Recovery from intergenerational trauma using quantum field entanglement: A therapeutic case study

Abstract: Complex post traumatic stress can be both cause and consequence of migration to Australia. Over time untreated complex post traumatic stress becomes intergenerational trauma where responses to trauma are established in interpersonal relationships, maintained as cultural norms and constellated in the restricted expression of the self. The trauma self emerges characterized by trauma responses, such as dissociation, that obstruct recovery. The focus of contemporary treatment, such as cognitive behavior therapy or eye movement desensitization reprocessing, is symptom reduction whereas the focus of quantum medicine goes further to include the restoration of the self.
The approach of process oriented psychology is the result of integrating quantum theory concepts, such as quantum collapse, entanglement, fields and the role of the observer, with applied psychology. The present study used a repeated measures experiment design to investigate the effects of quantum entanglement between therapist and client, using applied process oriented psychology, on dissociation in the treatment of complex post traumatic stress following exposure to intergenerational trauma. Participants (N = 13), seven women and six men ranging in ages from 21 to 72 years, who scored a three or more on the Primary Care Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Screen for DSM- 5, indicated a history of intergenerational trauma during treatment and who had also completed at least 18 months of treatment, were recruited from my practice records. Dissociation was measured before and after treatment using the Shutdown Dissociation Scale (SDS) and the Dissociative Experiences
Scale (DES). A one tailed Wilcoxon signed rank test was conducted to compare median scores before and after treatment. A statistical difference between median scores for the SDS was found before (Md = 26, n = 13) and after treatment (Md = 8, n = 13), z = -3.18, p < .05. Similarly for the DES, median scores before (Md = 44, n = 13) and after treatment (Md = 24, n = 13), z = -3.18, p < .05, were found to be significantly different. A moderately large effect size was found for both measures, r = .62. Results are discussed in terms of the quantum entanglement within the therapeutic relationship and the relevance of quantum medicine in the health care of the future.

Keywords: field, quantum entanglement, quantum collapse, dissociation, trauma, intergenerational trauma, complex trauma, quantum medicine, process oriented psychology, complex posttraumatic stress disorder, CPTSD, therapeutic relationship, quantum healing, consciousness

RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS

• Received 02.01.2026
• Accepted 21.01.2026
• Published 05.02.2026

Corresponding author: imogen.salzman@gmail.com, upweypsychology@gmail.com

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