The International Institute For  Self-Help Holistic Therapies Ltd.

 Stress Elimination

Stress management is the concept widely accepted when it comes to dealing with stress. Literally it means that no one expects stress to disappear and only that tools will be proposed to curb its dangerous effects. Those tools are, among others, cognitive reframing or restructuring, negotiation skills, meta-positioning skills…

Stress reduction is the goal aimed at after actions are taken against stress in the workplace following an audit. To achieve this, changes in the workplace such as better communication, better working conditions, social support, conflict resolution, responsibilities taking, building of a corporate culture will be promoted. (see stress audit)

Stress elimination is a concept that we deem realisable with the use of Voice Technology conjugated with stress reduction measures. The power of Voice Technology is such that it changes one’s self-concept and even when other measures have not yet been applied external condition will just glide over, like on Teflon.

Using Callahan Techniques Voice  Technology can have a direct and sustainable influence on the autonomic nervous system by restoring the balance between the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nerves.

Stress causes sympathetic nerve stimulation with release of adrenaline, the “fight-flight” or “fight-fright” response: the heart accelerates and blood flow is rerouted from the brain and viscera to the muscles -for action! Continuous stress with the release of cortisol leads to diabetes, overweight, hypertension, cardiac diseases, psychosomatic illnesses that adds to anxiety, chain smoking, memory problems, loss of personal control, restless sleep, swing moods, fits of temper, depression and even cancer. Brain damage, though reversible, occurs with shrinking of the amygdala, a part of the brain that has recently been proved essential to memory conservation.

Our well-being depends on a constant balance between the vital functions of our body (called homeostasis and exerted by the autonomic nervous system or ANS), which controls the circulatory, digestive, respiratory, immune systems via the vagus and sympathetic nerves. After stress, the vagus nerve is activated to counterbalance the response of the sympathetic. This is the “rest and restoration response”: a release of acetylcholine slows the heart, the blood flow is redirected from the muscles to the brain for thinking and to the viscera for digestion. Continuous stress lowers the vagal tone and response is weak.

The measurement of heart rate variability (HRV), a cutting edge technology, non-invasive and fast heart examination, can tell precisely the condition of the ANS. Poor figures are currently considered in cardiology as a predictor for the risk of sudden death. Only some of the newest anti-depressants, with their secondary effects, are able to raise slightly HRV figures. Practising physical exercises and stopping smoking can also increase our HRV by 20%.

HRV comparative measurement demonstrated CT-TFT (Callahan Techniques) to be the best and fastest way of strengthening  HRV figures by reinforcing the vagal tone. As a consequence heart conductivity is balanced and the immune system, under the control of ANS, is boosted.

Associated, when needed, with changes on the personal level (implementing a healthier way of life with special attention given to the nutritional and physical aspects) the effect of a Voice Technology self-help treatment and cardiac coherence will equate to a general reset of the autonomic nervous system.

This reset is evidence-based and called the Vashilo’s effect that can be read through a special spike on the HRV curves.

Associated with a lifestyle change this effect is sustainable.

Is extending your span of life worthwhile?

To achieve stress elimination on the general level we propose:

•        Individual and group coaching

•        Development of communication skills to prevent systematic opposition and become more persuasive and influential

•        Goal setting techniques

•        Negotiation techniques aiming at win-win outcomes;

•        Elimination of limiting beliefs, mental blocks or internal conflicts;

•        Group cohesion through team awareness and conflict management

Our tools are:

•     Voice Technology and CT-TFT techniques

•        Neurolinguistic programming, cognitivo-behavioural and systemic approaches

•        Dr Thomas Gordon “Language effectiveness”

•        Penny Tompkins and James Lawley “Clean lanhuage”

•        Cardiac coherence

•        Decisive help for a healthier lifestyle