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Would You Like to Be Free of Worry?

April 28, 2015 By Daniel Davis, LMFT 4 Comments

Do upsetting memories or trauma affect your concentration? We may lie awake at night with our mind filled with worries about money. A memory of an argument with our child or partner may distract our concentration the next day while trying to concentrate on school or work.

Containing these intrusive worries is an important thing to learn. “Affect Centered Therapy” is a remedy for problems controlling our thoughts and emotions. As a baby, we learn to soothe or calm ourselves from our mother’s love as she holds and caresses us. We then learn to comfort ourselves by sucking our thumb or snuggling with our blanket.

Sometimes, we may have upsetting or distracting memories of which we may or may not be aware. All the time, all our experiences are present in our minds, research confirms.

We can learn the “Container Skill.” By using our imagination as well as valuable techniques to balance the hemispheres of our right and left brain, we can feel calmer and focus on work or those whom we love.

John Omaha, Ph.D., MFT, the creator of Affect Centered Therapy and author of the book, “Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Emotional Regulation: EMDR and Bilateral Stimulation for Affect Management,” is in private practice in Santa Rosa, California in the United States of America.  In this video, John demonstrates the important skill of containment.

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Comments

  1. Bob Epperly says

    April 30, 2015 at 11:11 am

    Dan,

    I’m sure this works, and the extent of success depends on trust as pointed out in the interview.

    Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

    bob

    Reply
    • Daniel Davis says

      May 5, 2015 at 5:41 pm

      Thank you, Bob. These techniques of brain balancing offer us all great hope. I am very grateful to be able to share them.

      Reply
  2. Manuel J. Costa,LMFT says

    April 30, 2015 at 8:32 pm

    Both your blog and the interview with John Omaha present VERY HELPFUL tools for individuals to calm anxiety and disturbing thoughts.

    Reply
    • Daniel Davis says

      May 5, 2015 at 5:40 pm

      Thank you, Manuel. I have seen how effect these techniques for self soothing have been over many years.

      Reply

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