Preparing for medical procedures, including surgery, can not only lead to considerable distress prior to surgery but also can affect post-surgery outcomes. Using the split screen hypnotic technique, Dr. Carolyn Daitch successfully helped a patient reduce pre-surgical anxiety prior to brain tumor surgery on a benign brain tumor. She also helped the patient focus on postsurgical [...]
Integrating hypnosis and exposure therapy, Dr. Daitch helped one patient transition from being terrified of driving to tooling around town in a red sports car. Learn more about her techniques for treating adults and children with anxiety in this interview with Meg Rottweil.
In her award winning book, Affect Regulation Toolbox: Practical and Effective Hypnotic Interventions for the Over-reactive Client, Dr. Daitch provides 31 distinct tools to help highly reactive patients learn to combat over-reactivity, reduce anxiety and navigate relationships. With the right tools, therapists can help highly reactive clients stay calm in stressful situations. With the right tools, [...]
It is natural to be distressed if you are a parent watching your adult child make decisions that seem to be unwise. Further, it often seems to makes sense to feel that some action is urgently needed to change unhealthy behaviors. Particularly, with alcohol or drug addiction, it is tempting to think about an intervention. And [...]
Everyone has had a fight with a good friend. It is a most unpleasant experience, because suddenly, someone close, trusted and well-meaning becomes a threat, a source of fret, confusing feelings and hurt. Anxiety, in normal valence, is a good friend. It helps us stay aware of potential danger, dead ends and a variety of tripwires [...]
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. For those couples wishing to enhance their sense of connection, Dr. Carolyn Daitch, Director of the Center for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Farmington Hills, Michigan, has five easy tips to recommend. CUPID C: Communication requires de-escalation: successful communication requires de-escalating your own heightened emotion [...]