Laurel Parnell – EMDR for Fear of Public Speaking

On this video the shopper, a therapist, has a concern of public talking. She want to current publically, however she may be very anxious and avoids conditions the place talking could be required. She stated that when she speaks, she will’t suppose, and has important anticipatory anxiousness that may very well be so extreme it affected her sleep earlier than scheduled occasions. Her objectives for remedy have been to be assured sufficient that “I can handle whatever happens so I can think.” She wished to have the ability to converse publically and do displays and likewise to see extra {couples} with out sleepless nights.

Within the session the shopper utilizing tactile stimulation pulsers for bilateral stimulation, put in assets. We then used the bridging approach to bridge from a latest instance of her talking anxiousness to discover a goal from the previous. After processing that concentrate on to completion and putting in a optimistic cognition we returned to the incident we bridged from to examine our work. She felt a lot better, however discovered one other space that also had cost. We then bridged a second time to seek out one other goal from her childhood and processed that. When that was full, we once more returned to the latest anxiousness-producing scenario to examine our work. She felt a lot better in that scenario, no misery. She then imagined future situations of talking. These felt higher, however new issues got here up that she hadn’t been conscious of earlier than. After exploring these, we determined to shut the session with the understanding that these may very well be focused in future periods. On the finish of the video I summarize the session and clarify what I did and why.