Structural work with traumatic patterns. Not symptom management — mechanism change. For people who have spent years in therapy and are still waiting for the shift to become real.
"Empathy doesn't rewire neural circuits. Structure does."
— Mental Engineering principleMost trauma therapy is built on the reasonable assumption that understanding the past will change your reactions to the present. After enough years and evidence, that assumption deserves to be questioned — politely but firmly.
This work targets the circuits that keep patterns running. Not the memories that feed them — the architecture that maintains them.
Defined blocks, clear aims, agreed markers. You always know what we are targeting and why it matters.
Progress measured in sleep, reactions and decisions — not in how you feel during the hour.
We work where the loop is maintained — not only where it hurts.
Including when this approach is not the right fit. Not every case belongs here.
Each credential below has a function in the clinical work — not as a badge, but as a building block that shaped how the method operates.
Research focused on how traumatic experience is structured in memory and maintained in behaviour. This is the direct basis for the circuit-level approach: if you understand how the pattern is encoded, you know where to intervene.
Foundation of Mental EngineeringClinical psychology training is where theoretical models become practical tools. Understanding how cognition, emotion and physiology interact under stress — and how that interaction breaks down after trauma — gives the intervention its precision. Without this foundation, a protocol is just a checklist.
Clinical psychology · Applied neuroscienceThe synthesis of research and clinical training into a defined, repeatable process. Not a philosophy — a working method with phases, review points and measurable markers in daily functioning.
Defined phases · Review markersLeads Mentallect, a trauma-focused clinical centre. The institutional setting shapes protocol rigour: structured approaches that work across clinicians need to be precise enough to be transferred.
Clinical leadership · Mentallect.comOngoing collaboration on trauma after road traffic incidents and cross-addiction research — how different substances and behaviours plug into the same underlying circuits. Research informs clinical practice in real time.
Active research · International collaborationA single event that rewired the threat response. The work targets the program your system is still running — not the story behind it.
Loop disruptionWhen chronic stress or relational trauma didn't just create symptoms — it shaped the architecture of how you perceive safety and others.
Structural patternsWhen substance or behavioural patterns are a trauma regulation mechanism. The addiction and the loop underneath it are treated as one system.
Dual circuit workHigh-functioning at visible cost. The aim is to lower baseline overload so capacity exists for real choice — not just survival management.
Baseline reductionClinical work that extends beyond the one-to-one session frame.
Trauma-focused clinical centre. Structured protocol-based work with PTSD, complex trauma and addiction, led by Dr. Laugman.
mentallect.comClinical PlatformDigital mental health platform with structured MBC (Measurement-Based Care) tools for clinicians and clients in trauma-focused work.
soveria.coClinical JournalOnline journal focused on trauma, PTSD and addiction — edited by Dr. Laugman. Connecting research, frontline practice and lived experience.
traumaawareness.orgResearch DigestCurated research digest for mental health professionals. Evidence synthesis, clinical commentary and field updates — without the noise.
psyreflect.comResearchInternational research on psychological trauma following road traffic incidents. Screening, early intervention and long-term support frameworks.
Professional inquiryYears of therapy. Progress that doesn't hold. You know the language — the reactions are still running.
High-functioning, high cost. Outwardly fine. Internally exhausted by the effort of staying that way.
You want structure, not support. A defined process. Measurable markers. Something that has an endpoint in view.
Ready for uncomfortable work. Not looking for validation. Looking for a different level of intervention.
You're looking for emotional support without structural change.
You're in acute psychiatric crisis — other resources are more appropriate.
You expect results without genuine engagement in the process.
You're looking for someone to confirm what you already believe.
If previous therapy gave you insight but left the reactions intact — the initial consultation is where we look together at what a different level of intervention could realistically change.