The Great Trauma Rip-Off

Judith A. Swack Ph.D. • November 29, 2023

Janet’s husband committed suicide while at a business conference. Janet’s pain was so intolerable she started drinking every day, and could not sleep without medication. Had he been drinking? Was the company covering something up? Had he said anything to her in their phone calls that should have alerted her to his state of mind? After a few months, her well meaning friends and family members encouraged her to “let go and move on.” After all, she was still young and had her whole life ahead of her. They were certain she would marry again.

A year later, Janet came to me for treatment of her loss, but was afraid to let go of the trauma for fear of losing her husband forever.

This is what I call the great trauma rip-off. When people are traumatized, they can only remember the traumatic circumstances around the tragic event, not the positive experiences that they had with that person before his/her death. How does this happen? Phobias and traumas are irrational and exaggerated reactions caused by shocking experiences that trigger the fight/flight/ freeze reflex. Anything that was in the environment at the time becomes associated with the traumatic memory. Later, encountering anything that reminds you (even unconsciously) of the original event triggers a “body flashback” to the original memory causing a phobic reaction.


Sadly, Janet felt traumatized every time she remembered her husband. She kept imagining him dead in that hotel room and could only feel grief and pain. In essence her husband had become a trauma, and although she was in pain she was afraid that letting go of the trauma meant losing her husband. I told Janet that only when she cleared the trauma would she be able to hold on to and keep the positive memories and feelings associated with her husband and to experience gratitude for the wonderful contributions he had made to her life. Only after she cleared the trauma would she be able to finish grieving and feel his loving presence. Janet agreed to do the HBLU process for clearing trauma.


Since a phobic reaction is a body reflex and can’t be controlled consciously we principally used the Natural Bio-Destressing technique to activate the body’s own calming reflex. This reflex is used by the nervous system to turn off the fight/ flight/freeze reflex, thus neutralizing the phobic reaction. Natural Bio-Destressing requires no prior experience to learn or use successfully. People focus consciously on the emotional reaction they would like to clear and then intentionally activate the calming reflex by stimulating specific nerve endings (using tapping with fingertips) on the face, torso, and hands combined with left brain/right brain integration techniques.

After the first session, Janet was able to sleep without drugs or alcohol. After the third session she was able to spontaneously remember a happy experience with her husband. After the fifth session Janet knew at the deepest level that she would carry with her and cherish her husband always, that he would never want her to be unhappy, and that she could go on with her life. She moved to a new city, found a new job, dated several wonderful men, and 5 years later remarried.


Whether loss trauma occurred less than a year ago or more than 60 years ago, my clients and I have found that the memory of their loved ones is tainted by trauma unless we use the right techniques to clear it completely at the body, unconscious, conscious, and soul levels. Healing trauma at all levels allows people to easily recall special memories of loving connection and appreciate the ways in which their lives were enriched by having known that person.


HBLU™ is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Ph.D. Biochemist/ Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, and Mind/ Body Healer. HBLU™ integrates biomedical science, psychology, applied kinesiology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, and other energy psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. HBLU is so effective because:


  1. The client’s deepest wisdom dictates all the healing work and is thus specific for that individual,
  2. TIt has a menu of well characterized damage patterns and easy protocols for clearing them,
  3. TIt has a comprehensive menu of quick and effective techniques, and
  4. It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels simultaneously.


HBLU™ helps people rapidly achieve the results they want to live full, happy, healthy, and satisfying lives. Maybe it can help you, too.Dr. Swack and her associates work with individual clients in person or by phone. Healing from the Body Level Up™, Inc. is located at 56 Pickering St. Needham, MA 02492. Call our office at 781-444-6940 to book an appointment, to order a free information package, and to order audio and videotapes.


Boston Women’s Journal December/January 2006

Nothing Is Impossible.

