Client Case Study
Client A
2 case studies. Client A booked in to see me regarding an onset of
vertigo. The vertigo had been brought on from experiencing a severe
panic attack whilst driving on the motorway, and she was deeply
concerned as she had just received a huge promotion for work which
required her to drive long distances daily. She had mentioned that
her husband was not working at present and that they had 3 children
to support. She experienced vertigo both in her home and also on the
road and was mostly concerned with the chance of an episode occurring
whilst behind the wheel. She also suffered from insomnia resulting
from the stress she was currently experiencing. I chose to use a new
behaviour generator intervention for this client in order to create
new supportive behaviours that would replace the panic, vertigo and
stop the insomnia. In asking the subconscious mind to create new and
healthy coping mechanisms, My hope was to eradicate the vertigo
through bypassing all triggers, especially regarding her driving.
After
the intervention, in interviewing my client she said that she felt a
change had happened and she was confident to drive home, feeling
relaxed, aware and positive. 8 days passed and she contacted me, she
stated that she had been fine all week, however on day 8 she had
experienced another episode, when I asked for details, she mentioned
that she had driven past the layby on the motorway where she had
experienced her attack and in remembering it, she had experienced
another worryingly severe episode. She came to see me the next day
and in that session, I used a control panel intervention. I increased
her ability to feel present in times of stress, decreased her levels
of attachment to the past episodes, I increased her confidence in
handling her self in stressful situations and decreased her "worst
case scenario" fear, by future pacing we managed to cement a
firm, stable version of her, managing herself. 2 weeks later she had
emailed me to say that she had not experienced a repeat episode, that
if she felt panic coming forward, she stopped what she was doing to
practice on the breathing exercises that I had taught her. She was
much happier, enjoying her new job.
Client B
Client B came to me in order to deal with increasing her self care
routine, specifically motivation for exercise. She had mentioned that
she had no routine in place at present and even with a swimming pool
in the building, she was still finding that she was constantly
finding excuses to not use the pool. In meta q apparent that she was
struggling to manage her time, with work and personal issues and she
was feeling a sense of anxiety in general. I decided to use a control
panel intervention in order to increase motivation and I also used a
new behaviour generator in order to eliminate negative beliefs
regarding her past, which related as she was stuck in that space.
through future pacing and seeing the final result as a healthy
balanced work/private life balance she managed to remove the block of
motivation that had been stopping her. by creating a new behaviour.
She had mentioned that she was always tired to swim after work so by
suggesting the time she uses to swim in the day was changed she
started to swim in the morning before she had to be at work.
In
the following session she informed me that she had began to swim
again, visualising herself in a healthy and slim state, energised and
relaxed. Her breathing had also become much more stable and relaxed
through the swimming which had helped her in general when dealing
with her anxiety.
Jennie
Kitching: This is a great account of two extremely
successful sessions and a pleasure to read that you are applying your
learnings and skills so effectively. This client has obviously
benefitted enormously by seeing you and it is important to take stock
occasionally and realise the value of what you are doing. Well done.
I hope you continue to make notes of such successful sessions
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