Image Transformation Therapy has produced results for combat PTSD that Dr. Flores has not seen matched by any other modality — including EMDR and CPT. If you have tried other treatments and still carry the weight of what you saw and did, ImTT may be the approach that finally works.
Why ImTT Works for Combat PTSD
Combat trauma produces vivid, fragmented, sensory-rich mental images — flashback sequences, the faces of those lost, scenes of violence that the brain cannot file away. This is exactly the material that Image Transformation Therapy is designed to address. ImTT works directly with those images, transforming them through a guided therapeutic process in a way that reduces their emotional charge rapidly and durably.
The mechanism is different from EMDR and Prolonged Exposure in one way that matters enormously for many veterans: ImTT does not require you to narrate the trauma in detail. You do not have to describe what happened, in sequence, to a civilian clinician in an office. You hold the image; Dr. Flores guides the transformation. The result is the same depth of processing — often faster, often more tolerable for veterans who have found other approaches retraumatizing or simply intolerable.
Veterans Who Benefit Most from ImTT
- Combat veterans with persistent flashbacks that have not responded to EMDR, CPT, or Prolonged Exposure
- Veterans who cannot tolerate narrative exposure — who find detailed verbal recounting of traumatic events destabilizing or culturally incongruent
- Veterans with moral injury — the specific wound of having done, witnessed, or failed to prevent something that violates a deep moral code. ImTT works directly with morally injurious imagery
- Rural veterans who cannot access weekly in-person therapy. Dr. Flores delivers ImTT via PSYPACT telehealth across 44 states, including every major military installation state
- High-functioning veterans — officers, senior NCOs, special operations personnel — who need a focused, intensive approach rather than open-ended exploratory therapy
- Veterans who have tried everything and are seeking a different pathway
ImTT Intensive Programs for Veterans
Many veterans cannot commit to weekly outpatient therapy. Dr. Flores offers ImTT intensive programs specifically designed for this reality — concentrated 2-day or 3-day programs that achieve more processing than months of weekly sessions, delivered via PSYPACT telehealth from wherever you are. You do not need to come to New Orleans. You need a reliable video connection and three days.
VA Community Care — Using Your VA Benefits
The VA MISSION Act (2019) gives eligible veterans the right to see community (non-VA) providers when the VA cannot schedule an appointment within 20 days. Dr. Flores is pursuing VA Community Care Network credentialing to ensure veterans can access ImTT without paying out of pocket. Check your eligibility at VA.gov or contact your local VA patient advocate.
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If you are a veteran carrying the weight of what you experienced, you deserve the most effective treatment available — not the most available treatment. Request a consultation to discuss whether ImTT is right for your situation. Take the free PTSD self-assessment if you are not yet sure what you are dealing with.