TRAINING is more than information! Good advice is not always enough. Good advice on its own is found to produce only a small fraction of the benefits usually obtained from the better anxiety reduction treatments. Anxiety impairs memory, and much of the good advice gets lost amid the high stress of taking an exam. Most of us need a training experience, which guides you step by step as you practice more positive thought patterns and more adaptive responses. Recorded
CDs and DVDs can train you as a professionally administered protocol
would, and can produce similar strong benefits. The recorded protocols
structure the learning experience for you, and condition and
imprint and embed new associations, so that you respond automatically
and do not have to
constantly remind yourself during your exams.
Following are two highly recommended programs produced AMTAA board members. Lightning-fast training provides substantial benefits in just two 30 minute sessions.
Systematic Desensitization Free Downloads
Dr. Ross has
recorded the traditional systematic desensitization protocol and has made it
available to his college without charge and to us as well. Listen to his
recorded materials on his website, or download the material as MP3
files. He offers various suggestions
including self-talk suggestions which should boost the expected benefits. Allison took the Active Control Test Anxiety CD
Training as a high school junior. | |