Anxiety Therapist: Overcoming Performance Anxiety with EMDR Therapy

Written by: Lauran Hann, LMHC

Does even the thought of speaking in front of your colleagues or clients fill you with dread? Do your racing heart, sweaty palms, and shaky voice drive you crazy, and yet, there’s nothing you can do to stop it? You may freeze up before every meeting, unable to perform at your best. There's your mind – going blank, making it impossible to concentrate on your presentation or prepare for an important speech. This fear of presenting might have prevented you from advancing in your career. Perhaps you're a gifted athlete who underperforms in crucial games, your muscles tensing as you take the field; or a student who panics during a critical test despite being well-prepared.

If so, you might be struggling with performance anxiety, also known as "stage fright."  

At Mindful Living Counseling, we specialize in helping people with similar challenges overcome these issues. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful therapeutic approach for treating performance anxiety, helping people reprocess negative thoughts and boost their confidence.

Orlando Therapist Explains How EMDR Transforms Your Life by Alleviating PTSD Symptoms

Written by: Lauran Hahn, LMHC

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Have you gone through a traumatic or stressful event that has left you dealing with distressing feelings and memories? Are you easily triggered, swamped by discomfort, dread, or anxiety, or trapped in thought and behavior patterns that drain you emotionally and physically? Have you been withdrawing from family and friends and avoiding social interactions because you are afraid anything may trigger a painful memory or a panic attack?

Enhancing an EMDR Intensive with Diverse Therapeutic Techniques

In the whirlwind of professional and family life, you find yourself grappling with stress and anxiety, acutely aware of the deep-seated issues impacting your well-being. You recognize the need for transformative healing, yet the thought of integrating weekly therapy sessions into your already overflowing schedule seems daunting, if not outright unfeasible.

EMDR Therapy: Healing the Unspoken

You feel anxious, on edge, and overwhelmed. This persistent feeling has left you filled with self-doubt and uncertainty in your relationships, at work, and even during your leisure time. You’re unsure why you feel this way and have tried to cope through it. You may have an awareness of going through difficult life events earlier in life, but no specific memories come to mind.

Earlier life events that occur before language development, starting from in utero and onward, can have lasting impacts if our nervous system was dysregulated or we did not have the capacity to process it at the time. Some of these events you may not even think of as a trauma. Significant family changes such as moving or loss, financial strain, and high-stress situations while pregnant are just a few examples of events that can take a toll in these preverbal years.

EMDR for Trauma-Related Brain Injuries

I am thrilled to share this article on how EMDR therapy can help people recovering from trauma-related head injuries. Over the past few months, mine and Dr. Narducci’s offices have been working together to offer patients holistic and comprehensive care as they recover from head injuries and trauma. Dr. Narducci has been providing top-notch medical care and my practice has been utilizing EMDR therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the emotional and mental needs of the patient as they recover from trauma related to a head injury. This powerful combination of treatment fosters resilience and renewed hope for patients in the face of adversity. 

Benefits of EMDR Intensives

You’ve been carrying around heavy emotional baggage for way too long, and you’re ready to work through it and let it go. On the one hand, you’re ready to do the deep dive and do the work, but you don’t have the time or energy to commit to weekly therapy sessions. Between work, family, and those never-ending responsibilities, committing to weekly sessions seems almost impossible.

As an EMDR Therapist in Orlando, I am offering one-, two-, and three-day EMDR Intensives. Intensives have been a complete game changer for my busy clients. My clients appreciate the ability to set aside a few dedicated days for their healing without having to squeeze EMDR into their hectic schedules.

In my last blog post, I shared What to Expect in an EMDR Intensive and in this post, I am sharing the many benefits of an EMDR Intensive.

What to Expect in an EMDR Intensive

You’re ready for relief and you’re ready for it now. You know you need EMDR Therapy, but the thought of extending out over months and months just seems so daunting. You’re ready to handle the issues that have been holding you back, but the idea of meeting for weekly sessions feels long and drawn. You want results faster and you don’t want to deal with processing your trauma while you’re handling all of your life’s responsibilities. It’s hard enough to work through your trauma. You don’t need the weight of the daily grind on your shoulders while you’re trying to heal your past.

EMDR Therapy Orlando for a Recent Trauma

Have you recently experienced a traumatic event? Maybe you were in a car accident, witnessed a crime, or experienced a natural disaster. Whatever the event, it's normal to feel overwhelmed, anxious and scared in the aftermath of trauma. But with the help of a mental health professional trained in EMDR Therapy, you can recover from the traumatic event and move forward in your life. One approach that may be helpful is the recent traumatic episode protocol (RTEP).

Orlando Therapist Explains How EMDR Therapy Works

Have you been considering EMDR Therapy but want to understand what is before picking up the phone and getting started? Does it sound a bit “woo woo” and you need to know more you open to giving it a try?

Orlando Therapist Explains What to Expect in EMDR Therapy

Are you curious about EMDR Therapy? You’d like to try it, but you want to understand exactly what’s happening in an EMDR Therapy session. You’ve heard people rave about the results, but you need a little more information before you’ll be ready to schedule a session.

Orlando Therapist Answers the Question What is EMDR Therapy?

Have you heard a lot about EMDR Therapy? Maybe a friend recently shared that they are going to EMDR Therapy, and they love it! Or you've read about a celebrity doing EMDR Therapy and getting profound results (check out our links below with interviews with Prince Harry and Sandra Bullock). In either case, you’re wondering what in the world is EMDR Therapy? EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing. The EMDR Therapists at Mindful Living Counseling Orlando decided to take a moment and answer this question for you. So in this blog post, each therapist will give their own personalized explanation of EMDR Therapy.

Anxiety Therapist Spotlight: Shauna Hughes

We are excited to highlight our newest member of the team, Shauna Hughes, Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern. Shauna works with adults struggling with anxiety, trauma, chronic illnesses, toxic relationships, and spiritual abuse. As an Orlando therapist, she answered some questions you may be wondering before starting anxiety counseling.

In the past few weeks, I’ve had some of my old clients reach out to me who know that we’re moving to downtown Orlando and they’ve requested videos and pictures. I thought I’d take this opportunity to do a video blog and showcase our new space. I’m very excited to show you around our new office located on 605 E. Robinson Street, Suite 710, Orlando, FL 32801, and share with you the names we have given these wonderful office spaces.

As I’ve been going through the EMDR consultant-in-training process, I have come across some commonly asked questions from clients and from other EMDR therapists. I have created a list of answers to some commonly asked questions regarding EMDR Therapy.