When anxiety spikes, the nervous system can shift into fight-or-flight in seconds, but it can also be guided back toward ...

Work pressure, financial trouble, family issues, juggling too many tasks at once, battling an illness and myriad of other things can cause stress. If left unchecked, stress can contribute to physical ...

Relaxation training is one of the very first scientifically validated methods of psychological treatment (e.g., Wolpe & Lazarus, 1966). In essence, relaxation is simply decreasing arousal of the ...

How Does Systematic Desensitization Therapy Work? ‌Systematic desensitization therapy has three main steps. First, you’ll learn ways to relax your muscles. Next, you’ll make a list of your fears and ...

Sophrology is a relaxation method that’s sometimes referred to as hypnosis, psychotherapy, or a complementary therapy. Sophrology was created in the 1960s by Alfonso Caycedo, a Colombian ...

A childhood memory: I'm at the doctor's office, waiting to receive some immunization or other. As she takes a huge needle to my behind, the nurse tells me to ‘relax,' explaining that if my muscles are ...