For Medical Professionals
Understanding the Neurobiology of Chronic Pain and the Trinity Healing Method
Welcome, and thank you for your interest in understanding the framework behind The Nervous System Blueprint.
This program was developed by Strategic Psychotherapist Trevor Shipton—who resolved his own chronic pain using the same principles—as a practical, evidence-informed approach to healing chronic conditions through nervous system regulation.
The Nervous System Blueprint is delivered over 8 weeks but is designed to offer the therapeutic density of a 12-month journey, guiding clients through progressive stages of nervous system education, emotional recalibration, and physiological re-regulation.
The Philosophy Behind the Program
At its core, The Nervous System Blueprint treats chronic pain—and a wide range of other chronic conditions too—as the symptom of a hypersensitive nervous system.
Based on decades of research, clinical experience, and personal transformation, the program addresses chronic dysregulation through what Trevor calls The Trinity Healing Method—a synergistic model that integrates:
- Neurology: Regulating Nervous System Activity
- Psychology: Retraining Subconscious Survival Responses
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Physiology: Creating Biochemical and Sensory Conditions for Healing
“When we combine Neurology, Psychology, and Physiology, and give the body what it needs to feel safe, outcomes improve across the board”
Trevor Shipton
Chronic Pain as a Detrimental Feedback Loop
Most chronic pain originates not in damaged tissue, but in a maladaptive loop between perception and physiology.
When the nervous system perceives threat—consciously or subconsciously—it releases stress chemicals (cortisol, adrenaline, norepinephrine), which create bodily sensations interpreted as pain or dysfunction.
These sensations reinforce the perception of threat, leading to a detrimental feedback loop.
Trevor’s approach focuses on interrupting that loop and gradually creating a beneficial feedback cycle—where sensory inputs, breath, movement, and mindset shifts lead the brain to perceive safety, triggering the release of healing biochemistry like serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins.
“The pain loop is real—but so is the healing loop. One starts with threat, the other starts with safety.”
Trevor Shipton
Clinical Relevance
Developed to work alongside medical and allied health care, this program addresses the nervous system patterns that often underlie persistent or unexplained symptoms. It is designed to:
Enhance outcomes in patients with chronic pain, fibromyalgia, CFS/ME, IBS, autoimmune flares, anxiety, PTSD, and related conditions
Reduce allostatic load and improve stress resilience
Provide a mechanistically sound explanation for mind–body interactions
Empower patients to become active participants in their own recovery
The program is particularly relevant for patients who:
Have exhausted traditional medical or allied health interventions without lasting resolution
Present with symptoms disproportionate to pathology or without identifiable organic cause
Experience recurrent presentations for anxiety, palpitations, pain, or breathlessness despite clear diagnostic testing
Exhibit co-occurring emotional or autonomic dysregulation (e.g. anxiety, panic, hypervigilance, fatigue)
Display patterns of central sensitisation, somatisation, or functional neurological symptoms
Would benefit from education and practical tools that complement medical care by addressing the nervous system’s role in symptom maintenance
“Most people don’t need more effort—they need more regulation.”
Trevor Shipton
Integrated Modalities and Evidence-Based Approaches
Trevor integrates a range of somatic, cognitive, and behavioural methods—each informed by established therapeutic frameworks and validated through current neuroscience—to restore balance within the nervous system.
Strategic Psychotherapy and Clinical Hypnosis
Combines evidence-based psychotherapy with hypnotic techniques to help clients access focused states of attention, reframe unhelpful cognitive patterns, and create measurable behavioural and neurological change.
Strategic Coaching
A goal-oriented approach that bridges therapy and performance, helping clients identify values, clarify direction, and translate insight into sustainable action.
Buteyko Clinic Method and Functional Breathing
Clinically recognised breath retraining techniques that reduce over-breathing, restore optimal CO₂ balance, and regulate the autonomic nervous system—improving calm, focus, and physiological efficiency.
QiGong and Somatic Micro-Movement
Gentle, rhythmic movements coordinated with the breath to enhance vagal tone, balance the autonomic system, and build embodied awareness. These practices promote regulation through movement rather than stillness.
Mindfulness and Meditation
Evidence-based methods that strengthen attention, reduce rumination, and promote emotional regulation by cultivating present-moment awareness.
Somatic Mindfulness
A body-based extension of mindfulness that develops interoceptive awareness—teaching clients to notice and respond to subtle sensations that signal safety, stress, or regulation within the nervous system.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Cognitive tools for reorganising the way clients encode experience—supporting more adaptive emotional, behavioural, and perceptual responses.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Combines acupoint tapping with focused attention to reduce activation in the amygdala, lower physiological stress responses, and support emotional integration.
These tools are delivered in a sequenced, integrative format that supports gradual rewiring of the brain and re-patterning of physiological responses.
“Chronic conditions require more than symptom management. They require a new map of safety.”
Trevor Shipton
Referenced Thinkers & Frameworks
The methodology is informed by—and in dialogue with—the work of a range of progressive thinkers and practitioners, including:
- Stephen Porges (Polyvagal Theory)
- Gabor Maté (Trauma and Chronic Illness)
- Bessel van der Kolk (Somatic trauma resolution)
- Dr. Lorimer Moseley (Neuroscience of pain)
- Bruce Lipton (Mind-body epigenetics)
It also aligns with emerging models in functional medicine, psychoneuroimmunology, and trauma-informed care.
“This work doesn’t replace medical care—it completes it. It fills the gap between the symptom and the signal that created it.”
Trevor Shipton
A Note to Practitioners
Trevor’s mission is not to compete with clinical medicine, but to bridge the gap between therapy and biology, between the nervous system and the human story.
If you’re a practitioner interested in referring clients, collaborating, or understanding how this work can support your patients, you can:
- Download his eBook “How to Heal Chronic Pain”
- Contact Trevor directly for clinical discussion or referrals
“When the nervous system finds safety, every form of care becomes more effective.”
Trevor Shipton