Vertigo

Dizziness, a term referring to the loss of the sense of balance and orientation, is one of the more common reasons adults see a healthcare provider. In our treatment we address the specific form of dizziness known as vertigo, characterized by the sensation that the person or their surroundings are spinning.

Patients diagnosed with vestibular vertigo, such as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), have successfully and quickly eliminated their dizziness using our treatment.

Note that in acute vertigo, it is essential to first rule out causes that require urgent treatment, such as stroke.

Questions and answers

Q: How long does the treatment take?
A: Treatment usually takes a total of about six hours over three office visits, usually spread over two weeks.

Q: How do you treat the vertigo?
A: We use a psychobiology approach to vertigo. It only uses a specific form of trauma therapy. We do not use drugs or other invasive techniques.

Q: What about other types of vertigo?
A: We do not yet know if other common vestibular diseases with vertigo, such as Ménière’s disease, vestibular migraine, or vestibular neuritis would also respond to this treatment, although it is likely the treatment will also eliminate the vertigo in these diseases.

Q: Do you also treat other forms of dizziness other than ones with vertigo?
A: Not at this time.

Q: Have you had this treatment for a long time?
A: Yes. The first version of this treatment was derived back in 2004, and has been taught to therapists all over the world since then. That original technique can be found on page 29-30 in The Whole-Hearted Healing Workbook (2013). We now use a second generation psychobiology treatment that is easier, faster, and does more.

Q: Do you have a peer-reviewed paper published about this treatment?
A: Yes. Titled "Applying Subcellular Psychobiology Theory to disease: Treatments for dizziness, Asperger’s, and hearing voices" by K. Lykkegaard, M. Pellicer, and G. McFetridge. Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, 39(2), 59–70, August 2025. DOI: 10.62858/apph250803.