Psychological approach to pain management with the methods of NLP (Neurolinguisitic programming)

Besser-Siegmund, C.; Siegmund, H.; Hovestadt, A.

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“…wingwave uses a finger-strength test derived from the Bi-Digital-O-Ring-Test for the determination of unconscious stressors following a standardized protocol 22. In order to process identified stressors, elements of eye movement desensitization and reprocession, and neurolinguistic programming techniques were applied 22,23. In several sessions ahead of the study period, four experienced wingwave coaches developed coaching techniques specifically for medical students in the examination preparation phase and wrote a standardized manual.…”

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“… 22 In order to process identified stressors, elements of eye movement desensitization and reprocession, and neurolinguistic programming techniques were applied. 22 , 23 In several sessions ahead of the study period, four experienced wingwave coaches developed coaching techniques specifically for medical students in the examination preparation phase and wrote a standardized manual. As this coaching was not primarily designed to identify and treat deficits but to foster individual stress-management resources (“resilience” as defined by Zautra et al), 24 we labeled the intervention “resource-oriented coaching”.…”

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Resource-oriented coaching for reduction of examination-related stress in medical students: an exploratory randomized controlled trial

Kötter¹,

Niebuhr²

2016

AMEP

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IntroductionThe years spent in acquiring medical education is considered a stressful period in the life of many students. Students whose mental health deteriorates during this long period of study are less likely to become empathic and productive physicians. In addition to other specific stressors, academic examinations seem to further induce medical school-related stress and anxiety. Combined group and individual resource-oriented coaching early in medical education might reduce examination-related stress and anxiety and, consequently, enhance academic performance. Good quality evidence, however, remains scarce. In this study, therefore, we explored the question of whether coaching affects examination-related stress and health in medical students.MethodsWe conducted a randomized controlled trial. Students who registered for the first medical academic examination in August 2014 at the University of Lübeck were recruited and randomized into three groups. The intervention groups 1 and 2 received a 1-hour psychoeducative seminar. Group 1 additionally received two 1-hour sessions of individual coaching during examination preparation. Group 3 served as a control group. We compared changes in self-rated general health (measured by a single item), anxiety and depression (measured by the hospital anxiety and depression scale), as well as medical school stress (measured by the perceived medical school stress instrument). In order to further investigate the influence of group allocation on perceived medical school stress, we conducted a linear regression analysis.ResultsWe saw a significant deterioration of general health and an increase in anxiety and depression scores in medical students while preparing for an examination. We found a small, but statistically significant, effect of group allocation on the development of perceived medical school stress. However, we could not differentiate between the effects of group coaching only and group coaching in combination with two sessions of individual coaching.ConclusionThe health of medical students deteriorated while preparing for an examination. Short-term resource-oriented coaching might be an effective means of reducing medical school stress in candidates preparing for an examination.

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Resource-oriented coaching for reduction of examination-related stress in medical students: an exploratory randomized controlled trial

Kötter¹,

Niebuhr²

2016

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“…The purpose of this paper was to investigate an advanced version of the technique of Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR; Shapiro 1989 ) for the treatment of anxiety, the so-called wingwave method (Besser-Siegmund and Siegmund 2010 , 2013 ). The inventors of this method affirm that the wingwave method is appropriate in reducing anxiety symptoms in only a few hours of intervention.…”

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“…In the BDORT, which the wingwave method uses, a subject has to form a “ring” with the thumb and the index finger and the diagnostician tries to pry them apart. The idea of Besser-Siegmund and Siegmund ( 2010 ) is that subjects' strength of the finger musculature in the BDORT is different depending on which kind of emotion they self-generate and how good patients can deal with this emotion. Rathschlag and Memmert ( 2013 ) used an objective form of the BDORT and they found that subjects inducing self-generated emotions can generate a lower physical performance in the finger musculature when recalling anxiety and sadness in comparison to happiness or anger.…”

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“…That is, subjects' possible stress triggers will be tested with the BDORT and only the imagination of the triggers which lead to a decreased physical performance in the finger musculature will be treated with EMDR. Furthermore, Besser-Siegmund and Siegmund ( 2010 , 2013 ) hypothesize that after a successful intervention with EMDR the physical performance in the BDORT is enhanced when participants are asked to self-generate their anxiety or specific stressors of their anxiety again. However, it has to be noticed that the underlying mechanism for the wingwave method are still poorly understood and thus, this study constitutes a first pilot study to investigate this method.…”

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Reducing anxiety and enhancing physical performance by using an advanced version of EMDR: a pilot study

Rathschlag

Memmert

2014

Brain and Behavior

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BackgroundThe main aim of this pilot study was to investigate an advanced version of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for reducing anxiety.MethodsFifty participants were asked at two times of measurement (T1 and T2 with a rest of 4 weeks) to generate anxiety via the recall of autobiographical memories according to their anxiety. Furthermore, the participants were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group, and the experimental group received an intervention of 1–2 h with the advanced version of EMDR in order to their anxiety 2 weeks after T1. At T1 as well as T2, we measured the intensity of participants' anxiety with a Likert scale (LS) and collected participants' state (temporary) and trait (chronic) anxiety with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). In addition, we measured participants' physical performance in a test for the finger musculature under the induction of their anxiety.ResultsThe results showed that participant's ratings of their perceived intensity of anxiety (measured by a 9-point LS) and the state and trait anxiety decreased significantly in the experimental group but not in the control group from T1 to T2. Moreover, the physical performance under the induction of participants' anxiety increased significantly in the experimental group from T1 to T2 and there were no significant changes in the control group.ConclusionsThe study could show that the advanced version of EMDR is an appropriate method to reduce anxiety.

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Anxiety Reduction and Improved Concentration in Schoolchildren through Wingwave® Coaching

2021

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(1) Background: For nearly 20 years, the wingwave® method, which combines elements of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and a muscular strength test, has been used to reduce anxiety and improve relaxation in subjects. Past studies have scientifically evaluated this method in various contexts and have found it to be effective. In this study, we investigated the effects of short-term wingwave® coaching on specific anxiety parameters regarding school, concentration ability, and subjective feelings towards two self-chosen themes in schoolchildren. (2) Methods: A group of 53 schoolchildren aged 11 to 12 years were randomly divided between an experimental and a control group. The experimental group received an intervention of three wingwave® coaching sessions (one hour each). In these sessions, past and present negative feelings towards school as well as psychological resources to face future tasks in school were focused on and utilized. (3) Results: The results showed that the overall text anxiety, manifested anxiety, and dislike of school decreased significantly in the experimental group after the three coaching sessions compared to the control group. Furthermore, both concentration ability and the subjective feeling towards self-chosen subjects improved significantly in the experimental group compared to the control group. (4) Conclusions: Our results indicate that the wingwave® method is an appropriate and effective instrument to reduce school anxiety and to improve concentration performance in schoolchildren—at least in the short and medium term.

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Psychological approach to pain management with the methods of NLP (Neurolinguisitic programming)

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Resource-oriented coaching for reduction of examination-related stress in medical students: an exploratory randomized controlled trial

Resource-oriented coaching for reduction of examination-related stress in medical students: an exploratory randomized controlled trial

Reducing anxiety and enhancing physical performance by using an advanced version of EMDR: a pilot study

Anxiety Reduction and Improved Concentration in Schoolchildren through Wingwave® Coaching

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