REAC Neuromodulation

What it is

REAC stands for Radio Electric Asymmetric Conveyer. The equipment is CE-marked and was developed in Italy. A probe is held against the skin — typically at the ear or the neck — and emits a very weak radiofrequency field. One treatment lasts around 7½ minutes.

We are the only clinic in Denmark that offers it.

Why we use it

We use REAC as a supplement across most of the problems we treat — anxiety, stress, depression, trauma and sleep problems — because the treatment aims to regulate the nervous system, and because a nervous system on constant high alert underlies many different conditions.

Psychotherapy is the treatment. REAC supports it. We do not offer it as something that can stand alone.

The common misunderstanding — and why it matters

Many people imagine that REAC is something where you press a button and the machine takes care of the rest. That is not how it works.

A course of REAC sets something in motion. There will be reactions, and there will be changes — in sleep, in emotional life, in what can suddenly be felt. And that is exactly where the critical part lies: the psychotherapeutic treatment on top of a course of REAC has to be adapted.

If it is not, the changes the treatment has brought about can easily be counteracted. A person whose nervous system has gained more capacity needs a therapist who can see that and work with it — not one who carries on exactly as before, or who misreads the reactions along the way.

Both Shirin Azour and Simon Secher have several years of training in providing precisely that follow-up treatment. It is not a course in how to operate a device. It is clinical training in understanding what happens in a person during and after a course of treatment, and in adapting the therapy accordingly.

That is also why we do not offer REAC as a stand-alone service. The device without the clinical understanding is not half a treatment — it is a treatment whose effect you risk wasting.

How a course of treatment works

A course is clearly defined and planned from the start — you know exactly what you are saying yes to.

The first treatment in your very first course is called NPO and is given only once, ever. It is followed by 18 regular treatments spread over five days. A new course can begin no earlier than around three months after the previous one.

What the research shows

REAC has been examined in a number of peer-reviewed studies, and the picture that emerges fits with what we see in the clinic: the treatment affects the regulatory mechanisms that underlie stress, anxiety and restlessness — not one symptom at a time, but the state the nervous system is in.

One of the areas where the research is most developed is autism spectrum disorder in children. Here, several studies have measured how the same 18 treatments affect functioning, sensory regulation and stress load. We have gathered that research separately:

REAC and autism — see the research →

The equipment is CE-marked as a medical device and is used clinically in several countries. The treatment is non-invasive — no needles, no medication, no anaesthesia — and no serious side effects have been reported in the published literature.

We do not promise a particular result. Nor do we for psychotherapy. We say what we use it for, why, and what you can expect from the course.