By Copyright 2025 Judith A. Swack, Ph.D. • January 31, 2025
James ’s brother, Samuel , sustained severe traumatic brain injury from a car accident. He spent the year going to many doctors for treatment, but could barely function. Samuel complained that not only did standard medical care not help him, but the doctors ignored and mistreated him. Whenever James suggested any complementary therapies, such as acupuncture, chiropractic, or HBLU, Samuel immediately came up with excuses as to why going for that kind of treatment was impossible. (Notice that he didn’t claim that that kind of treatment wouldn’t work. He just made it impossible to get there.) James said, “Even though I feel really guilty about it, I’ve stopped trying to help him because he makes everything impossible.” Monica ’s 25-year-old son, Ed , suffers from such severe debilitating Crohn’s disease that he couldn’t finish high school, can’t work, can’t leave the house, and can barely leave his room. Traditional medical care and medication is not helping. Monica and her husband bought him a dog thinking that would cheer him up, but Ed does not interact with it. Monica has suggested and made appointments for many complementary therapies such as nutrition, naturopathy, family therapy, and HBLU, but Ed refuses to go to these appointments. Monica experiences guilt and deep sorrow that her son is so ill, and she and her husband haven’t been able to help him. Valerie ’s partner, Nancy , is 200 pounds overweight, suffers from ADD and severe anxiety, and hates her job. Nancy had been on medication for the ADD and anxiety, but when her psychiatrist retired, never attempted to find another provider and let her medication lapse. When Valerie suggested that Nancy find new doctors and get back on medication to help her mental function and treatment for overweight, Nancy refused to make any follow-up phone calls or emails. Although they had gotten engaged in the Spring, by Fall, Valerie had asked for the ring back. Valerie said, “I don’t think I can live with her if she refuses to take care of herself and won’t let me help her.” What do James, Monica, and Valerie all have in common? They feel deep sorrow, guilt, and frustration that they can’t help someone they care about deeply. But the people who are suffering are also trapped in a pattern that continues to cause them suffering. Both the impotent helpers and the perpetual sufferers are trapped in a seducer strategy called, “I’m impossible.” What is a Seduction Pattern? Seduction patterns are some of the most energy draining, perverse, and frustrating patterns a person can experience. People with seduction patterns get tricked into doing things they don’t want to do. They are unable to leave bad relationships, jobs, family, or other upsetting situations.
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November's Miracle

By S.C. LICSW • November 20, 2024
It’s that time again, where I get to shout out another amazing woman. Dr. Judith Swack has changed my life! In fact she has changed our family’s life. I found her in summer of 2023 . There was so much unhealed shit and my body was paying for it. I am 46 years old, and I have been in therapy on and off since I was 13. I’ve had some lovely therapists. I’m also a therapist myself. And I can honestly, wholeheartedly say, NOTHING has ever helped with lasting changes as much as Judith. She’s one of the smartest women I’ve ever met - she’s a neuroscientist + an energy healer. And the work she does - what we do in session - cannot even really explain it. It’s weird as f*ck. And it works!! In the past little over a year, I have managed to change a couple of behaviors I have not been able to change in 20 years. no exaggeration, and not for lack of trying. One of my 11 year old sons was paralyzed by fear of spiders - had a phobia, happened to be with me one day when I had an appointment and was going to wait in the waiting room, she said he could come in even though she doesn’t work with kids. I kid you not, she fixed that sh*t. In one session. He still doesn’t like spiders, but he isn’t frozen in fear anymore - he can get a tissue and pick it up and move on. This is unbelievable. And remember last week when I Saturday spotlighted my financial coach and how my husband’s feeling lonely in that part of our marriage is now getting resolved? Well, before I reached out to my financial coach to begin with, my husband and I had a joint session with Dr. Swack, where she helped heal a piece of our relationship which we’ve been stuck, going in circles for years! That clearing gave me the energy and thought to reach out for financial coaching to begin with… And if you need any convincing that this is the person for healing from trauma, I invite you to reach out and speak with my husband himself…. I % believe in all this energy healing etc, but he is a very logical, rational, no bullshit guy. He doesn’t do therapy. Talk therapy never worked for him, and he thinks it’s a complete waste. And I couldn’t explain this to him - how this is different or what it is. Nor did I try. I didn’t even ever suggest he should go… But when he saw our son get cured of the arachnophobia, and our son is very similar to him, no bullshit, rational, logical, and he said it worked, and we saw it worked he decided to try it… He decided to give it sessions… I think to prove to both of us it was all bullshit. He came home from the first session livid. But decided he would go back. He also came back from the second session angry, and told me all about how he yelled at Dr. Swack and told her it was bullshit… AND how she didn’t give a f*ck what he thought …”it doesn’t matter if you believe it or think it’s bullshit, I’m not talking to your rational mind, I’m talking to your subconscious” she’s told him numerous times… And suffice to say, he’s been about 9x now, and he too, is operating fundamentally differently. Our marriage is operating fundamentally differently. Traumas and patterns we have both carried and acted upon for years seem to be being dissolved. It’s really wild. If you are seeking a trauma healer or healing for anything, I can’t recommend Dr. Swack higher. I once asked Dr. Swack how to explain what she does to people, and she said “tell them I work with your subconscious”. I don’t think that really explains it fully… or maybe it does… either way it’s amazing. S.C. LICSW

The Relationship Readiness Stages

By Judith A. Swack, Ph.D. • April 8, 2024
One of my favorite projects is getting people happily married. To do that I did quite a bit of original research and discovered that just as there are psychological child development stages, there are 3 psychological relationship readiness stages.
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