Sometimes repeating positive statements can backfire.  When a person doesn’t believe the statements, it can create even more frustration and self-blame.  The following is a true story of how Sandi (fictitious name) was hurt by well meaning advice to use positive statements to improve her self-concept. Before seeing Sandi for her first appointment her mother

According to the U.S. Department of Health, over three million people suffer from panic attacks. Symptoms include: * Racing or pounding heart * Shortness of breath * Dizziness, lightheaded, or nausea * Flushes or chills * Shakiness inside * Fear of losing control or doing something embarrassing * Terror * A feeling that something catastrophic

It’s amazing the things I hear every day in such common places as restaurants, bookstores, or even in the doctor’s waiting room.  There are so many people out there who suffer from panic attacks or know someone who does.  Just the other day, I overheard a conversation between a few women, one of whom couldn’t

Creating Powerful Attitudes Remember those times when you were confident, calm, energetic or motivated? You can learn to tap into the positive resources you have within you and gain a wonderful ability to control how you feel at any time. Although there are certain circumstances you can’t control, you can do something to change the

Have fun doing this exercise, as you beginning to train your mind to create positive future images.   These images can then be used in later exercises for setting off a “touch anchor” or for another technique call  the “map across.” So here is your mind-expanding exercise, read all the directions first: Answer the following Questions:

We had an amazing group of people at the Coaching call for “Freeing Yourself From the Shackles of Fear, Anxiety, & Feeling Stuck”. The action plan for next week is to find a memory for calm, security or confidence. We’ll  be using this memory in a technique that will trigger the calm feeling whenever desired.

For over 25 years Audrey Sussman PhD has been the Director of the Anxiety Control Center. In her  private practice her clients learn to use the power of their own minds to reprogram old negative reactions.  She will be sharing some of these VERY powerful techniques during the online coaching program coming in May 2010.

It seems that no matter where you go you will hear people telling you how stressed out they are about getting their taxes ready.  Have you ever thought about how amazing it is that we can create emotional and physical distress just with our thoughts? It is interesting that for many people what is causing

The interesting thing about Ericksonian Hypnosis and Neuro-linguistic Programming is that you don’t feel hypnotized.  You feel in complete control. The memories that come up, and the changes you make you remember, after you are no longer in trance state. The reason hypnosis works, even when you are totally awake and aware, is because of

I had a client, I’ll call her Amy (not her real name), who came to the Anxiety Control  Center because of panic attacks and migraine headaches.  She is now free of migraines and panic no longer an issue, but that is not what this post is about. I was thinking about her today because one