EP 131 – Rewriting Traumatic Memories with Tholáge® Neuropsychotherapy with Deanna Chrones

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Have you ever felt like your emotions were too dangerous to feel, leading you to tuck them away just to survive?

What if the key to healing trauma lies not just in talking, but in intentionally shifting your brain’s neurochemistry through the body?

Can simple somatic movements help you unlock and rewrite the traumatic memories that keep you stuck in the past?

 

In this episode, Dr. Adriana Popescu is joined by Deanna Chrones, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and PhD student who has developed a groundbreaking new modality called Tholáge® Neuropsychotherapy.

Born out of personal tragedy and a deep curiosity about why some people thrive while others succumb to symptoms after loss, Deanna’s work bridges the gap between traditional counseling and neurobiology. Together, they explore how this novel intervention uses somatic techniques to access specific neurochemicals, offering a powerful path for treating PTSD, depression, anxiety, and emotional dysregulation.

This conversation invites you to reconsider the "maladaptive" nature of emotion suppression and discover how your own body holds the tools for its own transformation.

 

In this episode:

• The Genesis of Tholáge® Neuropsychotherapy: How observing family dynamics after a suicide led to the discovery that healthy, regulated anger can prevent symptomatic outcomes.
• Beyond Conventional Therapy: Why Deanna integrated hypnosis and clinical research to create a modality with large effect sizes in treating PTSD and anxiety.
• Neurochemical Shifting: Understanding how body-based techniques are used to intentionally access neurochemicals that aid in healing.
• Destabilizing Trauma: The science of how activating the parasympathetic nervous system allows traumatic memories to be "taken apart" and rewritten.
• Ending Emotion Suppression: Why the feelings that were dangerous in childhood must be safely accessed in adulthood to stop the cycle of symptoms.

 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Deanna’s website: https://chronescounseling.com/

 

About Deanna:
Deanna is an LCPC therapist in Illinois and RMHCI therapist in Florida. Deanna is the founder of Chrones Counseling, a mental-health therapy practice. She uses psychotherapy to treat trauma… and the anxiety, depression and other disorders that come with it. Deanna created a neural-based therapy involving the eyes and other somatic and mental exercises. The treatment is called Tholáge™ Neuropsychotherapy. This novel intervention focuses on treating emotion suppression, which causes the symptoms of many mental disorders, including depression, anxiety and trauma disorders, among many other mental disorders. The treatment is under study at several universities. Deanna is also very down-to-earth, and she loves to be outside, enjoying nature and sunlight. She loves yoga, walking, and spending time with friends and family.

 

“The people who could feel healthy, regulated anger toward that person were the ones who didn't seem to get symptomatic. And the people who couldn't access that did become symptomatic.” – Deanna

 

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About your host:

Dr. Adriana Popescu is a clinical psychologist, addiction and trauma specialist, author, speaker and empowerment coach who is based in San Francisco, California and practices worldwide. She is the author of the book, What If You're Not As F***ed Up As You Think You Are?

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