Treatments

Mindfulness

What is Mindfulness? We all know experiences of being fully present: the breathtaking sunset, beautiful music or another intense experience. Our mind is still, we are all attention. We taste the wealth of the moment. The current experience Mindfulness means: being fully aware of the current experience. You can translate the word 'mindfulness' with 'mindfulness' or 'attentiveness'. These words speak openly. Attention mainly focuses on noticing. This is different from 'attention' and 'concentration', where you focus on one topic. Living more intensely and more consciously Where you pay attention, there you are. Mindfulness is about the art of being present in the here and now. With mindfulness you live more intensely and consciously. By directing your attention more often, you learn to distance yourself from the spins in your head. You can concentrate better, you relax more easily. The mind calms down. You learn to consciously make choices instead of responding automatically. This allows you to absorb stress stimuli earlier and better and to deal differently with thought patterns that are not helpful. A higher degree of awareness is created and you can better monitor your boundaries. The main results of mindfulness training are: - more awareness and insight into your thought patterns, your reactions, your actions, your emotions and moods (and the choice to sometimes deal with them differently) - being able to distance yourself from problems. life becomes easier and you enjoy more conscious and intense. - have more energy at your disposal. In addition, the following results of mindfulness training can be mentioned: Improved ability to: - deal with stressful events or moments when it does not go the way you want to be able to concentrate (more focus and less worry) - indicate boundaries (more awareness) - A reduction in: stress symptoms (such as high blood pressure, fatigue, insomnia). sleep problems and fatigue in general depression and anxiety (chronic) pain psychological consequences of serious illness and setback
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

What is ACT? Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (abbreviated ACT) is a form of therapy that builds on BF Skinner's classic behavioral therapy. ACT is actually a kind of collection of evidence based techniques, supported by thorough research and a very clear, empirical theory: Relational Frame Theory (RFT). Pain, suffering and values ACT states that painful experiences (and the associated thoughts and feelings) are part of life, so you don't have to try to be happy all the time. You can have that pain because it is in the basic package. Within the training you will learn how to actively embrace your own pain and that of your clients. Because if you can think and feel everything, how can it get in your way? In addition, language can take quite a walk with us and cause unnecessary suffering. If you suffer from negative thoughts, most people now know that positive thinking often does not work, or even backfires. Instead of trying to do that, we give thoughts a less prominent role within ACT by pulling language out of context. With the help of defusion, you will notice that your thoughts are getting a different color, as it were, so that you take them less seriously and it becomes easier to focus on the here and now. Finally, values play a very important role within ACT. We want to know what moves you in the depths of your being, what your dreams are, your desires, and what you really and truly consider important in this life. We are not going to put labels, we criticize the word 'disorder' in psychology, and we especially want to investigate with you how you would shape your life. Values are the driving force behind our behavior. As soon as you can turn it 'on', you will notice that you start moving automatically.
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EMDR

EMDR: what is it and how does it work? When a trauma no longer lets you go, EMDR can help. In the Netherlands, more and more therapists are applying EMDR to help people to leave their trauma, fears or depression behind. But what exactly is EMDR and how does it work? And does it work for you too? We have listed the most frequently asked questions for you. Heal your trauma in a few sessions. It almost sounds too good to be true, but it does work. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, blurs the vibrancy of a memory and the painful emotions associated with it. The trauma no longer remains in your present, so you experience it again and again, but it really becomes a thing of the past. How does EMDR work? Blurring the memory of a trauma by distracting your working memory. That's about what psychologists do with EMDR. During EMDR therapy you recall a painful memory. The moment you see the memory vividly in front of you, you have placed it in your working memory. As you continue to see the event ahead of you, the therapist asks you to follow his or her fingers or a light with your eyes. Other methods include tracking beeps with headphones or buzzers that vibrate alternately in your left and right hands. They all do the same thing: they distract your working memory. The working memory fills up and the nasty memory slowly loses its emotional charge. Who is EMDR for? EMDR is for people who continue to be confronted with the consequences of a traumatic event. Such as a traffic accident, sexual abuse, or a robbery. The vivid memory keeps coming back and thus hinders their lives. This can manifest itself, among other things, in fits of anger, psychological problems, sleeping problems, gloom, anxiety and panic or concentration problems. How long does therapy take? How long EMDR therapy lasts depends on the complaints. For example, is it a one-off event, such as a traffic accident, or years of abuse. It also differs per person how quickly someone responds to it. Most treatments take 1 to 3 sessions. For one session, the treating therapist will take no longer than an average of 60 minutes. Longer and shorter variants are also possible, depending on the situation. Can you suffer from the treatment? After an EMDR session, the effects can still continue. That's good, but can also be frightening. For example, new images or feelings may emerge. This often lasts only a day. It can also be stressful during the session to evoke and hold the lively memory. At first you can be more tense, but after a while the image will lose its vibrancy and emotion. Consult with your therapist if you are not comfortable with this. He or she will explain step by step how EMDR works and how heavily you are burdened. Has something traumatic happened to you?
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