As you would recall from the previous articles regarding Tom - our fictitious client who was suffering with intense anxiety about attending job interviews, which has resulted in him avoiding applying for new jobs. (See our previous articles about Tom on our website if you missed them). Tom has attended two sessions of EMDR (Eye [...]
The impact of a physical injury can often be straight forward in identifying a legitimate physical injury. Psychological trauma can often be missed by the medical practitioners and denied by the workers themselves. Often the worker tries their best at managing the symptoms without treatment - hoping that they will go away. Unfortunately time does [...]
As you will remember from last week’s article about EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing) we made up an example case about a man who was terrified of doing a job interview. We used the EMDR technique, the “Flash Technique” and reduced his anxiety levels from a 9 out of 10 to a 6 out of [...]
If you were listening to Mix 94.5 FM yesterday you might have heard about Leah's fear of balloons, and today was the reveal of how EMDR helped her overcome her fear. I was asked to help Leah overcome her fear of balloons. At the beginning she tells us that she wouldn’t be able to stay [...]
(Session One) Preparation and Using the Flash Technique We would like to share some information regarding the process of EMDR to help you determine if it’s something that could benefit you. This is a made up example based loosely on people we’ve seen here at Revive. This example is based around Performance Anxiety. Background to [...]
Is ADHD in adults, what was missed in childhood? Many people think that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a childhood disorder. While it is true that there must be symptoms present before the age of 12, it is estimated that up to 60 percent of those with childhood ADHD continue to experience symptoms in [...]
Think of all the new technologies that you’ve experienced in your life time. Depending on when you were born, could you imagine life without the internet! Without wifi? Without mobile phones or microwave ovens or video .... Imagine if you could now go forward in time, and imagine life without the newer invention of the [...]
Many fears that we experience are natural and adaptive, and built in, in order to protect us. We all know that unlike birds, we weren’t naturally born to fly. Fears are a warning signal and can be useful when they give us pause to consider and protect us from accidents or danger. Our distant ancestors [...]
Life can be hard sometimes. We all have periods of our life where we feel sad, lethargic, unmotivated or experience low mood from time to time. Depression can develop into a serious mental health issue and typically includes a persistent low mood and feelings of sadness for longer than two weeks, as well as negative [...]
Food processing has been around since the beginning of time, to allow us to keep food for longer periods, enjoy on the run (in packets) and to be able to enjoy foods out of their natural country of origin or season. How do these apple options measure up? 1 Apple (64g) - 396kJ (95cal), 20g [...]
