which kids would do better. only for those kids that were having Q-center therapy and another gold standard treatment called trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy when they were both compared to treatment as usual.

And these outside areas of the brain, the cortical areas and the prefrontal area, were helping predict which kids would do better. only for those kids that were having Q-center therapy and another gold standard treatment called trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy when they were both compared to treatment as usual.

And can I comment on that dialogue? Because all of those are examples of positive thoughts, right? Positive thoughts that are good, but they're not automatic thoughts. They are thoughts that need to be practiced, right? Negative thoughts, unfortunately, that reside in our reptile brain are automatic. So that hyper response, I'm in danger type of situation, right?

And can I comment on that dialogue? Because all of those are examples of positive thoughts, right? Positive thoughts that are good, but they're not automatic thoughts. They are thoughts that need to be practiced, right? Negative thoughts, unfortunately, that reside in our reptile brain are automatic. So that hyper response, I'm in danger type of situation, right?

And can I comment on that dialogue? Because all of those are examples of positive thoughts, right? Positive thoughts that are good, but they're not automatic thoughts. They are thoughts that need to be practiced, right? Negative thoughts, unfortunately, that reside in our reptile brain are automatic. So that hyper response, I'm in danger type of situation, right?

when we evolved, right, is responsible for our survival. So we learned the negative thoughts very well. I'm in danger. I have to run. I have to get on top of this tree. The lion might come, whatever. So only 50 million years ago, when we developed the frontal cortex more, positive thoughts came into the picture.

when we evolved, right, is responsible for our survival. So we learned the negative thoughts very well. I'm in danger. I have to run. I have to get on top of this tree. The lion might come, whatever. So only 50 million years ago, when we developed the frontal cortex more, positive thoughts came into the picture.

when we evolved, right, is responsible for our survival. So we learned the negative thoughts very well. I'm in danger. I have to run. I have to get on top of this tree. The lion might come, whatever. So only 50 million years ago, when we developed the frontal cortex more, positive thoughts came into the picture.

And they're very helpful for all the reasons you're mentioning, but they're not automatic. Like the negative ones are. Hopefully they will become. So what I tell the kids is if they don't play guitar, if I give you a guitar right now, would you be able to play me a song?