Creating a New Way Forward for the Anxious Brain w/ Dr. Kate Truitt

Dr. Kate Truitt begins by explaining that our brains are hardwired to try to identify what might come as a means of survival. For brains that are highly driven towards anxiety or stress, this can cause a lot of disturbance and pain.

Next, Dr. Kate discusses how counterfactual thinking is the idea that our brain will take facts and make up stories about other possibilities. Fear based “what ifs…” are frequently a form of counterfactual thinking. Counterintuitively, our brain is doing this to help us stay alive. It’s saying that if I can anticipate the future, then I can adjust my course in order to stay safe, successful, and lovable.

Then she explains how we can utilize creating possibilities protocol to spin counterfactual thinking in a productive way. We know that our brain is going to tell us stories, so let’s give those stories a new job! We can shift “what if I was anxious?” to “what if I was excited?”

In order to make these “what if…” statements feel plausible, we can invite ourselves to link into a past experience where we’ve felt that desired sense or envision a symbolic representation of that desired sense.

In this video Dr. Kate mentions the CPR for the Amygdala and Creating Possibilities Protocols. Learn more about those exercises here:
Release Stress in 5 min or less! An Intro to Self-Havening with CPR for the Amygdala Practice:    • Release Stress in 5 min or less! An I...  
A Havening Exercise Introduction & Practice with Creating Possibilities with Dr. Kate Truitt:    • A Havening Exercise  Introduction & P...  

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Dr. Kate Truitt is a clinical psychologist, neuroscientist, as well as holds a MBA in Healthcare Administration. She is the CEO of the Trauma Counseling Center of Los Angeles, Chairman of the Board of the Amy Research Foundation, and leads her flagship organization Dr. Kate Truitt & Associates located in Pasadena, CA. Her teams of expert psychologists and psychotherapists provide individual therapy, group therapy, executive coaching, and neurofeedback throughout California via telehealth.

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