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Written by Benjamin Moss, C.HT.
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"I have to pass the Bar Exam the first time. My father passed the Bar the first time. HIS father passed it the first time. Both of my uncles passed the first time. And, my older brother passed the first time. There's a position waiting for me in the family law firm - contingent upon my passing the Bar the first time. I have to pass. I have to."
This was the opening statement from my 11 AM client that day - an intense 28 yr. old law school graduate who was six weeks away from the notorious California State Bar Exam - a test that more than 50% will regularly fail. My job was to help him overcome his test anxiety and pass the test.
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Written by Nancy Travers
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If you’ve ever driven to work and wondered how you got there because you were thinking about a million other things, then you’ve experienced hypnosis. You’ve also experienced hypnosis if you’ve entered the “zone,” a place where writers, athletes and artists experience when they are only devoted to their art and nothing else comes in the way of their task. Hypnosis is simply the ability to access specific everyday trance states of both the dissociated (the divided, thinking about a million other things) and the associated (the flow state, the “zone”) of the mind. With hypnosis, therapists can help clients understand the power of their mind so they can break through barriers and reach their full potential.
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Written by Nancy Travers
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It’s no surprise that more people these days are suffering from anxiety. Most of this anxiety and stress stems from the sluggish economy and the constant worry of a job loss. And if it’s not a job loss, then the “survivors” at work are enduring increased work responsibilities. Many are scared of taking a vacation or leaving their Blackberries and cell phones turned off at night or on weekends. Many reason that if put in more hours, their bosses will pass them over during layoffs. Maybe so, but at what cost?
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Written by Peter Strong
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Social anxiety and fear of unfamiliar places, including agoraphobia revolve around negative core beliefs and reactive thinking that operate outside of our control. Mindfulness Therapy teaches individuals how to work with these beliefs and, most importantly, the core emotions that empower the beliefs. This kind of therapy can be provided very effectively online through Skype. All you need is a laptop and you are ready to go. Many people with social anxiety find this approach much easier and less intimidating than going to the therapist’s office and this is why Online Psychotherapy, Counseling and Coaching are becoming so popular. Dr Peter Strong is an expert in mindfulness-based therapy and teaches mindfulness meditation to people all over the world through Skype sessions.
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Written by Peter Strong
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be defined as recurrent episodes of anxiety and panic in reaction to a past experience that was overwhelming at both sensory and emotional levels. The individual was unable to process and assimilate the experience, and the emotional trauma becomes repressed, only to reoccur in the future. The basic direction of psychotherapy for PTSD is to help the client re-process these emotions into a form that can be re-assimilate; essentially completing the process that was left undone. However, the methods for doing this are problematic for two main reasons. Firstly, the intensity of the associated emotions and resistance to re-experiencing the trauma; and secondly, the complex superstructure of secondary reactivity that accumulates around the primary experience, which makes it difficult for the client to access and work on the core emotions.
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Written by Peter Strong
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Mindfulness-based Online Therapy has gained tremendous popularity over the past few years. It provides the tools you need to manage depression, anxiety and emotional stress in the comfort of your own home and it is much more affordable. And, of course mindfulness is becoming the preferred awareness tool for creating the right inner environment in which transformation and healing take place.
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