New Research Reveals Promising Strategies for Enhancing Clinical Hypnosis Adherence in Anxiety Sufferers: Expressive Art Therapy and Neurofeedback Assessments

We're excited to share a groundbreaking research article that explores how expressive art therapy and neurofeedback assessments can help improve clinical hypnosis adherence for people with anxiety. This study, conducted by me, uncovers the potential of these approaches in managing anxiety and enhancing the effectiveness of clinical hypnosis. Let's dive into the main findings and see what they mean for individuals looking for anxiety relief.

Abstract:

Despite worldwide concern on anxiety, preventive measures in public health industries remained scarce. Previous studies found that therapeutic adherence is vital for the treatment efficacy of anxiety sufferers; polyvagal theory may address adherence issues by considering biopsychosocial perspectives. As such, this research intends to generate polyvagal-focused therapeutic guidance in line with anxiety sufferers. This study examines the effectiveness of the Creative Brain Health Intervention (CBHI), which includes expressive art therapy and neurofeedback assessments, as well as clinical hypnosis for anxiety sufferers. The study utilizes a qualitative method with a grounded theory approach to explore helpful and unhelpful factors of CBHI. The study samples were found to have minimal scores at a mild level (on anxiety or stress subscales) of eight (for the anxiety subscale) and 15 (for the stress counterpart) under DASS-21 following a screening procedure. Particularly, the samples were analyzed after CBHI through in-depth interviews for data collection. A total of 45 participants were recruited to generate the outcomes of this study, and the results show that mental healthcare can be enhanced by addressing adherence, stigma, and support through a public system and education, backed by six domains for anxiety treatment and innovative therapeutic approaches. The study recommends early intervention and prevention phases in future research to address stigmas and prevent mental disorder. Resultantly, therapeutic adherence could be enhanced with a polyvagal-focused framework CBHI established for this study. Consequently, the study suggests insights for developing therapeutic guidance to enhance adherence and prevent full-fledged anxiety complexities.

Reference:

Koo, K. Y., & Abdullah, A. B. (2023, June 14). The role of expressive art therapy and neurofeedback assessments in improving clinical hypnosis adherence among anxiety sufferers. Journal of Health and Translational Medicine (JUMMEC), 26(2). https://doi.org/10.22452/jummec.vol26no2.6

Passed for my PhD Oral Exam

 

Finally pass my PhD VIVA VOCE, the oral exam after working on it for 4 years. My PhD research topic is related with clinical hypnosis, expressive art therapy, neurofeedback, adhrence, and anxiety issue.

Now I just have to work on correction for final submission, and then hopefully can attend convo next year in person at the University Utara Malaysia (UUM)

I am honored to have my thesis evaluated by key experts in mental health field. 

Thanks to both examiners for all constructive feedback.

Special thanks to

External Examinar :

Associate Prof. Dr Wan Marzuki Wan Jaafar (UPM),

President Malaysian Board of Counsellor.

Internal Examiner :

Dr Muazzam Mohammad (UUM).

Thanks to the Chairman, Dean representative, and also the admin team of UUM. 

 

Thanks to my Phd supervisor Dr Azzy Azizah, UUM senior lecturer and associate professor soon to be, who helps me so much in my Phd journey. I am so grateful for everything and empowerment that you have provided. Word can’t describe how grateful am I

Thanks to all my clients, friends, family members and loved one. You know who you are:)

I will keep contribute to the psychological therapy field, especially on the modalities that dealing with unconscious processes. And yes, it is not an end of the journey

 

 

博士答辩顺利通过了！

花了4年的时间半工半读博士学位，就是等待这一刻。

接下来做了一些论文修正，然后等明年的毕业典礼，拿到毕业证书后，我就算正式完成博士学位了。

我的博士研究是有关焦虑、亚健康精神状态、脑波反馈疗法、催眠疗法和表达艺术治疗。我读博的愿景是希望可以推广潜意识与创伤导向心理调整技术和亚健康精神状态的疗愈(Subclinical Mental Health Care)。

四年前参加督导的一个表达艺术治疗工作坊，督导和我一见如故，就盛情邀请我跟她读博，让我可以研究催眠、表达艺术治疗和脑波反馈疗法。在这四年博士生涯中，她教会了我很多，也从来不放弃我，一直循循善诱我如何把做人的德行和论文做好。四年博士生涯即将告一段落，对我来说最有价值的并不是Dr Koo这个title，而是在读博的历程中，我了解到了如何更好的做人、如何更好的接纳自己、做好自己的角色。同时，我又可以将潜意识导向学术推广出去。

谢谢北大UUM，谢谢内在潜意识里的那个受伤了但永不放弃的Ah Yong，谢谢我的次人格保护者Hiro,谢谢你给我强大的力量，谢谢爱的家人朋友同学们给我的爱和信任。也谢谢我的个案，你们大家给的鼓励很可贵。谢谢你们成就了我Hiro这个角色。

 

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#期待officially拿到毕业证书那一天

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