The Flash technique was created by Phillip Mansfield in 2017.

Flash is an evidenced-based approach that is meant to reduce symptoms associated with traumatic or distressing experiences.

The Flash technique originally grew out of EMDR therapy; but has been developed to be used as either a stand-alone technique or used in conjunction with other therapeutic approaches.

Much like EMDR, Flash uses eye-motion and tapping during the process. Unlike EMDR, Flash has clients not directly focus on the traumatic memory, but rather the PEF (Positive Engaging Focus) instead.

This technique is meant to help clients work through distressing events in a less jarring way, because clients are not directly in contact with the memory, but the brain is still reprocessing the information.

Flash can be helpful for clients of all ages.

Clients who have dissociative disorders, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma-related disorders, OCD, or other conditions can benefit from this approach.