Aude’s problems
with concentration and revising
Aude came to me with a problem with concentration while revising for
exams. Aude was in her early thirties and was studying to become a specialised carer
for handicapped children and adults. In her final third year, she was revising
for her exams as well as writing a 60 pages memoir about a compulsory 6 weeks working
practise that she had just completed. Because of ill health, she had missed a
lot of her schooling at the beginning of the year and had fallen behind with
her studies. Faced with a huge amount of work, she just did not know where to
begin and found it really difficult to concentrate on any given task.
We tapped the full basic recipe on the fact that it was not her fault
that she had fallen behind as well as various other aspects of the whole
problem:
Although I am really behind
with my studies, I accept that it is not my fault and I truly and deeply accept
myself.
Although I have so much to
do that I don’t know where to start, I truly and deeply accept myself.
Although I feel I am not
making much progress, I recognise that I am doing as much as I can and I truly
and deeply accept myself.
We also tapped on her problem with concentration:
Although I am finding it
very difficult to concentrate, I truly and deeply accept myself.
I then asked her to tap on the following every time she sat down to do
some revisions:
Although I am finding it
very difficult to concentrate, I choose to really enjoy revising.
Although I am finding it
very difficult to revise, I choose to really enjoy learning new things.
I also asked her to tap on the following every time she sat down to
work on her memoir:
Although I am finding it difficult
to organise my ideas for my memoir, I choose to find it really easy to write down
my memoir.
Although I am finding it difficult
to write my memoir, I choose to really enjoy writing down ideas.
She did these tapings every time she sat to revise or write her memoir.
2 weeks after our first session, I contacted her to check up on her
progress. She sounded much more relaxed and when I asked her about her memoir,
she said it was finished and in the hands of her tutor for final proof-reading
before submission.