It is one of the real pleasures of my role as a therapist to become aware of making a real difference in someone’s life especially when that person has been struggling with an issue for many years. Driving Test Nerves can cause people to fail their test time and time again with often damaging effects on their self esteem.
Mary is 52, she has been coming to see me with acute anxiety for a few weeks now and making great progress. It has been very rewarding in this short time to see her whole physiology changing, she has been walking with confidence and smiling much more. Last week however her demeanour revealed that, once again, she felt anxious and no wonder; for the umpteenth time she had a driving test scheduled and on on her birthday too in three days time!
She had been told by her driving instructor that she is a great driver, in fact she has to be extra careful because she’s been learning for so long that she has slipped into some of the bad habits of drivers like me who have been driving 45 years or more. The problem is that one simple mistake in the test and she would go to pieces.
Now that is something we can help with, usually with just three sessions of hypnotherapy but we didn’t have the luxury of time. One session would have to do it.
I saw Mary for a one hour session two days before the test and dedicated myself to the task. I gave her several NLP (Neuro Linguistic Patterning) techniques to deal with her nervous reactions and a nice visualisation of a super successful test in hypnosis including the suggestion that she should telephone me when she had passed to give me the good news.
On Saturday my business phone gave its jolly ring tone and when I heard the great news that she had passed this time I whooped with joy. This was not just a test to Mary; it is freedom, it is confidence, it is success in an area of life which up until now she had found challenging.
Such moments are thankfully not rare, we do make a difference. That is why we do this job. But when these moments come its isn’t only the client who reaps the reward - it makes the therapist’s day too.
I think what makes us sad though is that so many people struggle on with problems that they needn’t.put up with. So many issues based on anxiety like fears and phobias can be quickly and easily be sorted and life can once again be a joy.
If you have any issue which we could assist you with call Tony or Bee on 0845 644 3974
Warmest regards
Tony
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