Fear, anxiety, and anger were essential to help keep our ancestors safe in a simple, savage world. But in our more modern world we often find that our emotional learning trips us up, and pushes us into 'survival mode' when there is no actual threat.

In this video I share an example of a client whose past was troubling his present, and I'll walk you through 2 techniques I used to help him leave anxiety-bringing memories in the past, where they belonged.

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Video highlights:
00:00 Introduction
00:18 A confident, anxious client
01:53 Why emotional learning was essential for our ancestors’ survival
03:42 Ghosts of an emotional past
05:13 Technique 1: The Helping Hand technique
05:33 Step 1 of the Helping Hand technique
06:44 Step 2: 'How are you different now?'
07:45 Step 3: Go back into the memory as you are now
09:48 Technique 2: The Sealed Envelope technique
10:50 Example 1: Cloud watching example
11:38 Example 2: 'Past showers bring future flowers'
12:10 Example 3: Lock away out of date feelings
12:48 Moving calmly into the future
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++About Mark Tyrrell++

Psychology is my passion. I've been a psychotherapist trainer since 1998, specializing in brief, solution focused approaches. I now teach practitioners all over the world via our online courses.

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