Career Change and Improved Attachment Issues in Ten Sessions

Before

– severe mood instability
– attachment issues, fears of abandonment
– various anxieties, sleep issues
– inability to develop trust and be hopeful about outcomes
– hurtful behaviour, serial unfaithfulness
– strain on relations with husband and children

Ten Sessions, Two Months

After

– strong sense of self, focus on interoception
– improved mood control and sleep
– new career, feeling part of something bigger
– reduced cynicism, more optimistic and benevolent outlook
– less obstructive reputational awareness

Elizabeth's Full Story:

Elizabeth was prone to strong intra-day mood swings as well as having endured a manic episode, during which she became the subject of financial and emotional exploitation.  Importantly, Elizabeth was not psychotic; however she suffered from strong attachment disorder, fear of abandonment, some social awkwardness as a result of an impaired sense of self, and lack of ability to rationalise emotions, despite her warm demeanour.  

Following a particular slump triggered by betrayal, and being subject to physical violence, she began neurofeedback sessions.  Her sleep improved immediately, as did her outlook.  Within five sessions, she had become her usual optimistic self again, and began looking for a new vocation.  Within weeks, she had a new job that combined two of her passions and talents – cooking and socialising – and was on a solid path to recovery and forgiveness. 

Elizabeth’s mood regulation has substantially improved during her ten overall sessions; she feels more grounded and motivated, while enjoying the cause of her work and the new people she is meeting.  Her focus and planning ability improved substantially.  

This trajectory change proved stabilising in many ways.  Feeling recognition and part of something bigger, she became more relaxed and introspective.  Realising that she had effectively been hijacked by her environment – false friends, reputational awareness, social ambition – this was the first time she could recall listening to her own ‘inner voice’.  Reflection made her see that she had not been learning from mistakes, presented with often excessive obstinacy, and indiscriminately hurt others by breaking all rules of trust and dedication.  As a child, she would hold her breath until almost fainting when things didn’t go her way.  In a sense, this behaviour had continued, well-masked, and seemingly ignorant of others’ underlying feelings and needs.  She became serially unfaithful after the birth of her first child, and while keeping up appearances, her relationship with her husband was cosmetic and practical.  Warm and likeable, she found it easy to gain others’ trust, yet was unable to reciprocate, and frequently abandoned situations that seemed to promise positivity and stability.  The ability to create chaos and be emotionally destructive had become a thrill in its own right.